LOS ANGELES — HFF has completed the sale-leaseback on two separate Haggen Food & Pharmacy portfolios along the West Coast. The portfolios contain a total of 39 grocery stores in Washington, Oregon and California.
HFF’s Mark West, Timothy Hall, Bryan Ley, Brandon Chavoya, Coler Yoakam, Michael George and Campbell Black marketed the portfolios on behalf of Haggen. The Washington-based grocery store chain entered into long-term leases with the purchasers.
Haggen purchased 146 stores from Albertson’s as part of a $9.4 billion merger between Safeway and AB Acquisition, the owner of Albertson’s. This expansion grows the Haggen Food & Pharmacy portfolio from 18 stores in Washington and Oregon to 164 stores in five Western states.
HFF also arranged the floating-rate financing for the 19 properties.