Lease-Up at 5300 Memorial, Market briefs

In Houston, The 5300 Memorial, an office building just west of Shepherd Drive, has gained several new tenants to reach 84 percent occupancy. The landlord, Equus Capital Partners, is represented by Russell Hodges and Jessica Ochoa of JLL.

Plavnicky, Kinzel & Makowski, represented by Vincent Gyorgy of NAI Partners, leased 5,054 SF. … Spain, Price, Reader & Thompson, represented by Marshall Clinkscales of Colliers International, leased 4,097 SF. … Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, represented by Josh LaRocca of Avison Young, leased 3,689 SF. … Moleculin Biotech, represented by Jane Nodskov of ICO Commercial, leased 2,333 SF.

The 11-story, 150,000-SF is three miles west of downtown Houston, just north of Buffalo Bayou and the upscale River Oaks community. Philadelphia-based Equus Capital, formerly known as BPG Properties, purchased the building about two years ago.