NEW YORK CITY — The Legal Aid Society has signed a 72,091-square-foot office lease renewal at One Seaport Plaza in downtown Manhattan, where the social justice firm has operated its headquarters for the past 20 years. The 1.1 million-square-foot building was constructed in 1984. Adam Rappaport and Brett Greenberg represented the landlord, Jack Resnick & Sons, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Craig Reicher and Christopher Mansfield of CBRE represented The Legal Aid Society.
DALLAS — Financial advisory firm Preston Hollow Community Capital has relocated its office headquarters from Comerica Bank Tower to PwC Tower at Park District in Uptown Dallas. The space overlooks Klyde Warren Park and spans 15,000 square feet. The firm’s new headquarters space on the sixth floor was designed by BHA and built out by Metroplex General Contractors. Scott Hage of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. MetLife Investment Management owns the 20-story, 500,000-square-foot building.
NEW YORK CITY — The Center for Reproductive Rights has signed a 35,995-square-foot office lease renewal at One Seaport Plaza in downtown Manhattan, where the global human rights organization has operated its headquarters for the past 10 years. The new lease term is 15 years. The 1.1 million-square-foot building was constructed in 1984. Adam Rappaport and Brett Greenberg internally represented the landlord, Jack Resnick & Sons, in the lease negotiations. Daniel Horowitz, Jeffrey Peck, Ira Schuman and Stephan Steiner of Savills represented The Center for Reproductive Rights.
PLANO, TEXAS — J.C. Penney has reopened its 320,000-square-foot corporate office at The Campus at Legacy West (CALWest) in Plano, welcoming back some 2,000 associates in the process. The department store chain originally opened in CALWest campus in 1992 when it relocated to Texas from New York City, but the offices were largely shuttered after J.C. Penney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The office now features an open floor plan to encourage collaboration among employees, who will also have access to amenities such as pickleball courts, an arcade, fitness center and a golf simulator. J.C. Penney first re-affirmed its commitment to the space in March 2022 by signing a new lease.
NEW YORK CITY — VTS, a provider of commercial proptech solutions, has signed a 34,325-square-foot office headquarters sublease at 3 Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan. The term is six years. The company will relocate from 141 W. 41st St. in the fourth quarter to the entire 14th floor of the building, which was previously occupied by Salesforce. Jim Wenk of Savills, along with Patrick Heeg of Transwestern and Sam Seiler of JLL, represented VTS in the lease negotiations. Sacha Zarba, James Ackerson and Alice Fair of CBRE represented Salesforce. Ivanhoe Cambridge owns 3 Bryant Park.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Switchyards, a coworking concept based in Atlanta, will open an 8,000-square-foot club at 1101 Chapel Ave. in the Eastwood neighborhood of Nashville. Located within a historic building that formerly housed a church, the space will feature a café, work stations, two libraries, eight soundproof phone booths and three meeting rooms. The landlord is locally based Vintage South Development. Switchyards Eastwood is scheduled to open in September.
SAN ANTONIO — Law firm Chamberlain Hrdlicka has signed a 13,555-square-foot office lease expansion at Weston Center, a 32-story office building in downtown San Antonio. Chamberlain Hrdlicka moved into Weston Center in 2011, at which point its footprint was roughly 4,000 square feet. Bradley Fulkerson and Austin Hibbard of Transwestern, along with Larry Mendez of CBRE, represented the firm in the lease negotiations. David Held and Hayley Ruggles of Endura Advisory Group represented the landlord.
BOSTON — Deloitte has signed a 138,000-square-foot office lease at Winthrop Center, an 812,000-square-foot mixed-use complex in downtown Boston. The accounting giant plans to take occupancy in fall 2024. Regional developer Millennium Partners owns Winthrop Center, which offers amenities such as a fitness facility and meeting and event space. CBRE represented both parties in the negotiations for the lease, which is the largest to be executed within the Boston office market this year, according to multiple media sources including The Boston Globe.
HOUSTON — Law firm Shepard, Smith, Edwards & Kantas has signed a 6,962-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 1010 Lamar St. in downtown Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1981, rises 20 stories and totals roughly 278,000 square feet. John Zivley of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Monte Calvert of Transwestern represented the landlord, an entity doing business as MC TRS 2 LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 30,166-square-foot office lease at 875 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Paul Glickman, Diana Biasotti, Kristen Morgan and Harrison Potter of JLL represented the landlord, Global Holdings Management Group, in the lease negotiations. Jeffrey Peck, Daniel Horowitz, Roi Shleifer and Jacob Stern of Savills represented the tenant, the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board. The nonprofit association of insurance carriers is relocating from 733 Third Avenue to the entire eighth floor of the 29-story building. The deal brings the 750,000-square-foot property, which was originally constructed in 1982, to 98 percent occupancy.