Minnesota

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — Burns & McDonnell, an engineering, construction and architecture firm, has signed a 67,000-square-foot office lease at Norman Pointe II in Bloomington. Michael Gelfman and Nate Karrick of Colliers represented ownership. The lease marks one of the largest office leases in the Minneapolis market this year, according to Colliers. Burns & McDonnell previously occupied 45,000 square feet at 8201 Norman Center Drive in Bloomington. Built in 2007, Norman Pointe II is located at 5600 American Blvd. at the I-494 and Highway 100 interchange. The 10-story building totals 331,447 square feet and offers amenities such as a café, 100-person conference center, fitness center, daycare and covered parking. Doug Fulton and Rob Youngquist of Avison Young represented Burns & McDonnell, which secured building signage. Norman Pointe II is now 95 percent leased.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Social Lights, a marketing agency, has signed an 11,000-square-foot office lease at Steelman Exchange in the North Loop of Minneapolis. Tom Tracy, Katie Tufford and Harrison Rust of Cushman & Wakefield represented ownership, while CBRE’s John Lorence represented the tenant. Studio BV is the designer for the tenant’s new workspace. Located at 241 N. Fifth Ave., Steelman Exchange is a newly constructed creative office property that totals 220,000 square feet and features a tenant lounge with rooftop space, fitness center and podium parking garage. The Social Lights joins other tenants Grant Thornton, Calabrio and a global financial institution at the building, which has 75,000 square feet available for lease.