KATY AND CYPRESS, TEXAS — Breakfast eatery The Toasted Yolk Café has opened two new restaurants in the Houston area, one at The Crossing at Katy Fulshear on the western side of town and one at Cypress Mill Village in the northwestern suburbs. Toasted Yolk Café now operates 14 restaurants in the Houston area. Paul Vernon and Campbell Vise of Henry S. Miller represented the restaurant in its site selection and lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 9,600-square-foot industrial sublease at 3402 Bacor Road in west Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2017. Chris Caudill and Griff Bandy of NAI Partners represented the subtenant, SES Subsea Engineering Solutions, in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the sublessor, DNV GL USA Inc.
CHICAGO — Openlands, a wildlife conservation nonprofit organization, has renewed its 8,373-square-foot office lease at 25 East Washington in Chicago. Openlands occupies space on the 16th floor and has resided in the building for over 20 years. Jonathan Seeley and Merrick Wells of Bradford Allen represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Aspire Properties is the landlord for the 22-story office building. Founded in 1963 as a program of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, Openlands is one of the oldest metropolitan conservation organizations in the nation. It has helped to protect more than 55,000 acres of land for public parks, forest preserves, wildlife refuges, urban farms and community gardens in northeastern Illinois.
ST. CHARLES, MO. — Napoli III will join the tenant lineup at Streets of St. Charles, a 27-acre mixed-use development owned by Cullinan Properties in suburban St. Louis. Napoli III is the third restaurant from the Pietoso family and an extension of the family’s original Café Napoli. The new restaurant will occupy 4,500 square feet and feature a private room as well as outdoor dining. The menu will offer fresh seafood and pasta as well as favorites such as the veal chop and penne a la vodka. Buildout of the space for Napoli III is set to begin in August. An opening date has not yet been released.
MEDLEY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 92,550-square-foot industrial lease at Medley 104 Industrial Center in Medley. The landlord, Lincoln Property Co., recently completed a $6.5 million renovation at the 263,131-square-foot property. Medley 104 is situated at 9400 NW 104th St., 10 miles northwest of Miami International Airport and 15 miles northwest of the Port of Miami. Wayne Ramoski, Gian Rodriguez and Skylar Stein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Matt Maciag, Brian Smith and Audley Bosch of JLL represented the tenant, U.S. PLY Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas-based commercial roofing manufacturer. The multi-tenant property was formerly the distribution headquarters for CVS. Artefacto occupies 98,478 square feet at Medley 104 and the remaining 72,103 square feet is vacant.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Patients Choice Medical has signed a 10,186-square-foot industrial lease at 3601 Edison Place in Rolling Meadows, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Rick Anesi of Lee & Associates represented the owner, Otto Holdings. Tom Callahan of Chicagoland Commercial represented the tenant, which is a medical equipment supplier based in Arlington Heights that is expanding operations.
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Logistics firm Champions Services has signed a 151,600-square-foot, full-building industrial lease at 1 Warner Court in Logan Township, located south of Philadelphia. The property is located within Pureland Industrial Park, just off Interstate 295 and near the Ports of Camden (New Jersey) and Philadelphia. Marc Isdaner of Colliers International represented the landlord, Boston-based GFI Partners, in the lease negotiations. Scott Mertz of NAI Mertz represented the tenant.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Government contractor KBR Inc. has signed a 10-year, 12,723-square-foot office lease at 2677 Prosperity Ave. in Fairfax. The seven-story, 166,266-square-foot building is situated 15 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. Andy Klaff and Dominic Orcio of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the landlord, a joint venture between Office Properties Income Trust and Coakley Prosperity of Virginia LLC, in the transaction. Samuel Heiber and Tom Birnbach of Cresa represented the tenant, which plans to move into the space in October. The RMR Group manages the property. KBR is an engineering firm that was formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Defense contractor and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin has signed a 220,000-square-foot industrial lease at TexAmericas Center in Texarkana, located near the Texas-Arkansas border. Lockheed Martin will utilize a portion of the floor space at Building 333, which is currently leased to Red River Army Depot (RRAD), to support the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Fleet Expansion Program. The contract with RRAD is valued at $77 million and runs from 2020 to 2024. The building will undergo improvements requested and paid for by Lockheed Martin as part of its public/private partnership with RRAD. TexAmericas Center is one of the largest owner-operators of industrial real estate in the country, with roughly 12,000 development-ready acres and about 3 million square feet of commercial and industrial product serving four states.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Texas Excavation Safety System has signed a 29,343-square-foot office lease at 1410 E. Renner Road in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. Dave Peterson, Mark Robertson and Jimmy Freeman of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
