DALLAS — Curtis Specialized Moving & Storage has renewed and expanded its industrial lease in Dallas’ South Stemmons submarket. The locally based company renewed its 43,200-square-foot lease at 460 W. Mockingbird Lane and leased an additional 40,500 square feet of neighboring space at Mockingbird Place. Brock Wilson and Joe Santaularia of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, a private equity firm based in New York, in the lease negotiations. David Easterling of CBRE represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Younger Partners has arranged two office leases totaling 18,003 square feet at Republic Center, a 50-story tower in downtown Dallas. Lexitas, a court reporting and legal records firm, renewed and expanded its lease to 13,725 square feet, and Deans Stepp Law Firm leased 4,278 square feet. Trae Anderson and Kathy Parmenter of Younger Partners represented the unnamed landlord in the lease deals. Conor McCarthy and Maggie Birnbach of JLL represented Lexitas, and Sanders Thompson of Transwestern represented Deans Stepp. Republic Center spans more than 1 million square feet of office, retail and multifamily space near the DART St. Paul light rail station in Dallas’ central business district.
NEW YORK CITY — Fine arts logistics company Maquette has signed a 47,850-square-foot industrial lease expansion for its headquarters in Queens. The lease expands Maquette’s existing lease to a total of 95,700 square feet. The space is located within the 275,000-square-foot Matsil warehouse and office building at 48-49 35th St. in the Long Island City submarket. Other tenants at the property include Motorola and Ralph Lauren. Forrest Mas and Chris Pachios represented the landlord, North River Co., internally. The lease was negotiated directly with the tenant.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates-Houston has arranged a 3,000-square-foot lease in Houston for Voodoo Doughnut, a boutique donut shop based in Portland, Ore. Voodoo will open the new store this fall at 1214 Westheimer Road in Houston’s Montrose district. Grant Walker and Brad Kilbride of Lee & Associates-Houston, along with Wade Green of Transwestern, represented Voodoo in the lease deal. The landlord was not disclosed. Walker also represented Voodoo last year in its lease negotiations for its first Houston eatery at 3715 Washington Ave. Voodoo also has a prominent location on Sixth Street in downtown Austin.
HUNTINGTON, IND. — Indiana Physical Therapy Inc. has signed a retail lease for 4,200 square feet at the Huntington Forum Shops in Huntington, about 25 miles southwest of Fort Wayne. The shopping center is located at 2880 Walmart Drive. Stanley Phillips and Dave Horacek of Bradley Co. represented the landlord, SHIV Huntington LLC, in the lease negotiations. Indiana Physical Therapy now operates 19 locations across the state.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — A&R Logistics Inc., a supply chain services provider to the chemical industry, has leased 133,333 square feet at AmeriPort Industrial Park in Baytown. The property is located at 703 Logistics Drive S. near Trinity Bay in metro Houston. Charles Fertitta Jr. of Colliers International represented A&R Logistics in the lease transaction. Robert Alinger, also with Colliers, represented the landlord, National Property Holdings. AmeriPort Industrial Park comprises 4 million square feet and sits on more than 1,000 acres. In addition to the Baytown facility, A&R Logistics is opening a new facility in Charleston, S.C., in September and another in Savannah, Ga., in December.
WESTLAKE, TEXAS — Goosehead Insurance, an independent personal lines insurance agency, has expanded and extended its corporate headquarters lease at The Terraces at Solana office campus in Westlake. The firm added 42,308 square feet to its existing lease at 1500 Solana Blvd., bringing its overall footprint to 150,454 square feet. This is the second lease expansion for Goosehead in the past two years. Goosehead will occupy the entirety of Building 4 along with the full fifth floor in Building 1 at The Terraces at Solana. The 1.1 million-square-foot office campus comprises eight Class A buildings and multiple parking garages. Founded in 2003, Goosehead (Nasdaq: GSHD) completed its initial public offering in early 2018 and has expanded to more than 1,000 operating and contracted franchise locations across the country. The firm recently expanded its office footprint in markets such as Charlotte, N.C.; Houston; and Henderson, Nev. The company reported in its first quarter 2020 results that its corporate sales headcount increased 31 percent year-over-year. Josh White, Chelby Sanders and Ryan Buchanan of CBRE’s Dallas office represented Goosehead Insurance in the Westlake lease negotiations. Jeff Eckert and Blake Shipley of JLL represented the landlord, Glenstar.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — NAI Partners Austin has arranged a 65,415-square-foot industrial lease renewal for Picrow Streaming Inc. in southeast Austin. The property is situated at 3910 S. Industrial Blvd. Troy Martin of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Leigh Ellis of Aquila Commercial represented the unnamed landlord. Picrow is a New York-based film production and development company that creates content such as commercial, digital media, movies and TV.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Toolots, a California-based online marketplace and distribution channel for factory-direct industrial tools, machinery and technology, has inked a deal to occupy a warehouse and distribution facility located at 17783 Indian St. in Moreno Valley. KKR Alpha Industries owns and operates the 436,350-square-foot facility. Robert Feathers and Brian Bennett of Kidder Mathews represented Toolots in the lease transaction.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty has added three new office tenants to join the tenant roster at Offices at The Realm, a 251,000-square-foot office building in Lewisville. The new leases total 79,000 square feet and bring the property to 80 percent occupancy. Global Medical Response, a medical transport company that sent more than 1,500 employees to New York and New Jersey to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic, is leasing two full floors at Offices at the Realm. The company’s offices will consolidate existing regional offices in the metroplex and also feature a 24/7 disaster relief call center. Worthey Wiles, Jake Young and Dalton Stogner of Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) represented Bright Realty in the 60,000-square-foot lease transaction. Kevin Mechelke, John Ruskin, Greg Biggs and Jeremy McGown of JLL represented Global Medical Response. The other two leases include tax software firm CSC Corptax leasing 15,000 square feet and Texas VA Mortgage leasing 4,000 square feet. LPC represented Bright Realty in both lease deals. Cushman & Wakefield represented CSC Corptax and Swearingen Realty Group represented Texas VA Mortgage. Other tenants at Offices at The Realm include the recently opened Venture X coworking space and El Patio, a Tex-Mex restaurant that will open …