WAYNE, PA. — BNY has signed a 42,000-square-foot office lease in Wayne, about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The global financial services company will occupy the entire second floor of a three-story building within Chesterbrook, a 14-building office campus. Whit Hunter, Mike MacCrory and Doug Newbert of JLL represented the landlord, Rubenstein Partners, in the lease negotiations. JLL also represented BNY.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Pembroke Realty Group has provided updates on the $300 million redevelopment of Pembroke Mall, a regional shopping mall in Virginia Beach that dates back to 1966. The project, renamed Pembroke Square, will comprise The Pembroke, a 284-unit luxury apartment community set to break ground in the coming months, and Tempo by Hilton, a 163-room hotel that is underway. Two additional phases are in pre-development, while approximately 26,000 square feet of retail space is expected to come on line through 2028. Existing components at Pembroke Square include Aviva Pembroke, a 153-unit senior living community that opened in December 2024, and existing shops and restaurants including Bath & Body Works, Kohl’s, Latitude Climbing + Fitness, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, REI Co-Op, Target, The Fresh Market and Walgreens. Delivery dates for The Pembroke and Tempo by Hilton were not released.
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Harris Teeter, a Matthews-based regional grocer and subsidiary of The Kroger Co., plans to invest approximately $253 million over the next three years to refresh and modernize select stores in North Carolina and South Carolina. Renovations and enhancements are planned for locations in Fort Mill and Rock Hill, S.C.; and Matthews, Waxhaw, Concord and Huntersville, N.C. In addition, Harris Teeter plans to open three new stores in Fort Mill and Lake Wylie, S.C., and Kannapolis, N.C. Customers will begin seeing store updates roll out in phases, with timing and scope varying across locations over the next three years. As renovations are completed, grand reopenings are expected to begin this fall.
SWEETWATER, FLA. — Adam America Real Estate and JW Capital Management have secured $180 million for the refinancing of Terrazul, a 22-story student housing community located adjacent to Florida International University (FIU). Completed in 2024, the 1,201-bed property is located at 700 S.W. 107th Ave. in Sweetwater, a city in Miami-Dade County. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer and Michael Ianno of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing through Corebridge Institutional Investment LLC. The borrowers will use the financing to pay off Terrazul’s existing construction loan and collect proceeds. The property features 932 studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom units that were 98 percent occupied at the time of financing, as well as 647 parking spaces, a suite of amenities and 15,442 square feet of retail space on the ground level.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Hines and Urban Street Development (USD) have signed two new office tenants to join T3 FAT Village, a mass-timber office building within the $500 million FAT Village mixed-use redevelopment project in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village. GXO Logistics Inc. will open a new 35,000-square-foot office at the six-story, 180,000-square-foot office building, and workplace furniture provider CBI Workplace Solutions will move its Fort Lauderdale operation to the property from Las Olas Boulevard. The companies are the first committed tenants at T3 FAT Village and will open their offices next year. Blanca Commercial Real Estate handles the office leasing assignment at T3 FAT Village. Christina Jolley, Chris Harak and Kevin Carrasco of Blanca CRE represented GXO in the lease negotiations, while David Hillegas and A.J. Belt of Cushman & Wakefield represented CBI Workplace Solutions. Hines and USD plan to announce the property’s ground-level retail and restaurant tenants later this year.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Hunt Sports Development has formed a partnership with Peak Curated Development and Venu Holding Corp. (NYSE: VENU) to build a mixed-use district on the east side of Toyota Stadium and Soccer Center in Frisco, a suburb of Dallas in Collin County. The stadium serves as the home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas, which is owned by The Hunt Family. The partnership plans to transform the campus into a year-round destination for hospitality, business, dining and entertainment. Construction is expected to begin in 2027. Project costs were not released, but The Dallas Express reports that the city previously outlined a mixed-use development expected to generate more than $1 billion in private investment once fully developed. The first phase of the project will include a 290-room boutique hotel and more than 40,000 square feet of convention, meeting and event space. The hotel will include a full-service restaurant and bar, rooftop bar and lounge, spa and a fitness center. The flexible convention and event center will feature more than 25,000 square feet of dedicated meeting space, including a 15,000-square-foot ballroom, which will be divisible into smaller breakout rooms. The ballroom and event spaces can be configured for conferences and …
FRISCO, TEXAS — The Karahan Cos. has inked deals with seven new retailers and restaurants at Fields West, a 55-acre mixed-use development located north of Dallas in Frisco. The tenants include Boll & Branch, Evereve, Flower Child, lululemon, SusieCakes, Tecovas and Warby Parker. Previously announced tenants at Fields West include Crate & Barrel, Gorjana, Pottery Barn, Sweetgreen, Williams Sonoma and [solidcore]. The project’s retail component, which is scheduled to come on line next year, is now 75 percent preleased via 44 signed leases.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — New York City-based Link Logistics has acquired a 61,111-square-foot industrial building in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 2401 Double Creek Drive was constructed in 1998. Link Logistics acquired the building, which was fully leased at the time of sale, as part of a two-property portfolio deal that also included a 291,285-square-foot property in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex city of Coppell. Stream Realty Partners brokered the deal. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — King & Spalding has signed a 52,826-square-foot office lease in Uptown Dallas. The Atlanta-based law firm is taking the entire 12th and 13th floors of 23Springs, a newly constructed, 26-story building. John Izard, Carla Williams, Tom Sutherland and Ryan Hoopes of Cushman & Wakefield represented King & Spalding, which plans to take occupancy in the second quarter of next year, in the lease negotiations. Robert Jimenez, Burson Holman and Elizabeth Fortado internally represented the landlord, Granite Properties, which owns the building in partnership with Highwoods Properties.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated a 20,046-square-foot industrial lease renewal in North Houston. The space is located within the building at 15360 Vantage Parkway W. Sam Marnoy and Matt Rogers of Oxford Partners represented the tenant, M&C Pump Americas LLC, in the lease negotiations. Will Clay and Angela Watford of JLL represented the landlord, Old House Capital.