GREENVILLE, S.C. — Sprouts Farmers Market will open a 25,000-square-foot grocery store at North Hills Shopping Center in Greenville. Charlotte-based Aston Properties is the landlord. Originally built in 1975, the retail center is currently undergoing renovations that include updates to facades, landscaping, patios, storefronts and parking lot repairs. Construction of the Sprouts is scheduled to begin this year, with the opening planned for 2024. This marks the second location for the brand in the Greenville market.
Leasing Activity
JOHNS CREEK, GA. — Toro Development Co. (TDC) has announced leases with 11 tenants at Medley, a mixed-use project currently underway in Johns Creek, roughly 30 miles northeast of Atlanta. Upon completion, the development will include 200,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, as well as 900 residential units and 110,000 square feet of office space. The committed tenants include Little Rey (a concept by Atlanta-based chef and restaurateur Ford Fry), CRÚ Food & Wine Bar, AYA Medical Spa, Fadó Irish Pub, BODY20, Lily Sushi Bar, Lucciano’s Gelato, Sugarcoat Beauty, Summit Coffee, Knuckies Hoagies and Cookie Fix. Len Erickson and Kaitlyn Theriot of Franklin Street handle retail leasing at Medley, and Bryan Heller of Stream Realty Partners handles office leasing. The design-build team includes architect Nelson Worldwide, engineer firm Kimley-Horn and landscape architect Site Solutions. Demolition of a 350,000-square-foot office building is currently underway at the site. TDC plans to break ground on Medley before the end of the year.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Lowe’s Home Improvement has signed a 78,000-square-foot industrial lease at Landmark at the Meadows, a speculative project that is under construction in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The North Carolina-based retailer is taking more than half the space at Building II, which totals 139,319 square feet and features 32-foot clear heights. Kurt Griffin and Nathan Orbin of JLL negotiated the lease on behalf of the landlord, Florida-based Landmark Cos.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 51,961-square-foot industrial lease at Corporate Centre at the Crossing in North Richland Hills, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. Matt Carthey and Jake Neal with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Capital Commercial, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, third-party logistics firm Con-Way Freight, was not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Four new tenants have signed leases at Centro, a mixed-use development spanning two city blocks in Austin. Pure Barre, Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, Birds Barbershop and Full Ride Cycling will occupy a combined 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at the property. Jeremy Smitheal, Win Smith and Bennett Holcomb of Riverside Resources represented the landlord in the leasing negotiations on an internal basis.
Food for the Hungry Establishes 30,000 SF Headquarters at Renaissance Square in Downtown Phoenix
by Jeff Shaw
PHOENIX — Food for the Hungry has leased nearly 30,000 square feet of office space at Renaissance Square in downtown Phoenix. The new lease will allow the international humanitarian organization to consolidate its three downtown Phoenix locations into a single global corporate headquarters. Food for the Hungry’s new lease will relocate about 130 corporate headquarters employees to 2 N. Central Ave., one of two Class A, high-rise office buildings at the 985,000-square-foot Renaissance Square. The remaining 99 percent of the organization’s staff works in their country of origin. Jami Savage-Gray and Ryan Bartos from the Phoenix office of JLL represented Food for the Hungry in the negotiations. Jerry Roberts and Pat Boyle of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership between Oaktree and Cypress Office Properties.
GARDENA, CALIF. — Ingredients distributor Vivion has leased 49,545 square feet at 15500 S. Main Street, Building B in Gardena. Located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, the property will be used as Vivion’s regional distribution hub. A subsidiary of Operio Group, Vivion is an ingredients distributor that specializes in products for application in the solid dose, pharmaceutical, nutritional, food and beverage, cosmetics, personal care, agricultural and industrial markets. The company’s Gardena distribution hub will be 30,000 square feet larger than its current facility in Vernon. Vivion expects to occupy its new space in June 2023. Grant Huff of Transwestern represented Vivion in the transaction.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Granite Construction has signed a 12,925-square-foot office lease at the O’Hare Offices in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The transaction marks the fourth lease of the year signed at the property, which received earlier commitments from Big Mouth Media, Elara Caring and United Airlines totaling 25,525 square feet. Tony Russo and Ryan Freed of Lee & Associates are the leasing agents for the property on behalf of the landlord, Siete 7 LLC. O’Hare Offices rises five stories and totals 171,000 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, access to food service and fully customizable office spaces. The landlord recently began a lobby renovation that will wrap up this summer. Granite Construction specializes in the transportation, water infrastructure and mineral exploration markets.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 37,373-square-foot industrial lease in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 2545 Golden Bear Drive was built in 2005 and totals 49,591 square feet. Johnny Anderson and Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SL6 Logistics LP, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, packaging and fastener distributor SouthernCarlson, was not disclosed.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — Zeno Truck Parts has signed a 12,564-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion at 4007 Greenbriar Drive in Stafford, a southwestern suburb of Houston. According to commercialcafé.com, the multi-tenant building totals 34,705 square feet and was constructed on 2.1 acres in 1982. Dylan Stiteler of Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. William Carpenter of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, DRA Advisors.