HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has arranged a 52,622-square-foot office sublease at Remington Square, an office park in northwest Houston. Dan Boyles of Partners represented the sublessee, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc., which provides drilling and pressure pumping services, in the lease negotiations. Jon Williams and Kevin Saxe of CBRE represented the sublessor, Acclara Solutions, a provider of medical billing services. Locally based developer Caldwell Cos. owns Remington Square.
Leasing Activity
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 23,250-square-foot industrial lease in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 11025-11035 Switzer Road was built on 4.4 acres in 1981 and features 22-foot clear heights, 13 exterior dock doors and 98 parking spaces. Brett Lewis and Ken Wesson of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Link Industrial Properties, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Johnson of Colliers represented the tenant, Logisticorp Wholesale Trade.
BERLIN, VT. — Heidenberg Properties has completed the redevelopment of Berlin Mall, located just south of the Vermont state capital, into a mixed-use development and signed two new tenants to leases totaling roughly 60,000 square feet. The redevelopment began last year with the opening of Chestnut Place, a 98-unit seniors housing complex. Five Below opened a store at the property in February, and Hobby Lobby backfilled the former J.C. Penney anchor space in April. Heidenberg has also obtained approval for the addition of 30 residential units as well as a standalone, drive-thru Starbucks, and rebranded the property as Central Vermont Marketplace.
ELMENDORF, TEXAS — Houston-based brokerage firm Finial Group has negotiated a 29,105-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Elmendorf, a southeastern suburb of San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 19940 I-27 S was built on 2.2 acres in 2013 and features 16- to 20-foot clear heights. Finial Group owns the building, and internal agents David Durham and Patrick Rubsamen negotiated the deal. Brian Schaffer of Realty Austin represented the tenant, Midwest Hose & Specialty, which serves the energy sector.
DALLAS — Dallas-based Paceline Equity Partners has signed a 12,465-square-foot lease at The Offices at Turtle Creek Village in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. The 18-story, 229,868-square-foot building was originally constructed in 1973 and offers a conference room and a tenant lounge. Travis Boothe and Zach Bean of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tommy Nelson and Alexandra Cullins of CBRE represented the landlord, Los Angeles-based CIM Group, which acquired the building in 2017.
MONROE, N.Y. — Five Below will open a 11,012-square-foot store at Harriman Commons, a 706,243-square-foot retail power center in Monroe, about 45 miles north of Manhattan. Jeff Howard of RIPCO Real Estate represented Five Below, which is backfilling a space formerly occupied by Ulta Beauty, in the lease negotiations. The landlord, RD Management, was self-represented. Following the execution of this lease and a 1,650-square-foot deal with Rightly Dental, Harriman Commons is 98 percent leased.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Jamestown has signed three new office tenants to join Ballston Exchange, a mixed-use campus located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Arlington. The newcomers include Management Sciences for Health (MSH), EPIGEN and COMTO. Cresa represented MSH and COMTO in their lease negotiations, and Cushman & Wakefield represented Jamestown in all three deals, as well as EPIGEN. All together the three new tenants will occupy 30,000 square feet of space. Other tenants at Ballston Exchange include Booz Allen Hamilton, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and CENTRA Technology. Retailers and restaurants include Shake Shack, Orangetheory Fitness, CorePower Yoga, Greenheart Juice Shop, Dunkin’, Cava, The UPS Store and Bearded Goat Barber, among others.
MINNEAPOLIS — Owner Accesso has completed new office leases or renewals totaling 57,113 square feet at IDS Center in Minneapolis. The tenants, which are in various industries such as finance, legal and business consulting, include: Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson; Hursch Blackwell LLP; WiseFool; Bremer Bank National Association; Mattel Sales Corp.; and Lathrop GPM. IDS Center rises 47 stories and totals 1.4 million square feet.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Fitness concept Stretch Lab has signed a 1,207-square-foot retail lease at the Uptown Ann Arbor mixed-use development in Ann Arbor. Other retail tenants at the property include Beyond Juice, Marco’s Pizza, Banfield Pet Hospital, Paint Nail Bar, Detroit Wing Co. and The Great Greek. Stephen Smith of TNF Realty represented Stretch Lab in the lease. Michael Murphy, Vicki Gutowski and Tjader Gerdom of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the owner, Beztak Properties.
DrinkPAK Leases Two Buildings of Center at Needham Ranch Industrial Park in Santa Clarita, California
by Jeff Shaw
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — The Center at Needham Ranch, a 1.7 million-square-foot industrial park in Santa Clarita, has reached full occupancy. Beverage manufacturer DrinkPAK has leased the last two buildings in the final phase of the development. This will expand the company’s footprint at the center to 965,000 square feet. Construction on the final phase will be completed by year-end 2023. DrinkPAK will occupy the 107,522-square-foot Building 17 and the 85,802-square-foot Building 18 at the center. The company had previously pre-leased the entire 198,451-square-foot Building 14, following its leasing of 172,324 square feet of space in Building 2 in October 2020 and 400,095 square feet in Buildings 3 and 4 in April 2021. The Center at Needham Ranch is a joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Clarion Partners. Patrick DuRoss, John DeGrinis and Jeff Abraham of Newmark represented DrinkPAK in the most recent lease. CBRE’s Craig Peters, Cameron Merrill and Doug Sonderegger are the center’s leasing agents.