JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — Party City Corp. has signed an 11,585-square-foot retail lease in Jefferson City in central Missouri. Party City will occupy the space at Capital Mall, located at 3600 Country Club Drive. Scott Bitney of L3 Corp. represented the landlord, Capital Mall JC1 LLC, in the lease transaction.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — St. Louis-based Gershman Mortgage will be moving its headquarters from a 16,000-square-foot office in Clayton, Mo. to 16253 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield this month. The new office space of more than 24,000 square feet will allow the company to grow. Over 100 employees will be located at the new office. The mortgage company will be closing its existing Chesterfield location at 187 Hilltown Village Center, but will maintain its Clayton presence with an office located at 7801 Forsyth Blvd. Gershman also maintains local offices in Kirkwood, South St. Louis City and St. Peters. Additional offices in the Midwest are located in Branson and Springfield, Mo., Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — MOD Pizza has leased three 3,000-square-foot locations in the greater Kansas City metro. The new restaurants will be located at 1937 Foxwood Drive in Raymore; 5315 NE Antioch Road in North Kansas City; and 1112 NE Coronado Drive in Blue Springs. All three leases are for 10 years. MOD Pizza currently has over 200 locations nationally, and makes artisan style pizzas and salads. David M. Block and Mark McConahay of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors negotiated the lease transactions on behalf of the tenant.
RAYTOWN, MO. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has brokered the sale of three shopping centers in Raytown, about 10 miles southeast of Kansas City, for $4.9 million. The centers are located at 5200-5254 Blue Ridge Blvd., 6204-6240 Raytown Trafficway and 6215-6249 Blue Ridge Blvd. The centers are all nearly 100 percent occupied. 1340 East 9th Street Realty Corp. purchased the properties from Monopoly Acquisitions. Bill Maas and Jay Friedman of Block & Co. brokered the sale on behalf of the seller. Block & Co. will continue to handle leasing on behalf of the new owner for the shopping center located at 6204-6240 Raytown Trafficway.
JENNINGS, MO. — Store Here Self Storage has acquired a climate-controlled, self-storage facility in Jennings, about 10 miles north of St. Louis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The multi-story building, located at 8319 Jennings Station Road, was formerly a Schnuck’s grocery store before being converted into a self-storage facility in 2016. The building consists of two loading docks and 600 self-storage units, and a total net rentable area of 64,315 square feet. Steve Mellon and Brian Somoza of JLL represented the seller, Jennings Storage Solutions LLC.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of and financing for Watermark at Chesterfield Village, a 12.7-acre multifamily site located in Chesterfield. Watermark Residential purchased the land site with plans to complete construction in late 2018. The property will be located at the southwest corner of Chesterfield Parkway and Lydia Hill Drive. Sachs Properties was the seller. Kenneth Aston and Andrea Kendrick of Berkadia completed the land sale on behalf of the buyer. Kevin Kozminske and Michael Duggan of Berkadia arranged the financing, securing a $52 million loan through Simmons Bank.
ST. PETERS, MO. — Knoebel Construction Inc. has broken ground on the Shoppes at Mid Rivers in St. Peters. The $54 million project consists of 14 buildings within the 270,000-square-foot shopping center located just north of I-70, about 30 miles northwest of St Louis. Completion is slated for this fall. Confirmed tenants include Academy Sports + Outdoors, Burlington, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, HomeGoods, ULTA Beauty, Five Below and Famous Footwear. The property is located across from Mid Rivers Mall, the only regional mall in St. Charles County. GBT Realty Corp. is the developer of the project designed by MJM Architects. Knoebel Construction has divided the work into subprojects with separate management teams in order to complete the center in time for the 2017 holiday shopping season.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest has closed on the sale of two hotel sites within Hunt Midwest Commerce Center (HMCC). A 90-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott and a 126-room Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites will be constructed and open on the sites. Both hotels are slated to open in 2018. KMG Hotels will operate the SpringHill Suites by Marriott, which it is developing under the name of Park Hospitality LLC. Elite Hotel Group LLC will own and operate the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites. HMCC is a 2,500-acre development home to hotels, restaurants and retail stores.
SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Morris Corners in Springfield in southwestern Missouri. The sales price was not disclosed. The 56,033-square-foot retail center is located at the corner of Battlefield Road and Fremont Avenue. Tenants include Toys “R” Us and Massage Envy. Carly Gallagher and Ben Wineman of Mid-America represented the seller, Ohio-based DDR. A private buyer purchased the property.
BRIDGETON, MO. — McGrath & Associates has completed a $1.3 million renovation of a Montgomery Bank in Bridgeton, about 24 miles northwest of St. Louis. The construction included a redesign of the branch and the addition of an AT&T retail store. McGrath’s renovation of the 5,100-square-foot building included exterior finishes and ACM panels, modern interior finishes, drive-thru lanes and canopy, new HVAC air handlers, and utility services. Verve Design Studio was the architect.