NEW YORK CITY — Transwestern has negotiated a 14,889-square-foot office lease at 626 Sheepshead Bay Road in Brooklyn. Stephen Powers, Lindsay Ornstein, Thomas Hines and Jake Cinti of Transwestern represented the tenant, Selfhelp Community Services, in the lease negotiations. David Ofman of The Lawrence Group represented the landlord, Cammeby’s International.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Developer Ryan Cos. has moved into its new Kansas City office, located within the Interstate Securities/Topsy Building at 215 E. 18th St. The 3,213-square-foot office is designed for 16 employees, with room to expand up to 24. Ryan has been active in the Kansas City market for 15 years but did not establish a physical office there until 2018. Ryan has also announced that Craig Thompson, vice president of construction, has relocated from the Des Moines office to the Kansas City office.
CHICAGO — Taurus Modal Group, a Chicago-based real estate advisory firm, has rebranded as TMG Real Estate Advisors (TMG). The rebrand “embraces the firm’s industrial and office real estate brokerage roots, while also recognizing its broader focus as a multi-disciplinary real estate advisory firm,” according to a release from the company. TMG’s expanded service offerings now include strategic consulting, construction services, supply chain solutions, project management, lease administration, portfolio management and workplace strategy. Dan Smolensky and Marat Safir founded the firm in 2015.
DALLAS — Eatery Essentials, a provider of food storage containers and the U.S. subsidiary of Taiwanese supplier Vigour Pak, will relocate its corporate headquarters and primary manufacturing and warehousing operations to a 400,000-square-foot facility in Dallas. The facility will be located at 2425 Danieldale Road on the city’s south side and is expected to be operational by October. Eatery Essentials anticipates that the move will create about 150 new jobs.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — The Douglas Allred Co. has broken ground on two additional office buildings at its Park Place Development on Price Corridor in Chandler. Located at the northeast corner of Price and Willis roads, the three-story buildings will offer 150,000 square feet each. Willmeng Construction, serving as general contractor, will deliver the buildings along with an 800-stall parking structure. Upon completion, the project will offer 10- to 12-foot ceiling heights, high-quality finishes and a six per 1,000 parking ratio. Balmer Architectural Group is providing architectural services for the project, which will add to the existing 1.5 million square feet of office, manufacturing and retail space at Park Place.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of a fully occupied medical building, located at 535 N. Wilmot Road in Tucson. 535 Wilmot Investors, an affiliate of The Schomac Group, sold the property to AP MP, an affiliate of MBRE Health Care, for $11.5 million. Banner Health occupies the 40,936-square-foot medical building on a long-term basis and recently renewed its lease for another 10 years. Justin Lanne and Andrew Sternberg with NAI Horizon’s Tucson represented the seller in transaction.
WEST OMAHA, NEB. — Darland Construction Co. has completed construction of Pacific Springs Center II, a 58,950-square-foot Class A office building in West Omaha. The two-story property is located at the northwest corner of 168th and Pacific streets. The project features 40,000 square feet of spec office space as well as an underground parking garage. The area, known as Pacific Springs Vista, has experienced a flurry of new development in the past several years thanks to a growing residential market and the area’s convenient access to the nearby West Dodge Expressway, according to Darland. Avant Architects was the project architect. Investors Realty is handling management and leasing.
HOUSTON — Ryan LLC, a Dallas-based provider of tax services and software, has signed a lease to relocate its Houston office to a 66,750-square-foot space at Park Towers in Houston’s Uptown/Galleria neighborhood. The property consists of two 18-story buildings totaling 545,242 square feet. Doug Little, David Baker, Kelli Gault and Jack Scharnberg of Transwestern represented the landlord, Regent Properties, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — KRS Realty Advisors has completed a redevelopment project at the historic Fort Worth Stockyards that adds 12,000 square feet of office and retail space to the local supply. Austin-based apparel company Tecovas has signed a retail lease for 3,474 square feet at the property. KRS purchased the property in February and began renovating shortly thereafter. Stream Realty Partners is handling leasing.
BELLMAWR, N.J. — New Jersey-based Yada Property Management has purchased a 40,000-square-foot office property in Bellmawr, a southern suburb of Philadelphia. The two-story building is located at 211 Benigno Blvd. within Interstate Business Park, a 40-building office and industrial development that houses large corporate users such as Amazon, FedEx and Singer Equipment Co. Scott Mertz of NAI Mertz represented the seller, Choice Services International LLC, in the transaction.