AUSTIN, TEXAS — Move Solutions Ltd., which provides office moving services, has signed a 107,537-square-foot industrial lease at Park 183, a development in southeast Austin by Trammell Crow Co. and New York-based Clarion Partners. Development of Park 183 is currently in its third of four phases that will ultimately total more than 950,000 square feet of industrial space. John Barksdale, Darryl Dadon and Joe Novek of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Robert Deptula and Stayton Wright of Transwestern represented Move Solutions.
Leasing Activity
DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged a 25,000-square-foot lease expansion and relocation in South Florida on behalf of DNA Labs International, a private forensic DNA lab. The lab company’s new corporate headquarters will take up the entirety of Building 3 at Hillsboro Center located at 700 W. Hillsboro Blvd. in Deerfield Beach. Ryan Nunes of JLL represented DNA Labs in the office expansion. Joe Freitas and John Criddle of Cushman & Wakefield represented the Boca Raton, Fla.-based landlord, Grover Corlew, in the lease negotiations. DNA Labs International was founded in 2004 in Deerfield Beach and is a family-run business, specializing in forensic DNA analysis for law enforcement agencies, government forensic labs and attorneys involved in the criminal law practice. Hillsboro Center includes more than 216,000 square feet of space and offers immediate access to Interstate 95. The building features an onsite cafe and restaurant options, banks, hotels and other amenities in the surrounding area.
NEW YORK CITY — Radancy, a staffing agency that serves the tech sector, has signed a 15,622-square-foot office lease at One Battery Park Plaza, a 35-story office tower in Lower Manhattan. Radancy plans to relocate to the 870,000-square-foot building from its current office at 125 Broad St. this summer. Gerry Miovski, Chris Mansfield and Masha Dudelzak of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kevin Daly represented the landlord, Rudin Management Co., on an internal basis.
PHILADELPHIA — NAI Mertz has negotiated a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Port Richmond neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia. The building at 225 Castor Ave. features clear heights of 15 and 16 feet, 14 loading docks and 1,512 square feet of office space. Jonathan Klear and Fred Meyer of NAI Mertz represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. The tenant is Dependable Distribution Services Inc., the largest cocoa bean storage company in North America that also recently signed a 71,445-square-foot lease in nearby Camden, New Jersey.
BOSTON — Bristol Myers Squibb has signed a 113,000-square-foot life sciences lease expansion at 250 Water St. at Cambridge Crossing, a 43-acre mixed-use project at the intersection of Cambridge, Somerville and Boston. The global pharmaceutical company is adding the remaining available space to its initial lease, which was announced in August of last year. Developer DivcoWest recently topped off the 480,000-square-foot building and expects to deliver it in 2022.
IRVING, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 46,764-square-foot office lease renewal for the headquarters of FleetPride Inc., a distributor of truck and trailer parts, at 600 Las Colinas Drive in Irving. The 22-story building spans 512,269 square feet. Robbie Baty and Michael Bannister of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Cribb Altman of JLL, represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Duane Henley of Transwestern represented the landlord, Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc.
ELGIN, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 45,112-square-foot industrial lease at 1755 Britannia Drive in Elgin. Kenneth Franzese and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates represented the owner, Scannell Properties. Steve Bass of NAI Hiffman represented the tenant, Hardinge Inc., which is a provider of advanced metal-cutting solutions. The 80,491-square-foot, newly constructed building features a clear height of 32 feet. There are 35,379 square feet remaining available for lease.
MINNEAPOLIS — Cogent Communications has signed a 6,000-square-foot lease at T5@Minneapolis, a newly expanded data center located at 1001 Third Ave. South in downtown Minneapolis. Legacy Investing, an investment and commercial real estate firm focused on technology properties, owns the asset. T5 Data Centers, a national data center operating company, manages and operates the property, which features private suites, technical office space, a conference area and tenant lounge. The building is served by access to 74 network providers, now including Cogent. Sean Brady, Randy Borron and Justin Baratz of Cushman & Wakefield represented Legacy Investing in the lease transaction. Scott Becker of JLL and Jonathan Larsen of Avison Young represented Cogent.
NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Levin Management Corp. has negotiated four lease renewals for Virginia-based discount retailer Dollar Tree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The New Jersey locations include a 14,500-square-foot space at Brunswick Shopping Center, a 10,300-square-foot shop in Watchung and a 9,400-square-foot store in Franklin Township. The Pennsylvania location is situated in Middletown and spans 9,000 square feet.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Logistics firm Lineage Redistribution has signed a 122,500-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. Matt Carthey and Thomas Grafton with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, SCRS Fort Worth Industrial, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.