NEWTON, MASS. AND DALLAS — Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ: HPT) has purchased a portfolio of net-leased retail assets from Spirit MTA REIT (NYSE: SMTA) for $2.4 billion. The portfolio consists of 774 service-oriented retail properties in 43 states that are occupied by tenants including AMC Theatres, Academy Sports + Outdoors and CarMax. The portfolio was 98 percent occupied as of March 31 and has a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.6 years. The portfolio includes all of SMTA’s owned properties held in its “Master Trust 2014” segment and excludes approximately 100 assets leased to Shopko Stores Inc., a Wisconsin-based general merchandiser that filed for bankruptcy in January. The portfolio also includes three Pilot Travel Centers that are currently owned by Spirit Realty Capital Inc., a Dallas-based net-lease REIT that owns single-tenant retail assets subject to long-term leases. Spirit Realty externally manages SMTA after spinning off the REIT from its holdings last summer. “Ultimately, we concluded that a sale to Hospitality Properties Trust represented the best possible outcome for our shareholders,” said Richard Stockton, lead independent trustee of SMTA, in a statement. “We will continue our work to close the transaction in the coming months and realize cash value for …
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PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Silber Investment Properties, a brokerage firm specializing in retail real estate, has arranged the $8 million sale of a 13,000-square-foot building in the Long Island City of Plainview. Situated on 1.3 acres, the asset was triple net-leased to CVS at the time of sale. Adam Silber of Silber Investment Properties represented the seller, Pandem Enterprises, in the transaction. Silber also procured the buyer, JRI 28CI LLC, a New York City-based real estate investment group.
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Buys Metro D.C. Retail Asset Leased to 24 Hour Fitness for $21.3M
by John Nelson
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has purchased a 46,000-square-foot retail property in Falls Church for $21.3 million. The store has nine years remaining on its lease to 24 Hour Fitness and includes rental escalations. The property is also zoned for up to four stories and multiple uses, including residential. Consolidated-Tomoka Land bought the store in a 1031 exchange using proceeds from an $18.3 million sale of a 112,000-square-foot store in Winter Park, Fla., that is also leased to 24 Hour Fitness. The property includes a 1.6-acre outparcel that is under a 20-year ground lease to Wawa. Consolidated-Tomoka Land is a Florida-based, publicly traded real estate investor that owns approximately 2.3 million square feet of income properties in diversified markets in the United States, as well as more than 5,300 acres of land in its home market of Daytona Beach.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a retail property, located at 11355 South St. in Cerritos. A private investor from Southern California sold the property for $6.5 million. Built in 1974, the 5,225-square-foot property features of 1,200 square feet of mezzanine space. Comerica Bank occupies the building on an absolute triple-net leased basis. Brian Hennessey and Armand Aghadjanians of Avison Young represented the seller, while Brian Russell of Kinnery’s Brokerage and The Primemark Group represented the buyer, a Southern California-based private investor, in the deal.
LOGAN, UTAH — Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT) has purchased three restaurant outparcel properties located adjacent to a mall in Logan. The aggregate acquisition price was $4.9 million. The name of the seller was not released. The properties are a Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden and Arby’s, and each property is leased to corporate operators under triple-net leases with approximately seven years of weighted average term remaining.
KINGSTON, WASH. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of a single-tenant retail property, located at 27000 Miller Bay Road NE in Kingston. A U.S.-based investment fund sold the asset to a California-based family office for $6 million. Built in 2007 on 2.2 acres, the 17,272-square-foot building includes a drive-thru. Rite Aid currently occupies the property under a corporate-guaranteed triple-net lease with Rite Aid Corp. There are nine years remaining on the lease. Ryan Tomkins of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller in the transaction.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group is arranged the sale of a freestanding, single-tenant property located on 1.9 acres at 3490 Madison St. in Riverside. A Newport Beach, Calif.-based private developer sold the property to a Newport Beach-based physician for $5.3 million. Grocery Outlet Bargain Market occupies the 17,889-square-foot retail property on a 15-year triple-net lease. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Additionally, Garrett Colburn and Townsend Cropsey of SRS secured the long-term lease with Grocery Outlet on behalf of the ownership.
MADISON HEIGHTS, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property net leased to Sprint in Madison Heights for an undisclosed price. The 3,038-square-foot building is located at the southwest corner of 12 Mile and Dequindre roads. Michael Murphy and Tjader Gerdom of Gerdom Realty marketed the property for sale and procured the buyer, a local investor.
LOCKPORT, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $12.9 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Jewel-Osco in Lockport, 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The 67,450-square-foot building sits on 10.3 acres at 16625 W. 159th St. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a private real estate investment company based in the Southwest. A private investor completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange purchased the asset.
MARQUETTE, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of three net leased properties in Marquette for $3.7 million. The properties include an 84,180-square-foot Kohl’s, an Applebee’s pad site and another pad site occupied by Verizon Wireless and H&R Block. The buildings are outparcels of Westwood Mall. Mark Taylor, Shannon Bona and Brian Sy of Marcus & Millichap marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller, a private development company. Taylor, along with Donovan Mackey, secured the private equity buyer.