Leasing Activity

ATLANTA — Portman has opened Junction Krog District, a mixed-use building in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood that features 135,000 square feet of Class A offices, private terraces and ground-level retail space. The development is situated across from the Krog Street Market food hall at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Irwin Street. The Atlanta-based developer has also signed Yuji, a Japanese dining concept by Kinjo Enterprise LLC, to join Junction Krog District’s retail mix on the ground level. Yuji, along with Italian dining concept YEPPA&co, will open in summer 2024. The Japanese restaurant will feature a walk-up window for to-go orders, two outdoor bars and a 1,670-square-foot patio connected to Junction Krog District’s 7,000-square-foot public porch, which is now open. The porch fronts the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail. Adjacent to Junction Krog District, Portman recently purchased 1.3 acres where the firm will plan a second phase for the project.

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NEW ORLEANS — Gas giant Shell has signed a lease at a 142,000-square-foot office building to be constructed in the 39-acre River District mixed-use neighborhood of New Orleans. Shell’s Gulf of Mexico operations headquarters will occupy the multi-floor property. Cypress Equities and Lauricella Land Co. have formed a joint venture to develop the building, which Gensler is designing. Located on Convention Center Boulevard, the project is scheduled to begin construction in 2024. Tim Relyea and Joe Peddie of Cushman & Wakefield represented Shell in the lease negotiations.

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ATLANTA— Lincoln Property Co. has signed three retailers to join Echo Street West, its 19-acre mixed-use project currently underway in west Atlanta. Food-and-beverage concepts El Gordo Taqueria by Fuego Tortilla, Fresh Squeezed Mini Bar and Le Macaron will occupy 2,430; 1,917; and 895 square feet, respectively. Situated on the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail, Echo Street West is being constructed in phases, with the initial development comprising 300,000 square feet of creative office space, 50,000 square feet of retail space, 292 residential units and 3.4 acres of outdoor entertainment and greenspace. Plans for the property include additional offices, shops, residences and hotel rooms.

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EAST CHICAGO, IND. — Mazzella Lifting Technologies Inc. has signed a 51,318-square-foot industrial lease at 4400 Homerlee Ave. in East Chicago. Ed Wabick and Marc Hale of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented ownership, The Missner Group and RealTerm Logistics. The tenant, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial lifting products, is relocating from Romeoville to a newly constructed building that offers tax savings in Indiana, according to DarwinPW. Completed in 2022, the 249,600-square-foot property features a clear height of 32 feet, 20 exterior docks, 35 trailer parking stalls and 286 car parking spots. National Lease Advisors Inc. represented Mazzella in the lease.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Curry Real Estate Services has completed the lease-up of Windmill Square shopping center in Overland Park. The newest tenants, Gather Home + Estate and 200Main Vintage, opened in mid-September. The vintage furniture and décor businesses came together as two like-minded operators to collaborate and share the responsibility of a showroom space for their respective collections. Curry completed exterior renovations to the nearly 50,000-square-foot Windmill Square this year. It was built in 1974.

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CHICAGO — Advocate Commercial Real Estate Advisors has relocated its Chicago headquarters to 145 S. Wells in the West Loop. The commercial real estate firm will occupy 5,980 square feet on the 14th floor. Moceri + Roszak designed, developed and owns the 20-story building, which totals 210,318 square feet of rentable office space. Amenities include a penthouse amenity lounge with pool, ping-pong and foosball tables, a café and cocktail bar, golf simulator, outdoor deck, conference center and fitness center. Mark Bâby and Matt Lerner of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.

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NEW YORK CITY — Ramp, a provider of automated finance products and services, has signed a 66,000-square-foot office lease in 28-40 W. 23rd St. in Midtown Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The company is relocating to and expanding from a space the Union Square area to the entire second floor of the two-building, 561,000-square-foot complex. Michael Mathias and R.J. Johns of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mac Roos, Andrew Roos, Michael Cohen and Jessica Verdi of Colliers represented the landlord, Williams Equities.

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NEW YORK CITY — Four new tenants have opened stores at Kings Plaza, a 1.1 million-square-foot enclosed mall in Brooklyn. Target, Primark, Zara and Burlington have debuted in a space formerly occupied by Sears. The property has also undergone capital improvements, such as the brightening of the attached parking deck, as well as the addition of new lighting, furnishings and flooring in the center’s second level. Los Angeles-based Macerich owns Kings Plaza.

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DALLAS — Market research firm Fieldwork has signed a 14,102-square-foot office lease at Providence Towers, a 524,143-square-foot complex in North Dallas. The property is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program. Kim Brooks, Justin Miller, Scott Walker and Laney Delin of Transwestern represented the landlord, California-based investment firm KBS, in the lease negotiations. Jonathan Hill of Morrow Hill represented the tenant.

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DALLAS — Southern California-based office furnishing company Tangram Interiors has opened an 12,000-square-foot showroom at 300 S. Pearl Expressway in the East Quarter area of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 2021, rises seven stories and totals 194,672 square feet. About 40 of Tangram Interiors’ 75 employees will work at the showroom.

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