THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Arena Energy, a privately held oil and gas firm, has signed an 87,231-square-foot office lease at Hughes Landing in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The Class A space will be situated on 13 acres and will serve as the company’s new headquarters. Arena Energy is aiming to begin occupying the space in September 2019.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — ShipMonk, a logistics company for e-commerce businesses, has signed a lease to move its headquarters from Deerfield Beach to Bridge Point Riverbend in Fort Lauderdale. Starting next year, ShipMonk will occupy 170,477 square feet of the 221,542-square-foot industrial building that was completed in September. Tony Hoover of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease transaction, while Colliers International’s Steven Wasserman represented the landlord, a joint venture between Bridge Development Partners, Akard Street Partners LP, Banner Oak Capital Partners LP and Elion Partners. The terms of the lease were not disclosed. ShipMonk was originally launched in 2014 by then-26-year -old Jan Bednar at Florida Atlantic University’s Tech Runway. ShipMonk now employs more than 200 people in Florida and Los Angeles, with plans to double its workforce and open an office in New York City. Bridge Point Riverbend features 32-foot clear heights, rear-dock loading, ESFR sprinkler systems, and a 1.4/1,000 parking ratio.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has secured a 22,800-square-foot industrial lease at 4140 World Houston Parkway in Houston for COSA Xentaur, a provider of equipment for the petrochemical, energy and pharmaceutical industries. Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
PHILDELPHIA — Binswanger has secured an 81,226-square-foot industrial lease for Hunter Keystone Peterbilt in Philadelphia. The property is located at 2811 Charter Road. Hunter Keystone Peterbilt plans to operate a full-service Navistar International heavy and medium duty truck dealership and an Idealease heavy and medium duty truck leasing company at the location. Hunter is a network of truck dealerships that has been in business for more than 80 years. Chris Pennington of Binswanger’s Philadelphia office secured the 10-year lease on behalf of Hunter from the property owner, Charter Road Realty.
UPLAND, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has signed three additional tenants to Mountain Green Shopping Center, located at 357 S. Mountain Ave. in Upland. A 20,390-square-foot ALDI will anchor the retail center under a 15-year lease. Optima Salons and Pathway Vet Alliance signed 10-year leases for 3,800 square feet and 2,100 square feet, respectively. Additional tenants at Mountain Green include Dunkin’ Donuts, GNC, CVS/pharmacy, Michaels, Sprint, Sally Beauty and Jersey Mike’s Subs, among others. Terrison Quinn, Casey Mahony and Adam Handfield of SRS represented the landlord, DMP Properties, while Jason Gordon of Epsteen & Associates represented ALDI. Karen Sunday represented Optima Salons and Ryan Gast of CBRE represented Pathway Vet Alliance in the lease transactions.
MCCOOK, ILL. — Noel Transportation has signed a 42,141-square-foot industrial lease at 4800 S. Vernon Ave. in McCook. The third-party logistics company is more than doubling its square footage and will use the space as a regional distribution center for its Midwest operations. Chris Lydon and Chris Tecu of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. The 189,216-square-foot building is now fully leased. Constructed in 2007, the building has a clear height of 32 feet.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Forever 21 is scheduled to open on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Outlets of Des Moines in Iowa. The store will feature a section for men, women, girls, plus-size apparel and accessories. This is the eighth store to open at the outlet center this year. Developed by New England Development, Outlets of Des Moines features stores such as Old Navy Outlet, Nike Factory Store, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour and Express Factory Outlet. The 300,000-square-foot property opened in October 2017.
DALLAS — Taylor Communications, a provider of labels, packaging and corporate branding services, has signed a 241,931-square-foot industrial lease at 8700 Autobahn Drive in south Dallas. The lease represents an expansion from the company’s previous footprint of 220,110 square feet. John Gorman and Canon Shoults of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, TA Associates, in the lease negotiations. Ann Huntington of CBRE represented the tenant.
PLANO, TEXAS — Coworking firm Spaces, which was founded in Amsterdam, will open a 31,152-square-foot space at West Plano Village on the northern outskirts of Dallas. The space is scheduled to open in late summer 2019. Fults Commercial and Weitzman, the latter of which manages the retail and office space at West Plano Village, handled lease negotiations for the landlord. CBRE represented Spaces.
ROSSLYN, VA. — The U.S. Postal Service has renewed its lease at International Place in Rosslyn, where it has housed its Office of the Inspector General for 20 years. USPS is the lead tenant in the 12-story office building, renting 115,747 square feet. Anna Gardiner of JLL represented USPS, and Dave Millard, Peter Berk, Nick Gregorios and Carline Guidera of Avison Young represented the landlord, The Meridian Group, in the lease. International Place is located about three miles west of downtown Washington, D.C.
