MILWAUKEE — Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) has signed a 124,550-square-foot office lease at Parkland Center in Milwaukee. The financial services technology and outsourcing services company will occupy the second and third floors of the Class A building, which was formerly home to Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin Inc. The building underwent an extensive renovation in late 2016, including a complete update of the lobby and the addition of a fitness center and full-service cafeteria. FIS joins neighboring tenant Global Industrial to bring the 222,704-square-foot building to an occupancy level of 67 percent. Ned Purtell and Patti Stevens of Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Inc., in the lease transaction. Erik Ozolins of Orion Realty Group and Kate Hanson of Founders 3 represented FIS.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated a 210,850-square-foot industrial lease renewal within Railwood Industrial Park in northeast Houston on behalf of Global Stainless Supply, a Houston-based provider of stainless steel pipes, flanges and fittings. The company’s Class A space features 28-foot clear heights, 24 dock-high doors and 8,000 square feet of office space. Ryan Fuselier and Jeff Venghaus of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kelly Landwermeyer of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Tavistock Development Co., in partnership with Steiner + Associates, has signed Cinépolis USA, a Dallas-based movie theater chain, to Lake Nona Town Center, a 100-acre mixed-use development that anchors the master-designed Lake Nona community in Orlando. Cinépolis will open a nine-screen, 40,000-square-foot theater at Lake Nona Town Center in 2020, anchoring the project’s second phase of development. The luxury theater will feature a lobby bar and lounge; stadium-style, fully reclining leather seats; and an in-theater wait staff that will service patrons with a full menu and bar at the touch of a button. Cinépolis USA’s Mexico-based parent company, Cinépolis, is the fourth largest movie theater exhibitor in the world, operating in 14 countries including the U.S. Lake Nona Town Center’s first phase opened in 2016 with an 85,000-square-foot office building, Marriott Residence Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, the 280-unit LandonHouse apartment community, 16,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a multi-level parking structure. In spring 2018, Lake Nona Town Center welcomed the 60,000-square-foot flagship location of Drive Shack, a golf entertainment destination. Pixon Apartments, Park Pizza & Brewing Co. restaurant, an outdoor container park and the new BBA Aviation/Signature Flight Support headquarters are also slated to open …
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Lumber supplier Atlantic Plywood Corp. has signed a 46,161-square-foot industrial lease in Farmingdale. Located on a 2.2-acre site at 220 Smith St., the facility features 18-foot clear heights, multiple loading docks and is fully fenced. Barry Cohorsky, Brian Pinnola and Matthew Giugliano of NAI represented Atlantic Plywood in the transaction. The landlord was represented by Brian Lee and Dan Marcus of Newmark Knight Frank.
ELGIN, ILL. — TLC Industries has signed a 51,600-square-foot industrial lease in Elgin. A contract woodshop for the arcade and gaming industry, TLC will occupy the entire property at 1270 Abbott Drive. Jay Farnam of Lee & Associates represented TLC in the lease transaction. Brian Kling and John D’Orazio of Colliers International represented the undisclosed landlord.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has inked leases with three new tenants at Plymouth Meeting Mall in Philadelphia. Burlington, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Edge Fitness will open locations at the mall in spring 2019, backfilling the space formerly occupied by Macy’s. PREIT is also negotiating leases with an arts and crafts purveyor and a craft brewery. Current tenants at Plymouth Meeting Mall include LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Dave & Buster’s, Bath & Body Works, CycleBar, H&M, Whole Foods Market and AMC Theatre.
SOMERSET, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an 86,000-square-foot, full-building industrial lease in Somerset. Andrew Stypa and Daniel Badenhausen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Terreno Realty Corp., in securing a long-term lease for tenant Integrated Supply Network. The class A building is located at 70 Schoolhouse Road, within New Jersey’s Lower I-287 submarket.
PLANO, TEXAS — Plano-based JC Penney will introduce expanded baby shops in 500 of its stores. Beginning Aug. 30, in-store shoppers will have access to a larger selection of cribs, high chairs, strollers and other childcare items, some of which were previously only available online. Most of the 500 stores in question are located near former Babies ‘R’ Us stores, which closed as part of the Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy liquidation that was filed earlier this year.
CHICAGO — Spaces Real Estate has opened a new 4,000-square-foot office in Chicago’s West Loop. This is the second and largest office for the full-service real estate brokerage firm, which specializes in apartment leasing. The company, which also assists in buying and selling single-family homes, will maintain its 2,000-square-foot office in Lakeview. Spaces worked with Rieke Office Interiors on the design of the West Loop location, which is a loft office with open lounge areas and a central kitchen. The new office will serve as the headquarters for the Elevated Spaces division, which was launched nearly two years ago to serve the high-end downtown rental market.
PLANO, TEXAS — Public accounting firm Whitley Penn has signed a 13,451-square-foot office lease at Legacy West in Plano. Calvin Hull of JLL represented Whitley Penn in the lease negotiations. David Reed and Ben Davis of CBRE represented the landlord, Legacy West Investors LP. DLR Group | Staffelbach is overseeing the interior design of Whitley Penn’s newest office.