RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the 10-year lease of a newly renovated industrial property located at 18554 S. Susana Road in Rancho Dominguez, a South Los Angeles County submarket. Industrial Property Trust leased the 104,339-square-foot space to Apex International, a global supply chain solutions provider. Apex will relocate and expand its operations from a nearby 34,500-square-foot facility. The new property features a truck court, dock-high doors, a 10,000-square-foot office space, warehouse clearance up to 26 feet, a secure fenced yard and a calculated sprinkler system. Total consideration of the lease is approximately $10.5 million. Michael Collins and Jordan Lara of DAUM Commercial represented the lessor, which is a REIT operated by Denver-based Black Creek Group, while Frank Shen of Realty Advisors represented Apex in the transaction.
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IRVING, TEXAS — Darling Ingredients, a provider of sustainable food, feed and fuel solutions, has signed a 95,322-square-foot office lease at 5601 N. MacArthur Blvd. within the Las Colinas business district in Irving. Beginning in December, the company will relocate from its 59,000-square-foot space at 251 O’Connor Ridge Blvd., which it has occupied for three decades. Bill McClung and Robbie Baty of Cushman & Wakefield represented Darling Ingredients in the lease negotiations. Matt Hurlbut and Nathan Durham of Transwestern represented the landlord, Massachusetts-based Brookwood Financial Partners LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Creative working environment Spaces will open its third location in New York City on May 29 at 230 Park Ave. Spaces 230 Park Avenue will provide a 54,000 square-foot creative co-working environment for businesses and will feature a 4,000-square-foot business club as well as private rooms and dedicated desk space. The location joins Spaces 1740 Broadway and Spaces Long Island City as the third Spaces location in New York City. Additional Spaces locations are planned for Hudson Yards, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The Spaces workspace model lets startups, small business owners and more established entities focus on growing their companies without the distraction of office logistics.
NEW YORK CITY — The Feil Organization has leased a 1,541-square-foot space to Blue Bottle Coffee on the ground floor of 257 Park Ave. South, a 226,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The café, which sells coffee beans less than 48 hours out of the roaster, will have 23 feet of frontage on Park Avenue South. Blue Bottle Coffee joins retail tenants such as Bravo Pizza and FedEx Office Print & Ship Center. Office tenants at the building include the Environmental Defense Fund, OpenSlate and Independence Care System. Drew Weiss, Mark Frankel and Jeff Roseman of Newmark Knight Frank arranged the 10-year lease on behalf of Blue Bottle Coffee, and Randall Briskin of Feil represented the company internally. Blue Bottle Coffee is expected to move into the space in July.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — Bridge Development Partners has signed its first tenant at Bridge Point Powerline Road, a 467,832-square-foot industrial park under development in Pompano Beach. TSF Sportswear LLC, a Florida-based wholesale apparel distributor, will relocate its existing Pompano Beach headquarters to the new facility, fully occupying the 172,927-square-foot Building 1. Tony Hoover of CBRE arranged the lease on behalf of Bridge, the project developer. Bridge Point Powerline Road will feature three buildings and include Class A warehouse, distribution and flex/showroom space. All buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, 54-foot column spacing, 60-foot speed bays, T-5 energy efficient lighting and ESFR sprinkler systems. Bridge expects to wrap up construction on the park in the third quarter of 2019.
SAN FRANCISCO — Social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has signed a long-term lease to fully occupy Park Tower at Transbay, a 43-story office tower under construction in San Francisco’s Financial District. According to the San Francisco Business Times, the transaction is the largest office lease in the history of the city and will make Facebook the market’s third-largest tech tenant by square footage. Park Tower is co-owned by MetLife Investment Management, the asset management arm of MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET), as well as Chicago-based owners and developers The John Buck Co. and Golub & Co. The ownership group plans to deliver the 764,700-square-foot office tower in the fourth quarter of this year. “We’re pleased to welcome Facebook to Park Tower,” says Joel Redmon, San Francisco-based managing director for MetLife Investment Management’s real estate business. “We’ve worked hard to design an office of the future that will facilitate technological innovation and provide a great foundation for Facebook’s future success.” Designed by Goettsch Partners and Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Park Tower at Transbay will feature approximately 26,000 square feet of outdoor and open space that includes 14 sky decks. The project will also feature a three-story, open-air lobby, and about 70 …
ADDISON AND KELLER, TEXAS — Hotworx, a fitness concept that centers on virtual exercise programs in high-temperature settings, will open two new gyms in the Dallas area. The company will open a 2,100-square-foot gym in Addison and a 1,750-square-foot gym in Keller, with both locations targeting August openings. Sean Lockovich of Henry S. Miller Brokerage (HSM) represented Hotworx in both lease negotiations. The gyms will be the third and fourth locations for Hotworx in the Dallas area.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Corrigan Worldwide Inc. has signed a 21,600-square-foot industrial lease in Grand Rapids. The company, which specializes in residential and commercial relocation services, is in the process of expanding its Grand Rapids facility. The property is located at 1120 36th St. Kevin Tamer of CORE Partners represented the tenant. John Kupier of Colliers International represented the undisclosed landlord.
PLANO, TEXAS — Peloton, a fitness company known for its indoor cycling programs and equipment, will establish a regional campus at Legacy Central, an 84-acre office development in Plano. The company has leased 27,518 square feet at the property, which offers amenities such as a 25,000-square-foot wellness center with a pool, basketball court, climbing wall, 15,000-square-foot conference center and food hall. The company plans to move into its new space during the third quarter and hire as many as 400 new employees over the next few years. Noreen Mehdi Weathers and Baron Aldrine of CBRE represented Peloton in the lease negotiations. Nathan Durham of Transwestern represented the landlord, Regent Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Google has leased 8,000 square feet of retail space at 350 Sixth Ave. in Manhattan. The three-week lease will serve as a technology pop-up for the tech giant and will feature mini-golf, games, giveaways and demonstrations of the company’s newest tech products. The site will be located one block from the A, C, E, B, D, F and M subway lines. The asking rent was $225 per square foot. Google’s pop-up will take occupancy in the last week of May 2018 and will run through the first two weeks of June. Lee & Associates represented both Google and the landlord, Nuovo Ciao-Di LLC, in the lease negotiations.