ADDISON, ILL. — UPS has inked a lease for a 34,700-square-foot industrial service facility located at 1404 W. Fullerton Ave. in Addison. The owner, Clear Height Properties, purchased the vacant property in September 2022 and executed a series of capital improvements, including a new roof, mechanical systems, drive-in doors, exterior painting and parking lot replacement. Dominic Carbonari of JLL negotiated the lease. Mary Kay McCreery of Strategic Leasing Law Group served as the attorney on behalf of Clear Height.
Leasing Activity
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Third-party freight services provider Ryder Integrated Logistics has signed a 234,478-square-foot, full-building industrial lease at Northmark Commerce Center in the Fort Worth metro of Haltom City. The site spans 20 acres, and the cross-dock facility includes a 104-stall trailer drop lot. Brad Struck and Clint Manning of Cresa represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matt Carthey and George Jennings of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Creation Equity.
HOUSTON — Method Architecture will open an 8,612-square-foot office at East River, a 150-acre mixed-use development in Houston’s Historic Fifth Ward. The tenant is relocating from a space on the east side of downtown Houston and expects to open this fall. About 60 employees will work in the office, which features an open layout with hotel-style workstations. Employees also have access to a nine-hole, par-three golf course that opened at East River in fall 2022, as well as pickleball courts, a restaurant and 15,000-square-foot music venue designed by Method. Midway owns East River.
SAN DIEGO — McCarthy Building Cos. is strengthening its presence in the San Diego market with a 30,000-square-foot lease at One Paseo, a newly developed mixed-use campus. McCarthy, known for its construction projects in the area, has chosen a prime location surrounded by retail and dining options for its new office. McCarthy’s new office space features modern design and amenities to support its construction and preconstruction services. JLL’s Nicole Winters, Shawn Lorentzen and Scott Wetzel represented McCarthy in the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Texas A&M University has signed a 23,000-square-foot office lease expansion at 1620 L Street, a 171,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C. The university, which first signed on at the building in 2020, now occupies approximately 70,500 square feet. Doug Mueller, Evan Behr, Nathan Beach and Thomas Myers of JLL represented the landlord, DivcoWest, in the lease negotiations. Doug Damron and Chris Lucey of Newmark represented Texas A&M. Texas A&M uses 1620 L Street as a “beachhead” location for students in the D.C. area. The building houses the university’s Bush School of Government and Public Service and includes classrooms, conference rooms, study lounges, collaborative/huddle rooms, an admissions center, catering kitchen, snack and beverage stations and a 150-seat theater/lecture hall.
Chasen Cos. Adds Puttshack to The Whitney Mixed-Use Building in Baltimore’s Harbor East District
by John Nelson
BALTIMORE — Chasen Cos. has signed interactive mini-golf retail concept Puttshack to join the tenant roster at The Whitney, a five-story mixed-use building in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood. The historic property was originally the home of the Meyer Seed Co. Set to open in late 2024, the Baltimore Puttshack will be the brand’s first location in Maryland. The almost 25,000 square-foot space will feature three nine-hole mini-golf courses, as well as private event space, two full-service bars and an outdoor patio space with seating for almost 50 patrons. Since opening its first location in 2018, Chicago-based Puttshack now has nine locations in the United States: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh, Scottsdale and St. Louis, as well as four in the United Kingdom. Puttshack plans to open Dallas and Nashville venues by the end of the year.
HOUSTON — The Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council, a nonprofit that serves the healthcare industry, has signed a 10,196-square-fooot office lease renewal at 1111 N. Loop W in Houston. Ryan Hand, Harry Holmes and Charlie Neuhaus of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Guy Brown of Texas Overland represented the landlord, Nitya Capital.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated an 8,800-square-foot office lease renewal at 2816 Shamrock Ave. in Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 1972, renovated in 2008 and totals 16,000 square feet. Jake Neal and Blake Lloyd of Holt Lunsford represented the tenant, San Jose Cattle Co., in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — An unspecified, New York City agency has signed a 640,000-square-foot office lease at 110 William St. in downtown Manhattan. The 20-year lease essentially brings the 32-story, 928,000-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 1960, to full occupancy. Hal Stein and Daniel Appel of Newmark, along with Todd Stracci of JLL, represented the landlord, a joint venture between Pacific Oak Capital Advisors and Savanna, in the lease negotiations. Robert Giglio of Cushman & Wakefield and Ellen Israel of JRT Realty Group represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Curtis Specialized Moving & Storage LLC has signed a 98,132-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion at 460 W. Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. The tenant is taking an additional 5,625 square feet. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GKI Industrial Dallas LLC, in the lease negotiations. David Easterling of CBRE represented the tenant.