Fifth Third Center lands new tenant, plus existing tenant expands at uptown tower

Commercial real estate and capital-markets firm HFF Inc. has signed a lease for 6,000 square feet at Fifth Third Center in Charlotte, and law firm Winstead has expanded at the uptown office tower, adding roughly 6,000 square feet. HFF opened a Charlotte office last year, hiring investment sales specialist Ryan Clutter to manage the office with Travis Anderson, who relocated from the firm’s Dallas office to lead debt and equity placement for HFF in the Carolinas. Since opening here, the firm has…

Synchrony Financial says it needed more space, plans to increase Charlotte hiring this year

Synchrony Financial, which recently leased the Rushmore One building at Ballantyne Corporate Park, says it plans to increase its hiring in Charlotte this year, adding positions in sales, marketing, customer service and other areas. Although the company withdrew a request for $750,000 in incentives, it is moving forward with a 400-job expansion here. Synchrony currently has 300 employees at an operations center at Tyvola and Yorkmont roads. Synchrony recently finalized its lease for the 152,000-square-foot…

Gustafson Partners starts work on fourth retail building at Northlake Plaza

Retail development firm Gustafson Partners has started work on a fourth building at Northlake Plaza, a retail development on West W.T. Harris Boulevard near Northlake Mall. Mattress Firm has signed a 10-year lease for 3,600 square feet at the building, which will total approximately 7,000 square feet. Trent Gustafson, president of Gustafson Partners, says the building will deliver during the third quarter. Gustafson says he's in talks with a couple of fast-casual restaurants about leasing the balance…

Are You Ready for IoT?

The arrival of the Internet changed the way we do business. But, tech watchers warn of another, equally disruptive technological change that has...