PHILADELPHIA — bioMérieux, a French company known for innovations in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has signed a 32,000-square-foot life sciences lease at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The tenant will occupy most of the second floor of the 137,000-square-foot building at 1201 Normandy Place, which is under construction and nearing a June completion. CBRE brokered the lease. A joint venture between Ensemble Investments and Mosaic Development Partners owns the building.
NORWALK, CONN. — Newmark has negotiated a 20,586-square-foot office lease in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Norwalk. The building at 45 Glover Ave. is located within the Towers at Merritt River development and features a café with indoor and outdoor seating, conference space and a fitness center. Bill Levitsky, James Ritman and Benjamin Goldstein of Newmark represented the tenant, Verition Fund Management, in the lease negotiations. Leslie Whatley internally represented the landlord, Building & Land Technology.
LITTLETON, COLO. — Canopy Aerospace, a startup manufacturer for emerging space and hypersonic industries, has leased a 18,681-square-foot space at 8101 Midway Drive in Littleton. The industrial asset will serve as the company’s headquarters as it continues to expand its team and manufacturing operations. The company chose Colorado because of its deeply connected space ecosystem and access to talented future hires from this community. Matt Harbert, Morgan Barstad and Alex Hammerstein of Raise Commercial Real Estate represented Canopy Aerospace in the transaction.
DALLAS — Lone Star Event Rentals, which provides furniture for large-scale gatherings, has signed a 12,000-square-foot industrial lease at Bickham Industrial Park in northwest Dallas. The deal brings the five-building complex to full occupancy. Jason Finch and Michael Spain of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Bickham EPA LLC, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
UNION, N.J. — Barnes & Noble will open a 15,000-square-foot bookstore at Union Plaza Shopping Center in Northern New Jersey. Chuck Lanyard and Marc Palestina of The Goldstein Group represented Barnes & Noble in the lease negotiations. Peter Robbins of Robbins Agency represented the landlord. Other tenants at Union Plaza Shopping Center include grocer ShopRite, Best Buy, Designer Shoe Warehouse and Marshalls.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kingsmen Software, a custom software firm, has debuted its new 16,000-square-foot office at Camp North End, a mixed-use adaptive reuse development in Charlotte. The firm occupies the historic Gama Goat Building at 1801 N. Graham St., which was jointly developed by ATCO Properties & Management and Shorenstein Properties LLC. Designed by REDLINE Design Group, the new headquarters includes 14,500 square feet of space on the ground level and a 1,500-square-foot interior mezzanine. The layout incorporates team-based workstations and designated areas for flexibility and collaboration, as well as a podcast recording studio, a 12-foot video wall, “stairatorium” to the mezzanine, speakeasy pub and outdoor seating and work areas. In addition to day-to-day operations, Kingsmen will use the space to host events, conferences and industry meet-ups.
DENVER — Ireland Stapleton, a full-service Colorado commercial law firm, has relocated its Denver headquarters to 1660 Lincoln St., Suite 3000. The firm has taken over the top floor of the newly renovated, 30-story building in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood. The space has been remodeled with a layout that features a number of shared offices, hotel-style offices, and advanced technology that will increase communication and collaboration within teams and practice groups. This flexible atmosphere is designed to better accommodate both remote and in-office workers.
CHICAGO — Hanley Flight & Zimmerman, a patent and intellectual property law firm, has signed a 13,943-square-foot office lease at Chicago’s 10 South Wacker, otherwise known as CME Center. The building features amenities such as a lounge, conferencing center, fitness facilities and a riverside restaurant and wine bar. Nathan Miller, Andrew Davidson and Kyle Robbins of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the tenant. Olivia Parker and Adam Mitchell of Tishman Speyer represented the landlord, 10-30 South Wacker LLC.
SOUTHGATE, MICH. — HomeBuys has leased 34,019 square feet and will backfill a former Big Lots property at 14155 Eureka Road in Southgate, a southwest suburb of Detroit. The lease marks the first Michigan location for the discount home goods retailer. Michael Murphy and Bill McLeod of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the undisclosed landlord. Brad Rosenberg of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. represented the tenant.
EAST POINT, GA. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has signed a 44,000-square-foot, long-term office lease at 1500 Centre Parkway in East Point, roughly seven miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Caroline Fisher, Hunter Henritze and Michael Howell of Lincoln Property Co. Southeast arranged the lease on behalf of the landlord, a partnership between SGP Real Estate, Hight Property Group and Knox Properties. This lease brings the office building, which comprises 97,696 square feet total, to 95 percent occupancy and marks the second long-term federal user signed to the building by Lincoln and Lincoln’s Government Services Group (GSC), following the U.S. General Services Administration’s 29,737-square-foot lease agreement in late 2020. Originally built in 2008 and situated within a 320-acre landscaped park, the property was renovated in 2018 and features an updated lobby, onsite amenities and flexible floor plates.