Leasing Activity

MCHENRY, ILL. — Superior Felt & Filtration (SFF) has signed a 75,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1359 Ridgeview Drive in McHenry, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. McHenry-based SFF has experienced rapid growth due to the production of personal protection equipment for coronavirus. Owned by Midwest Industrial Funds (MIF), the 218,064-square-foot building is a former Motorola production site. It features a clear height of 28 feet. MIF plans to renovate the office space and add more air conditioning capacity. Dan Benassi, Dan Jones and Sam Deihs of Entre Commercial Realty represented SFF in the lease transaction.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Royal Pets Market & Resort has signed a lease with Bromley Cos. at Midtown Tampa. The 8,000-square-foot space will be the flagship location for the company, which offers veterinary care, an indoor dog daycare and a pet spa. The space will be situated on the ground floor of Novel Midtown Tampa, which is expected to open later this year. Royal Pets Market joins other announced retail tenants such as Joffrey’s Coffee, True Food Kitchen and Whole Foods Market. Bromley Cos., Casto, Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate and Crescent Communities are developing Midtown Tampa, which will feature more than 200,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, entertainment and outdoor space; 750,000 square feet of office space; Novel Midtown Tampa; and two boutique hotels.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Infrastructure design firm HNTB Corp. has signed an office lease at Frost Tower, a 314,879-square-foot building in downtown Fort Worth. The property was completed in 2018 and offers a full-service restaurant, conference and event center, elevated outdoor patio areas and wine lockers. Seth Koschak and Cullen Donohue of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Anthracite Realty Partners, in the lease negotiations. Sven Sykes, Brad Balke, Daniel Rudd and Billy Vahrenkamp of Colliers International represented the tenant

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DALLAS — NAI Robert Lynn has negotiated a 26,418-square-foot office sublease for Texas-based Veritex Community Bank at 12750 Merit Drive, a newly renovated building in North Dallas. Veritex Bank is expanding its footprint in Dallas, and the new space will accommodate about 150 of the company’s 700 total employees. Amenities at the property include a conference center, fitness center, tenant lounges and a deli. Kent Smith of NAI Robert Lynn and Dan Boyles of NAI Partners’ Houston office represented Veritex Bank in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the original tenant and landlord were not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), the parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, has signed a 103,533-square-foot office lease at Mural Park in Chicago. Located at 920 W. Cullerton St., the two-building office project is now 63 percent leased. Mural Park is a redevelopment of two historic 100,000-square-foot industrial loft buildings in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. It was completed in January 2019. HCSC will fully occupy one of the buildings and join existing tenants Puratos Group, Noble Forward, Relay Chicago and Back of the Yards Coffee. Jeff Dowdell and Katie Steele of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Condor Partners, in the lease transaction with HCSC. Sean Reynolds, Meredith O’Connor, Matthew Carolan and Amy Berg of JLL represented HCSC.

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BENSENVILLE, ILL. — H. Betti Industries Inc. (HBI) has signed a 41,168-square-foot industrial lease at 350 N. York Road in Bensenville near O’Hare International Airport. HBI distributes amusement, vending and audio-visual equipment, including parts and services for video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, pool tables and currency changers. Beginning in August, the company will consolidate two of its existing operations — a 25,000-square-foot distribution center in Bensenville and a smaller satellite location in Wood Dale — at the new location. Owned by Prologis, 350 N. York Road features a clear height of 32 feet, 10 loading docks and office and showroom space. John D’Orazio of Colliers International represented HBI in the lease.

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DALLAS — Tricon Precast, a provider of concrete products, has signed a 98,259-square-foot industrial lease at 5200 E. Grand Ave., a few miles east of downtown Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property features 19-foot clear heights and 200 parking spaces. Josh Barnes and Canon Shoults of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, HLC Investments, in the lease negotiations. Matthew Perry-Miller of Laughlin Commercial Realty Group represented the tenant.

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SAN ANTONIO — NAI Partners has negotiated an 11,380-square-foot industrial lease at Isom Business Center, a 175,000-square-foot development in north central San Antonio. The property consists of three buildings that offer 18-foot clear heights and both grade-level and dock-high loading doors. Carlos Marquez and Colten Courtney of NAI Partners represented the tenant, solar products distributor Solwel, in the lease negotiations.

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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Target has signed an 89,781-square-foot retail lease to occupy a two-story space at Gateway Port Chester, a 494,000-square-foot, open-air retail center located near the New York-Connecticut border. An opening date has not yet been determined. Jessica Curtis of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between M&J Wilkow and MetLife Investment Management, in the lease negotiations. Jeff Howard of Ripco represented Target. Other tenants at the center include HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty and Old Navy.

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BALTIMORE — Armada Hoffler Properties and WeWork have mutually agreed to terminate WeWork’s 69,000-square-foot office lease at Wills Wharf in Baltimore’s Harbor Point neighborhood. The New York City-based coworking company was slated to occupy the top two stories of the office portion of Wills Wharf. A Canopy by Hilton hotel will be situated on the top four floors of the 12-story, 325,000-square-foot building. Armada Hoffler has begun marketing the space again to join other office tenants, which include EY, Jellyfish and Bright Horizons. WeWork also terminated its lease with landlord Columbia Property Trust at 189 Madison Ave. in New York City.

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