CHICAGO — Focal Point LLC has leased a 60,000-square-foot industrial building located at 4400 W. 45th St. in Chicago. The company manufactures architectural lighting products. Jeff Locascio and Chris Wilbur of Entre Commercial Realty represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Colin Green and Larry Goldwasser of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Talos Capital.
HOUSTON — Law firm Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber PC has signed a 16,768-square-foot office lease at Weslayan Tower, a 20-story building located at 24 Greenway Plaza in West Houston. Granite Properties owns the 509,077-square-foot, Class A building, which features a recently upgraded lobby, fitness center and outdoor workspace. Kevin Kushner of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jon Dutton and Steve West represented Granite Properties internally.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Colliers International has arranged a 54,312-square-foot industrial lease for Shiyu Electronics USA in West Columbia. The property is located at 128 McQueen St., seven miles southwest of downtown Columbia. China-based Shiyu Electronics supplies parts for washing machines that are produced in Samsung’s plant in Newberry, S.C., about 50 miles from 128 McQueen St. The building at 128 McQueen spans 170,195 square feet and is now fully leased to Shiyu Electronics, Morrisette Paper Co. and plastic fabrication company Carolina Container. Chuck Salley, Dave Mathews, Thomas Beard and John Peebles of Colliers represented the tenant in the transaction. The landlord was not disclosed.
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — Third-party logistics provider Cryoport, which provides climate-controlled distribution services for biopharmaceutical and animal health organizations, has signed a 20,000-square-foot industrial lease in Morris Plains, approximately 35 miles west of New York City. Cryoport is relocating from Livingston, New Jersey, to a space that is located inside a 55,000-square-foot distribution facility at 900 American Road. Robert Donnelly Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield represented Cryoport in the lease negotiations. Gregory Sabato and Scott Peck of Resource Realty represented the landlord, Commercial Realty Group of Parsippany.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Wolf Commercial Real Estate (WCRE) has negotiated a 2,918-square-foot office lease for Vitality Hospice Care in Burlington, a southern suburb of Trenton. The space is located within a 63,400-square-foot office building at 460 Veterans Drive. The Class B office property was constructed in 1984 and offers convenient access to the New Jersey Turnpike, the New Jersey Transit River Line station and Interstate 295. Kevin Coleman and Victor DeJesus of WCRE represented Vitality Hospice Care in the lease negotiations. The team also represented the landlord, H & W Holding Group LLC.
HOUSTON — Google has leased office space at 3663 Washington Ave. in the Buffalo Heights mixed-use development in Houston, according to reports from several local media outlets, including The Houston Chronicle, which first reported the news. The office will be Google’s first in Houston and will serve the California-based tech giant’s cloud technology sales division. CultureMap Houston, a publication covering the city’s lifestyle and restaurant scene, reports that the office will open in early 2021. Buffalo Heights is a mixed-use development by BKR Memorial and Midway that features office and multifamily uses, as well as a retail component anchored by an H-E-B grocery store.
NEW YORK CITY — Goodwill Industries has renewed its 30,800-square-foot office lease for its corporate headquarters in Brooklyn. The the nonprofit organization leases the entire third floor of an office building located at 25 Elm Place that previously served as a J.W. Mays department store building. Goodwill has leased the office space for five years and has renewed its lease for an additional 20 years. Goodwill provides training, placement, on-the-job coaching, and retention services from this office, which is located directly across the street from the flagship Goodwill store. Stephen Powers, Arthur Skelskie and Lindsay Ornstein of Transwestern represented Goodwill in the lease negotiations. George Silva and Michael Caruso internally represented the building owner, J.W. Mays Inc. along with Robert Hebron and Rob Hebron of Ingram & Hebron Realty.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Gold Medal Bakery has signed a 23,500-square-foot industrial lease in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The space is located within a 65,700-square-foot warehousing and distribution facility at 215 S. Newman St. The building features two drive-in loading docks and a clear height of 16 feet. The property offers convenient access to the New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 80 and the Garden State Parkway. The Stro Companies is the owner of the building.
HOUSTON — Occidental Petroleum has extended its 972,145-square-foot office lease at Greenway Plaza in Houston, a deal that will keep the Houston-based energy giant at the 52-acre campus through 2031. Rima Soroka and Eric Siegrist represented the landlord, Parkway, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. The representative of Occidental, which has occupied space at Greenway Plaza since 2017, was not disclosed. The company also added about 92,000 square feet of space to its footprint earlier this year.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Global insurance brokerage firm HUB International has leased 13,000 square feet at WestStar Tower, a 20-story, Class A office building under construction in downtown El Paso. Other tenants committed to the project include Corralito restaurant as well as WestStar Bank and Hunt Cos. Will Brown and Adin Brown with Sonny Brown Associates are leading the leasing effort for office and retail users, as well as sales efforts for the project’s office condominiums. HUB has more than 475 offices worldwide employing 12,000 people.
