MADISON, WIS. — Von Maur has opened an 82,000-square-foot department store at West Towne Mall in Madison. Von Maur backfills a space formerly home to Boston Store. CBL Properties, the owner of West Towne Mall, says that the new Von Maur store is one of only two department store openings in the country this year. West Towne Mall spans 828,602 square feet and is home to tenants such as Total Wine & More, Dave & Busters, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JC Penney, Athleta, Pandora, Pottery Barn, Sephora, Williams-Sonoma and The Cheesecake Factory.
CHESTERFIELD, MICH. — Friedman Real Estate has brokered the $6.4 million sale of Georgetown Manor Apartments in Chesterfield, about 30 miles north of Detroit. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Constructed in 1968, the complex is home to 97 units, according to Apartments.com. Peter Jankowski and Rich Deptula of Friedman represented the undisclosed buyer. The seller was also undisclosed.
OXFORD, MICH. — Clean Hub Car Wash has purchased a 4,700-square-foot retail building at 153 S. Washington St. in Oxford, about 40 miles north of Detroit. Barry Landau of Dominion Real Estate Advisors LLC represented the seller, DJG Properties LLC. Jordan Jabbori of CMP Real Estate Group represented Clean Hub Car Wash, which currently operates out of Sterling Heights but has three new locations coming soon.
SAN DIEGO — A private exchange buyer and a single-tenant REIT have purchased The Shops at Palm Promenade, a newly constructed shopping center in San Diego, for a combined value of $41.5 million. El Warner, Caitlin Zirpolo, Charley Simpson, Jordan Gomez and Alyssa Mera of Colliers’ Orange County-based National Retail Capital Markets team represented the sellers, Citivest and Hutensky Capital Partners, in the transactions. The private exchange buyer acquired 765, 762, 764, 780 and 804 Dennery Road for a total of $25.8 million. Chick-fil-A, Starbucks Coffee, Jersey Mike’s Subs and The UPS Store are tenants at the 24,120-square-foot space. The single-tenant REIT purchased the 45,308-square-foot Burlington building at 760 Dennery Road for $15.7 million.
BEAVERTON, ORE. — San Francisco-based Gantry has secured $61 million in permanent, long-term financing for the Cedar Hills Crossing, a shopping center in Beaverton. The borrower is C.E. John Co. Blake Hering and Heather Kegler of Gantry arranged the 10-year loan, which one of the firm’s correspondent life company lenders provided. WinCo Foods, New Seasons, Ross Dress for Less, Office Depot and Best Buy are tenants at the 477,000-square-foot shopping center. Cedar Hills Crossing also features a variety of dining, banking, professional service and specialty retailers.
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH. — A joint venture between PCCP and Panattoni Development Co. has started construction of Green Acres Distribution Center, a speculative, Class A distribution facility at 17770 E. Euclid Ave. in Spokane Valley. Slated for completion in third-quarter 2023, the 192,078-square-foot building will offer 30-foot clear heights and rear loading capabilities. The asset is situated on 9.8 acres. The Spokane Valley area offer an abundant labor pool and access to Interstate 90, as well as Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad lines.
TARZANA, CALIF. — Calabasas-based Agora Realty & Management has purchased Tarzana Medical Plaza, a three-story medical office building located at 5525 Etiwanda Ave. in Tarzana. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $30 million in an off-market deal. At the time of sale, the 75,000-square-foot medical office building was 90 percent occupied. Current tenants include Providence Healthcare Systems, Cedars-Sinai Medical Care and Unilab Corp. Agora plans to complete an interior and exterior renovation on the property. Interior renovations will include upgraded elevator cabs, modern corridor finishes, lighting upgrades, and expanded and renovated lobby areas with enhanced wayfinding. The buyer also plans to add solar panels to reduce operating costs.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Spectrum Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of Santa Clarita Medical Center, a medical/dental building in Santa Clarita. Yair Haimoff, Randy Cude, Andrew Ghassemi and Matt Sreden of Spectrum handled the $11.3 million transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Located at 23206 Lyons Ave., the two-story property offers 37,759 square feet of medical and dental space. The building features a mix of 24 professional medical suites, floor-to-ceiling window lines and an abundance of parking.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Extended Stay America has signed a development agreement with a partnership comprising Concord Hospitality and Whitman Peterson to build 15 new Extended Stay America Premier Suites hotels. The properties will be located in major markets throughout the West, including Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Concord Hospitality is a hotel management and development company based in Raleigh, N.C., and will handle the development, branding and operations of the properties. Whitman Peterson is a private real estate equity company based in Westlake Village, Calif. The firm will provide equity, identify markets and assist with development. “Extended Stay America Premier Suites has a unique business model that will allow us to reach business and corporate extended-stay travelers looking for a higher level of amenities,” says Mark Laport, CEO and president of Concord. “This agreement is the first step in increasing our presence in the higher-end extended-stay segment.” The Extended Stay America Premier Suites brand comprises both new construction and renovated properties with upgraded amenities, including fully equipped kitchens, apartment-style layouts for working and dining, free in-room Wi-Fi, cable, onsite guest laundry, free breakfast and upgraded design elements such as larger TVs, increased storage space and a …
By Taylor Williams Much as the commercial community and society at large would like to avoid a recession, prolonged periods of contraction are part of the natural economic cycle, and the U.S. financial powers that be appear to be on a collision course for exactly that scenario. But for assets classes backed by exceptional demand drivers and fundamentals, like industrial real estate in major Texas markets, is there really a need to sweat a downturn? Like any conflict, the battle between macro- and micro-level forces essentially comes down to magnitude. Will the severity of interest rate increases — three separate hikes totaling 200-plus basis points in a few months — prevail over robust tenant demand that has fueled record occupancy and rent growth throughout Texas and beyond in recent years? Only the Federal Reserve can speak to the first variable. The nation’s central bank appears hell-bent on whipping inflation, which registered a year-over-year increase of 8.3 percent in August, and is seemingly resigned to the inevitability of recession as a byproduct of its monetary policy. As for the competing forces that are industrial fundamentals, third-quarter figures were not available at the time of this writing. But, using Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) …