SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Whole Foods Market will open a new store at Shivers Farm, a 40-acre mixed-use development in Southlake, located north of Fort Worth. The square footage was not disclosed. The groundbreaking of the new store will take place in the coming days, and the store is expected to open late next year. Trademark Property Co. is the master developer of Shivers Farm.
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CALIFORNIA, MD. — The Home Depot has purchased 13.5 acres within Lexington Exchange, a 140-acre mixed-use park situated along Three Notch Road (Md. Route 235) in California. The Atlanta-based retail giant plans to open a new store at the site, representing the company’s first store in southern Maryland. Baltimore-based St. John Properties Inc., the master developer of Lexington Exchange, sold the site to The Home Depot for an undisclosed price. Alex Lyons and Bill Holzman handled negotiations for St. John Properties internally, and Greg Ferrante of Segall Group represented The Home Depot. The size of the store and target opening date were not released. The Home Depot is the latest retailer coming to the lineup at the mixed-use development, joining tenants including Aldi, Royal Farms, Chipotle Mexican Grill and RC Theatres. Lexington Exchange currently features five buildings spanning 120,000 square feet of flex/research-and-development space and 65,000 square feet of retail. The park is configured to support approximately 600,000 square feet of commercial space. St. John Properties and development partner Chaney Enterprises are currently marketing several pad sites within Lexington Exchange to retail users in the healthcare, banking and food-and-beverage segments.
CHICAGO — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 51,795-square-foot retail condominium at 919 N. Michigan Ave. along Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Louis Vuitton is the anchor tenant and has occupied space at the property for more than 20 years. The luxury retailer recently completed a renovation and expansion of its flagship store and extended its lease. Keely Polczynski and Conor Lalor of Newmark represented the buyer, L3 Capital. Joe Girardi of Mid-America Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller. The asset occupies the base of the historic, 37-story Palmolive Building. The four-level property is 68.8 percent leased by luxury retailers. Originally built in 1929 and renovated in 2005, the Palmolive Building features retail, office and residential condominiums.
CHICAGO — Friedman Properties has completed reconstruction of the riverwalk at the Reid Murdoch Building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Together with renovations at River Roast, the forthcoming opening of The Carlyle Club and prior ground-level improvements, the updates represent approximately $15 million in recent investment at the property, which features a 300-foot riverwalk connecting Clark Street to LaSalle Drive. The latest renovation nearly doubled the width of the previous riverwalk and introduced a series of 10-foot-tall double doors in the south elevation, creating new opportunities for outdoor dining and improving pedestrian circulation. The work also included new precast piers, railings, lighting, integrated planters and improved access from the river level for visitors arriving by boat. Coinciding with the redevelopment of the riverwalk, operator Levy Restaurants has completed renovations of River Roast, the 28,000-square-foot riverfront venue located in the building. The restaurant’s main event space, which has been rebranded RR Events, now features a new riverside entrance with a curved grand staircase, dual-sided bars and upgraded lighting fixtures, furniture, flooring and tableware. The renovation also added Corner Roast, a new coffee concept with its own entrance. Friedman also closed a lease with The Carlyle Club, scheduled to open at the …
NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. — A joint venture between Henderson Park and Lowe has acquired Plaza Bonita, a 1 million-square-foot enclosed regional mall in National City within San Diego County. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Paris-based mall giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield sold the property for $201.5 million. Built in 1981, Plaza Bonita sits on a 78-acre site and serves the San Diego suburbs of National City and Chula Vista. Anchor tenants of the mall include Macy’s, Target, JCPenney, AMC Theatres, Nordstrom Rack and Round1. Overall, the mall houses 150 stores, restaurants and entertainment venues. Henderson Park and Lowe plan to upgrade and reposition the mall through “significant capital improvements and leasing investment.” The joint venture partners also plan to refresh existing stores and enhance common areas. The construction timeline for the renovations and remerchandising program was not shared. “Plaza Bonita provided a compelling opportunity to acquire and operate a well-performing and stabilized asset that can benefit from physical updates and potential new uses,” says Joel Mayer, executive vice president at Lowe. “Alongside Henderson Park, we intend to build on its strengths and update the property by devoting capital to a host of improvements, …
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Parker Square Shopping Center, a 94,532-square-foot retail center in Wichita Falls, about 115 miles northwest of Fort Worth. Crunch Fitness anchors the center, which was built in 1955 and was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Chris Gainey and Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WESTLAKE, FLA. — Minto Communities USA has sold a 24-acre parcel at Town Center West in Westlake, a master-planned community in South Florida’s Palm Beach County. The buyer, Walmart, plans to develop a 188,779-square-foot Walmart Supercenter at the site, including a separate convenience store and gas station. The sales price was not released. The new Walmart Supercenter will sit adjacent to a future Lowe’s Home Improvement store, which will also double as a regional headquarters for the North Carolina-based retailer. Minto sold that site to Lowe’s in January. Minto retains a large outparcel at Town Center West that the company will market for sale in the near future. The firm has sold approximately half of the holdings in Westlake that is approved for 2.2 million square feet of commercial development. Westlake has the capacity for 6,000 homes ranging in configurations between single-family homes, estate homes and townhomes, with prices starting in the $300,000s, according to Minto. Amenities at the master-planned community include Westlake Adventure Park, The Lodge and a 3,900-square-foot fieldhouse and event space that will open soon.
Gateway Jax Signs Six Tenants at $1B Pearl Square Development in Downtown Jacksonville
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Gateway Jax has signed six new tenants to leases at Peal Square, a 2 million-square-foot mixed-use project in downtown Jacksonville. The initial retail lineup for Vandeveer, the first mixed-use residential building within the district, will feature dining, wellness and lifestyle retailers and restaurants on the ground floor. The newly announced tenants include Bar Citra (2,000 square feet), Buchner’s Biergarten (outdoor patio space and food truck), PopUp Bagels (1,443 square feet), Go Greek Yogurt (1,141 square feet), JETSET Pilates (2,495 square feet) and Pearl Street Nails (2,032 square feet). Buchner’s Biergarten and JETSET Pilates will open this fall, with additional tenant openings anticipated to continue through early 2027. The tenants join Publix, which will be the first new construction grocery store in the area in more than a decade, and Colletta, an Italian restaurant set to open within the newly restored Hotel Merrydelle, which is a redevelopment of the former Ambassador Hotel that will operate as a Tribute Portfolio by Marriott hotel. Designed by architects including Morris Adjmi, SK+I, Elkus Manfredi and Cecconi Simone, Pearl Square will introduce more than 1,250 new apartments across four residential buildings, including 205 units at Vandeveer; 100,000 square feet of office space; …
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.3 million sale of Village Shoppes, an unanchored retail strip center located at 323 Unionville Indian Trail Road in Indian Trail, about 16 miles southeast of Charlotte. A fund-based private equity group purchased the 12,075-square-foot property form a partnership based on the West Coast. Both parties requested anonymity. Harrison Creason, Andrew Margulies and Kyle Carpentier of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Situated on a 2-acre lot near a Walmart Supercenter, Village Shoppes was fully leased at the time of sale to Little Caesars, a dentist practice, pet store and salon and a performing arts studio.
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $13 million sale of Hacienda Village, a retail center located at 2029 S. Hacienda Blvd. in Hacienda Heights, part of Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the property for $549.80 per square foot. Ron Duong of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an Orange County, Calif.-based private partnership, in the transaction. Built in 1963, the property features 23,645 square feet of retail space divided into 17 suites.
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