FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — The Picklr has signed a lease to open an 18,500-square-foot facility at 1574 Gateway Blvd. in Fairfield. Slated to open in May, the location will be The Picklr’s second Northern California facility. The Picklr Fairfield will offer seven pickleball courts, including one championship court, AI-powered coaching technology, league play, tournaments and drop-in play opportunities. Additional amenities will include a pro shop, grab-and-go food-and-beverage options, private event spaces, locker rooms and showers, outdoor surfacing areas and court reservations. John Brecher of JLL represented The Picklr in the lease negotiations. Founded in 2021, The Picklr is a membership-based indoor pickleball club concept designed to provide high-quality courts for players of all levels.
ALTON, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.3 million sale of Oakwood Plaza, a 16-suite retail property in Alton. Built in 2005, the 45,400-square-foot center sits on nearly 9 acres and is home to tenants such as Panera, Spectrum, Dollar Tree and Great Clips. Chris Garavaglia, Alex Perez and Steven Weinstock of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Commonwealth Commercial. Buyer information was not provided.
CLEVELAND — Cosm, along with Bedrock and Rock Entertainment Group, have broken ground on a new entertainment venue located at the intersection of East 4th Street, Prospect Avenue and Huron Road in downtown Cleveland. Dubbed Cosm Cleveland, the venue will sit directly across from Rocket Arena (formerly Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse), home of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers and AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. The two professional sports franchises are owned by Dan Gilbert, founder of Rocket Mortgage, Bedrock and Rock Entertainment Group. Spanning approximately 64,000 square feet and rising three stories, Cosm Cleveland will comprise two programmatic elements: The Dome and The Hall. Through Cosm’s proprietary technology called Shared Reality, the venue will merge a stadium-like atmosphere with state-of-the-art visuals in a communal setting. Rossetti Architects designed Cosm Cleveland, and Bedrock is leading the development. The venue, which will anchor Bedrock’s Rock Block mixed-use development, is slated to open in 2027. “This is a major milestone for our downtown Gateway District, and the arrival of Cosm is a testament to our community’s spirit and resilience,” says Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb. “This incredible venue will enhance our city’s reputation as a hub for sports and entertainment, drawing visitors from near and far to experience a …
CASSELBERRY, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Casselberry Square, a 96,946-square-foot shopping center located at the intersection of State Road 436 and Red Bug Lake Road in Casselberry, a suburb of Orlando. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Pet Supermarket and Dollar General. Dennis Carson, Casey Rosen, Dan Baker and Michael Etemad of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction, which included two vacant outparcels. Daryl Carter and Emily Brown of Maury L Carter & Associates co-represented the seller. The buyer was an affiliate of Present Equity, a value-add retail and industrial investment firm based in Aventura, Fla.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Carmichael Capital LLC, a locally based real estate investment firm founded by Taylor Camp, has acquired The Mill, a 22,802-square-foot adaptive reuse retail property located at 515 Merritt Ave. in Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. SomeraRoad, an active mixed-use development firm in the Nashville market, sold the property for an undisclosed price. The Mill’s tenant roster comprises retail and restaurant concepts including Indochino, Hermitage Kitchen Gallery, Gordo’s Taqueria and BC Block Fitness. Kipper Worthington of Cushman & Wakefield handles the leasing assignment at The Mill, which is the second acquisition in the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood for Carmichael Capital.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Zoocade has signed a 32,9000-square-foot retail lease in North Austin. The space is located at 11000 Middle Fiskville Road and will house an entertainment venue that will feature lifelike animal encounters, adventure rooms, an arcade and holographic photos, as well as spaces for private events and parties. Nick Naumann, James Van Trease and David Ruwwe of Weitzman negotiated the deal. The landlord was not disclosed.
MONUMENT, COLO. — Legacy Development Partners has acquired a 30-acre site at the northeast quadrant of Interstate 25 and Baptist Road in Monument, approximately 20 miles north of Colorado Springs, for the development of Legacy at Jackson Landing. Construction will commence immediately, with a grand opening scheduled for October 2027. Upon full build-out, Legacy at Jackson Landing will offer more than 225,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Target is slated to anchor the property. Other proposed tenants include Marshalls, HomeGoods, Chick-fil-A and Firehouse Subs. Legacy at Jackson Landing is being developed through a strategic partnership with The Garrett Cos. Equity for the development was sourced with the assistance of Texas-based Telis Group, and Bank of Texas provided construction financing.
MISSION, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has completed the lease-up of Mission West Shopping Center in Mission. Recent deals with Atlas Autism Health, Levant Bakery and a golf simulation lounge completed the final phase of leasing at the property, which had more than 20,000 square feet of vacant space. Other tenants at the center include Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Rally House and Slim Chickens. The leasing team included Block & Co.’s Grant Summers, Paul Massali, Max Kosoglad and David Block.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 14,000-square-foot historic building located at 46-52 West Broad St. in the Lehigh Valley community of Bethlehem. The new owner, private investor Rocco Ayavoz, plans to reposition the building, which was originally constructed in 1925 for Lehigh Valley National Bank, into a retail, restaurant and entertainment destination. Derek Zerfass and Seth Lacey of Colliers brokered the sale.
By Jesse Tollison, Transwestern When analyzing the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) metro area, urbanicity plays a deep role in understanding the opportunities for making a significant impact and profit in the commercial real estate markets. This is not a story unique to Minnesota’s largest metropolitan area, where roughly half of the state’s inhabitants live, but MSP serves as an illuminating case study as to how widely opportunity can vary between urban and suburban markets. Indeed, many areas across the country exhibit stark differences between their urban and suburban commercial real estate markets, but those differences cannot be uniformly applied to each metro. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of local minutiae lends tremendous insight when evaluating opportunities. Developers, investors, tenants, brokers and every other player in the commercial real estate world are paying close attention to the diverging urban and suburban trends as they assess the market for opportunities. In such a fragmented market, decision-makers are using more data than ever to inform their strategies. High-level views aren’t enough to benchmark a property’s performance, and it’s important to understand the localized trends when evaluating an opportunity. Industrial history As the historical industrial hub of Minnesota, the Twin Cities’ urban core has many …
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