CHICAGO — Zurich North America has signed a 52,000-square-foot office lease at Willis Tower, which is located at 233 S. Wacker Drive in Chicago. Zurich, a global insurer, will occupy floors 53 and 54, relocating its downtown Chicago office from 300 S. Riverside Plaza. The new office will feature innovative workplace design and technology to enable collaboration within a hybrid environment. Zurich’s primary North American headquarters will remain in Schaumburg, Ill., where the company launched its U.S. operations in 1912. Zurich is expected to transition to Willis Tower in summer 2026. Todd Mintz of JLL represented Zurich in the lease. Nikki Kern of The Telos Group LLC represented the landlord, Perform Properties.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Streats, a local restaurant known for its Mexican street tacos as well as Birria tacos and ramen, has opened at the Skyline Collection in downtown Kansas City. Located at 1111 Main, Streats occupies 1,389 square feet on the ground floor in the former KC Mac and Co. space. The lease marks the restaurant’s second Kansas City location. Streats joins Jason’s Deli, Banksia and Fat Bee at the Skyline Collection. Erin Johnston of Copaken Brooks represented the landlord on an internal basis. The Skyline Collection, which includes the 1111 Main and 1201 Walnut office towers, is nearing full retail occupancy.
NEW YORK CITY — Fox Horan & Camerini LLP has signed a 19,200-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 11.5 years. The law firm will occupy the entire 17th floor of 885 Third Avenue, a 34-story, 600,000-square-foot building that recently underwent a capital improvement program. Chris Mongeluzo and Corey Borg of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. SL Green owns 885 Third Avenue.
HOUSTON — Colliers has negotiated a 12,192-square-foot industrial lease in East Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building at 1401 Boyles St. was originally constructed in 1965. Christopher Klein and Judy Garza Beebe of Colliers represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the tenant were also not disclosed.
DULUTH, GA. — Colliers has arranged a 125,500-square-foot office headquarters lease renewal in Duluth for AGCO Corp., a company that designs, manufactures and distributes agricultural machinery and precision technology. The two-story corporate campus is located at 4205 River Green Parkway in metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County and acts as the company’s global headquarters. Deming Fish, Emily Richardson and Mark Maggard of Colliers represented the landlord, Orion Properties, in the lease negotiations.
EDISON, N.J. — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 88,620-square-foot industrial lease in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. The space is located within the Raritan Center business park and features 32-foot clear ceilings, 17 loading docks and an ESFR sprinkler system. Claudia Ganas, Monica Franco and Ana Carolina DeAraujo of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, an undisclosed freight forwarding company, in the lease negotiations. Vincent Visceglia internally represented the landlord, Summit Associates.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — BioLabs has signed a 16,000-square-foot lease at Two Discovery Square in Rochester. JLL handles leasing for the building in partnership with Mortenson Properties. Slated to open in late 2026, the Rochester site marks the first location in the Midwest for BioLabs. The facility will offer lab and office space for early-stage biotech and HealthTech companies. Discovery Square is an emerging innovation district within walking distance of Mayo Clinic’s flagship campus that offers more than 250,000 square feet of purpose-built space designed for research and technology uses. Jessica Mogilka and William McArdle of JLL led the building leasing efforts.
HOUSTON — Norton Rose Fulbright has signed a 21,000-square-foot office lease expansion in downtown Houston. The global law firm relocated its corporate headquarters to the 28-story namesake building at 1550 Lamar St. last summer, occupying floors 20 through 26. The expansion encompasses an additional full floor and brings Norton Rose Fulbright’s total footprint at the building to 139,000 square feet and the building’s occupancy rate to 70 percent. Skanska owns the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Stark Office Suites will open a 17,300-square-foot flexible workspace facility in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The space spans the 13th and 14th floors of 717 Fifth Avenue, a building that recently underwent a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program. Craig Lemle and Roi Shleifer of Savills represented Stark in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
ATLANTA — Winter Haven, Fla.-based SouthState Bank has moved into its new 87,000-square-foot regional office headquarters at Prominence Tower, a 19-story office building located at 3475 Piedmont Road NE in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The tenant’s new offices span three-and-a-half floors and will house roughly 175 local employees. Prominence will also feature a new flagship retail branch on the building’s ground floor and building-top signage that will elevate visibility of the SouthState Bank brand. Josh Hirsh and Patrick Baughman of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Aileen Almassy and Andy Sumlin of Partners Real Estate represented the landlord, New York Life Real Estate Investors. Prominence Tower is a mixed-use development that recently underwent an $8 million renovation to both modernize the building and to install various tenant amenities, such as a conference facility, lobby coffee bar, fitness center, bike storage room and a seven-level attached parking garage.