NEW YORK CITY — Foot Locker will open a 25,000-square-foot store at 605 W. 181st St. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The locally based athletic footwear retailer will treat this location as a “power store” that offers experiential activities like creating customized sneakers and gaming zones. The store is slated to open this fall. New York-based Marx Realty owns the property in which the store will be housed.
HOUSTON — Global law firm White & Case LLP has signed a 57,315-square-foot office lease at 609 Main, a 48-story office tower owned by Hines in downtown Houston. The law firm will occupy the 29th and 30th floors. The lease brings the building’s occupancy to 84 percent. Michael Anderson and Damon Thames of Colvill Office Properties represented Hines in the lease negotiations. David Bale of JLL represented White & Case.
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — High Purity New England Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of products for the pharmaceutical industry, has signed a 32,025-square-foot flex lease at Smithfield Office Center, about 15 miles northwest of Providence. Dan Cregan of CBRE represented High Purity New England in the lease negotiations. Alden Anderson, also of CBRE, represented the landlord, Thurber Properties LLC. Smithfield Office Center is a 38-acre, 180,000-square-foot campus located off Route 7 at the junction of Interstate 295.
CHICAGO — Animal hospital operator GoodVets has opened two new full-service facilities in Chicagoland. GoodVets Southland is a 3,000-square-foot facility located at 18355 S. Halsted St. in Glenwood. GoodVets West Loop is a 4,500-square-foot facility located at 901 W. Jackson Blvd. in the West Loop neighborhood. The company had previously opened a location in the Streeterville neighborhood.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Korndoerfer Homes Inc. has renewed its 6,414-square-foot office lease in Brookfield. The home building company occupies space at 175 N. Corporate Drive. Dan Wroblewski, Matt Fahey, Joe Moritz, Ben Anderson and Brandon Ciebell of Colliers International brokered the lease transaction.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Celebration Pointe developers have signed a lease to bring in The Keys, a fresh seafood restaurant and entertainment venue. The Keys is locally owned by Tony Espetia, a real estate professional with Coldwell Banker M. M. Parrish Realtors and former owner of Rum Runners and Fat Tuesday in Gainesville; Brad Heron, the current owner of Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar; and Diego Ibanez, who has more than 25 years of restaurant experience and is the co-owner of Emiliano’s Café, a longtime family-owned restaurant that started as a bakery in the early 1980s. The Keys will serve freshly caught seafood and feature dueling pianos. The Keys, which has a double meaning playing off both the Florida Keys and piano keys, is expected to open this summer. Celebration Pointe is a 160-acre mixed-use development that will span more than 1 million square feet and will include office and retail space, residential units and a mix of experiential and entertainment venues.
SOMERVILLE, N.J. — Sterling Properties has completed the leasing efforts of Soma, a 69-unit, four-story apartment complex in Somerville, about 45 miles southwest of New York City. The property, which offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 594 to 1,290 square feet, is currently at full occupancy. SOMA opened earlier this year and offers amenities such as a fitness center, tech lounge, bike share program and package acceptance. Located at 110 S. Bridge St., SOMA sits less than a mile from downtown Somerville and two blocks from the New Jersey Transit Somerville train station stop.
WATCHUNG, N.J. — Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK) has opened a 10-screen theater at 1670 Route 22 East in Watchung, N.J., located about 30 miles west of New York City. The theater will feature wall-to-wall screens, oversized recliners, reserved seating services and a party room for private events. The venue will be the third in the state for Cinemark, which currently operates 546 theaters across 41 states and various Latin American countries.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Walgreens has leased 4,429 square feet at 2265 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Ross Koepsel of Founders 3 Real Estate Services brokered the lease transaction. SRS Real Estate Partners is the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has signed First Republic Bank to a 211,521-square-foot lease at 460 W. 34th St. in the Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side. First Republic Bank will occupy a portion of the ground and mezzanine floors with two new retail bank branches, as well as the entire second through sixth floors for its corporate office space. The lease term is 15 years. SL Green, which is self-described as the largest office landlord in New York City, had previously entered into a contract to purchase a majority and controlling interest in the building and is scheduled to close on the acquisition in May. Media outlets reported at the time that the acquisition values the 20-story office building at $440 million. SL Green plans to redevelop the 638,000-square-foot, Class A office tower with work to commence immediately following the acquisition. According to SL Green, the transaction marks the company’s first major investment in the Hudson Yards neighborhood. The building, located at the intersection of Hudson Yards and Manhattan West, was once known as the Master Printers Building. The redevelopment plans will honor that industrial heritage, according to SL Green. The project will include relocation …
