LAKE GROVE, N.Y. — Fashion retailer Nordstrom Inc. will open a new 25,000-square-foot in Lake Grove, a hamlet located on Long Island, under its Nordstrom Rack brand. Scheduled to open in fall 2025, the store will be situated within the 150,000-square-foot Smith Haven Plaza. Other tenants at the shopping center include Trader Joe’s, Old Navy, Athleta and Ulta Beauty. A partnership between Breslin Realty Development Corp. and Colin Development LLC owns Smith Haven Plaza.
— Scott Hintze and Marti Weinstein of Diversified Partners Commercial Real Estate — Phoenix’s retail development market is seeing a surge in optimism as the city benefits from a growing economy and a shift in political leadership. With the new administration coming into power, the outlook for the Phoenix retail market has become increasingly positive, promising a wave of new projects and investment opportunities in the coming years. The city’s rapid population growth, expanding infrastructure and bustling job market have positioned Phoenix as one of the most attractive cities in the U.S. for retail development. The new administration has brought a renewed focus on urban development, job creation and business-friendly policies, which is expected to help stimulate both demand for retail spaces and the construction of new commercial properties. Government support, including incentives for developers and tax breaks for businesses, is anticipated to foster a thriving retail sector that will benefit both local residents and national retailers looking to expand into the area. Several projects we have been working on have seen unprecedented demand from tenants. We recently completed a 25,000-square-foot building across from Gilbert Mercy Hospital that includes a two-story Starbucks, the first in the market. In addition to …
By Hayden Spiess To say that the seniors housing sector has encountered strong headwinds over the past few years would be an understatement. The property sector was uniquely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It scarcely had a chance to recover and enjoy rebounding occupancy before being faced with the reality of heightened interest rates. Amid all the challenges, industry professionals adopted a motivational yet pragmatic mantra and strategy: “Stay Alive Until ’25.” Now that 2025 has arrived, the sentiment among seniors housing investors is one of growing optimism. Brokers and investors alike say that more favorable conditions are leading to an uptick in transaction activity, even as some debt difficulties linger. Azhar Jameeli, managing director of investments at IRA Capital and head of the firm’s seniors housing segment, is particularly bullish on the current prospects for the sector. “I don’t think that the opportunity has ever been better than what it is today,” asserts Jameeli, who has multiple decades of experience in seniors housing and cites the supply-demand balance as one of the main sources of his confidence. Data from MSCI supports this optimism. U.S. property and portfolio sales totaled $13.2 billion in 2024, up from $10.9 billion the prior …
PLANO, TEXAS — Dallas-based Centennial has unveiled new and revised redevelopment plans for The Shops at Willow Bend, a 1.4 million-square-foot regional mall in Plano, to include townhomes-style attached residences and detached single-family homes. Centennial, which initially acquired the property in 2022 in partnership with Cawley Partners, had previously unveiled plans to convert the enclosed center to a mixed-use property called The Bend. Centennial’s late-2024 acquisition of the Macy’s building at the center — following the retailer’s announcement that the store would be closing — has enabled the inclusion of additional uses, according to the company. Under the plans, a portion of the enclosed mall’s footprint will be demolished to make room for multifamily housing options, a hotel, neighborhood dog park and green spaces for community activities. The Bend will also continue to offer residents and visitors a mix of retail, dining, fitness, and entertainment options. The Plano City Council must still approve the project, although the Plano Planning & Zoning Committee has already signed off on the updated plans. Construction is expected to begin later this year pending city council approval.
FARMERS BRANCH AND DALLAS — Locally based financial intermediary ARZ Realty Capital has arranged the refinancing of two office buildings totaling roughly 400,000 square feet in the northern Dallas metro area. The Meridian is a 10-story, 227,000-square-foot building located along the LBJ Freeway in Farmers Branch. The other building is located at 12005 Ford Road in northwest Dallas and is known as NorthPointe Center. Ari Raskas of ARZ Realty Capital arranged the refinancings through two separate lenders on behalf of the buildings’ owner, Maitland Management.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — An investor doing business as 950 TL Midtown LLC has purchased an apartment complex located about seven miles from the Texas A&M University campus in College Station for $40.8 million. The number of units at Nine50 Town Lake at Midtown was not disclosed, but the property’s residences come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 527 to 1,371 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling kitchen, fitness center, business center, dog park, Wi-Fi café and a game lounge with shuffleboard and a billiards table. The seller was also not disclosed.
HUDSON OAKS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 35,000-square-foot retail building in Hudson Oaks, a western suburb of Fort Worth. The building at 2010 Cinema Drive sits on a 3.6-acre site off I-10 and was fully leased at the time of sale to Urban Air Adventure Park. Alex Sacks, Brett Rodgers and Frank Roti of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, T&J Realty Holdings, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Peak Paper Plastics, a Chicago-based wholesaler, has subleased 22,560 square feet of industrial space in North Houston. The space is located at 3717 Yale St., a building that according to LoopNet Inc. is part of a larger complex that totals 137,647 square feet and was built in 1975. Austen Buckalew of locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners represented the subtenant in the negotiations. Dustin Cruz and Kayla Kigh of Cresa represented the sublandlord, an entity doing business as Crazy Boss LLC.
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — Colliers and KBC Advisors have negotiated a 517,641-square-foot industrial lease in Fairless Hills, located just outside of Trenton in Eastern Pennsylvania. The space is located within Keystone Trade Center, a 15 million-square-foot campus that is a redevelopment of a former steel mill. Michael Golarz and Tom Golarz of Colliers, in conjunction with Mark Chubb, Mike Zerbe and Summer Coulter of KBC Advisors, represented the landlord, Missouri-based NorthPoint Development, in the lease negotiations. Michael Lee and Drew Maffey with Lee & Associates represented the tenant, global third-party logistics provider Cirro.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 439,059-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Morristown. The building at 340 Mount Kemble Ave., which recently underwent a $50 million capital improvement program, was 94.5 percent leased at the time of sale. David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Andy Merin, Frank DiTommaso and Bill Baunach of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership between Onyx Equities and Los Angeles-based PCCP, in the transaction. Brad Domenico, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Societe Generale on behalf of the buyer, First Mile Capital, an affiliate of Crown Acquisitions.