Houston — Activate, an interactive indoor gaming experience, has opened a 9,600-square-foot venue in Houston. Situated within the Katy Fry Center, the space features 11 activity rooms with more than 500 different games and difficulty levels. The brand, which is designed for adult participants, currently has seven additional centers in Atlanta; Chicago; Dallas; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; American Dream, New Jersey; and Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. Additional venues are scheduled to open this year, including in Birmingham, Alabama.
Leasing
Hayward, Calif. — Las Montañas Supermarket has opened a 23,334-square-foot store at Creekside Center, an 80,311-square-foot retail center located in Hayward. In addition to a selection of produce, meat, poultry and seafood, the store features a taqueria. Other tenants at Creekside Center include The King Mattress and Furniture II, Supernails, Cricket Wireless, Rent-A-Center, Papa John’s, Subway and Carl’s Jr.
New York City — Two retail tenants have signed leases at 540 Madison, a 292,000-square-foot office tower located in New York City. Bang & Olufsen and H.Stern will occupy 1,557 and 1,450 square feet, respectively. Grand Seiko is also a tenant within the 9,266-square-foot retail portion of the property, which formerly housed a bank branch. The new leases bring the retail space to full occupancy. Ariel Schuster and Mitch Heifetz of Newmark represented the landlord, DivcoWest, in the lease negotiations.
Baltimore — Always Ice Cream Co. will open a 1,135-square-foot shop within The Village of Cross Keys, a retail center located in Baltimore. Scheduled to open next spring, the shop will be located between Atlas Restaurant Group’s Asian restaurant and The Cordish Co.’s Cece’s Roland Park. Caves Valley Partners is the landlord at the property.
Houston — LEVCOR has completed the redesign of Post Oak Plaza, a retail center located in Houston. Renovations at the property included updates to building and store facades, new lighting elements, upgraded landscaping and widened pathways. Additionally, three new tenants have signed leases at the center. Local Foods, Arhaus and Saatva will occupy 3,016; 22,201; and 4,000 square feet at the property, respectively. Taco Deli, Rakkan Ramen and Bosch/Thermador/Gaggenau are also scheduled to open at the center by the first half of 2024.
Cooper City, Fla. — Three tenants have opened at The Shoppes at Monterra Commons, a 153,618-square-foot mixed use property in Cooper City. Culver’s, First Watch and The Learning Experience now occupy 4,300; 3,700; and 10,000 square feet at the development, which was completed in August. Cali Coffee, Playa Bowls, Gyromania, Oaxaka, Tide Cleaners, Blueprint Cookies, Jonari Dental, Kami Nail House, Huey Magoos and AA Mint have also signed leases totaling 16,330 square feet at the property. Diversified Realty Development is the landlord and developer.
Baltimore — Restaurateur Pinky Cole will open two food-and-beverage concepts, Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan, at Baltimore Peninsula, a $5 billion mixed-use redevelopment project currently underway in Baltimore. Scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2024, the plant-based restaurants are expected to create more than 100 new jobs. The 14 million-square-foot, 235-acre Baltimore Peninsula development also features a four-acre sports venue, ROOST Apartment Hotel and the Rye House and 250 Mission residential communities. The development and investment team for the project includes MAG Partners, MacFarlane Partners, Kevin Plank of Under …
Doral, Fla. — Three new tenants have signed leases at Century Town Center, a mixed-use property in Doral. My Salon Suites, Rumble Boxing and Kidstrong will occupy 5,910; 2,541; and 2,734 square feet of ground-floor retail space, respectively. Phase I of Century Town Center features 326 residential units and 31,000 square feet of retail space. A planned second phase of the project will comprise an additional 408 residential units and 27,000 square feet of retail space. Rafael Romero and Malina Huynh of JLL represented the landlord — a partnership between Mattoni …
Flourtown, Pa. — Dim Sum Factory has signed a 2,824-square-foot lease at Flourtown Shopping Center in Flourtown, roughly 14 miles outside Philadelphia. Scheduled to open in spring 2024, the restaurant will be situated adjacent to the U.S. Post Office at the property. Federal Realty Investment Trust is the landlord.
Overland Park, Kan. — Whole Foods Market will open a 45,791-square-foot store in Overland Park, roughly 12 miles outside Kansas City. The opening of the new store, which is scheduled for Nov. 15, marks the relocation of an existing Overland Park Whole Foods, which has operated since 2007. Darcy Landis, principal local forager for Whole Foods, curated the selection for the store, which will feature more than 750 local items from the greater Kansas area.