COMMACK, N.Y. — Lidl has opened a 30,000-square-foot store at Mayfair Shopping Center, a 222,000-square-foot regional power center in Commack, located on Long Island. The German discount grocer will backfill a space previously occupied by Stein Mart, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020. Mayfair Shopping Center’s tenant roster includes Planet Fitness, Runway Clothing, The Crushed Olive and Bagel Toasterie, among others. Levin Management Corp. represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Private equity firm Corsair Capital has signed a 23,919-square-foot office lease at 550 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Since opening in 1984, the 41-story building has housed the operations of two tenants: AT&T and Sony. Silvio Petriello and Chris Corrinet of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mary Anne Tighe, Howard Fiddle and Scott Gottlieb, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, The Olayan Group, which acquired the asset in 2016 and implemented a value-add program.
CHICAGO — The Back Room, an entertainment destination and live music venue, has signed a 6,000-square-foot retail lease at 318 N. Carpenter St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The Back Room, which has been a part of Chicago’s music scene for 50 years, is relocating from 1007 N. Rush St. The new property is an eight-story, 95,445-square-foot office building with ground-level retail space that is situated directly across the street from Google’s Chicago headquarters. James Schutter, Larry Kling and Nick Garlick of Newmark represented the building owner, a joint venture between Murphy Real Estate Services and Creek Lane Capital.
ANDOVER, MASS. — Global technology firm Broadcom has signed a 60,000-square-foot office lease renewal at 100 Brickstone Square in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. Brickstone Square was originally constructed in 1922 and recently underwent a capital improvement program that delivered expanded café services, a fitness center, onsite bistro, game room and a new outdoor patio and courtyard. Blake Baldwin, Shayne O’Neil and Petra Flynn represented the landlord, KS Partners, in the lease negotiations. John Wilson of CBRE represented the tenant.
WOBURN, MASS. — Locally based brokerage and advisory firm KeyPoint Partners has negotiated a 21,842-square-foot retail lease at Main Street Shopping Center in Woburn, a northern suburb of Boston. The tenant, Ski Haus, a retailer of outdoor patio furniture and winter sports equipment, will backfill a space previously occupied by AC Moore at the grocery-anchored center. Don Mace of KeyPoint Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations.
ANDOVER, MASS. — Employment agency ALKU has signed a 75,000-square-foot office lease at 100 Brickstone Square in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. Brickstone Square was originally constructed in 1922 and recently underwent a capital improvement program that delivered expanded café services, a fitness center, onsite bistro, game room and a new outdoor patio and courtyard. Blake Baldwin, Shayne O’Neil and Petra Flynn represented the landlord, KS Partners, in the lease negotiations. Joe Doyle of Cresa represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated a 15,279-square-foot office lease at 750 Seventh Avenue, a 36-story office building in Midtown Manhattan that was originally built in 1990. Howard Fiddle, Brett Shannon, Arkady Smolyanky, Evan Fiddle and Jacob Rosenthal of CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as 750 Seventh Ave NY LLC, in the lease negotiations. Matthias Li and Cole Chartash of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Korean financial institution Shinhan Bank, which will occupy the entire 26th floor.
HAZELWOOD, MO. — CBRE has pre-leased a total of 382,105 square feet of industrial space to four tenants at Aviator Business Park in Hazelwood, a suburb of St. Louis. The pre-leased space is part of the latest expansion to the 155-acre industrial park. Three new buildings are slated to open later this month and are now 60 percent pre-leased. The new tenants include Pretium Packaging, which leased 178,128 square feet in Aviator 6; Federal Moving and Storage, which leased 97,734 square feet in Aviator 6, Community Wholesale Tire, which will occupy 76,058 square feet in Aviator 2; and Rivian, which inked a lease for 30,185 square feet in Aviator 5. Katie Haywood and John Frith of CBRE handled lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord and developer, California-based Panattoni Development Co. Inc. Kadean Construction is the general contractor. Panattoni purchased the Hazelwood Ford property in 2008 with plans to build Aviator Business Park. To date, the developer has completed six buildings that are fully occupied by tenants such as Graybar, International Foods and Weekends Only. Once the three new buildings are completed, the park will total more than 2.7 million square feet.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Lacrosse Unlimited has opened a new store in the Worthington area of Columbus. Located at 2245 W. Dublin Granville Road, the store marks the 46th location nationwide and the first in Ohio for the lacrosse equipment supplier. Lacrosse Unlimited was founded in 1990 by the DeSimone family, avid lacrosse players, and is headquartered in Edgewood, N.Y.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Lucky’s Market will join the tenant lineup at Thurber Village, a shopping center in Columbus undergoing redevelopment to include both retail and residential space. Lucky’s, a family-owned independent grocery store, will offer a mix of natural foods, fruits and vegetables. CASTO has owned Thurber Village since 2005. Redevelopment plans call for a 13,000-square-foot CVS store, a 21,000-square-foot Lucky’s store and 225 apartment units. The new CVS store will replace an existing CVS location. Construction is expected to begin this fall.