ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 56,960-square-foot industrial lease in Arlington. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property at 614-616 111th St. was built in 1978. Robert Miller of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Colton Rhodes, also with Lee & Associates, represented the landlord, Texas-based investment firm Stonelake Capital Partners.
HOUSTON — Solar power provider Chariot Energy has signed a 16,192-square-foot office lease at Galleria Tower 2 in Houston. The tenant plans to relocate from Williams Tower to the entire 14th floor early next year. Brad Beasley and Win Haggard of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Unilev Management, in the lease negotiations. Nick Bockhorn and Cameran Lindee of CBRE represented the tenant.
MINNEAPOLIS — The McKnight Foundation has signed a new 20-year office lease at 921 Washington Ave. South in Minneapolis. The tenant will occupy the entire 50,000-square-foot property. Mike Salmen, Eric Rapp and Reed Christianson of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented ownership, STF Holdings LLC. The McKnight Foundation’s current office totals 38,577 square feet at 710 S. Second St. The new lease commences in February 2025. The building will undergo significant renovations to modernize the space and meet the climate and energy goals of the foundation. Updates will include a state-of-the-art HVAC system that will reduce onsite energy use while offsetting demand on the electrical grid, as well as electric vehicle car charging stations. Julie Kimble of KimbleCo represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Two healthcare users have signed leases totaling 10,300 square feet at Hutchinson Metro Center in The Bronx. North Bronx Orthopedic & Spine Group has committed to 5,121 square feet, and MJHS Health System has inked a deal for 5,179 square feet. The former was represented internally in the lease negotiations, and Bill Jordan of CBRE represented the latter. Simone Development Co. owns Hutchinson Metro Center.
MARLTON, N.J. — Norman’s Hallmark has opened a 6,200-square-foot store at Marlton Crossing in Southern New Jersey. The store offers a complete line of Hallmark products, cards and Keepsake Ornaments, as well as apparel, accessories, books, stationery, games, home décor, candy and gourmet foods. Norman’s Hallmark, which operates 75 stores nationwide, also recently opened a 7,280-square-foot store in nearby Plymouth Meeting.
MISSION, KAN. — The Other Place, an American sports grill and pizzeria, has opened at Mission West Shopping Center in Mission, a southern suburb of Kansas City. The tenant occupies the 4,050-square-foot space at 6522 Martway St. that was formerly home to Italian Delight. David Block, Max Kosoglad and Darren Siegel of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors represented ownership in the lease. The Other Place was founded in 1970 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This location marks the fourth in the greater Kansas City area. There are also eight locations in Iowa. Mission West totals approximately 87,000 square feet.
DURHAM, N.C. — IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has sold a portion of the IBM 500 Campus in Durham, a city near Raleigh. The Armonk, New York-based computer hardware giant sold the property in a sale-leaseback deal. The price was not disclosed, but the Triad Business Journal reports it traded for $66 million. Located at 4205 S. Miami Blvd., the four-building property spans 774,000 square feet and is 100 percent leased to IBM. No plans were announced, but multiple media outlets report that the property is suited for future mixed-use redevelopment opportunities. The IBM 500 Campus sits on 146 acres next to Research Triangle Park (RTP), the largest research park in the United States. RTP is a district in the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area that houses 375 private companies in technology and life sciences sectors who can draw talent from three established research universities: Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. IBM has had a presence in the RTP since the mid-1960s. Hines Global Income Trust Inc., a REIT managed by Houston-based Hines, purchased the IBM 500 facilities and leased them back to IBM. In addition to this acquisition, the firm is a partner developer on …
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Accelerated Solutions Group, a supplier of automotive accessories, has opened an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the northwestern Houston suburb of Tomball. The company plans to hire about 50 people to work at the facility. The seven-acre site is located within Interchange 249, a 250-acre development that comprises 3.1 million square feet across 10 buildings. Powers Brown Architecture designed the facility, which features 30-foot clear heights and 100 parking spaces. A partnership between Houston-based Lovett Industrial and New York-based Clarion Partners owns Interchange 249.
HOUSTON — Locally based developer Levcor has added five new tenants at MarqE Entertainment Center in West Houston. Experiential concepts Sloomoo Institute and Immersive Gamebox now occupy 23,000 square feet and 3,404 square feet, respectively. Glownar Aesthetics has signed a 1,200-square-foot lease, while restaurants Aviator Pizza & Drafthouse and Seaside Poke have committed to 4,504 and 1,600-square-foot spaces, respectively. Regal Cinemas also recently completed renovations to its 23-screen cinema at the center.
DALLAS — Global architecture firm Arcadis has signed a 19,605-square-foot office lease at 300 S. Pearl St., a mixed-use building in downtown Dallas. The building consists of 336 apartments, 200,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail space. Robbie Baty, Dean Collins and Alexandra Boury of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Ben Davis, Jackie Marshall and Fletcher Cordell of CBRE represented the landlord, Todd Interests.