NEW YORK CITY — Architecture firm Hart Howerton has signed a 27,111-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 10 E. 40th St. in Midtown Manhattan’s Bryant Park neighborhood. The 48-story, 442,000-square-foot building is currently being renovated and has been rebranded as Tower 40. Ethan Silverstein, Theodora Livadiotis and Caroline Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership between Madison International Realty and Joseph P. Day Realty, in the lease negotiations. Alexander Ryan and Time Freydberg of CBRE represented the tenant.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Technology solutions company SnapIT Solutions has signed a 5,894-square-foot office lease at Financial Plaza III in Overland Park. Owned by Group RMC and located at 6900 College Blvd., Financial Plaza III features amenities such as onsite food service, conferencing facilities, covered parking and more. Anné Erickson of JLL represented SnapIT.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Axle on Demand has signed a 126,075-square-foot pre-lease at Echo Park 303, a 676,336-square-foot industrial development in Glendale. The renter is the property’s first tenant. The transaction represents Axle on Demand’s sixth metro Phoenix location. It will fill more than half of Echo Park 303’s Building A almost four months before the Class A industrial project is scheduled for completion. Axle on Demand will use the space for third-party logistics services spanning warehousing, fulfilment and IT operations. Echo Real Estate Capital is developing the project. Anthony Lydon, John Lydon and Kelly Royle of JLL represented Echo Real Estate Capital in the pre-lease transaction. John Grady with CBRE represented Axle on Demand.
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — Rubi Laboratories, a California-based biotechnology company, has signed a 16,884-square-foot lease at the Radius @ Harbor Bay campus in Alameda. Radius is a nearly 700,000-square-foot life sciences and innovation campus located at 1501 Harbor Bay Parkway. The property features a new backup power generator, HVAC service with 100 percent outdoor air, 13-foot clear heights and an outdoor screened equipment pad. Newmark’s Conor Ranahan represented the landlord and ownership group, Paceline Investors and True North Management Group, while the firm’s Daniel Pivnick and Ari Rokeach represented Rubi Laboratories. Newmark previously represented the landlord and ownership group in the 43,645-square-foot, full-building lease to Vivani in December 2022 at the same campus.
HOUSTON — Baker Katz has arranged three retail leases totaling 19,050 square feet for Pet Supplies Plus in metro Houston. The pet care brand will occupy 6,000 square feet in the northern suburb of Conroe beginning in the fourth quarter. Additionally, Pet Supplies Plus will open a 5,550-square-foot store in Cypress and a 7,500-square-foot space in north Katy in the second quarter of 2024. Brett Levinson of Main Street Commercial Partners represented the landlords in the Conroe and Katy deals. Brad Kilbride of Retail Leasing represented the landlord in the Cypress deal.
DALLAS — Law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier has signed a 28,366-square-foot office lease at Bank of America Plaza in downtown Dallas. The 72-story, 1.8 million-square-foot complex offers a fitness center, conference facilities, tenant lounge, car wash services and multiple onsite dining options. Ryan Hoopes, Tom Sutherland and Dean Dahlsten of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Russ Johnson and Joel Pustmueller of JLL represented the landlord, Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc.
IRVING, TEXAS — Daikin Applied, a provider of commercial HVAC systems and services, has renewed its lease for 13,000 square feet of industrial space at Las Colinas Distribution Center in Irving. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Las Colinas AAA Investment LLC, in the lease negotiations. Michael Paine of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — West Publishing Corp. has signed a five-year, 46,105-square-foot office lease extension at 3 Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. The company will occupy the entire 17th floor and a portion of the 18th floor at the 885,000-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 2001 as the headquarters for Reuters and recently underwent a capital improvement program. Mitchell Konsker, Dan Turkewitz and Christine Tong of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Keating represented the landlord, locally based investment firm Rudin, on an internal basis.
SALT LAKE CITY — CBRE has arranged leases for four new tenants at a 22-story, Class A office building in Salt Lake City. The building is located at 222 South Main St. and is now fully occupied. The new tenants include UMB Bank, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, CBRE itself and HKS Architects. CBRE’s Scott Wilmarth and Nadia Letey represented the landlord, KBS, in the lease transactions.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Pasadena Child Development Associates (PCDA) has leased 16,163 square feet of office and medical office space in Pasadena. The lease encompasses two adjacent buildings, one located at 790 East Green St. and the other at 118 South Oak Knoll Ave. Both buildings are located in Pasadena’s Central Business District. The East Green space is an 8,027-square-foot office medical building. The Oak Knoll space is a two-story office building covering 8,136 square feet. Tina LaMonica of NAI Capital Commercial represented the tenant in the lease transactions.