Done deals: Enthusiastic Hatfield spreads out in Clark Tower

Sunday, December 13, 2009

The Commercial Appeal
By Tom Bailey Jr.

From the corner offices on Clark Tower’s 31st floor, Hatfield & Associates employees can see far down Poplar beyond the cylindrical Hilton Hotel or watch aircraft come and go.

If they weren’t so busy, that is.

Work is healthy enough at the 14-employee firm that it has just signed a new lease expanding its space another 900 square feet to total about 3,000 square feet.

Hatfield & Associates provides services that include transportation management, freight-bill auditing, and transportation management system software.

“It’s just a great location,” owner and president Jack Hatfield said of Clark Tower, 5100 Poplar.

To illustrate his point, Hatfield noted during a phone interview that despite rain that day, he and his employees would never have to get wet.

“You can have dinner or lunch upstairs in the Tower Room, can go to the Post Office (downstairs), and there’s a bank downstairs,” he said. “And if you want, you can walk all over the place.”

He spoke while waiting for clients to joint him in the firm’s conference room, complete with its stunning views.

“They love it,” he said of the clients.

The two-year lease extension was handled for the landlord by Frazier Baker of In-Rel Management.

2 deals at Lipscomb & Pitts

The Cornaghie Law Firm has signed a new, three-year lease for 1,115 square feet in the Lipscomb & Pitts Building, 2670 Union Extended. Baker of In-Rel Management represented the landlord.

And attorney Kathleen Laird Caldwell has signed a new, five-year lease for 1,415 square feet, also in the Lipscomb & Pitts Building. Baker of In-Rel Management represented the landlord.

Shopping center sold

BizPoint Property Group has sold the shopping center at 6343 U.S. 70 to Lawrence Migliara for $1.2 million.

The 14,700-square-foot building is 5 years old.

Crye-Leike Property Management agent John P. Waddell represented both the seller and buyer.

Jewelers’ Choice renews

Jewelers’ Choice has renewed through March 2012 its lease on 862 square feet in Suite 211 at the Clark Centre, 5100 Wheelis Drive.

Bob Wood represented landlord Clark & Clark. Bill Ferrell is president/owner of Jewelers’ Choice.

New leases

Germantown Cleaners has signed a new lease for 1,400 square feet at Suite 106 in Sanderlin Place, 5040 Sanderlin. Carey D. White represented landlord Loeb Properties. Joseph Mard owns the business.

Posh Styling Salon has signed a new lease for 1,600 square feet in Yorkshire Square, 5699 Quince Road. White represented the landlord Loeb Properties. Tiffany Benson owns the salon.

Bartlett Funeral Home has signed a new lease for 2,976 square feet at 5809 Stage Road in Bartlett. Steve Schaeffer represented landlord Loeb Properties. Alfred Tacker owns the funeral home.