BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Colliers has negotiated a 167,120-square-foot industrial lease in the western Houston suburb of Brookshire. The tenant was not disclosed. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 814 FM 1489 features a front-load configuration, 32-foot clear heights, 145-foot truck court depths, 38 dock-high doors, 149 car parking spaces and 3,802 square feet of office space. Robert McGee, Taylor Schmidt and Austin Bartula of Colliers represented the landlord, which also requested anonymity, in the lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — RPT Alliance has signed an 11,847-square-foot office lease expansion in northwest Houston. The oil-and-gas services provider now occupies 25,244 square feet at Sam Houston Crossing II, a 159,056-square-foot building. JLL represented RPT Alliance in the lease negotiations. Louann Pereira and Doug Little of Transwestern represented the landlord, California-based Buchanan Street Partners.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Hunneman has negotiated a 24,103-square-foot office lease in Braintree, a southern suburb of Boston. The tenant is the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families, and the space is located within Forbes Business Center, a three-building, 150,000-square-foot development. Ned Halloran and Leeanne Rizzo of Hunneman represented the landlord, KS Partners, in the lease negotiations.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — QSAC, a nonprofit organization supporting people with autism, has signed a 23,633-square-foot office lease in Garden City, located on Long Island. The space spans portions of the first and second floors of the building at 711 Stewart Ave. Kyle Crennan and Joe Lopresti of JLL represented the landlord, Benedict Realty Group, in the lease negotiations. Roy Chipkin of CBRE represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — John Moore LLC has signed a 16,234-square-foot office lease in northwest Houston. The provider of home services has committed to Sam Houston Crossing II, a 159,056-square-foot building. Charles Dorfman of Cresa (formerly Cushman & Wakefield) represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Louann Pereira and Doug Little of Transwestern represented the landlord, California-based Buchanan Street Partners.
INDIANAPOLIS — Dandy, a dental technology company, has leased a newly constructed, 258,336-square-foot industrial facility at Thunderbird Commerce Center, a 185-acre, master-planned manufacturing and logistics park developed by Lauth Group in Indianapolis. Dandy is expected to take occupancy in the second quarter, and plans to make a significant investment to customize the interior of the building for its operations. The facility will serve as a primary hub for production, fulfillment and distribution. Dandy’s operations are expected to create more than 100 jobs in the next year. Other tenants at Thunderbird include Monarch Beverage and ABF Freight.
HOUSTON — Forum Energy Technologies has signed an 81,138-square-foot office lease extension in northwest Houston. The global manufacturing company that serves the energy sectorwill remain a tenant at Sam Houston Crossing II, a 159,056-square-foot building. Jeff Cairns of JLL and Bill Boyer of CBRE represented Forum Energy in the lease negotiations. Louann Pereira and Doug Little of Transwestern represented the landlord, California-based Buchanan Street Partners.
BEVERLY, MASS. — American Surgical Co. has signed a 20,325-square-foot life sciences lease in Beverly, a northeastern suburb of Boston. The provider of medical tools is relocating from Shetland Park in nearby Salem to 100 Cummings Center, a newly built, 1.3 million-square-foot research-and-development facility. Joe Doyle and John Coakley of Cresa represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Al Diamond represented the landlord, Cummings Properties, on an internal basis.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) giant behind ChatGPT and the $500 billion Stargate Project, has signed a lease with KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF) and TMG Partners to fully occupy 350-380 Ellis, a Class A office campus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. The five-building asset offers 450,000 square feet of office space with move-in ready finishes, indoor and outdoor work environments, meeting/conference rooms, rooftop decks, an executive briefing center, kitchen/break areas on each floor and collaborative space. The campus also features a full-service gastropub restaurant and cafeteria, multi-story parking structure, a tennis court and a sand volleyball court. The property is owned by KREF and capital accounts advised by the REIT’s parent company, KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR). In 2024, TMG was selected to reposition 350-380 Ellis into a future-ready office campus. Jon Mackey, Mike Saign and Phil Mahoney of Newmark represented the landlord in the lease negotiations, while Mike Ino, Jon Moeller, Dan Johnson, Rich Duff and Bridget Fahey of JLL represented OpenAI. Founded in 2015, OpenAI has a current market valuation of $840 billion based on its latest fundraising campaign that closed in late February. Sam Altman …
DALLAS — Walters, Balido & Crain has signed a 5,590-square-foot office lease expansion in North Dallas. The Austin-based law firm now occupies 44,021 square feet at Meadow Park Tower, a 267,779-square-foot building, and is committed through 2033. Scott Hage of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Richmond Collinsworth and Jared Laake represented the landlord, Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services, on an internal basis.