ARLINGTON, VA. — JBG Smith has signed military shipbuilder HII (Huntington Ingalls Industries) to a 36,809-square-foot office lease at National Landing, a neighborhood in Arlington headlined by Amazon’s new HQ2 campus. HII signed the 11.5-year lease to occupy space within the 11-story 2451 Crystal Drive office tower, which was built in 1990. The firm will move into the space in late summer 2023 and will have signage rights on the tower, according to JBG Smith. HII joins the growing roster of defense-adjacent companies with major presences in the region, including Boeing and Raytheon, both of which are establishing their global headquarters in the National Landing area. Adam Schindler and Perry Frazer of Colliers represented HII in the lease negotiations. Andrea Murray and Connor Stewart represented JBG Smith on an internal basis.
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Northwood Investors Adds Two New Concepts to Metropolitan Shopping Center in Midtown Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Northwood Investors LLC has added two new tenants to Metropolitan, a mixed-use development and lifestyle shopping center located in Midtown Charlotte. The new concepts include Yuliya’s Ice Cream, a locally based, woman-owned ice cream company founded by Belarusian immigrant Yuliya Shvinhelskaya. The eatery will open at Metropolitan, its first brick-and-mortar shop, in early 2023. The other concept is Removery, the largest specialized provider of tattoo removal services. The company operates nearly 100 locations. Other newcomers to Metropolitan include European Wax Center, Open Rice and Clean Your Dirty Face. In addition to new tenants, Northwood Investors is unveiling the refresh of Metropolitan’s exterior that includes new signage, enhanced lighting along the bike path, colorful banners along Charlottetowne Avenue and South Kings Drive, metal and fabric garage screens and vertical wood and warmer colors throughout. Other upcoming renovations include updated landscaping and interior furnishings.
Comstock Signs Puttshack to Lease at Reston Station Mixed-Use Project in Northern Virginia
by John Nelson
RESTON, VA. — Comstock Holding Cos. Inc. has signed mini-golf retail concept Puttshack to anchor Phase II of Reston Station, an 80-acre mixed-use project underway in Northern Virginia. Located near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station at 1850 Reston Row Plaza in Reston, Puttshack will be the project’s first active entertainment venue when it opens in summer 2025. The more than 29,000-square-foot space will feature four nine-hole mini-golf courses equipped with Puttshack’s proprietary Trackaball technology that keeps track of patrons scores as they play. The venue will also have a full dining menu and hand-crafted cocktails, as well as multiple bars and private event spaces for parties and business outings. Chicago-based Puttshack recently completed a growth capital round of $150 million from funds managed by BlackRock and continued support from Promethean Investments to help fuel the operator’s expansion plans.
NEW YORK CITY — 1-800Accountant, which provides virtual accounting software for small businesses, has signed a 12,344-square-foot office lease at 260 Madison Avenue, a 570,000-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. Peter Turchin, Gregg Rothkin, Tim Freydberg, Hayden Pascal and Jared London of CBRE represented the landlord, The Sapir Organization, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
MADISON, WIS. — Von Maur has opened an 82,000-square-foot department store at West Towne Mall in Madison. Von Maur backfills a space formerly home to Boston Store. CBL Properties, the owner of West Towne Mall, says that the new Von Maur store is one of only two department store openings in the country this year. West Towne Mall spans 828,602 square feet and is home to tenants such as Total Wine & More, Dave & Busters, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JC Penney, Athleta, Pandora, Pottery Barn, Sephora, Williams-Sonoma and The Cheesecake Factory.
On Oct. 12, France Media hosted the “The Future of Multifamily Advertising is Here: How Automation is Transforming Housing” webinar, sponsored by Conversion Logix. A growing need for marketing automation in the industry means organizations are looking for improved tools and technology. Curious about how to mesh Google ads and social media video ads, retargeting campaigns, website experiences, virtual tours, emails and more into a coherent marketing approach for multifamily? Want to learn more about engagement personalization? Hear how to prepare your organization for marketing automation and make the most of the data you collect. Watch this brief webinar for tips, tricks and tech. “The multifamily marketing landscape continues to evolve,” says Crystal Banegas, new business development manager at Conversion Logix. She explains that as the world of marketing technology expands, marketers need to evolve as well to best take advantage of time-saving, personalizing technology that frees marketers to look at their advertising strategically — using real-time data to personalize (but not pester) leads. Click to listen. A copy of the webinar presentation may be downloaded here. See a list of major topics covered below: Integration of real-time data — sharing information useful to Teams Vendors Organizations Making the best use …
NEW YORK CITY — MGM Studios has signed a 50,462-square-foot office lease at 260 Madison Avenue, a 570,000-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. Peter Turchin, Gregg Rothkin, Tim Freydberg, Hayden Pascal and Jared London of CBRE represented the landlord, The Sapir Organization, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
TOLEDO, OHIO — Gym concept F45 Training has signed a lease to open a 2,100-square-foot location at Talmadge Town Center South in Toledo. Tolson Enterprises owns the shopping center, which is situated near Franklin Park Mall. Michael Murphy, Tjader Gerdom and Haley Kelly of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented F45 Training, which maintains locations in nearly all 50 states. The “F” stands for functional, and the classes are 45 minutes each.
MIAMI — Law firm Bilzin Sumberg has renewed its office lease at 1450 Brickell office tower in Miami’s Brickell district. Barbara Black, Matthew Goodman and Jeff Gordon of JLL represented Bilzin Sumberg. The firm occupies 84,000 square feet of space at the 625,000-square-foot tower. Tere Blanca and Danet Linares of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented the building owner, an entity doing business as 1450 Brickell LLC.
ATLANTA — Third & Urban and FCP have announced the addition of four tenants to the 15-acre Westside Paper development located along the Atlanta BeltLine in Westside Atlanta. Currently under development and scheduled to open in early 2023, Westside Paper, which is centered around a historic 1950s paper warehouse, features 245,000 square feet of mixed-use space. King of Pops, Elsewhere Brewing, Ancestral Bottle Shop + Market and taqueria concept El Santo Gallo will join the retail lineup. Westside Paper’s retail space is now 90 percent leased, with previously announced tenants including Pancake Social, Glide Pizza, Girl Driver and Boxcar Betty’s.