ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an office lease extension and expansion for Sterling Seacrest Pritchard at 2500 Cumberland, a 144,335-square-foot office building in Atlanta’s Cumberland-Galleria submarket. The tenant will now occupy 63,600 square feet at the office building, which is situated inside the I-285 perimeter near The Home Depot’s headquarters. Annie Lewis, Jon Mayeske and Clinton McKellar of Cushman & Wakefield represented Sterling Seacrest Pritchard in the lease negotiations. John Zintak and Sonia Winfield, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the landlord, Noro Management. Sterling Seacrest Pritchard is a privately held insurance brokerage firm and operates its corporate headquarters out of 2500 Cumberland. The firm will add its signage at the top of the building as per the lease agreement. In addition to securing the anchor, Noro Management is updating the building’s amenities to include a new conference facility, outdoor terrace and a grab-and-go café.
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DALLAS — Immersive Gamebox, a British entertainment concept centered on interactive digital gaming, will open a new venue at 2525 Elm St. in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas. Immersive Gamebox, which also has locations in San Antonio, The Woodlands and at the 433-acre Grandscape mixed-use development in metro Dallas, expects to open the Deep Ellum facility before the end of the month.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — West Marine, a sailing, boating, fishing and watersports retailer, has moved into a new corporate headquarters at 1 East Broward, a 350,000-square-foot office building in downtown Fort Lauderdale. NAI/Merin Hunter Codman, the leasing and management company for the property, arranged the 50,000-square-foot lease. West Marine has invested $800,000 in capital improvements to the space. Founded in 1968, West Marine operates 236 physical locations across 38 states and Puerto Rico, as well as two e-commerce platforms.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Archer Western Herzog, which is a joint venture between construction companies Archer Western Construction and Herzog Contracting Corp., has signed a 23,470-square-foot office lease renewal in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Valwood Parkway Partners Ltd., in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Freight and logistics company Allmodes Transport has signed a 151,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 1 Cory Road in the Northern New Jersey community of Morristown. The 296,000-square-foot building offers 6.5 acres of combined car and trailer parking space and is currently 97 percent leased. New York-based Taconic Partners owns the building.
Safehold Arranges $26.5M Ground Lease for Multifamily Development in South Salt Lake, Utah
by Amy Works
SOUTH SALT LAKE, UTAH — Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) has arranged a $26.5 million ground lease to facilitate the ground-up development of One Burton, an apartment community in South Salt Lake’s new downtown district. Abstract Development Group, an affiliate of a New York-based multifamily real estate owner, will develop the 180-unit community within a Qualified Opportunity Zone.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Diversco Inc., a South Carolina-based provider of marine equipment, has signed a 51,498-square-foot industrial lease renewal in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The space is located within Marsh Business Park West. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as DK Industrial Dallas LLC, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Locally based biotechnology firm Dicerna Pharmaceuticals has signed a 107,238-square-foot life sciences lease expansion at its Hayden Avenue Campus in Lexington, located north of Boston. The tenant, which has operated out of the site since 2014, currently occupies more than 90,000 square feet. The expansion brings Dicerna’s total footprint in Lexington to more than 275,000 square feet. Boston-based King Street Properties owns the Hayden Avenue Campus.
DETROIT — Real estate owner and developer Bedrock has partnered with Raeden, a digital infrastructure platform provider, to open the first carrier hotel in downtown Detroit later this month. Carrier hotels are buildings that house networks and cloud services in the center of a downtown area. Raeden specializes in enabling technology deployments across real estate portfolios. The carrier hotel, which will be located within Bedrock’s 615 West Lafayette property, will centralize internet connectivity and technology services while making efficient use of existing fiber assets. Instead of each building within Bedrock’s portfolio requiring individual internet and technology installations, centralization at 615 West Lafayette decrease deployment timelines and lower costs, according to Bedrock. The result will enable Bedrock tenants the ability to access faster services, while enabling expanded internet access throughout Detroit. Over the next 12 months, Bedrock and Raeden will continue to collaborate on additional technological investments, including activating existing data center assets.
BAY CITY, MICH. — North Shore Health Services has signed an 11,600-square-foot office lease in Bay City, which is located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. The property is located at 1426 Straits Drive. The tenant provides behavior analysis therapy for children and families, particularly those diagnosed with autism. North Shore plans to open in December. Colliers Lansing represented the landlord, Cats Holding Co. LLC. North Shore opened its first location in Auburn in 2017 and has since opened locations in Ithaca and Lansing.