Office

ORLANDO, FLA. — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. has leased 250,000 square feet at the SouthPark Center in Orlando from owner Flagler Development Group. The office space is spread across buildings 1300 and 1500 in the 18-building park. Houghton Mifflin will join Busch Entertainment Corp., Strayer University and Wyndham Vacation Resorts in the 2.9 million-square-foot center. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Solik and Gil Daley represented Houghton Mifflin in the lease.

DULUTH, GA. — WEG Electric Corp. has leased 250,000 square feet at the Business Park at Sugarloaf, located at 6655 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, from an undisclosed party. The company, which currently houses its headquarters in Suwanee, Ga., will occupy 50,000 square feet of the new building in 2010. Grubb & Ellis’ Dave Watson and Darren Ross represented WEG, and Brian Sutton of Duke Realty represented the landlord.

DULUTH, GA. — American Security Insurance Co. has leased a 70,393-square-foot, Class B office building from Magnolia Norcross for an undisclosed amount. American will use the building, located at 2975 Breckinridge Blvd. in Duluth, as a call center. Doug Wise and Eric Carlton of Grubb & Ellis represented Magnolia Norcross.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD. — St. John Properties will commence construction on its 260,000-square-foot BWI Technology Park II this fall. Located at the interchange of MD 295 and Nursery Road in Anne Arundel County, the park will include four flex research and development buildings totaling 190,000 square feet. A 61,200-square-foot office building and 13,000 square feet of retail space round out the project. The facility is being constructed on reclaimed land that was previously littered with spent and discarded car and truck tires. St. John will pursue Silver LEED certification for the new buildings, which will join an existing 600,000-square-foot property at the interchange. Delivery of the first flex building is expected by next summer.