SEATTLE — Nordstrom Inc. has announced plans to open five new Nordstrom Rack stores in California. Scheduled to open in 2024 and 2025, the stores will be located in Davis, Elk Grove, Gilroy, Oceanside and San Mateo. Both the Davis and Gilroy stores will comprise 25,000 square feet, with the Oceanside and San Mateo stores totaling 31,000 and 36,000 square feet, respectively. Each of the stores will be situated within shopping centers, with the new locations bringing the total count of Nordstrom Rack stores to 68.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Clearwater Living has opened an information center at Clearwater Newport Beach, a 101-unit luxury assisted living and memory care community underway in Newport Beach, a coastal city south of Los Angeles. Clearwater expects to welcome new residents in early 2024. Clearwater Newport Beach will offer 70 assisted living and 31 memory care apartments in a variety of finishes and floor plans, including studio, one- and two-bedroom options. Clearwater Newport Beach will be the company’s 11th community in California, Nevada and Arizona, with additional developments in the pipeline.
CARSON, CALIF. — Partners Capital has purchased a five-building industrial portfolio in Carson, a city 17 miles south of Los Angeles. The portfolio contains five buildings for a total of 38,152 square feet. Known as Carson Business Park, the asset is located on a two-acre site at 401 to 409 Gardena Blvd. The park was fully leased at the time of sale to 16 unique tenants with a weighted average lease term of about 0.8 years. In-place rents are about 61 percent below market rates. Scott Schumacher, Aaron Banks, Kevin Shannon, Andrew Briner and Anthony Muhlstein of Newmark represented the seller, an entity doing business as Carson Five LLC, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — HSA Commercial Real Estate has begun development of two speculative warehouses totaling 497,540 square feet in Plainfield near the Indianapolis International Airport. Named Terminus at Hobbs Station, the project is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of this year. Building 1 will total 233,618 square feet with 36 dock doors, three drive-in doors, 163 parking spots and 48 trailer parking stalls. Building 2 will span 263,922 square feet with 31 dock doors, three drive-in doors, 187 parking spaces and 30 trailer stalls. Both buildings will feature a clear height of 32 feet and 60-foot loading bays. The project team includes architect Curran Architecture, general contractor Meridian Design Build and civil engineer Kimley-Horn. Jimmy Cohoat and Andrea Hopper of Colliers will market the project for lease.
WAUKEGAN, ILL. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 116,500-square-foot office building located at 2100 Norman Drive in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan. The sales price was undisclosed. The property is net leased to UCC Environmental, a provider of environmental solutions for power generation and industrial application worldwide. The asset was constructed in 1989 as a build-to-suit for the company. Gary Nussbaum and Maury Vanden Eykel of CBRE represented the seller, Woodlark Investments LLC. A partnership between ICP Funds and Fulcrum Asset Advisors was the buyer.
CHICAGO — Global scientific and engineering consulting firm Thornton Tomasetti has signed a new lease for 18,943 square feet on the seventh floor at 600 West Fulton, a nine-story office building totaling 214,000 square feet in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. Parkside Realty Inc. owns the building. Thornton Tomasetti is relocating its Chicago-based operations from 330 N. Wabash St. in River North. Molly Carroll and Andy Strand of JLL represented the tenant, while Barb Schenberg of Parkside Realty represented ownership. Originally built in 1895 to house Sears & Roebuck’s original warehouse, 600 West Fulton was converted to loft-style office space in 1982. The building was completely renovated in 2021.
APPLETON, WIS. — Blue West Capital has brokered the sale of a single-tenant industrial building totaling 46,862 square feet in Appleton for an undisclosed price. Located at 3009 N. Zuehlke Drive, the property is fully leased to Hajoca Corp., which operates as Able Distribution at this location. The tenant is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating and cooling, pool and industrial supplies. Carly Kelly of Blue West Capital represented the buyer, a private real estate investment fund based in the Midwest. A Wisconsin-based real estate company was the seller.
CHICAGO — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of a single-tenant retail property occupied by US Bank in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood for $2.8 million. Constructed in 1991, the 5,400-square-foot building is located at 2131 S. China Place. US Bank has more than nine years remaining on its lease at the property, which is situated within Chinatown Square, a nearly 162,000-square-foot outdoor mall that offers authentic cuisines, stores and traditional artwork. Sean Lutz and Dan Elliot of SRS represented the seller, a California-based private investor. Zoe Zhu of Century 21 represented the buyer, a Chicago-based private investor. The transaction represented a cap rate of 4.6 percent.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — The Cordish Cos. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) are co-developing The Pomp, a 223-acre mixed-use development in Pompano Beach. The property’s name pays homage to the former Pompano Park racetrack on the project site, which is located 35 miles north of Miami and 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. Upon completion, The Pomp will feature 1.3 million square feet of retail and entertainment space, as well as 4,000 residential units, two hotels and approximately 1.4 million square feet of office space. The project will include the existing Harrah’s Pompano Beach casino, which is owned by Caesars. Cordish’s Live! brand will anchor the development’s entertainment and dining component. Called Live! at The Pomp, the brand will offer more than 25,000 square feet of food-and-beverage venues, including a Sports & Social and PBR Cowboy Bar. Sports & Social will occupy a 18,000-square-foot space with features such as an LED media wall, emcees and DJs, live fan-cams, competitions and games. The 7,000-square-foot PBR Cowboy Bar will offer music, bars and a mechanical bull. The venues will open into a central plaza that will host live music, family-friendly events, cultural celebrations, festivals, social activities and experiences and additional dining options. “It’s …
— By Tad Loran, Vice President, Retail Specialist, Avison Young | Western Alliance Commercial — The Northern Nevada retail market has been performing well. New tenants are entering the marketplace and the area experienced positive absorption. Rental rates have increased for the year, but there has been a decrease in commercial sales due to higher interest rates. The retail vacancy rate is currently at 4.7 percent, while asking rental rates are at $1.70 per square foot on a monthly basis. Many submarkets have shown improvement, including South Virginia, Meadowood, South Reno and the North Valleys. Tenants that have recently entered or are expanding in Northern Nevada include Colombia Sportswear, Voodoo Brewing Company, Jamba Juice, the Human Bean, Starbucks, Cracker Barrel, Mountain Mike Pizza, Pet Station, Take 5 Oil Change, AutoZone and Five Below. Tenants with closures include Bed Bath & Beyond, Sizzler Steakhouse, Food Source Grocery Store, Campo, California Pizza Kitchen, Long John Silver’s, Rounds Bakery and Claim Jumper. Unemployment in Nevada fell to 3.4 percent in December 2022. This low unemployment rate has led some prospective new businesses to either delay or cancel expansion plans in this region. From a development perspective, Reno has many new projects in the …