Leasing Activity

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Six new retailers have been confirmed as part of the $500 million expansion of Easton Town Center in Columbus. The retailers include Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce Café & Speakeasy, Arhaus Furniture, Pins Mechanical Co., The Beeline, Forbidden Root Restaurant and Brewery and Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea. At Forty Deuce, the ground floor will include a café serving burgers and desserts while the upstairs will incorporate a hidden speakeasy. The new Arhaus store will span 17,500 square feet. Ohio-based Pins Mechanical has already opened with 30,000 square feet of bowling, foosball, pinball, duckpin bowling and ping pong. The Beeline is a 3,000-square-foot bar with outdoor entertainment space. Forbidden Root’s 12,000-square-foot location will be its first outside of Chicago and is scheduled to open late this month. Crimson is a Columbus-based coffee roaster. The expansion of Easton will encompass 140,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space, 125,000 square feet of office space and 750 residential units, all set to open in late 2019 and early 2020. Co-developed by The Georgetown Co., L Brands and Steiner + Associates, Easton is a 1,300-acre mixed-use development in northeast Columbus.

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ATLANTA — WeWork has signed three office leases in metro Atlanta totaling 150,000 square feet. In the first lease, WeWork will occupy 35,000 square feet and all three stories of office space within a mixed-use project located at 120 W. Trinity Place in downtown Decatur. The space will accommodate 540 members. Atlanta-based Cousins Properties is developing the project, which will include 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 329 residential units and a parking deck, in addition to WeWork’s office space. Construction is expected for the first half of 2020. WeWork’s second lease is in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter district in Sandy Springs. The coworking company will lease 70,000 square feet of office space at 1155 Perimeter Center W. WeWork will occupy three floors and will accommodate 1,200 members. The space is expected to open in early 2020. WeWork also signed a 45,000-square-foot lease spanning two floors along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail near Ponce City Market. WeWork will occupy the space within the 725 Ponce project by the end of this year. Developer New City Properties plans to open 725 Ponce this fall. The project will comprise 370,000 square feet of office space and include an urban prototype Kroger …

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CHICAGO — Accenture, the giant global business and information technology consulting services firm, has expanded its lease at 500 West Madison in Chicago by 152,454 square feet. In conjunction with the lease, the building will be rebranded as Accenture Tower. The company now occupies a total of 226,486 square feet at the 40-story office tower, which is owned by KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III. The first two levels of the property comprise 80,000 square feet of retail space. KBS intends to reposition the lobby and amenity areas to reflect the new partnership with Accenture. The building was constructed in 1987 and renovated in 2015 to include a fitness center and tenant lounge. Kyle Kamin, Todd Lippman and Michael Dash of CBRE represented Accenture in the lease transaction. Wendy Katz and Matt Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield represented KBS. Accenture employs 482,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.

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HOUSTON — WeWork will open a 56,000-square-foot coworking space at 609 Main at Texas, a 1 million-square-foot office tower in downtown Houston that was developed by Hines. Members will have access to the building’s café and 7,000-square-foot fitness center. Michael Anderson and Damon Thames of Colvill Office Properties represented Hines in the lease negotiations. Mark O’Donnell of Savills Commercial Real Estate represented WeWork, which now has four locations in Houston. The opening is slated for late 2019.

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MILWAUKEE — Dave’s Guitar Shop LLC has signed a 5,209-square-foot retail lease in Milwaukee. The guitar store will occupy the space at 914 S. 5th St. Max Jacobson and Drew Speth of Mid-America Real Estate-Wisconsin LLC represented the tenant in the lease transaction. The landlord was not disclosed. Dave’s Guitar Shop first opened in La Crosse, Wis. in 1982.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Kirkendall Dwyer LLP and Law Tigers have jointly signed a long-term office lease for 1,474 square feet at the Skelly Building in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. The organizations will occupy Suite 208 on the second floor. The building, located at 605 W. 47th St., is now 97 percent occupied. Other tenants include Panera Bread, Bo Lings Chinese restaurant, Footlocker, Roth Living, McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan, House Park & Dobratz, Block & Co. Inc. Realtors and MegaStar Financial. Alex Block of Block & Co. handled the lease transaction on behalf of property ownership. Kirkendall Dwyer specializes in automotive personal injury. Law Tigers is a national network of motorcycle accident attorneys that focuses more specifically motorcycle personal injury. Block & Co. is the property manager for the Skelly Building.

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SAN DIEGO — Location Matters has arranged a $2.4 million, 10-year lease for Social Syndicate, a San Diego-based multi-concept restaurant group, for a space at 1852 Bacon St. in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego. Nati’s Mexican Restaurant had occupied the freestanding restaurant building for nearly 60 years before the Social Syndicate lease. The new restaurant will also carry a Mexican theme. Nati’s Inc., which is controlled by Foley Development, owns the property. Future plans call for developing the land directly behind the restaurant into an apartment complex. Mike Spilky of Location Matters represented the landlord and tenant in the transaction. Social Syndicate will occupy 2,660 square feet inside the building, in addition to 1,468 square feet of patio space.

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NEWNAN, GA. — Elite Comfort Solutions has leased an additional 130,028 square feet of industrial space in Newnan, bringing its total to 484,382 square feet within a former Kmart distribution center. The center spans almost 2 million square feet and is now fully leased. The property is situated 30 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 36 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. Agellan Capital acquired the building in late 2017 and invested in upgraded sprinklers, loading doors and office space. Ray Stache, Lisa Pittman and Courtney Oldenburg of Cushman & Wakefield represented Agellan Capital and Hove Street, the landlords, in the lease negotiations.

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BOCA RATON, FLA. — Colliers International has negotiated a 10,610-square-foot office headquarters lease for Nightingale, a registered nurse staffing company. The lease is for 89 months and costs $1.4 million. Nightingale is relocating to 7800 Congress Centre from 6401 Congress Ave., where it occupied 16,455 square feet. Bob Schneiderman of Colliers represented the tenant in the transaction.

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — JLL has negotiated a 203,488-square-foot industrial lease at 85 Stults Road in South Brunswick, located north of Trenton, on behalf of an undisclosed apparel company. A joint venture between EverWest Real Estate Investors and Accordia Realty Ventures is developing the facility and expects it to be available for occupancy by the end of the year. Building features will include 36-foot clear heights, 52 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 38 automobile parking spaces and 75 trailer parking spaces. Brian Golden of JLL represented the joint venture, which is also developing a 369,000-square-foot industrial project on an adjacent parcel, in the lease negotiations. Joel Lubin and Gary Politi, also with JLL, represented the tenant, which signed a 10-year lease.

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