Leasing Activity

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Biomedical engineering firm and medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. has signed an 11-year, 30,821-square-foot office lease at 3601 S. Congress Ave, just south of downtown Austin. The single-story building is part of Penn Field, a 16-acre campus that is a redevelopment of a former U.S. Army base. Local brokerage firm AQUILA Commercial, in partnership with CIM Group, represented the landlord, Creative Media & Community Trust Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCT), in the lease negotiations. The full-building lease brings Penn Field’s total occupancy to 93 percent.

HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated a 19,906-square-foot office lease expansion and renewal at Kirkwood Tower in West Houston. The 15-story, 286,000-square-foot building is located in the Energy Corridor and was recently purchased by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. Adam Ross and Danielle Rothchild of Stream represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Campbell Puckett and Cooper Bagheri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, engineering firm Saulsbury Industries.

PLANO, TEXAS — Newmark has negotiated a 29,000-square-foot office lease in Plano. The tenant is building materials supplier Amrize, and the space is located within Willow Bend Office Center I, a 124,000-square-foot building that was completed in 1998. Nathan Durham of Newmark represented the landlord, an entity doing business as CFT NV Developments LLC, in the lease negotiations. Steve Wentz and Mark Becker of Cushman & Wakefield represented Amrize.