PLANO, TEXAS — Midland Tower Construction has signed a 7,193-square-foot office lease at Placid Business Center in Plano. Jared Laake and Brian Paffford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Kennington Placid LLC, in the lease negotiations. Jack Kemendo and Cameron Rogers of Rubicon Representation represented the tenant.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 2,348-square-foot office lease at Mallick Tower in downtown Fort Worth. The 90,000-square-foot building was originally constructed in 1968. Vic Meyer, Jake Neal and Matt Carthey with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Alex Hrapkiewicz of JLL represented the tenant, Stannum Capital.
QUEEN CREEK, ARIZ. — Cypress West Partners has started construction of a 22,000-square-foot, Class A medical office development near Chandler. The single-story building will be located at the intersection of Signal Butte and Ocottillo roads in Queen Creek. Construction is scheduled for completion by third-quarter 2023. The property is the only off-campus medical office building for lease in Queen Creek, according to the developer. Cypress West acquired the 2.5-acre parcel at the end of 2022. The new building, named Ocotillo Medical Collaborative, was 87 percent leased to a mix of service-oriented medical tenants prior to construction starting. Negotiations are underway for the remaining space within the building.
PITTSBURGH — CBRE has negotiated a 10,470-square-foot office lease at 525 William Penn Place in Pittsburgh. The tenant, investment advisory firm Signature Financial Planning, will consolidate its offices at 1301 Grandview Avenue and One Gateway Center to the 41-story building, which originally housed the headquarters of U.S. Steel Corp. and Mellon National Bank. Patrick Greene of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Dan Paterson of Swearingen Realty Group represented the tenant. The move-in is scheduled for the fourth quarter.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Design and engineering firm McAdams has signed a 30,000-square-foot office lease at The Realm at Castle Hills, a 324-acre mixed-use development located in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. McAdams is relocating from nearby Roanoke and plans to take occupancy this fall. About 65 people will work in the new office, which is situated off State Highway 121 and overlooks Lewisville Lake. JLL represented McAdams in its site selection and lease negotiations. Bright Realty owns The Realm at Castle Hills.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 3,343-square-foot office lease at Mallick Tower in downtown Fort Worth. The 90,000-square-foot building was originally constructed in 1968. Vic Meyer and Jake Neal with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, Prima Title Group, was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Seedtag Advertising has signed a 5,909-square-foot office lease at 13-15 W. 27th St. in Manhattan’s NoMad district. Seedtag will move into the entire third floor of the 11-story building, which recently underwent a capital improvement progam, at an undisclosed date. Sebastian Infante and Jamie Katcher of Raise Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Michael Heaner, Elliot Warren and Grant Greenspan of Kaufman Organization represented the landlord.
TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has arranged a 33,175-square-foot lease at Rivergate Tower, a 515,965-square-foot office building located at 400 N. Ashley Drive in Tampa. Law firm Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP will occupy the space beginning in October of this year. Amenities include a tenant lounge, café, two conference/training centers, dry cleaning services, a fitness center, valet parking and an outdoor terrace café/bar. A Malio’s Steakhouse restaurant also operates at the property. Roxanne Kemph and Kelley Matheson of CBRE represented the landlord, Banyan Street Capital, in the lease negotiations. Chris Butler, Ryan McCurdy and Lorenzo Gonzalez of Franklin Street represented the tenant.
LOS ANGELES — Silverstein Properties has completed its $60 million capital improvement program at U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles. The two-year renovation was designed to meet the evolving needs of traditional and creative office tenants. Silverstein acquired the tower in September 2020 and began the capital improvements in May 2021. Informed by hospitality design, upgrades across 35,000 square feet of common spaces include a redesigned main entrance and lobby; new contactless elevators and elevator lobbies; a new day-to-night juice and cocktail bar; a grab-and-go market; and seating and collaboration areas. By November 2020, five new leases were signed at the tower, including Walter P. Moore, a global management consulting firm, Lincoln International, Rothschild & Co. and Morgan & Morgan.
SAN ANTONIO — JLL has arranged a 33,301-square-foot office lease at 8700 Tesoro Drive in San Antonio. The building, known as Onyx at the Airport, sits on 9.3 acres just north of Loop 410 between Broadway and Nacogdoches streets. Meredith Muecke Howard and Robert McDonough of JLL represented the landlord, Windmill Investments, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Price and Daniel Wall of CBRE represented the tenant, tech education company Codeup Inc.