MORRISTOWN, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated a 16,970-square-foot office lease for insurance company NFP at Mount Kemble Corporate Center, a Class A office complex in Morristown, located approximately 30 miles west of New York City. The property, located at 350-360 Mount Kemble Ave., offers a cafeteria, fitness center, walking path and conference center. Daniel Casey and Greg Barkan of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between The Birch Group and Vision Properties, in the lease negotiations. Jeffrey Babikian and Conor Dolan of CBRE represented NFP.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated a 67,427-square-foot industrial lease at Cedar Crossing Distribution Center in the eastern Houston metro of Baytown. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2014, spans 540,000 square feet and features 30-foot clear heights. Richard Quarles and David Holland of JLL represented the landlord, Mountain West, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was locally based firm Merih Cotton Corp.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 5,600-square-foot retail lease for restaurant group Quality Branded on the ground floor of 2 Bank Street in Manhattan. Quality Branded owns and manages the Quality Meats, Quality Eats and Quality Italian Steakhouse restaurants. Brad Schwarz and James Ficelman of Lee & Associates represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Taryn Brandes of Brand Urban represented Quality Branded.
IRVING, TEXAS — Connecticut-based IT consulting firm Gartner Inc. has signed a 54,920-square-foot office lease expansion at Las Colinas Connection 1 in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1999 and spans 231,681 square feet. Randy Cooper, Matt Heidelbaugh, Amber Roberts, Lou D’Avanzo and Andy May of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Sarah Hinkley of Thirty-Four Commercial and Joel Pustmueller of JLL represented the landlord, Piedmont Office Realty Trust.
DETROIT — H&M is set to open on Thursday, Nov. 21 in Detroit. Spanning approximately 25,000 square feet, the new location at Bedrock-owned 1505 Woodward Ave. will be among 18 other H&M stores throughout the state of Michigan. The fashion retailer will offer women’s, men’s and kids clothing in addition to accessories. Customers in line on opening day will have access to coupons. Approximately 20 employees will work at the store. Sweden-based H&M was the first global fashion company to launch in-store recycling of garments.
PLANO, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 24,000-square-foot office lease in Plano for Samsung SDS, a division of the South Korean tech giant that provides IT services. The tenant will occupy space at APEX, a 186,244-square-foot, Class A building located at 3033 George Bush Highway. Scott Hobbs, Kim Lyon and Ashley Tanton of Cushman & Wakefield represented Samsung SDS in its property search and lease negotiations. Duane Henley and Nathan Durham of Transwestern represented the property’s landlords, Champion Partners and Cross Harbor Capital.
YORK, PA. — Elephat Printing & Design LLC has signed a 3,024-square-foot office lease at 1285 West King Street in York, located approximately 25 miles south of Harrisburg. The property is part of a 47,954-square-foot office complex shared by tenants including York Roofing and Raymundo Drywall LLC. Nate Resh and David Bode of ROCK Commercial Real Estate, brokered the transaction.
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals and The Cordish Cos. have unveiled three new tenants at the $260 million expansion of Ballpark Village — Sports & Social St. Louis, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Baseballism. The 75,000-square-foot retail portion within the second phase expansion is now 92 percent leased. Sports & Social will occupy 9,000 square feet and anchor the base of the three-story retail pavilion overlooking the new infield plaza and Busch Stadium. In addition to a full dining and beverage menu, guests will enjoy a variety of games. Davio’s is an upscale restaurant that originated in Boston. It currently has 12 locations around the country. Baseballism is a baseball apparel retailer with nine stores across the country. Office tenants PricewaterhouseCoopers and ButcherJoseph moved into the PwC Pennant Building last week. It is the first new-construction Class A office tower in downtown St. Louis in more than 30 years. Onelife Fitness expects to open within the retail pavilion in January. The project also includes a Live! by Loews hotel slated to open in the first quarter and a 29-story residential tower slated to open in the second quarter.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — NAPCO Bag & Film, a provider of bags to a variety of industries, has signed an 81,535-square-foot industrial lease at 2908 Commodore Drive in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Greg Nelson of Paladin Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Michelle Hudson and Tom Hudson of Hudson Peters Commercial represented the landlord, ML Realty Partners.
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 14,764-square-foot office lease for pharmaceutical company KabaFusion in Lexington, a northwestern suburb of Boston. The company is moving its headquarters from a 3,500-square-foot space in Waltham to 80 Hayden Avenue, a 43,208-square-foot, three-story office building primarily leased to life sciences tenants. Mark Roth, Matt Malatesta, Brendan Daly and Brianna Piacitelli of NKF represented the landlord, Marwick Associates, in the lease negotiations. Jack Whelan and Michael O’Leary represented KabaFusion.