BLUE SPRINGS, MO. — Pine Tree LLC has assumed operational responsibility for Adams Dairy Landing, a 552,000-square-foot regional shopping center in Blue Springs, 19 miles east of downtown Kansas City. Pine Tree will manage and lease the property. Developed by RED Development in 2007, the center is located at the southeast corner of I-70 and Adams Dairy Parkway. Target, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Ross Dress for Less, Petco, Michaels and Ulta anchor the property.
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HAMPSHIRE, ILL. — Realty Metrix Commercial has brokered the sale of a 50-acre industrial development site in Hampshire, about 40 miles southeast of Rockford. The sales price was not disclosed. The buyer, RMC Holdings Hampshire LLC, plans to develop Metrix Industrial Park. The site is located at the northwest corner of I-90 and Route 20. The park will cater to users in the trucking and cartage industries and is adjacent to a 33-acre Love’s Travel Stop that is currently under construction. Completion of the industrial park is slated for fall 2019.
MADISON, WIS. — Spaces, a coworking company, has leased 34,000 square feet at the Gebhardt Building at 811 E. Washington Ave. in Madison. The newly constructed building is now fully leased. The eight-story property spans nearly 170,000 square feet. Scheduled to take occupancy in early 2019, Spaces will join Google as an anchor tenant at the property. Spaces will be located on the third through fifth floors. The property also features a 45,000-square-foot music venue and a 7,300-square-foot brewpub. JLL represented Spaces in the lease transaction. Key Commercial Real Estate represented the owner, Gebhardt Development.
NORTH RIVERSIDE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of an 18-unit apartment property in North Riverside, about 12 miles west of Chicago. The two-building property is located at 2628-2640 Desplaines Ave. Recent capital improvements included new finishes as well as updated windows, doors, roofing, hot water heaters, boilers, and air conditioners. Andrean Angelov, Ryan Engle and Samuel Antreasian of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also procured the private buyer.
CARSON, CALIF. — Macerich (NYSE: MAC) and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) have formed a 50/50 joint venture to develop Los Angeles Premium Outlets, a new outlet mall in Carson, about 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The first phase will span 400,000 square feet, and the second phase will include 166,000 square feet. “Our city is thrilled that this exciting project is moving forward,” said Carson Mayor Albert Robles in a prepared statement. “We see this high-quality outlet project as one that will add value to our community for many years to come, attracting locals and tourists from all over the world.” The outlet mall will feature 2,500 linear feet of frontage along the Interstate 405 Freeway. Roughly 515,000 cars pass the site each day along I-405 and the Interstate 110 Freeway. The site has roughly 2.5 million residents within a 10-mile radius and is situated about 11 miles south of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As currently planned, the project’s shops and restaurants will be elevated above street level and sit atop a ground-level parking deck. Site work is expected to begin immediately. Macerich and Simon plan to open the Los Angeles County property in fall 2021. …
Economist: Hotel Sector Benefitting from Strong Consumer Confidence, Uptick in Income and Corporate Profits
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Roger Tutterow, director of Kennesaw State University’s Econometric Center, encourages hoteliers to be optimistic about today’s historic level of consumer confidence because it directly impacts the leisure travel side of the hospitality sector. In late August, the consumer confidence index increased to 133.4, its highest level since October 2000, according to The Conference Board. The index gauges consumers’ confidence levels about business and labor conditions. “This is still a consumer-driven economy, and it’s very important that we maintain those confidence levels,” said Tutterow, who was one of the featured speakers at Atlanta Lodging Outlook 2019. The Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Cornell Hotel Society and the Georgia Hotel & Lodging Association jointly hosted the annual event, which took place on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at the InterContinental Buckhead hotel in Atlanta. Spending Power Impacts Hotel Performance Personal income gains and corporate profits also affect hotel absorption as these determine the spending power of leisure travelers and businesses. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, personal income increased by 3.5 percent over the past six months, while corporate profits rose 20 percent during the same period. “You’ve got support both from the personal income and corporate profits side,” said Tutterow …
There is a lot of buzz in the Las Vegas market a full 10 years after the Great Recession. Much of this buzz surrounds sports with the new Golden Knights hockey team; the Las Vegas Lights professional United Soccer League team; Las Vegas Aces WNBA team; and the NFL Raiders team. The new Raiders stadium is under construction now and is widely considered the most talked-about major development happening in Vegas. In a city that offers unmatched access to world-class gaming, shopping, tradeshows and conventions, the NFL coming to town creates yet another reason for people to visit Las Vegas. As you can imagine, many retailers and investors are trying to position themselves to take advantage of this entry. The overall vacancy rate for retail in the Las Vegas metro area was 8.7 percent. Rents for new developments range from $2.50 per square foot, triple-net to $4 per square foot, triple-net. Existing neighborhood centers, power centers and strip centers average $1.75 per square foot to $2.25 per square foot. Anchor and mid-box leases average $0.75 per square foot to $1.25 per square foot for both gross and triple-net-structured leases. Ground lease and build-to-suit are averaging $120,000 to $225,000 in annual …
HAMDEN, CONN. — HK Group has brokered the $136 million sale of Town Walk at Hamden Hills in Hamden. The garden-style community, which is located at 100 Town Walk Drive, features 764 units and sits on a 44-acre site. Matthew Keefe and Ricardo E. Cordido of HK Group represented the buyer, Jones Street Investment Partners, and the seller, Baker Properties, in the transaction. AvalonBay Communities built the property in the 1990s.
NEW YORK CITY — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $75 million mezzanine loan for Park Avenue Plaza, a 1.1 million-square-foot office tower in Manhattan’s Plaza District. A joint venture between Fisher Brothers and Sungate Park Avenue Trust owns the property. Mark Youngof New York Life Real Estate Investors’ New York Regional Officearranged the fixed-rate loan, which has a term of seven years.
LANGHORNE AND TREVOSE, PA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $44.8 million sale of a light industrial portfolio in Langhorne and Trevose. The 607,890-square-foot portfolio includes 10 buildings and is currently 80 percent occupied by a mix of national, regional and local tenants. Robert Yoshimura, Joseph B. Hill, Eric Mattson, Gerry Blinebury, Jonas Skovdal and Joseph R. Hill of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, High Street Realty Co., in the transaction. The Arden Group was the buyer.