Leasing Activity

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Powerhouse Gym has opened its largest location totaling 120,000 square feet at The Mall at Partridge Creek, an open-air regional shopping center in Michigan’s Macomb County. The space was formerly home to Carson’s. The gym offers a lap pool, dry sauna, women’s-only space, spa services, a kid’s zone, spin room with nightclub-style lighting, yoga, cycling, a turf, track, massage chairs, a basketball court, personal trainers and fitness classes. The gym also features Italian-imported Panatta equipment and is adding a Detroit Medical Center physical therapy area and Pure Green juice bar in the first quarter. The new Powerhouse Gym location opened this week after the most successful membership pre-sale in the company’s history, according to a release. Spinoso Real Estate Group handles leasing and management of The Mall at Partridge Creek.

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GROSSE POINTE, MICH. — NAI Farbman, the brokerage arm of Farbman Group, has negotiated a 4,500-square-foot restaurant lease for Culver’s at 18845 Mack Ave. in Grosse Pointe, about 12 miles northeast of Detroit. The lease marks the first Culver’s location in the market. Originally constructed as a bank in 1949, the property was transformed into a dining destination. The locally owned and operated restaurant, which opened Dec. 15, features menu items such as ButterBurgers and frozen custard offerings. Harrison Yaldoo represented Culver’s and the landlord in the lease. Culver’s was founded in Wisconsin in 1984.

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HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. — Resource Realty of Northern New Jersey has negotiated a 45,048-square-foot industrial lease in Hackettstown, about 50 miles west of New York City. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 715 Willow Grove St. was completed in 2008 and totals 75,502 square feet. Brian Wilson of Resource Realty represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. KBC Advisors represented the tenant. Both parties requested anonymity.

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NEW YORK CITY — Wolf Popper LLP has signed a 13,400-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm will occupy the entire 19th floor at 570 Lexington Avenue, a 450,622-square-foot building that was constructed in 1932. Daniel Horowitz, Ira Schuman, Jeffrey Peck, Jacob Stern and Skyler Celotto of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord, The Feil Organization, was self-represented.

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HOUSTON — CannonDesign has signed a 9,897-square-foot office lease at the 52-acre Greenway Plaza office complex in Houston. The integrated design services firm will occupy space on the fifth floor at 20 Greenway Plaza, a 433,132-square-foot building. Abby Alford of Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Rima Soroka of CBRE represented the landlord, Stockdale Capital Partners.

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SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has unveiled plans to close its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores, converting various locations into Whole Foods Market stores. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant states that it hasn’t “yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion.” Customers can continue to shop Amazon Fresh online in available areas for delivery. At the same time, Amazon plans to open more than 100 new Whole Foods Market stores over the next few years, citing increased investment in “physical stores that are resonating with customers.” Amazon acquired the Austin-based natural and organic foods grocer in 2017 in a $13.7 billion deal. Since then, the brand has experienced over 40 percent sales growth and expansion to more than 550 locations. There are 14 Amazon Go convenience stores located in Washington, California, Illinois and New York. According to the company, Amazon Go locations served as innovation hubs where Amazon developed Just Walk Out technology — now a scalable checkout-free solution operating in over 360 third-party locations across five countries. There are 58 Amazon Fresh grocery stores located in California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, Viriginia and Tennessee. Amazon says …

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HOUSTON — SunStrong Management has signed an 18,280-square-foot office lease at the 52-acre Greenway Plaza office complex in Houston. The solar asset management and service firm will occupy space on the fifth floor at 20 Greenway Plaza, a 433,132-square-foot building. Alvarez & Marsal represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Rima Soroka of CBRE represented the landlord, Los Angeles-based Stockdale Capital Partners.

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MIAMI — MSC Group, a privately owned cruise ship operator based in Geneva, has opened a new 130,000-square-foot office in downtown Miami. The new offices house the headquarters of the company’s North American Cruise Division and brings together 400 MSC Group team members from both of the company’s brands: MSC Cruises (23 ships) and Explora Journeys (two luxury ships). “I am thrilled to welcome MSC Group’s North American Cruise Division headquarters to Miami-Dade County, just a few miles from PortMiami,” says Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor of Miami-Dade County. “This exciting investment will create hundreds of new jobs, generate meaningful economic impact and further strengthen Miami-Dade’s position as a global hub for cruise and cargo operations.” Cava and other civic and private stakeholders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday at Sawyer’s Walk to welcome MSC Group. MSC Group invested $100 million into the build-out of the new offices, which occupy the full seventh floor of Block 55 within Sawyer’s Walk, a 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development by SG Holdings. Other uses at Sawyer’s Walk include an 18-story affordable seniors housing tower and 180,000 square feet of retail space leased to tenants including Target, Five Below, Aldi, CVS, Starbucks, Ross Dress for Less and Burlington. …

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HOUSTON — Bank of America has signed a 70,914-square-foot office lease renewal at the 52-acre Greenway Plaza office complex in Houston. The banking giant will continue to occupy portions of the seventh and ninth floors at 20 Greenway Plaza, a 433,132-square-foot building. David Bale and Cody Little of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Rima Soroka of CBRE represented the landlord, Los Angeles-based Stockdale Capital Partners.

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NEW YORK CITY — Slarskey LLC has signed a 12,278-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm will occupy the entire 32nd floor of 825 Third Avenue, a 40-story building at which a $150 million capital improvement program was recently completed. David Hoffman and Sam Hoffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Ashlea Aaron, Bailey Caliban and Sayo Kamara represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, on an internal basis.

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