Tenant Update

Bensalem, Pa. -- Philly It Cheesesteaks and MGM Financial Strategies Inc. have signed leases at the 43,550-sq.-ft. Centre Plaza in Bensalem, Pa., according to Levin Management Corp.

Philly It Cheesesteaks opened a 1,700-sq.-ft. in the spring, while MGM Financial Strategies Inc. will follow with a 1,700-sq.-ft. opening this summer or fall.

Purchase, N.Y. -- National Realty & Development Corp. has announced that the Police and Fire Federal Credit Union will take 4,000 sq. ft. in Washington Plaza in Turnersville, N.J.

It will be the first New Jersey location for the Credit Union. Burlington Coat Factory and LA Fitness anchor the 196,000-sq.-ft. shopping center.

North Plainfield, N.J. -- Levin Management has promoted Melissa Sievwright to assistant VP marketing from director of marketing. Sievwright joined the company as associate marketing director in 2010.

When she moved up to director of marketing, she took on the firm’s corporate branding efforts, implemented promotional campaigns for client properties and supported Levin’s efforts to market vacancies within the company’s 90 shopping centers.

Virginia Beach, Va. -- Divaris Real Estate has represented the landlords in the renewal of five leases covering more than 18,500 sq. ft. in Hampton Roads, Va., retail properties.

Two of the leases were with Willow Oaks Associates, landlord of Willow Oaks Village Square Shopping Center in Hampton. The City of Hampton renewed a 7,778-sq.-ft. space, and Virginia ABC renewed its 3,300-sq.-ft. lease.

Mattress Firm renewed for 3,982 sq. ft. with JLP Chesapeake, owner of the Crossways Shopping Center in Chesapeake.

Fort Worth, Texas -- Brewsters Burger Bar and Chiro One Wellness Centers have leased space in the Fort Worth mixed-use development of West 7th, according to Cypress Equities, the property’s developer.

Brewsters Burger Bar will open a 2,969-sq.-ft. location in December of this year.

Chiro One Wellness Centers will open a 2,563-sq.-ft. location in fourth quarter 2013. It will be the tenth Chiro One in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.

Miami, Fla. -- Famous Footwear has renewed its 8,000-sq.-ft. lease at Kendall Village Center in Miami, Fla., according to Berkowitz Development Group www.berkowitzdevelopment.com. The transaction maintains the 95% occupancy level at the 426,000-sq.-ft. open-air shopping and office destination. Retail space totals 276,000 sq. ft.

Major tenants include the Regal 16-plex Stadium Seating Theater, Old Navy, Gap, Nova Southeastern University, Pier 1 Imports and LA Fitness.

Phoenix -- GDC/RE has leased a 47,036 former Phoenix Safeway to Epic Stores. The transaction marked GDC/RE’s tenth lease of more than 10,000 sq. ft. in the last 12 months.

“Arizona has been seen as the poster child of big-box vacancy in recent years,” says Joe Doucett, co-founder and designated broker of GDC/RE. “Our firm has re-tenanted every anchor and other large-format space in our portfolio.”

New York -- Muscle Maker Grill has moved from its Eighth Avenue Manhattan location, which was damaged by Hurricane Sandy, to Seventh Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets in Chelsea, according to Winick Realty Group. The new Muscle Maker will open in late summer or early fall.

Winick represented Muscle Maker, and Duell Management, the landlord, was represented in-house.