FRISCO, TEXAS — Hall Financial Group has renewed five leases at Hall Office Park, the company’s 162-acre office campus located in Frisco. IGPS Co. renewed and expanded its lease to 5,736 square feet at 6801 Gaylord Pkwy. Boyer Group renewed its lease for 3,335 square feet at 2601 Network Blvd. LifePath Systems renewed its leased for 2,561 square feet at 2611 Internet Blvd. NAPCO renewed its lease for 2,450 square feet at 2801 Network Blvd. Finally, Crown Energy renewed its lease for 1,521 square feet at 2591 Dallas Pkwy. Jean Farris and Tammy Lomonaco provided in-house representation for Hall Financial Group in each of the transactions.
PHOENIX — Three companies have signed leases with Related Urban totaling more than 30,000 square feet for space in the firm’s Offices on High Street, located in CityCenter of CityNorth in Phoenix. Capital Processing Network has signed an 8-year lease for 18,136 square feet. The company will occupy the top floor of a three-story building on High Street starting in September. Alaris Business Centers has signed an 11-year lease for 15,000 square feet of office space on High Street. The firm will also occupy the space in September.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based The Moinian Group has leased four spaces totaling approximately 33,000 square feet within 17 Battery Place, an office complex located in Downtown Manhattan. Community Access signed a 15-year lease for the entire ninth floor of 17 Battery Place North. It is relocating and expanding from its 17,000-square-foot office located at 666 Broadway. Mark Mandel and Carri Lyon of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. Law firm Steve Krentsl & Jeff Guzman, Esq. signed a lease for 2,300 square feet at 17 Battery Place South. The tenant was represented by Charles Loscalzo of New York Commercial Realty Services. Finally, two existing tenants have renewed their lease and relocated within the property. Tethy’s Tech renewed and expanded its lease to 8,462 square feet at the south tower. Charity Folks renewed its lease for 1,200 square feet. In each of the four transactions, The Moinian Group was represented by Adam Leshowitz, Jamie Jacobs and Rob Sattler of Newmark Knight Frank.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based MB Real Estate has arranged the leasing of 22,000 square feet of office space at Michigan Plaza, a two-tower office complex located on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will occupy a full floor at the 44-story 205 North Michigan building. The union will be relocating from its previous Chicago offices at 29 N. Wacker Dr. MB’s Mark Buth and Kathleen Bertrand represented building ownership in lease negotiations. AFSCME was represented by Edward Schwartz of Bradford Allen Realty Services and June Simonian of Lee & Associates. Michigan Plaza contains 2 million rentable square feet divided between 205 North Michigan and 225 North Michigan, an adjacent 25-story tower.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — NAI MLG Commercial has completed the sale of a 4,500-square-foot office building, located at 15300 W. Capitol Dr. in Brookfield. The building was acquired by Burdick-Kellenberger Insurance, which plans to occupy the entire property for its business. NAI’s Charlotte Zurn represented the seller, Real Estate Investment & Rental. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.-based DMR Architects has completed renovations at Hudson County Plaza, a seven-story, 340,000-square-foot office building located in Jersey City. Formerly the headquarters of Block Drug Company, the former office and lab building was converted by DMR into government offices for the Hudson County government, which acquired the property in 2004. Thirteen county offices relocated to the building, including the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department, the Department of Family Services, the County Clerk, the Superintendent of Elections and the Board of Elections. A chest clinic will also be located on the first floor. Additional construction consisted of building separate building entrances for employees and the public, as well as two additional elevators.
FRISCO, TEXAS — MillerCoors has signed a 5-year lease extension and expansion for 25,271 square feet of office space within Hall Office Park in Frisco. The company originally signed a lease in 2006 for 12,357 square feet at 2600 Network Blvd. The office is used as MillerCoors’ Southwest Region sales office. Jean Farris provided in-house representation for the landlord, Hall Financial Group. The tenant was represented by Bo Estes of Grubb & Ellis. Hall Office Park is a 162-acre office campus that is master-planned for 3 million square feet of Class A office space. It currently has space available in 15 different buildings.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has arranged a lease for a 27,480-square-foot office building in Houston. Acosta Sales & Marketing Co. will occupy Building 5 at 5050 Westway. NAI’s Griff Bandy and Dan Boyles, along with Bill Knight of GVA-Atlanta, represented the tenant. The landlord, Panattoni Development Co., was represented in-house by Justin Bennett and by John Pruitt, Kristin Rabal and Jessica Ochoa of CB Richard Ellis. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.
DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO — The Dallas office of Grubb & Ellis has been selected as leasing agent for the office component of Mercer Crossing, a 1,200-acre mixed-use development located in Dallas. The assignment consists of 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space in three separate office parks. Fenton Centre is located at 1501-1507 LBJ Freeway and comprises two seven-story office buildings. Browning Place is located at 1601-1607 LBJ Freeway and consists of three eight-story office buildings. Hickory Center consists of one eight-story building and two four-story buildings. Grubb & Ellis’ leasing team for the project includes Kathy Permenter, Russ Johnson and Heather Shover. The office component of Mercer Crossing is currently 63.5 percent leased. In addition, Grubb & Ellis’ San Antonio office has been awarded the management assignment for Tesoro Corporation’s new 618,000-square-foot corporate headquarters, located within Ridgewood Park in San Antonio. Situated on 15 acres, the campus includes a 14-story tower and a 6-story mid-rise building, both of which are connected by a main lobby, as well as a 2,400-space parking garage. The management team consists of Eric Forshee, Baryn Mieure, Kris Weideman and Mark Upton. Tesoro will take occupancy of the property in June.
CHICAGO — The Chicago office of law firm Kirkland & Ellis has relocated to 300 North LaSalle, a newly constructed, 60-story office tower located in downtown Chicago. The law firm will occupy 26 floors of the tower, taking up approximately 650,000 of the building’s 1.26 million rentable square feet. The new office features a conference center, expanded wireless Internet service, video conferencing capability, and environmentally friendly lighting and energy systems. Kirkland relocated from 700,000 square feet within Aon Center, an office tower located at 200 East Randolph that it had occupied since 1972. Clune Construction served as general contractor for the build-out, with The Staubach Group serving as the law firm’s leasing agent. Hines Real Estate Interests is the developer of 300 North LaSalle and SOM is the architect.