COLUMBUS, OHIO — The McDonalds Corp. has signed a lease for 30,360 square feet of office space at 2600 Corporate Exchange Dr. in Columbus. Matt Murtha and Randy Stephens of Cassidy Turley represented the landlord, AEW Capital Management, in the transaction.
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PLANO — Newport Beach, Calif.-based KBS Realty Advisors, through its KBS REIT, has signed Milpitas, Calif.-based Linear Technology Corp. to a 8,387-square-foot lease renewal, located in the Plano Corporate Center II at 2201 & 2301 W. Plano Parkway in Plano. Justin Miller of Transwestern's Dallas office represented KBS REIT in the lease negotiations.
THE WOODLANDS — The 234,000-square-foot 3 Waterway Square Place, an 11-story office building currently being constructed in The Woodlands Town Center on the corner of Lake Robbins and Woodloch Forest drives in The Woodlands, has signed lease agreements with two tenants. Waste Connections Inc. has signed a 49,929-square-foot lease agreement and Nexeo Solutions has increased their 64,046-square-foot lease to 106,710 square feet. The building was designed by Boston-based Elkus Manfredi and is slated for early 2013 completion. The Woodlands Development Company, a division of The Howard Hughes Corporation, secured $43.3 million in construction financing through Texas Capital Bank. Robert Parsley and Norman Munoz of Colliers International's Houston office represented The Woodlands Development Company in the lease transactions. Jason Whittington of NAI Houston represented Waste Connections, and Dan Bellow, Beau Bellow and Diana Dunlap of Jones Lang LaSalle's Houston office represented Nexeo Solutions.
HOUSTON — Rosemont Realty has selected Toronto-based Avison Young to oversee marketing and leasing of 606,899 square feet of office space in Houston. The properties include the 226,585-square-foot Kirkwood Atrium Office, located at 11767 Katy Freeway; the 179,485-square-foot Paragon Center One, located at 450 Gears Road; the 114,511-square-foot Westwood Plaza I, located at 9301 Southwest Freeway; and a 86,317-square-foot property, located at 12621 Featherwood Drive.
ATLANTA — Two tenants have signed leases totaling 63,500 square feet at 1075 Peachtree, an office building located at the intersection of Peachtree and 12th streets in 12th & Midtown, a mixed-use development project in Atlanta. Duane Morris signed a 28.500-square-foot lease and will relocate to the building from its current Midtown location at Atlanta Center Plaza in early summer. Steve Morgan of Grubb & Ellis' Atlanta office, along with Mark Kercher of Studley's Atlanta office, represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Additionally, IMG Worldwide has signed a 35,000-square-foot lease. The company plans to move into the space in June. Jason Schulz of Chicago-based The J Rich Co., along with Russ Jobson and Jeff Kelley of Colliers International's Atlanta office, represented the tenant.
BOSTON — The Parthenon Group, a Boston-based strategic advisory firm, has signed a 46,000-square-foot lease at 50 Rowes Wharf in Boston. The firm will occupy floors five and six in the building, which is owned by Equity Office Properties. Bill Barrack and Ben Heller of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the tenant in the transaction. The Parthenon Group plans to move from its current location at 200 State St. to its new space in early 2013.
DALLAS — Jones Lang LaSalle arranged the lease of 32,028 square feet of office space at The Towers at Williams Square, located at 5215 N. O'Connor Blvd. in Dallas' Las Colinas submarket. Brad Selner and Andy Leatherman of Jones Lang LaSalle's Dallas office represented the tenant, The Ethos Group, in the lease transaction. Bill Brokaw of Cousins Properties' Dallas office represented the landlord, TIAA Realty, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO – Citygroup Center, a 719,000-square-foot, Class-A office tower in San Francisco’s Financial District, has signed 10 new leases and lease renewals totaling 60,000 square feet. These lease transactions have increased the tower’s occupancy by 10 percent. It is now 82 percent leased. Newly signed leases included Industry Capital Holdings for about 9,400 square feet; One Beacon Insurance Company for 6,401 square feet; Kelly, Hockel & Klein for 5,603 square feet; Cole-Frieman & Mallon for 5,162 square feet; Acquity Group for 5,042 square feet; Pivot Point Capital for 4,673 square feet; Gross Belsky Alonso LLP for 3,469 square feet; Chopper Trading for 3,373 square feet; and Venture Capital Fund of America III for 2,749 square feet. Korn/Ferry International also signed a lease renewal for 17,440 square feet. The building’s leasing efforts are managed by Meade Boutwell, Phil Tippett, Jak Churton and Cori English of CB Richard Ellis’ San Francisco office. The building, which is also known as One Sansome Street, is owned by Barker Pacific Group.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh (JDTP) has signed a seven-year lease renewal valued at $2.5 million at Westlake Plaza Center III. The law firm occupies the second floor of the three-story building. JDTP was represented by Studley’s Royce Sharf, Andrew Lustgarten, and Denise Shay. The plaza’s owner, Topa Equities, was represented in-house by Robin Platt.
ROCKLEIGH, N.Y. — Spectra East has renewed and expanded its lease to 123,000 square feet at 8 King Rd. in Rockleigh. Spectra is a division of Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, an integrated dialysis company. Spectra, which uses the property as a testing facility, expanded its lease by 10,000 square feet. The building is owned by GHP Office Realty and a group of private investors.