ANDOVER, MASS. — PEAK Events has signed a 16,000-square-foot industrial lease in Andover, located north of Boston. The regional event equipment provider is taking space at 4 Executive Place, a 168,000-square-foot building, alongside Red Thread, which recently leased 96,000 square feet of space within the building. Locally based investment and development firm Marcus Partners owns the building. Both parties were self-represented in the lease negotiations.
Leasing Activity
NEW YORK CITY — TADA Youth Theater has renewed its 10,000-square-foot lease at 15 W. 28th St. in Manhattan’s NoMad district. The community program that produces original musicals for family audiences and hosts musical classes has occupied space at the building since 2002, and the renewal keeps the tenant in place for another five years. Josh Berger of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Eshagpour represented the landlord, East Coast Management, on an internal basis.
CHICAGO — Bradford Allen has secured a seven-year, 10,780-square-foot office lease renewal for Anesi Ozmon Ltd. at 161 N. Clark St. in Chicago’s Central Loop. Ben Azulay and Nathan Meisner of Bradford Allen represented the law firm, which handles personal injury, construction accident and workers’ compensation cases. The longtime tenant of the building is having its space reconfigured to include more private offices for attorneys. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox and built in 1992, 161 N. Clark Street is a 50-story office tower with a 12th-floor tenant lounge, multiple conference rooms, a fitness center, bike storage and an open-air roof terrace with skyline views. First-floor retail tenants include Hannah’s Bretzel, Fifth Third Bank, DHL and Larry’s Shoe Shine.
HOUSTON — BMC Software has signed a 95,827-square-foot office headquarters lease extension in West Houston. The space is located within the 21-story, 518,907-square-foot Building 4 of CityWest, a campus that comprises 1.5 million square feet across 35 acres. Scott Wegmann and Kevin Ray of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. J.P. Hutcheson and Amanda Nebel, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented ownership, a venture between Parkway Properties, 3Edgewood and Midway.
HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has secured an 18,118-square-foot industrial lease in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1325 S. Creek Drive was built in 1980 and totals 153,741 square feet. Garrret Geaccone and Boone Smith of Stream represented the landlord, Nuveen Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, third-party logistics provider Lucky Dong, was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Kinderhook Industries has signed an office lease expansion at 505 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The private investment firm inked a 10-year deal for the entire 24th floor, which brings its footprint at the 26-story building to 21,752 square feet across two full floors. Paul Glickman, Diana Biasotti and Harrison Potter of JLL represented the landlord, Stawski Partners, in the lease negotiation. Alexander Chudnoff and Kate Roush, also with JLL, represented Kinderhook Industries.
BELLINGHAM, MASS. — New England Appliance Group has signed a 124,000-square-foot industrial lease in Bellingham, located southwest of Boston. The independent retailer cooperative will occupy the entirety of the building at 206 Mechanic St. Locally based investment and development firm Marcus Partners owns the building. Both parties were self-represented in the lease negotiations.
EDINA, MINN. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated several new long-term leases totaling more than 150,000 square feet at Southdale Office Centre, a six-building campus along France Avenue in the Twin Cities suburb of Edina. First-time tenant Southdale Pediatrics inked a lease for 38,306 square feet at 6600 France Avenue, a specialty medical outpatient property that recently underwent major renovations to the first- and second-floor lobbies and common areas. Edina Realty signed a lease renewal for 38,676 square feet at 6800 France Avenue, and Evereve doubled its footprint to 41,113 square feet. Several other companies have also recently signed new leases or renewals. Bill Rothstein and Eric King of Cushman & Wakefield represented property ownership, Wildamere Capital Management and Olympus Ventures.
Vulcan Elements Signs Full-Building Industrial Lease at CrossPoint Logistics Center in Metro Raleigh
by John Nelson
BENSON, N.C. — Vulcan Elements, a rare earth magnet manufacturer, has signed a full-building lease at CrossPoint Logistics Center, a speculative industrial facility in the south Raleigh suburb of Benson. The developer, Edgewater Ventures, broke ground on the facility in 2022. Vulcan Elements plans to expand the current 501,215-square-foot facility to more than 1 million square feet and create 1,000 new jobs. CrossPoint Logistics Center is the largest speculative industrial facility ever constructed within the Raleigh-Durham MSA, according to Edgewater Ventures. Ed Brown of NAI Tri Properties and Anna Lea Stroud of A. Stroud & Co. represented Vulcan Elements in the lease transaction. Al Williams, Matthew Greer, Lee Allen and Diane Jones of JLL represented Edgewater Ventures.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has secured a 101,678-square-foot industrial lease in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4006 Westport Drive is located within Kingsland Ranch Logistics Park. Abraham Richardson of Stream, along with Alex Zhang of TopSky Commercial, represented the tenant, Mars Shipping Service, in the lease negotiations. Cape Bell, Billy Gold, Joseph Smith and Savannah Smith of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.