SAN DIEGO — Phase 3 Real Estate Partners has signed a lease agreement with life sciences company Novoron Bioscience at GENESIS-San Diego. Located in downtown San Diego, GENESIS-San Diego is an eight-story, 200,000-square-foot, Class A life sciences building. Novoron Bioscience’s lease for a 7,432-square-foot space marks GENESIS-San Diego’s third lease agreement signed in the past year within the building’s wet lab facility. Novoron Bioscience will utilize the space to further its research on lipoprotein-receptor drug development, aiming to address challenging neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries and Alzheimer’s disease.
Leasing Activity
Southwest Value Partners, AEG Sign Iconix Fitness to 40,000 SF Lease at Nashville Yards
by John Nelson
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Southwest Value Partners and AEG, joint venture partners and co-developers of the 18-acre Nashville Yards mixed-use development, have signed Iconix Fitness to a 40,000-square-foot retail lease. Michael Townsend of Townsend & Associates advised Iconix Fitness on the lease transaction. The high-end wellness and recovery-focused fitness operator plans to open the new club in summer 2025. Iconix will occupy the entire second floor of Nashville Yards’ 420,000-square-foot, Class A creative office building, which will also house an EVO Entertainment venue. The Iconix club will have a dedicated entry on the ground floor with a retail space offering fitness apparel, as well as a health-focused café with an adjacent patio space that will be used to host social events for members. The club also plans to activate the more than seven acres of open green spaces at Nashville Yards for special events and classes. Additionally, the venue will have a 2,500-square-foot recovery area that will feature infrared sauna, cold plunge, red light therapy and compression therapy treatments.
HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 5,000-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 12826 Hempstead Road was built in 1979, totals 20,077 square feet and offers four dock doors and two drive-in bays. Devin Hawkins of Partners represented the tenant, Choice Botanicals Inc., in the lease negotiations. Mickey Brown of Bernell & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as RB Warehouses 290.
NEW YORK CITY — Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has signed a 144,000-square-foot office lease at 550 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The firm is relocating and expanding from the Seagram Building and taking six floors at the 41-story, 800,000-square-foot building. The Olayan Group owns the building, which recently underwent a repositioning and now houses an amenity garden, fitness center and other wellness-based amenities and features. Olayan has also engaged restaurateur Simon Kim to bring a new 15,000-square-foot restaurant concept to the building.
HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has arranged a 15,600-square-foot industrial lease in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property at 14720 Vickery Drive was built in 2012 and offers 28-foot clear heights. Clint Hankla of Partners represented the landlord, a family office, in the lease negotiations. Nick Bergmann of CBRE represented the tenant, U.S. Foods.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — AlarMax Distributors Inc., a provider of home security products, has signed an 11,430-square-foot industrial lease in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The building at 11431 Ferrell Drive totals 33,140 square feet, and the space includes a 3,000-square-foot showroom. Andrew Gilbert and Keaton Brice of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Kyle Espie and Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the tenant.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered new office leases at Ygnacio Center in Walnut Creek. The leases, totaling 13,916 square feet, were secured for accounting firm BDO USA and law firm Pennington LLP. Ygnacio Center is a Class A office complex spanning 536,000 square feet and three buildings. The recently enhanced amenities include a state-of-the-art conference center, as well as bike parking and showers for tenants. Phil Damaschino, Jeff Birnbaum and Andy Schmitt from CBRE represented the landlord, Hines. Gabe Chao from Transwestern represented BDO and Mindy Bacharach from Commercial East Bay represented Pennington LLP.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Four new retail tenants will join Hamilton Place, a 1.2 million-square-foot enclosed shopping mall in Chattanooga. Crunch Fitness will open a 35,000-square-foot location at the property’s former Sears location, and restaurants Texas Roadhouse, Taco Mamacita and Community Pie have also signed leases. Construction on the Crunch Fitness space is scheduled to begin in August, with the opening planned for later this year. Work is currently underway on Community Pie and Taco Mamacita, which will open in July and next year, respectively. Texas Roadhouse is also scheduled to open next year, with construction anticipated to begin later this month. Chattanooga-based CBL Properties is the landlord and purchased the mall’s former Sears building in 2017.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Medical Practice Solutions has signed a 12,203-square-foot healthcare lease at 1125 E. Campbell Road in Richardson, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 1997, renovated in 2019 and totals 205,817 square feet. Clint Madison, John Fancher and Zach Bean of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Stanton Road Capital, in the lease negotiations. Kent Smith of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — IKEA will open a small-format store within Park Village shopping center in Southlake, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. According to local media sources, including NBCDFW, the store will span about 11,000 square feet. The new IKEA will also have space for personalized interior design planning and will serve as a pick-up hub for online purchases. The opening is slated for the fourth quarter. IKEA operates two large-format stores in the metroplex, one in Frisco and the other in Grand Prairie.