SAN ANTONIO — A joint venture between Barshop & Oles Co. and Phoenix Property Co. has broken ground on La Cantera Crossing, a 10-acre development that will be located near the University of Texas at San Antonio campus. The project will include a 563-bed student housing community and retail space. Phoenix Property Co. will develop the student housing component of the project, which is expected to be complete in fall 2028. Barshop & Oles will develop the retail component, which will include multi-tenant buildings and pad sites. Further details on the development were not released.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — CentrePoint Properties has completed the sale of Wilmore Center, a mixed-use property in Wheat Ridge, to HCA HealthONE for $14.5 million. Jon Hendrickson and Aaron Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Situated on 5 acres at 7615 W. 38th Ave., Wilmore Center comprises two single-story multi-tenant buildings offering a total of 52,743 square feet of mixed-use space and 236 parking spaces. At the time of sale, the asset was 84 percent occupied by 15 tenants. The tenant mix includes retail, food and medical, with 68 percent of the leased area occupied by medical-related tenants.
WHEATON, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Rice Lake Square, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Wheaton, a western suburb of Chicago. Pete’s Fresh Market anchors the 244,924-square-foot center. Additional tenants include PetSmart, Massage Envy, Pure Barre, Xfinity, Potbelly, 7Brew and Taco Bell. Rick Drogosz, Joe Girardi and Patrick Corrigan of Mid-America represented the seller, Core Acquisitions. Phillips Edison Co. was the buyer.
CHICAGO — Greenstone Partners has brokered the $4.1 million sale of a 10,600-square-foot, two-level retail condominium in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood that is fully leased to Urban Outfitters. Danny Spitz and Brewster Hague of Greenstone represented the seller, Newcastle Investors. Spitz also brokered Newcastle’s acquisition of the property in 2013. Urban Outfitters has occupied the asset since 2005. The tenant completed an early extension of its lease, which now runs through January 2034.
MONTREAL AND NEW YORK CITY — The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), a pension fund investor based in Montreal, and Nuveen Real Estate, one of the largest investment managers in the world, have launched a joint venture with an initial investment of $790 million to acquire open-air shopping centers across the United States. To date, PSP and Nuveen have closed on 3 million square feet across 19 assets in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The investment strategy is demographically driven, focusing on open-air shopping centers anchored by market or category dominant grocers, necessity-based retailers and essential services that demonstrate “durable performance and resilient foot traffic,” according to the press release. In particular, the joint venture targets U.S. metro areas with strong population growth, rising household incomes and high barriers to entry, where well-capitalized retailers are actively seeking to expand. “Necessity-based retail has demonstrated remarkable resilience through various cycles, underpinned by consistent consumer demand for essential goods and services,” says Brian Wallick, portfolio manager of U.S. cities retail strategy at Nuveen Real Estate. “We’re confident this combination of scale, relationships and local execution positions us strongly in one of the most stable and defensive segments …
By Justin Elder, President, Elder-Jones, Inc., and President, Retail Contractors Association Whether a retailer is opening a new location, refreshing an operating store, converting an acquired property or rolling out a new prototype, construction comes with variables. Permits move at different speeds. Existing conditions do not always match record drawings. Electrical gear, HVAC equipment, storefront systems and owner-furnished fixtures may carry long lead times. Late design or merchandising changes can ripple through procurement, sequencing and store-opening plans. Those conditions may be unavoidable. Cost and schedule surprises often are not. The difference is disciplined preconstruction, clear decision rights, reliable project controls and a contractor who understands that the job site is also a retail environment. During a roundtable discussion at a recent RCA Annual Conference, experienced retail contractors shared lessons from decades of work. Their central message was straightforward: strong relationships matter, but the best partnerships turn trust into a repeatable operating process. Start with a technically complete preconstruction process The most effective time to solve a construction problem is before crews mobilize. Retailers should bring the contractor into the process early enough to test the drawings against field conditions, procurement realities, operating requirements and the proposed schedule. For remodels and …
RICHMOND, TEXAS — Edge Realty Partners has brokered the sale of Long Meadow Farms, a 38,880-square-foot shopping center in the southwestern Houston suburb of Richmond. Specific users were not named, but the center’s tenant roster is “service-oriented.” Micha van Marcke of Edge Realty Partners represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
NORWALK, CONN. — The Prusik Group, a New York City-based retail developer, has sold a 156,568-square-foot shopping center in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Norwalk. Main Avenue Shopping Plaza was built on 16.3 acres in 1996. At the time of sale, the center was fully leased to tenants such as grocer Stop & Shop (anchor), Total Wine & More, Hobby Lobby and Burger King. J.B. Bruno, Kevin O’Hearn and Jose Cruz of JLL represented Prusik Group in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
RICHMOND, VA. — Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based Ziff Real Estate Partners has sold Stony Point Village, a 112,238-square-foot shopping center located at 3000-3002 Stony Point Road in Richmond’s Bon Air neighborhood. Charlotte-based Asana Partners purchased the center for nearly $41.3 million. Trader Joe’s anchors Stony Point Village, which also houses Sephora, Virginia ABC and Planet Fitness. Ziff Real Estate Partners purchased the shopping center in 2019 when it was 47 percent occupied.
KENT, WASH. — Kimco Realty has purchased Canyon Ridge Plaza, a multi-tenant retail community in Kent, from an undisclosed seller for $19 million. Sean Tufts, Kevin Adatto, Joe Dugoni and Jack Hallberg of Northmarq handled the transaction. Located at 26015 104th Ave., Canyon Ridge Plaza features 86,909 square feet of 94 percent occupied retail space. Current tenants include Ross Dress for Less, Old Navy, Petco, Bath & Body Works and Verizon Wireless. Six tenants have executed new or extended long-term leases since January 2025, including a 10-year renewal from Ross. Shadow tenants includes Target, Burlington and TJ Maxx.
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