ELLICOTT CITY, MD. — Giant Food has partnered with Maryland-based Nalley Fresh to open a restaurant within the grocer’s Ellicott City store, roughly 13 miles outside Baltimore. Offering customizable salads, wraps and bowls and the ability to fulfill third-party delivery orders, the restaurant marks the 10th location for Nalley Fresh and the first in-store fast-casual restaurant for Giant Food, which currently operates 165 grocery stores.
RANCHO MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Westar Associates has released plans for Esencia Commons, a 175,000-square-foot retail center in Rancho Mission Viejo. Upon completion, the property will feature a supermarket, fitness center, gas station and other retail and restaurant spaces. Groundbreaking for the project — which will be located within a 50-acre mixed-use development that includes an apartment community, business park, self-storage facilities and planned medical offices — is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. Westar will manage the property and has begun leasing efforts for the center.
LOS ANGELES — TTM Real Estate Capital has purchased HHLA, a 248,841-square-foot retail center located in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles. Newmark and JLL brokered the sale. TTM also announced the addition of two tenants to the property, 60out Escape Rooms and Genio Global Entertainment’s Muhammed Ali Experience, which will open later this year. At the time of sale, the property was home to tenants including CineMark, Ben & Jerry’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dave & Buster’s and Starbucks Coffee. Rebranded from The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center, the property underwent a $35 million renovation following its acquisition by the previous owner, Laurus Corp. Torchlight Investors LLC was a preferred equity partner when Laurus acquired the asset in 2015 for $111 million.
LINDEN, N.J. — CODA Logistics & Distribution, a third-party provider of freight services, has signed a 321,765-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey of Linden. The company will occupy the entirety of CenterPoint at Linden, a speculative development by Chicago-based CenterPoint Properties that is slated for an August completion. Building features include a clear height of 40 feet, 62 loading doors and parking for 89 trailers and 240 cars. Michael Kimmel of KBC Advisors represented CODA Logistics & Distribution in the lease negotiations.
WASHINGTON — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC (BWE) has arranged a $35 million loan for the refinancing of a shopping center located in the state of Washington. Tenants at the property, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale, include a grocery store anchor and 100,000-square-foot big-box retailer. Tom Turnage and Joe Galosic Jr. of BWE secured the financing through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower. The non-recourse loan carries a five-year term with interest-only payments for two years, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Further information on the borrower and property were not disclosed.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. AND LAS VEGAS — Simon Property Group and José Andrés Group (JAG) have announced plans to collaborate and bring restaurants to three properties located in Las Vegas and Palo Alto. The partnership will introduce new dining concepts to Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto and The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas. The collaboration will also bring Turkish, Greek and Lebanese restaurant Zaytinya to The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. — Tucson-based Watermark Retirement Communities and Alliance Residential Company have opened the leasing office at Watermark Laguna Niguel. The assisted living and memory care community is scheduled to open this summer.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Locally based development and investment firm Delta Equity Management has refinanced Harborview Logistics & Distribution Center, a 195,723-square-foot industrial property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Bayonne. The property features a clear height of 40 feet, 46 loading doors, 32 trailer parking spaces and 149 car parking spaces. Jon Mikula and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged the fixed-rate loan through Lincoln Financial Group. At the time of the loan closing, Harborview Logistics & Distribution Center was fully leased to an affiliate of The Home Depot.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York-based brokerage firm Jacobson Properties has negotiated the sale of a 17,380-square-foot medical office building in Albany. St. Peter’s Health Partners occupies the building and also operates a hospital about three miles away. A partnership of four limited liability companies sold the asset to a healthcare REIT for approximately $5.2 million, with all parties requesting anonymity. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties brokered the deal.
STROUDSBURG, PA. — Regional brokerage firm Scope Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the $4.3 million sale of Bridge Street Apartments, a 52-unit affordable housing complex in the Lehigh Valley community of Stroudsburg. The eight-building, garden-style complex originally opened in 2000 and exclusively offers four-bedroom units. A national multifamily investment firm sold the asset to a regional buyer, with both parties requesting anonymity. Jonathan Massaro of Scope Commercial brokered the deal.
