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DES PLAINES, ILL. — Granite Construction has signed a 12,925-square-foot office lease at the O’Hare Offices in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The transaction marks the fourth lease of the year signed at the property, which received earlier commitments from Big Mouth Media, Elara Caring and United Airlines totaling 25,525 square feet. Tony Russo and Ryan Freed of Lee & Associates are the leasing agents for the property on behalf of the landlord, Siete 7 LLC. O’Hare Offices rises five stories and totals 171,000 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, access to food service and fully customizable office spaces. The landlord recently began a lobby renovation that will wrap up this summer. Granite Construction specializes in the transportation, water infrastructure and mineral exploration markets.

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CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 37,373-square-foot industrial lease in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 2545 Golden Bear Drive was built in 2005 and totals 49,591 square feet. Johnny Anderson and Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SL6 Logistics LP, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, packaging and fastener distributor SouthernCarlson, was not disclosed.

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IRVING, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 18,924-square-foot industrial lease at 5325 FAA Blvd. in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the building features 24-foot clear heights, two dock-high doors and roughly 3,000 square feet of office space. Reed Parker of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, Reaction Audio Visual, in the lease negotiations. Mark Graybill and Ken Wesson, also with Lee & Associates, represented the landlord, Nuveen Real Estate.

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HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 75,000-square-foot office lease at Republic Square, a 35-acre, newly renovated campus located along the Katy Freeway in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., Republic Square was built in 1980, renovated in 2020 and totals 324,546 square feet. Bill Insull and Blake Virgilio of Lee & Associates, along with internal agent Jon Herbster, represented the landlord, Houston EC Development LLC, in the lease negotiations. Bob Cromwell and Bob Gulley of Moody Rambin, in conjunction with Zack Taylor of Colliers, represented the tenant, Fugro, which provides geotechnical surveying services.

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DALLAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 40,546-square-foot industrial building in East Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 3700 Dilido Road was originally built in 2002. Taylor Stell and Brett Lewis of Lee & Associates represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.

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GARLAND, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 19,386-square-foot industrial lease at 3520 W. Miller Road in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2003 and totals 64,500 square feet. Taylor Stell of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, HVAC equipment supplier Timberlake & Dickson, in the lease negotiations. Josh Barnes of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, The Realty Associates Fund XI.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 41,832-square-foot industrial lease at 2101 Terminal Road in Fort Worth. Corbin Blount and Adam Graham of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, recycling and waste management firm Echo Fibers, in the lease negotiations. Britton New represented the landlord, GT Industrial Properties, on an internal basis. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 10 acres in 1957 and features 20-foot clear heights and 140 car parking spaces.

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DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 23,250-square-foot industrial lease in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 11025-11035 Switzer Road was built on 4.4 acres in 1981 and features 22-foot clear heights, 13 exterior dock doors and 98 parking spaces. Brett Lewis and Ken Wesson of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Link Industrial Properties, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Johnson of Colliers represented the tenant, Logisticorp Wholesale Trade.

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Alexander Kovacs Retail

High interest rates and economic uncertainty in the first quarter of this year contributed to lower absorption and declining rent growth in industrial, retail and multifamily sectors across the country, with some regional exceptions, according to Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q1 North America Market Report. Meanwhile office continues to struggle. The sector experienced its third-largest quarterly contraction since the beginning of the pandemic, as work-from-home preferences decoupled office occupancy from job growth numbers. The full Lee & Associates report is available (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city) here. The analysis below provides an overview of four major commercial real estate sectors alongside trends, economic background and exceptions within each sector. Industrial Overview: Sharp Decline Hits First-Quarter U.S. Demand There was a sharp first-quarter decline in U.S. tenant demand for industrial space as wholesalers and retailers reconsider their inventory levels out of caution over the economic outlook. Net absorption in the first quarter totaled 39.4 million square feet, a 57 percent drop from the record set a year ago. The overall U.S. vacancy rate settled at 4.4 percent, an increase of 40 basis points from the close of 2022, comfortably …

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TERRELL, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 765,798-square-foot, full-building industrial lease in Terrell, located on the eastern outskirts of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 301 Apache Trail was constructed on 39.6 acres in 1999 and features 34-foot clear heights and 144 parking spaces. Ken Wesson and Michael Giuliano of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Dan Lawson of Proterra Properties represented the tenant, e-commerce technology and consulting firm Cart.com.

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