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.
ST. LOUIS — Digital publishing and technology firm Multiply and DNA technology company Orion Genomics have signed office leases at City Foundry in St. Louis. Together, the two companies will occupy 30,000 square feet and add almost 100 employees to the development. Previously announced leases at City Foundry include Alamo Drafthouse Theaters, Punch Bowl Social and Fassler Hall. Construction is expected to begin this summer with completion slated for the second half of 2019. Steve Smith is the developer of the $187 million mixed-use project, which involves the adaptive reuse of the former Century Electric Foundry complex. S.M. Wilson is the construction manager and Lawrence Group is the architect.
NEW YORK CITY — Rockefeller Group has signed Blank Rome to a 138,000-square-foot office lease at 1271 Avenue of the Americas. Blank Rome will occupy floors 15 through 17, as well as part of the 14th floor. The law firm plans to relocate from the Chrysler Building in 2019. Ken Rapp, David Kleinhandler, Tim Dempsey and Zachary Weil of CBRE represented Blank Rome in the transaction. Built in 1959, the 48-story skyscraper was originally designed by Harrison & Abramovitz & Harris, the architects for all of Rockefeller Center. 1271 Avenue of the Americas is currently undergoing extensive renovations designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The project began in 2016 and is slated to be complete by the end of 2019. Major League Baseball and Mizuho Americas have also recently signed leases at the building.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — RCP Cos. has signed three restaurant concepts to join the tenant lineup at MidCity, a $350 million mixed-use development under construction in Huntsville. Two celebrity-driven dining concepts — Wahlburgers and Rascal Flatts — will open first-to-market locations at the project. Wahlburgers, owned by reality TV and movie star brothers Mark, Donnie and chef Paul Wahlberg, will open a 4,000-square-foot location at the development. The location will be Wahlburgers’ second in Alabama. Construction on the restaurant is expected to begin this year, with a scheduled opening in 2019. Rascal Flatts — named for and endorsed by the country music band of the same name — will open a 7,500-square-foot restaurant that will feature a Southern-inspired menu, live entertainment, sound stage, a bar and retail space. Currently und er design, Rascal Flatts will be located across the bridge from Topgolf. Upon opening in 2019, the location will mark the restaurant’s first in the Southeast. In addition, Alchemy Lounge, a coffee house that offers an assortment of coffee, craft beer and other beverages and treats, will open at The Camp, MidCity’s music and arts outdoor entertainment venue. Currently under construction, the venue is scheduled to open in June. The new …