SUNSET HILLS, MO. — A joint venture between Sansone Group and AIMS Real Estate has purchased two retail centers in Sunset Hills, a southwestern suburb of St. Louis, for an undisclosed price. The Plaza at Sunset Hills and Shoppes at Sunset Hills are both located at the intersection of South Lindberg Boulevard and Watson Road and total 450,000 square feet. Sansone Group originally developed the properties, which were completed in 1996 and 1997. DDR Corp. purchased the centers in 1998 and recently sold them to the joint venture. Tenants at Plaza at Sunset Hills include Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, Marshalls, Party City, Stein Mart, Old Navy, PetSmart, David’s Bridal, Panera Bread, Chick-fil-A, Five Below and Dobb’s Tire & Auto. Tenants at the Shoppes at Sunset Hills include Toys “R” Us, Ross Dress for Less, The Tile Shop and Longhorn Steakhouse. Sansone Group will manage and lease the centers. AIMS Real Estate is a business unit within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Both parties were self-represented in the transaction.
LAKE COUNTY, ILL. — NorthPoint Capital Funding Inc. has originated a $2.1 million refinancing loan for a 36-unit multifamily property in Lake County, approximately 40 miles north of Chicago. The loan features a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule with loan proceeds in excess of the existing balance. Rick Rodriguez and Kevan Briscoe of NorthPoint originated the loan. The name of the borrower was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3 million sale of a 12-unit apartment property in Chicago. The property is located at 855 W. Grace St. and is near Wrigleyville, home of the Chicago Cubs. Kyle Stengle listed the property on behalf of the seller, an undisclosed private investor. Stengle also represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
ELM GROVE, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 3,255-square-foot office lease renewal in Elm Grove, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Jensen Health & Energy Center will continue to occupy space in The Tradesman Building, located at 500 Elm Grove Road. Building Trades United Pensions Trust Fund is the landlord. John Dulmes and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
While demand for all types of retail product has been strong over the past few years, investors continue to have a strong appetite for Boston area grocery-anchored shopping centers in 2015 despite meaningful changes to the food distribution industry. The competitive landscape for traditional supermarkets is evolving as value-oriented grocers such as Market Basket, Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Aldi, and Save-A-Lot lure away price-conscious customers, while service-oriented formats such as Wegmans, Whole Foods and Roche Brothers are expanding and gaining market share with more affluent customers. These chains achieve success by targeting the low- and high-end niches of the market. According to IBISWorld, the online grocery sales industry is projected to increase approximately 9.5 percent annually to become a $9.4 billion industry by 2017. Companies such as Amazon and Walmart are increasing their capabilities for selling food and beverages online, and Ahold’s Peapod service continues to expand in an effort to maintain its position as the leading Internet grocer. The food distribution industry has been further saturated by big-box retailers and national pharmacy chains offering a growing selection of packaged goods and dairy products. These non-traditional grocers and e-commerce providers derive much of their profits from non-food items, allowing them to …
GROVE, JENKS AND BIXBY, OKLA. — Sands Investment Group (SIG), a net lease firm, has arranged the sale of a portfolio of three grocery stores located in Oklahoma, including a Harps in Grove, a Reasor’s in Jenks and a Reasor’s in Bixby. Dan Hoogesteger and Andrew Chana of SIG’s Santa Monica, Calif., office represented the seller in all three transactions to the buyer, Ladder Capital Finance LLC. The triple net sales include the $5.03 million sale of a 31,500-square-foot Harps grocery store located at 1310 S. Main St. in the Harbor Point Shopping Center in Grove. Sold by WHLR-HPA-1 LLC, the Harps transaction was completed at a cap rate of 7.25 percent. The second transaction was the $12.16 million sale of an 81,000-square-foot Reasor’s grocery store located at 446 S. Elm St. in Jenks. Sold by WHLR JENKS LLC, the Reasor’s sale was completed at a cap rate of 7.5 percent. The final deal was the $10.97 million sale of a 74,889-square-foot Reasor’s grocery store located at 11116 S. Memorial Drive in Bixby. Sold by WHLR-BIXBY COMMONS LLC, the Reasor’s sale was completed at a cap rate of 7 percent. All three grocery stores were built in 2012 and have 17 …
HEMET, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of Hemet Plaza, a shopping center located in Hemet east of Los Angeles. A Santa Ana-based private investor acquired the property for $5.5 million, representing a 6.3 percent cap rate. Situated on four acres, the property is occupied by Big Lots, True Value, Farmers Insurance, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Rent-A-Center, Metro PCS and U.S. Postal Service. The six-building center, which was built in 1985, was 71 percent occupied at the time of sale. Pat Kent of Hanley Investment Group represented both the seller, a private investor based in Tucson, Ariz., and the buyer in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Avison Young has brokered a 10-year lease for 7,600 square feet of restaurant space at 1000 S. Olive St. within the South Park submarket of downtown Los Angeles. PSP Investment Group leased the space to Bar Mikkeller. The tenant is planning a total renovation of the site with a grand opening slated for early fall 2016. Bar Mikkeller, which has locations in Copenhagen, Denmark; San Francisco; Bangkok; Stockholm; Reykjavik, Iceland; Seoul, South Korea; and Tokyo, offers craft beer. Derrick Moore and Amit Parekh of Avison Young represented the landlord and tenant in the transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Sunquest Information Systems has purchased the 83,000-square-foot former Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) building in Tucson. The price was not disclosed. The building is located at 3300 E. Sunrise Drive. The company plans to relocate to the new space, which will allow for future growth. Mark Irvin of Mark Irvin Commercial Real Estate represented Sunquest.
LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF. — Minnesota-based operator The Goodman Group will hold a grand opening Thursday for Pearl Garden, a 19-unit memory care community within the Katella Senior Living community in the Los Alamitos submarket of Los Angeles. Pearl Garden will add memory care to the community’s existing independent living and assisted living units. The new units are intended to allow residents to age in place at Katella longer. Alamitos West Health Care Center, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation community also managed by Goodman Group, is located on the same campus. The full-service Los Alamitos Medical Center is located across the street.