MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Belk Department Store and T.J. Maxx have opened their stores at Shops at Broad, a 430,000-square-foot mixed-used development located in Mansfield, located southeast of Fort Worth. The new retail and restaurant locations will join Academy Sports + Outdoors and At Home, both of which opened in October 2018. CBRE handles leasing of the property on behalf of the owner and developer, Geyer Morris Co.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated a 22,414-square-foot office lease for Property Damage Appraisers at the Pier 1 Imports building in Fort Worth. The space will serve as the company’s new corporate headquarters. Michael Morgan of Hertz Investment Group, which owns the building, and Pat McDowell of JLL handled the transaction.
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 120,590-square-foot lease for Apollo Export within Airport North Logistics Park in Miami. Apollo Export Warehouse Inc. will begin occupying the space in early 2020 and will join tenants such as Nestlé Waters North America, Marine Harvest, Neutralogistics and ECO Window Systems in the now-90 percent leased industrial park. Apollo Export will occupy space in Building 2, located at 8503 NW 80th St., 15 miles northwest of downtown Miami. Airport North Logistics Park comprises four buildings totaling 900,000 square feet. Wayne Ramoski, Gian Rodriguez and Skylar Stein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Dallas-based L&B Realty Advisors LLP, in the lease transaction. Chris Spear of ComReal Miami-Doral represented Apollo Export.
DETROIT — Coworking provider Venture X has leased 22,000 square feet at 220 W. Congress in downtown Detroit. Venture X is a membership-based, shared workspace and community that blends a boutique hotel and modern office style. This is the company’s first location in Michigan. It will begin occupying the three floors of the 35,000-square-foot building in the first quarter. Brendan George and Jasper Hanifi of CBRE represented the landlord, Basco, in the lease transaction. Kyle Passage of Cushman & Wakefield and Dan Stewart of SVN Stewart Commercial Group LLC represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — COE Distributing, a wholesale distributor of office furniture, has signed a 251,754-square-foot industrial lease at Highland Grove Industrial Park in northwest Houston. COE will lease newly renovated cross-dock space that was formerly occupied by grocery chain Randalls. Cory Driskill and Travis Covington of Crow Holdings Industrial and Faron Wiley of CBRE represented the landlord, CRP/CHI Randalls Owner LP, in the lease negotiations. John Parsley, Barrett Gibson and Jason English of Colliers International represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Accesso, an investment manager and operator of office buildings, has added three tenants to 2626 Cole, the company’s 121,000-square-foot office building in the Uptown/Turtle Creek area of Dallas. WorkSuites signed a lease for 28,600 square feet; Republic Editorial inked a deal for 12,300 square feet; and Annandale Capital signed a lease of an undisclosed size. The leasing activity brings the occupancy of the property, which was recently renovated, to 95 percent.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Discount apparel retailer Ross Dress for Less has opened a 21,088-square-foot store at Addison Town Center on the northern outskirts of Dallas. The official opening was held on Oct. 12. Bernard Shaw of Weitzman represented the owner of Addison Town Center, which houses tenants such as Kroger Signature, Target, PetSmart, Crunch Fitness, Dollar Tree, GNC and Great Clips, in the lease negotiations.
PHILADELPHIA AND EWING, NEW JERSEY — Dallas-based fast casual restaurant Wingstop has signed retail leases in Philadelphia and Ewing, New Jersey. Wingstop will open a 1,650-square-foot store in Philadelphia’s Morrell Plaza, a 103,251-square-foot retail center with tenants including ShopRite and T-Mobile. The company will also open a 2,200-square-foot store in Ewing, New Jersey’s Capitol Plaza, a 354,993-square-foot shopping center with tenants including Marshalls, Dollar Tree and Planet Fitness. David Dunkelman of Soloff Realty & Development Inc. represented Wingstop in the Philadelphia negotiations, and Sidney Singer of Levin Management Corp. (LMC) represented the landlord. Marta Villa of JLL represented Wingstop in the Ewing negotiations , and Andrea Kyriacou of LMC represented the landlord.
HOUSTON — Clarion Partners LP has landed three new office tenants with a combined footprint of 187,054 square feet at Westchase Park, the company’s 560,825-square-foot office development in Houston. LJA Engineering Inc. leased 90,989 square feet, and Centurion Pipeline Co. LLC leased 28,078 square feet, with both firms planning to take occupancy during the first half of 2020. Additionally, ABB Inc. renewed its lease for 67,987 square feet. Eric Anderson, Parker Burkett, and Katy Gragg of Transwestern Commercial Services represented Clarion Partners in the lease negotiations. Lonna Dorman of Transwestern represented Centurion; Anthony Squillante and Dustin Devine of Stream Realty Partners represented LJA; and Beau Bellow and Josh Hirsch of JLL represented ABB Inc.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has secured a 51,288-square-foot industrial least at 1581 Corporate Drive in McKinney, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Brett Lewis and George Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Dalfen Industrial, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was not disclosed.