SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Guardian Alarm has sold its 66,000-square-foot office headquarters in Southfield. The company has signed a new lease for 37,111 square feet at 26711 Northwestern Highway in Southfield. The new office will include a state-of-the-art alarm monitoring command center, updated training facilities and an expanded customer care center. The move also enables Guardian Alarm to consolidate its administrative offices, which are currently located in two separate buildings. The company expects to complete the move by late summer. Dan Verderbar of Friedman Real Estate represented Guardian Alarm in the sale and the new lease.
Leasing Activity
LAS VEGAS — Deloitte has leased a 14,000-square-foot office space in Phase II of UnCommons in Las Vegas. The firm’s space will be on the third floor of the development’s fourth office building, which will be completed this summer. Deloitte will take occupancy in late 2023. Matter Real Estate Group owns the building.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Five new tenants will join Shops at Merrick Park, an open-air retail center located in Coral Gables, roughly five miles outside downtown Miami. Home furnishing store Arhaus, Coco Cigars and Miami Royal Ballet Dance School will open on the property’s first level. Beverage shop Boisson and women’s, children’s, home and sleepwear retailer Splendid will also join the property on the second level. Female apparel retailer Shusha Boutique also recently opened on the third level. Built in 2002, Shops at Merrick Park spans more than 740,000 square feet and houses tenants including flagship Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus stores. New York-based Brookfield Properties owns the center.
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Duro Dyne National Corp., a manufacturer of sheet metal accessories and equipment for the HVAC industry, has extended its single-tenant lease at 81 Spence St., a 128,600-square-foot industrial building located in the Long Island community of Bay Shore. The extension runs through 2035. A partnership between Metropolitan Realty Associates and Angelo Gordon owns the building, which features a clear height of 24 feet, 10 loading docks and two drive-in doors. No outside brokers were involved in the deal.
MIDDLETOWN, DEL. — Regional grocer Weis Markets will open a 64,000-square-foot store and serve as the anchor tenant at Bayberry Town Center, a 280,000-square-foot development in Middletown. The site is located within the 1,500-acre Village of Bayberry master-planned community and will also house 31,000 square feet of office space and multiple open green spaces, as well as 145 townhomes. Construction is slated to begin this fall and to be complete by 2025. Blenheim Group is the master developer of Village of Bayberry.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Four retailers are opening new locations at Easton Town Center in Columbus. Sustainable shoe company Allbirds is scheduled to open Thursday, May 11. Activewear retailer Alo Yoga is slated to open in June. FOUNT, a leather bag company, is debuting this spring. Jo Malone London, a British fragrance and lifestyle brand, is slated to join the tenant lineup this fall. Additionally, there are three restaurants that have recently opened at Easton Town Center. They include Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce, Kona Grill and Weenie Wonder. Developed by The Georgetown Co., L Brands and Steiner + Associates, Easton Town Center is a lifestyle center that is part of the larger mixed-use destination known as Easton.
CHICAGO — Heartland Alliance has signed a 20,941-square-foot office lease at 55 East Monroe, a 1.3 million-square-foot building in Chicago. The Chicago-based nonprofit, which works to address poverty, will relocate from 208 South LaSalle later this year. The organization is downsizing and upgrading its space by taking a new speculative suite at 55 East Monroe. Heartland’s current building, 208 South LaSalle, is slated to be transformed into residential space. Andrew Davidson and David Burkards of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the tenant, while Christian Domin of GlenStar represented the undisclosed landlord.
SALT LAKE CITY — PhyNet Dermatology has leased 14,556 square feet of office space at 650 Main in Salt Lake City. The space is located on the corner of Main Street and 600 South in downtown. The 10-story, Class A office building consists of 335,000 square feet that includes retail space. Jordan Wade and Allie McCracken of Transwestern represented the dermatology practice management company. CBRE has the leasing assignment for the building, which Patrinely owns.
HOUSTON — Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) has signed a 308,186-square-foot office lease in Houston’s Energy Corridor. The Texas-based engineering and construction firm will occupy the entirety of Three Eldridge for the next 12 years. Jon Dutton and Andrew Elliott represented the landlord, Granite Properties, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Rick Kaplan, David Guion and Chris Oliver of Cushman & Wakefield represented Fluor Corp., which plans to move about 1,600 employees into the 13-story building in the second quarter of 2024.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 19,386-square-foot industrial lease at 3520 W. Miller Road in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2003 and totals 64,500 square feet. Taylor Stell of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, HVAC equipment supplier Timberlake & Dickson, in the lease negotiations. Josh Barnes of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, The Realty Associates Fund XI.