Leasing Activity

BRIGHTON, MICH. — Spencer’s and European Wax Center have signed leases to open new locations at Green Oak Village Place in Brighton, a western suburb of Detroit. Both retailers are slated to open by this fall. Spencer’s, which sells edgy T-shirts, jewelry and accessories, will occupy 2,528 square feet. The European Wax Center location will span 1,710 square feet. Green Oak Village Place is home to more than 50 retailers and restaurants. REDICO and Lormax Stern developed the 500,000-square-foot property.

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DALLAS — Northwood Retail has signed leases with four new tenants at Hillside Village, the Dallas-based owner’s outdoor shopping and dining plaza in the city’s Lakewood neighborhood. Phoenix-based grocer Sprouts Farmers Market and spa and salon concept Alchemy 43 will open this fall. Sugared + Bronze, which offers hair removal and tanning services, will open this winter, and California-based veterinary clinic Modern Animal will follow in 2023.

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STREETSBORO, OHIO — Third-party logistics company DSV has signed a 368,537-square-foot industrial lease at a former Best Buy distribution center in the Cleveland suburb of Streetsboro. Located at 9780 Mopar Drive near I-480, the property features 68 docks, two drive-in doors, 14,500 square feet of office space and a clear height of 32 feet. DSV will move into the facility in September. David Stecker of JLL represented ownership, Industrial Logistics Properties Trust, which is managed by The RMR Group. Joe Messina and Dominic Carbonari of JLL represented DSV.

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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 50,995-square-foot industrial lease at 6410 Langfield Road in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2015. Travis Land and A.J. Williams of NAI Partners represented the landlord, an entity doing business as HOU IND 2 LLC, in the lease negotiations. Patrick McKiernan and Jason Mashni of First Houston Properties represented the tenant, Legion Piping Fabricators Inc.  

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PITTSBURGH — Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market has opened a 54,667-square-foot store at 5700 Penn Ave. in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood. The store will feature full-service meat and seafood counters, an artisanal cheesemaking department, coffee bar, prepared foods section and a selection of more than 250 craft beers and 700 wines. The store, which is a relocation of a market at 5880 Centre Ave. that served the community for more than 20 years, officially opened on Wednesday, Aug. 10.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — JLL has opened a 26,000-square-foot flex office and coworking space on the top floor of Cummins Station, a mixed-use adaptive reuse development located at 209 10th Ave. S in downtown Nashville. Named prosprCS, the space features private offices, coworking space, meeting rooms, team suites and virtual offices. The space comes equipped with ergonomic furniture, Tier 1 fiber broadband internet access, interactive client portals to book meeting rooms digitally, an onsite hospitality team and in-place audio-visual equipment. JLL is leading the leasing and management operations of prosprCS. Developed and managed DZL Management, Cummins Station spans more than 400,000 square feet and features the Gibson Guitar U.S. headquarters, the Gibson Garage flagship retail store, Smart USA Co., Revive and Outback Presents.

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By Melissa Jahnke, associate director of operations, Walker & Dunlop The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points in June and then another 75 basis points in July, sending shockwaves across the commercial real estate industry. Fortunately, there are opportunities and solutions to bypass these potential roadblocks. Specifically, investors in a segment of multifamily housing known as small balance lending (SBL), encompassing five- to 150-unit properties, have several options to realize their aspirations for financing multifamily portfolios. View a higher resolution version of the timeline above here. During a recent webcast “Financing Amid Rising Rates: Best Approaches for $1M-$15M Multifamily Loans,” Walker & Dunlop’s market experts spoke about navigating today’s financing landscape. The expert panel included Allison Williams, senior vice president and chief production officer; Allison Herrera, senior director of SBL; and Tim Cotter, director of capital markets. These experienced professionals have found ways to make deals happen in a wide variety of financing environments and have shared their perspectives and guidance. If you are an owner of five- to 150-unit properties that require loans between $1 million to $15 million, the following will help you navigate today’s financial environment and build your momentum. Step 1: Consider the …

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Bassett Furniture, a Virginia-based manufacturer and retailer, has signed a 38,582-square-foot industrial lease at 1019 Enterprise Place in Arlington. Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, High Street Logistics Properties, in the lease negotiations. Reed Parker, also with Lee & Associates, represented the tenant.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Industrious, a flexible workspace provider, is opening a new location at 71060 N. Capitol Ave. in the former Stutz Motor Car Co. factory in Indianapolis. SomeraRoad is repositioning the property as retail, office, arts and event space. The new location marks the third for Industrious in the Indianapolis market and is slated to open in December. The workspace will feature 350 seats across 28,000 square feet and include a mix of private offices, shared workspaces, conference rooms and lounge areas.

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CHICAGO — Wellington Management has signed a 24,000-square-foot office lease at 345 N. Morgan in Chicago’s Fulton Market. Sterling Bay broke ground on the office and retail development in August 2021 and expects to wrap up construction this September. Amenities include private outdoor terraces, a 5,000-square-foot roof deck, lounge, fitness center, coworking library and conference spaces. Eckenhoff Saunders Architects was the project architect. Russ Cora and Austin Lusson negotiated the lease transaction on an internal basis for Sterling Bay. Brendan Callahan, Gabrielle Harvey, Eddie Viliunas and Matt Carolan of JLL represented Wellington Management, which currently houses its Chicago operations in a 6,000-square-foot space in the Loop. The company is a private investment management firm.

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