BioLab Inc. occupied nearly 89,000 square feet at Duke’s Huntcrest III building and 50,000 square feet in Huntcrest IV in Atlanta’s Northeast submarket. Its recreational and commercial pool and spa water treatment and home cleaning products business is solid, and its parent company, Philadelphia, Pa.-based Chemtura Corp., is working to reshape itself through Chapter 11.

Craig Flanagan, vice president of Duke’s Atlanta office leasing team, worked with BioLab to revise its tenancy to one floor, or 27,450 square feet, creating approximately 61,000 square feet of available space in the 134,524-square-foot, Class-A suburban office building and extended the lease in Huntcrest IV for an additional two years.

Before BioLab vacated its space, Duke signed three tenants to backfill nearly 48,000 square feet with Flanagan representing ownership.

Medical software firm Brightree LLL leased 27,505 square feet at Huntcrest III, and educational software firm Curriculum Advantage Inc. leased 13,764 square feet, with Bruce May of Piedmont Property Co. representing Curriculum Advantage.

HealthCare Partners Inc. leased 6,413 square feet at the property and was represented by Tom Davenport and Tom Cooksey of Lavista Associates.

"Our resources and the dynamic submarket helped us to backfill the space," said Chris Brown, Duke’s senior vice president of Atlanta office and industrial operations. "Plus, being able to respond quickly to led to a quick solution that benefited everyone."

Lauren Salas, business development manager for corporate headquarters at the Gwinnett Chamber, said, "Duke Realty is a key partner to Gwinnett’s economic development strategy. Their efforts on this project to fill space, create jobs and bring new business to the area are a tremendous asset to our ongoing focus on corporate business retention and recruitment."

The office is headed by Mac McCall, who has been named Senior Director, specializing in the sale of single-tenant and retail properties across the Southeast.

Previously, McCall was a Senior Investment Associate with Marcus & Millichap and was the top agent in the firm’s Atlanta office three out of the past four years. Over his eight-year career, McCall has exclusively listed or sold over 300 retail properties valued at over $450 million for institutions, developers and individual investors.

"We are extremely pleased to have Mac McCall leading our Atlanta operations," said Andrew Wright, Managing Partner of Tampa, Fla.-based Franklin Street Financial Partners. "He is a true professional with proven results who has the know-how and creativity to get results for clients in this difficult environment."

The 22-story building totals 385,262 square feet and is in the Midtown/Pershing Point submarket. The 400 Colony Square building was developed in 1974 and sold to Tishman Speyer in a portfolio sale in 2006, according to CoStar information.

WebMD’s lease includes all of the top two floors of the building. Other tenants in the building include Jock’s and Jill’s corporate office and Walter P. Moore and Associates.

Michael Lipton of Colliers International in Atlanta, along with David Falk and Kyle Ciminelli of Newmark Knight Frank in New York, represented WebMD. Tishman Speyer was represented in-house.

The company, which provides dental facilities, support staff and other business services to dental group practices, relocated from Galleria 400 and was looking to stay in the Galleria area.

Northchase is a three-story, 106,065-square-foot, Class B office building at 1090 Northchase Parkway. It was built in 1988 and is in the Cumberland/Galleria submarket.

William Wood and Furman Wood of Commercial Property Professionals represented NCDR. Rush Bradley of Transwestern represented the landlord/receiver, Pac Zachary of GlassRatner Management & Realty Advisors LLC.

The 20-story, Class A office building totals 486,000 square feet in the Upper Buckhead submarket. Crescent Resources LLC completed development of the property last month.

Speakeasy’s lease will take up the majority of the 10th floor. It will be the first tenant to occupy space in Phipps Tower.

Jim Devaney and Chad Koenig of NAI Brannen Goddard represented Speakeasy. John Bell and Sara Smith were the in-house representatives for Crescent.

The center formerly known as Koger Center is on 21 acres in the northeast metro Atlanta suburb of Chamblee. The 21 Class B office buildings are 89 percent leased to tenants including law firm Shapiro & Swertfeger LLP and the Research Triangle Institute. The development is within CoStar’s Chamblee/Doraville/North Druid Hills office submarket. Colonial Properties Trust is the former manager.

JLL’s team representing the property is comprised of Kevin Lott, vice president, and Brook Dewey, leasing associate. Lott handled leasing at the property for five years prior to joining JLL.