PRINCETON, N.J. — New Jersey-based Accurant Biotech has signed a 26,556-square-foot life sciences lease at 500 College Road in Princeton. The four-story, 160,000-square-foot building is situated within Princeton Forrestal Center, a 2,200-acre master-planned development, and offers amenities such as a fitness center, conference center, game room and a full-service café. Vinny Di Meglio and Erin Moran of JLL represented the landlord, a joint venture between Bergman Real Estate Group and Hornig Capital Partners, in the lease negotiations. The tenant plans to take occupancy of the space in August.
Leasing Activity
ROSELLE, ILL. — Coaster Co. (COA Inc.) has signed an industrial lease to fully occupy Turnberry 5 in Roselle, which is located in Chicago’s North DuPage submarket. The 150,209-square-foot building is situated at 1550 Central Ave. within Turnberry Industrial Park. Jeff Janda and Tim Cronin of Lee & Associates represented COA, which is relocating from Des Plaines, Ill. Mike Freitag, Kelly Disser and Dan Leahy of NAI Hiffman represented the owner, Prologis. COA distributes and supplies household furniture.
OCALA, FLA. — Circularix has signed a 67,250-square-foot lease at Airport Logistics Park, an industrial development currently underway at 2675 Southwest 60th Avenue in Ocala. Phase I of the project, which totals 725,400 square feet across three buildings, is now fully preleased. The tenant is scheduled to occupy the space beginning in the first quarter of 2024. Rian Smith, Kris Courier and Josh Tarkow of CBRE represented the landlord, Leon Ocala Holdings IV, in the lease negotiations. The second phase of the project, which is located adjacent to Ocala International Airport, could add up to 400,000 square feet to the property.
HOUSTON — Beauty Empire has signed a 14,471-square-foot retail lease at Barker Cypress Marketplace in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 16.5 acres in 1999 and totals 81,360 square feet. Jason Gaines of Sturbridge Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Okyi Urbina-Torres of W. Realty & Investment Group represented the tenant, which will backfill a space previously occupied by CVS.
HOUSTON — Three new retailers have signed leases to open stores at Rice Village District, a shopping center located at 6225 Kirby Drive in Houston. Boutique retailer Luminary Lifestyle, jewelry brand gorjana and apparel retailer Mizzen+Main are all scheduled to open spaces at the property in early 2024. Bluestone Lane, [solidcore], The Rice Box and Navy Blue also recently opened at the center.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based social services organization Rising Ground has signed a 29,566-square-foot office headquarters lease at 1333 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. Rising Ground will occupy the entire eighth floor of the 12-story, 295,530-square-foot building, which recently underwent a capital improvement program. Lindsay Ornstein, Stephen Powers, Arthur Skelskie, Alexander Smith and Kendall Elliott of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented Rising Ground, which will take occupancy next year, in the lease negotiations. Robert Lowe and Ron Lo Russo of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agent Shanae Ursini, represented the landlord, Empire State Realty Trust.
ATLANTA — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has arranged two leases totaling 10,400 square feet at Park Central, a 213,165-square-foot office building in Atlanta. Telespecialist will occupy 9,000 square feet at the property, and Broadway Across America will occupy 1,400 square feet. Hunter Henritze, Matt Fergus and Seabie Hickson of Lincoln represented the landlord, TerraCap Management, in the leasing negotiations. David Pope of Lavista Associates represented Broadway Across America. Park Central underwent $3.4 million in renovations in 2018, including upgrades to building systems, common areas and amenities. The property features covered parking, an onsite café, fitness center, conference center and 24-hour security.
SEATTLE – Stuf, a self-storage startup company, has entered the Seattle market with two new locations. Stuf partners with property owners to monetize basements, garages and other spaces in buildings as tech-enabled storage. This model creates new cash flow opportunities for landlords while providing local communities with an easy-to-access and secure environment to store personal belongings, business inventory and more. Stuf’s first Seattle location is at 220 Second Ave. South in Seattle’s Pioneer Square district. Rubicon Point Partners owns the property. As part of the owner’s repositioning of the building, it partnered with Stuf to monetize 3,500 square feet of existing basement space into tech-enabled storage. Wright Runstad & Co. developed 400 University St., which will host Stuf’s downtown Seattle location. The startup is transforming 5,500 square feet of sub-grade mezzanine space in the 10-story office building into tech-enabled storage accessible through the garage level directly below the building.
PLATTVILLE, WIS. — Hibbett Sports has signed a 4,875-square-foot retail lease at the Shoppes at Plattville. The property is located at 1845 Progressive Parkway in Plattville, a city in Southwest Wisconsin. Scott Satula of Mid-America Real Estate represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Prairie Sun Properties 1845 LLC.
BURLINGTON, MASS. — Newmark has arranged a 7,397-square-foot office and life sciences lease in Burlington, a northwestern suburb of Boston. The tenant, medical imaging services provider UII America Inc., has committed to leasing space at Blue Sky Center, a 158-acre campus. Matt Malatesta, Tyler McGrail, Michael Frisoli and Margaret Fee of Newmark represented the owner, Nordblom Co., in the lease negotiations. Malatesta and Dave Townsend, also with Newmark, represented the tenant. Amenities at Blue Sky Center include a fitness center, café, basketball court, gaming area and a golf simulator.