PONTOON BEACH, ILL. — IMC Outdoor Living has leased 325,944 square feet of industrial space in Gateway TradePort Building 2 in Pontoon Beach, just northeast of St. Louis. The tenant will occupy all of the remaining space within the building. IMC Outdoor Living, a division of Liberty Tire Recycling, manufactures landscaping and playground equipment from recycled rubber towers. The company plans to use the new facility for product storage and distribution while continuing to utilize its existing facility in Godfrey, Ill. Steve Stradal and George Convy of Avison Young, along with Tom Schenk of The White Co., represented the tenant in the lease transaction. JLL represented the landlord, NorthPoint Development.
MILWAUKEE — Eight Eleven Group has signed a 7,500-square-foot office lease at HUB640 in Milwaukee’s Westown neighborhood. This will be the second office in Milwaukee for the Indianapolis-based staffing and consulting firm. Eight Eleven employees will temporarily occupy a spec suite within HUB640 while they await the buildout of their permanent location on the third floor. Eight Eleven plans to hire five additional employees this year and seven to 10 more next year. Purchased in 2017 by North Wells Capital, HUB640 was formerly home to the corporate offices of The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. and its longtime Boston Store. Fully renovated in the years following, the 120-year-old property now features a new lobby, amenity floor, rooftop deck and fitness center. The project gets its name from the address, 640 N. 4th St. John Davis and Ned Purtell of Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented North Wells Capital in the lease with Eight Eleven.
NEW YORK CITY — Cedar, a locally based healthcare financial technology firm, has signed a 66,753-square-foot office lease at 32 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The lease term is five years, and the space encompasses the entire 18th and a portion of the 17th floors of the 1.2 million-square-foot building. Cedar is quadrupling its 17,000-square-foot footprint at 95 Morton Street and plans to take occupancy of its new space in the fourth quarter. Mitti Liebersohn and Evan Foley of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, The Rudin Family, on an internal basis.
HOUSTON — Accounting firm Weaver has signed a 60,000-square-foot office lease for its new headquarters at Five Post Oak Park, a 28-story building in Houston’s Galleria district. Weaver will relocate from a 43,000-square-foot space at Wesleyan Tower beginning in May 2022. CP Group, a developer and operator of mixed-use projects throughout the Southern United States, recently purchased the building in partnership with Miami-based Rialto Capital.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Weitzman has negotiated a trio of leases at Fry Springs Plaza, a 14,112-square-foot neighborhood retail center in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress. Cavity Patrol Pediatric Dentistry leased 2,275 square feet; Bastion Martial Arts signed a deal for 2,830 square feet; and Oasis Nail Bar committed to 2,100 square feet. Kyle Knight with Weitzman handled negotiations as the leasing agent for Fry Springs Plaza.
MILWAUKEE — Herzing University has unveiled plans to move its national headquarters to The Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. Herzing expects to move from its current suburban location to The Avenue by the first quarter of 2022 and will occupy nearly 22,000 square feet. The Avenue is a 333,000-square-foot mixed-use project by Hempel Real Estate and Interstate Development Co. Herzing is a private nonprofit institution with 10 campuses across seven states as well as an online division. The university offers degrees in professions such as nursing, technology, business and healthcare. Colliers International represented Herzing in its new lease and will also market Herzing’s Menomonee Falls property for sale. Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented ownership of The Avenue.
NEW YORK CITY — Chicago-based real estate consulting firm Project Management Advisors Inc. (PMA) has signed a lease for approximately 5,000 square feet in the Empire State Building. The new office — the company’s seventh across the country — will bring together PMA’s existing New York staff and the team from LPE Management Services, which PMA recently acquired. The office is scheduled to before the end of the month.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Third-party logistics and supply chain management firm Morrison Express Corp. has signed a 73,962-square-foot industrial lease at GSW Distribution Center in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. Blake Anderson of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the landlord, Morris Truman Associates LLC.
NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. — Metrie, a manufacturer and distributor of interior finishings, has signed a 121,623-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 301 Bartlett St. in Northborough, located in Worcester County. Bill Sullivan, Jon Pezzoni and Matt Walker of Avison Young represented the tenant, which originally occupied 58,123 square feet before expanding by an additional 65,000 square feet, in the lease negotiations. Colliers International represented the undisclosed landlord. Metrie will take occupancy of its expanded space in October.
WYNNEHAVEN BEACH, FLA. — MAB American Management LLC has signed Publix to a lease to anchor Wynnehaven Plaza, MAB’s newest shopping center development located at the northwest corner of US Highway 98 and Rosewood Drive in Wynnehaven Beach. Wynnehaven Plaza will feature a 48,387-square-foot Publix store along with a 2,100-square-foot Publix Liquor store on 10 acres of land. In addition to Publix, MAB is now preleasing business storefronts in the eight-unit inline building adjacent to Publix, as well as a two-unit freestanding pad site. MAB recently broke ground on the project in July 2021 and is expected to complete the shopping center by 2022. The development cost for Wynnehaven Plaza is expected to exceed $20 million.