Leasing Activity

ATLANTA — Invesco will invest $70 million to expand its global headquarters presence in Atlanta. The investment manager firm will occupy 300,000 square feet of office space at Midtown Union in August 2022. The move will also add 500 jobs, bringing Invesco’s Atlanta workforce to nearly 1,200 employees. MetLife Investment Management and Granite Properties are currently co-developing Midtown Union, which will be situated at the corner of 17th and Peachtree streets in Midtown Atlanta. Upon completion, the project will comprise two towers totaling 600,000 square feet of office space. Invesco moved its global headquarters to Atlanta in 2007.

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CHICAGO — Play2Day, a childcare service for infants and toddlers ranging in age from 2 months to 5 years old, will open at Lincoln Common in Chicago. The 1,510-square-foot location is expected to open in the third quarter of this year. Play2Day joins the growing roster of Lincoln Common retailers, including Equinox, Velvet Taco, Philz Coffee, Athletico, Compass and Kohler Waters Spa. Developed by Hines and McCaffery, Lincoln Common features 100,000 square feet of retail space, 538 apartment units, 40 condominium units, a five-story office building, 850-stall parking garage, 156-room senior living community and more than an acre of open space.

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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged a 19,260-square-foot industrial lease for Alpha Insulation & Waterproofing, a provider of select construction services, at 14820 Tomball Parkway in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the newly constructed property spans 54,738 square feet of divisible space. Darren O’Conor and Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.

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DALLAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 10,365-square-foot office lease for Kansas City-based law firm Lathrop Gage at Rosewood Court in the Uptown area of Dallas. The new office is the firm’s 10th in the country. Garrison Efird and Paxton Cooksey of NKF represented Lathrop Gage in the lease negotiations. David Zimmer and Scott Bluhm of Newmark Grubb Zimmer, an affiliate office of NKF, also worked on the deal. Haley Collard and Joe Dunne represented the landlord, Rosewood Property Co., on an internal basis.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Feil Organization, a New York City-based commercial owner-operator, has negotiated a pair of retail leases totaling 2,654 square feet at 488 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Beginning this fall, France-based Mephisto Shoes will occupy 1,864 square feet and Asian restaurant Mighty Bowl will occupy 800 square feet. Other tenants at the property include Indochino, Bonobos Guideshops and UNTUCKit. 488 Madison Avenue, which was built in 1948 and renovated in 2016, is 23 stories tall and spans 477,000 square feet.

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TEWKSBURY, MASS. — Defense contractor Raytheon has signed a 134,000-square-foot industrial lease at Center at Innovation Drive, a 706,000-square-foot facility located in the northern Boston suburb of Tewksbury. The lease term is seven years. Rubenstein Partners owns the property, which consists of four conjoined buildings and was recently renovated to deliver a new façade, entrances and common areas. Rubenstein’s renovation project also delivered a tenant amenity center complete with an amphitheater, fitness center, café and collaboration spaces. The property also enjoys proximity to I-495 and I-93.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Kirksey Architecture, which has more than $500 million worth of projects underway throughout Central Texas, has opened a new, 2,500-square-foot office at 1701 Directors Blvd. in south Austin. The company’s main office is located in Houston. Executive vice president Benito Guerrier and vice presidents David Dalton and Kathleen Jircik will head the company’s Austin office. Kirksey officially took occupancy of the space in June 2018.

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ATLANTA — Coworking firm Spaces will occupy 40,000 square feet of Building I within The Collective at Concourse in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Spaces will occupy the entire eighth floor, as well as conference space, by November. Totaling 751,093 square feet, Buildings I, II and IV at The Collective at Concourse are undergoing a $6 million renovation to improve lobbies with collaboration spaces, natural light, new conference centers and a new greenspace for community events. This will be Spaces’ sixth location in metro Atlanta.

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LANDOVER HILLS, MD. — Nellis Corp. has signed five new retail tenants to Capital Plaza Shopping Center in Landover Hills. The five retailers include Starbucks Coffee, AT&T, Tropical Smoothie Café, Quickway Hibachi and Inspire Nail Bar & Spa. The tenants will join Walmart, McDonald’s and an under-construction Royal Farms. Capital Plaza is situated at 6200 Annapolis Road, eight miles east of downtown Washington, D.C. The center offers 180,000 square feet of developed retail space. The site is under redevelopment, and Nellis Corp. expects the first of three pad sites to be delivered by the end of the year. Brian Finkelstein, John Meyer and Joe Mekulski of KLNB represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.

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GERMANTOWN, WIS. — Smart Warehousing has leased a 200,000-square-foot industrial facility at Zilber Property Group’s Germantown Gateway Corporate Park in Germantown, a northwest suburb of Milwaukee. The building, known as Zilber Industrial 3, is under construction and slated for completion this fall. Kansas City-based Smart Warehousing is a warehousing, fulfillment and logistical solutions company with operations located throughout the country. John Sharpe of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Michael Kleber of Zilber represented the landlord. Zilber recently completed a 706,000-square-foot build-to-suit for Briggs & Stratton Corp. at the 140-acre Germantown Gateway Corporate Park. The company is developing another 200,000-square-foot speculative building at the park.

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