Leasing

LOS ANGELES-Qantas Airways, the airline company servicing the South Pacific, relocates its headquarters for the Americas/Pacific region. The company signs a seven-year lease deal in Howard Hughes Center

BURNSVILLE, MN-The privately-owned value chain based in Plymouth, MN, has grown to 15 stores. A new store opens here and in Detroit Lakes, MN as well as Fargo, ND.

NEWARK-The agency will move to a new under-construction facility nearby early next year, leaving owners Gale and TishmanSpeyer with a nine-story hole to fill in the downtown landmark.

MINNEAPOLIS-Burns International Security Services officers three-day training sessions on working with Somali and Muslim residents in Minneapolis Public Housing Authority buildings in the wake of allegations of hate incidents, discrimination and mistreatment.

PORTLAND- Tom Usher, a senior director with Cushman & Wakefield, tells GlobeSt.com that he sees vacancy holding flat through mid-year. He also sees activity picking up, reiterating what many brokers around town have been telling GlobeSt.com since late January.

PHOENIX-A Pontiac dealership targets 12,600 sf at Mesa's Superstitions Springs Commerce Center II while an electrical parts distributor lines up 8,025 sf at Pinnacle Peak Commerceplex in Phoenix.