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Two retail stores have signed leases at a Washington Township center, according to joint venture partner Atkins Cos.
Atkins, which is partners in the Washington Square Town Center complex with Woodmont Properties, said in a news release that Italian restaurant Santucci’s Original Square Pizza has leased 2,620 square feet, while ice cream parlor What’s the Scoop has leased 1,980 square feet. The two signings bring the complex to 90% occupancy.
Joe Raniszewski of MSC Retail represented Atkins in both transactions, while Greg Bianchi of US Realty Associates Inc. represented Santucci’s.
The mixed-use project is expected to be fully completed by late summer. Both eateries are expected to open this fall.
Axia Women’s Health has signed a lease expansion for a larger space at a mixed-use community in Washington Township, according to developers Atkins Cos. and Woodmont Properties.
Axia, which was purchased by a private markets firm earlier this month, will now occupy an entire 10,000-square-foot building at Washington Square Town Center, 247 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road. It had signed a lease for 7,000 square feet less than a year ago, the real estate firms noted in a news release.
Washington Square Town Center is near completion and will feature 330 apartments, 100 townhomes, an assisted living facility and a 40,000-square-foot Class A medical office building. Initial plans also included a trio of 10,000-square-foot ground-level retail buildings, but with the medical office property fully leased, Axia will now occupy one of those 10,000-square-foot facilities as a health care office.
Atkins Cos. inks 5 leases at West Orange medical office building
Atkins Kent Medical Building in West Orange. – ATKINS CO.
Atkins Cos. said on April 27 that it secured one new lease and four lease renewals at Atkins-Kent 101 located at 101 Short Hills Road in West Orange.
The deals include a 3,300-square-foot renewal with a pediatric practice, a renewal for 4,500 square feet with an oral surgery group, and a new lease and two renewals with RWJBarnabas Health and its affiliates. These include 5,100 square feet of space for a gastroenterology practice, 1,500 square feet for a vascular surgery practice, and 3,500 square feet for administrative space, further bolstering the company’s long-time relationship with the rapidly growing health system.