Leasing Activity

NAPERVILLE, ILL. — The White Sheep, a breakfast and brunch restaurant, has signed a 5,424-square-foot lease to open a restaurant at 22 E. Chicago Ave. in Naperville. The space is located in the River District Shopping Center, adjacent to North Central College. The restaurant is slated to open in the second quarter. Rick Scardino of Lee & Associates represented the tenant. Brooke Spinell of Mid-America Real Estate Group and Tom Bernier of Bucksbaum Properties LLC represented the landlord, Bucksbaum Properties. The lease marks the second location for The White Sheep, which maintains a restaurant in Orland Park.

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DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — New York City-based Bout Boxing has signed a 2,047-square-foot retail lease at Central Island Square, a 4,000-acre master planned community in Daniel Island. Located roughly eight miles from Charleston International Airport, the new fitness studio is slated to open this spring at 50 Central Island St. Melissa Sweeney of Continental Realty Corp. and Lindsey Halter of Carolina Retail Experts represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Alex Kucich and Nell Kucich currently operate two Bout Boxing locations in New York City and are teaming up with Marc Nuccitelli for the Charleston expansion. Bout Boxing will join a mix of retail tenants at Central Island Square including Buck’s Deli, Par Paradise, Gloss, iCRYO, Tacos & Tequilas Mexican Grill, New York Butcher Shoppe and a pet boutique.

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HOUSTON — Hilltop Stones has signed a 121,795-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The manufacturer of granite, quartz and marble products is taking space at the building at 8760 Clay Road, which according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 1960 (renovated in 2010) and totals 356,953 square feet. Garret Geaccone and Boone Smith of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, DRA Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Wes Williams of Colliers represented the tenant.

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HOUSTON — Locally based operator Duckstache Hospitality has opened three new restaurants at Autry Park, a 14-acre mixed-use development located northwest of downtown Houston. Bar Doko and Doko are both Japanese concepts that total 66 seats and opened in late 2024 and February 2025, respectively. Annam is a French-Vietnamese restaurant that also opened in February. A partnership between Hanover Co. and Dallas-based retail owner-operator Rebees owns Autry Park.

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MECHANICSBURG, PA. — Gannett Fleming TranSystems has signed a 100,000-square-foot office lease in Mechanicsburg, about 115 miles west of Philadelphia. The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) consulting firm is consolidating and relocating from nearby Camp Hill to Sterling Place Corporate Center. Jeremy Shyk of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between Sterling Place Associates and Waterday Properties, in the lease negotiations. Mark Gola of Gola Corporate Real Estate represented the tenant.

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EATONTOWN, N.J. — New York City-based Kushner Cos. has welcomed five food-and-beverage users and one retailer to Monmouth Square, a mixed-use redevelopment of the former Monmouth Mall in Eatontown. The tenants — Whole Foods Market, Prince Street Pizza, Cava, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, Offshore Coffee and STRONG Pilates — account for about 50,000 square feet of new leasing activity, which makes the project’s retail component 75 percent preleased. Bond RP represented Kushner in all negotiations.

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NEW YORK CITY — Novartis has renewed and extended its 15,865-square-foot office lease at 10 Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan. The deal keeps the Swiss pharmaceutical giant on the entire 12th floor of the building, which was originally constructed in 1902, via a five-year extension. David Stockel of CBRE represented Novartis in the lease negotiations. JLL represented the landlord, Property & Building Corp.

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COVINGTON, GA. — Logistics Property Co. LLC has signed three industrial leases totaling 373,000 square feet at Covington Commerce Center, a two-building industrial park in Covington, a city in Atlanta’s I-20 East submarket. The tenants were not disclosed, but Logistics Property Co. says the new users include both manufacturing and assembly tenants. The deals include a full-building lease at Building 100 and two deals at Building 200, where about 97,000 square feet remains available for lease. Myles Thomas of JLL represented the tenant in the Building 100 deal. Nathan Anderson and Matt Bentley of NAI Brannen Goddard represented the landlord in the lease deals. Civic partners at Covington Commerce Center include City of Covington, Newton County Economic Development and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

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BRANDYWINE, MD. — First National Realty Partners has signed three new tenants to join Brandywine Crossing, a 231,036-square-foot shopping center in Brandywine, a city roughly 27 miles from Washington, D.C. The new tenants at Brandywine Crossing include Burlington, which is backfilling a 25,310-square-foot space that previously housed Joann Fabric and Crafts, as well as Another Broken Egg Café and Buffalo Wild Wings Go. The new restaurants are set to open in the fourth quarter, and the Burlington store is expected to open in 2026. Brandywine Crossing sits on a 30-acre site and is anchored by a nearly 60,000-square-foot Safeway grocery store. Other existing tenants include Bonefish Grill, Panda Express, Marshalls, Advance Auto Parts, Truist Bank, Visionworks, Wells Fargo, AT&T and The UPS Store.

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DOWNERS GROVE AND SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Colliers has negotiated two new office leases totaling 33,771 square feet in the western suburbs of Chicago. In the first transaction, Mason Logistics leased 20,971 square feet in the master-planned Esplanade at Locust Point development in Downers Grove. The transportation, warehousing and supply chain services company will relocate from 1815 S. Meyers Road in Oakbrook Terrace, where it maintains roughly the same footprint, in August. Sven Sykes, Tom Volini and Brent Jacob of Colliers represented the tenant. Phil Sheriden represented the landlord, Hamilton Partners, on an internal basis. Sykes and Volini arranged a 12,800-square-foot lease for Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC at Schaumburg Towers in Schaumburg. The law firm will vacate its 12,800 square feet at 1515 Woodfield Road, also in Schaumburg, in August. Doug Shehan and Dan Svachula of JLL represented ownership. Schaumburg Towers totals 890,000 square feet across two 20-story buildings.

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