NEW YORK CITY — SVB Securities, an investment bank specializing in the healthcare and technology sectors, has signed a 68,183-square-foot office lease expansion at 1301 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant now occupies 139,176 square feet at the 1.7 million-square-foot building, which is owned by locally based investment firm Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE).
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. (HCC) has signed an 11-year office lease for 39,000 square feet at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. The company is the property’s largest tenant to date. HCC plans to move its team of 180 workers from its longtime home in Elgin to Bell Works Chicagoland in August. The publicly traded environmental products and services company will occupy space on the third floor. NELSON Worldwide will design the office. Sven Sykes of Colliers represented HCC in the lease, while Steve Kling of Colliers represented ownership. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T campus being undertaken by New Jersey-based Somerset Development.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — With a new 11,377-square-foot lease signed by Boot Barn, Sherwood Plaza shopping center in Springfield is now fully leased. Joe Parrott, Sean McCourt and Riley McCarron of CBRE represented Boot Barn, which will take occupancy in the coming months. Seritage Growth Properties redeveloped the 130,000-square-foot shopping center, which was nearly vacant at the start of the redevelopment project. CBRE negotiated leases with 10 new tenants, including Burlington, Marshalls, Binny’s Beverage Depot, Orange Theory Fitness and Outback Steakhouse.
DALLAS — Newmark has signed a 46,338-square-foot office lease at The Link at Uptown. The move will consolidate three of the commercial real estate services firm’s regional offices into a single location at 2601 Olive St. in Dallas. John Wolf represented Newmark in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Sarah Kennington and Bryce Jackson at Thirty-Four Commercial, along with Blake Shipley at JLL, represented the landlord, Kaizen Development Partners. Newmark plans to take occupancy in the fourth quarter. The company will continue to operate its office at Legacy Business Park.
BYRON CENTER, MICH. — Nonprofit World Renew has opened a new headquarters at 8970 Byron Commerce Drive in Byron Center, about 13 miles south of Grand Rapids. World Renew works to end global poverty through food security, economic livelihoods, peace building and health. The organization also repairs homes after natural disasters and provides shelter, food and water to those who have lost their homes. The new headquarters is situated within a 31,000-square-foot building constructed by Pinnacle Construction. World Renew previously worked out of two separate spaces. Kristen Moore of Colliers West Michigan assisted the organization in securing its new space.
MIDLAND PARK AND FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Azarian Realty Co. has signed two new office leases in Northern New Jersey. Two therapy groups have respectively leased 1,196 and 2,331 square feet in Midland Park and Fair Lawn. Kevin Pelio and James Azarian of Azarian Realty represented both parties in the first set of lease negotiations. The duo also represented the landlord in the second deal, while Nupur Darji of Sure Sell Real Estate represented the tenant.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Global medical technology company Integra has signed a 100,000-square-foot life sciences lease at 400 Wood Road in Braintree, a southern suburb of Boston. Hilco Redevelopment Partners purchased the 156,000-square-foot property in 2019 and converted it into a life sciences facility. Integra plans to take occupancy of the new space, which it will use to manufacture surgical reconstruction devices, in 2025. The move is expected to bring about 150 new jobs to the local economy. Cushman & Wakefield represented both the tenant and landlord in the lease negotiations.
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Azarian Realty Co. has signed two new tenants to leases at Livingston Town Center, a 65,000-square-foot shopping center in Northern New Jersey. Spa concept Bleu Mirage Aesthetics has leased 1,886 square feet, and food and beverage user Mango Mango Dessert has leased 1,323 square feet. Kevin Pelio of Azarian Realty represented both parties in the first set of lease negotiations. Pelio and James Azarian represented both sides in the second deal.
ST. CHARLES, MO. — Hot Box Cookies has opened at Streets of St. Charles in suburban St. Louis. The store at 650 Beale St. is the sixth metro St. Louis location for Hot Box Cookies, which specializes in freshly made cookies in a dozen flavors. Customers can take home a box or have it delivered. Hot Box also offers ice cream sandwiches, cookie cakes and catering services. Owned and managed by Cullinan Properties Ltd., Streets of St. Charles is a 27-acre mixed-use development featuring retail, dining, entertainment, hospitality, multifamily and office space.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Oak Brook-based Ace Hardware is relocating its headquarters to The Reserve, the former McDonald’s campus in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. Ace has been headquartered in Oak Brook since 1974. Ace plans an extensive interior renovation of the space before it takes occupancy in summer 2023. The lease was for 250,000 square feet, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. For the first time, Ace’s more than 1,100 Oak Brook-based employees will be housed in a single building. Employees will enjoy amenities such as an onsite cafeteria, fitness center, outdoor terraces, access to walking trails and an indoor, heated parking garage. There are more than 5,500 locally owned and operated Ace stores in roughly 65 countries.