MCHENRY, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $13.7 million sale of McHenry Town Center, an eight-suite, grocery-anchored center in McHenry. Built in 2003, the 94,658-square-foot property is home to Aldi, Petco, Five Below, Bath & Body Works, Michaels and Famous Footwear. Adrian Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private family with offices overseas and in Chicago, and procured the 1031 exchange buyer.
By Taylor Williams AUSTIN, TEXAS — A successful real estate strategy for both developers and operators looking to penetrate Austin’s airtight retail market must involve both a long-term growth plan and a site-selection process that primarily targets suburban areas. Austin’s sizzling pace of population growth has slowed in the past year or two, but the state capital remains highly undersupplied in terms of housing. Land and other development costs have become frightfully expensive within the urban core, and like other Texas markets, Austin is emerging from a multifamily building boom within its urban core and first-ring suburbs. In addition, vacant, quality retail space within those areas of Austin is a rare commodity. Earlier this year, the Austin-American Statesman, citing data from Weitzman, reported that Austin had a marketwide retail vacancy rate of just 3 percent at the end of 2025. And according to a first-quarter 2025 report from Partners Real Estate, Austin’s retail occupancy rate has not dipped below 95 percent at any point in the past decade. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. As such, in …
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 32,400-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan’s SoHo district. The landmark five-story building at 61–63 Crosby St. was fully leased at the time of sale to office users such as Comcast Ventures, Aptos Labs and SISTER Group. Patagonia’s New York City flagship store anchors the building’s retail component. The buyer was local investment firm Vertex, and the seller was undisclosed. Adam Spies, Adam Doneger, Josh King, Marcella Fasulo and Meaghan Philbin of Newmark brokered the deal.
NOBLESVILLE, IND. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of Stony Creek Marketplace, a 204,810-square-foot regional shopping center in Noblesville, a northern suburb of Indianapolis. Anchor tenants include Best Buy, TJ Maxx and HomeGoods. Other retailers include Barnes & Noble, Five Below, PetSmart, Ross Dress for Less and Shoe Carnival. Built in 2003, the asset was fully leased at the time of sale. Evan Halkias, David Matheis and Bill French of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Rainier Cos. A private investor was the buyer.
REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO — Matthews has arranged the sale of Broad Street Plaza East, a 55,946-square-foot retail center in Reynoldsburg near Columbus. Pierce Mayson, Kyle Stonis, Ben Snyder, Zack Bates and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews represented the seller, Garner Group. Matt Wallace served as broker of record. Positioned in the heart of the East Broad Street retail corridor, the property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Ross Dress for Less is the anchor tenant. Garner Group brought the asset to market as part of a capital recycling strategy after strengthening the rent roll through recent leasing activity. The undisclosed buyer plans to lease up the 4,209-square-foot vacancy.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — AXIS 360 Commercial Real Estate Specialists has brokered the $2.7 million sale of a retail building formerly occupied by Joann in Bloomington. The 21,828-square-foot property is located at 1719 E. Empire St. within Bloomington Commons. Meghan O’Neal-Rogozinski and Mike O’Neal of AXIS 360 represented the buyer, Matt Unkovich, who plans to redevelop the space with an Aqua Tots Swim School. In addition to the swim school, space remains available to lease within the building. Jacob Dell and Sean McCourt of CBRE marketed the property for sale.
MIAMI — Locally based Gazit Horizons has acquired Sunset West Shopping Center, a 73,072-square-foot neighborhood shopping center located at the intersection of Sunset Drive and S.W. 87th Avenue in Miami. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Situated roughly two miles from Baptist Hospital of Miami, the fully leased center is home to a mix of tenants including Chicken Kitchen, Ole’s Jewelry Avenue, Subway, Chase Bank, The UPS Store, Integrum Medical Group, Arturito’s Pharmacy, Sunset Animal Clinic, Salvatore D. Fine Italian Cuisine, Moderna Smile and Sunset Bakery. A new Aldi grocery store is also expected to open this year at the property.
KATY, TEXAS — Local owner-operator NewQuest has inked a trio of ground leases at Texas Heritage Marketplace, the local owner-operator’s $400 million mixed-use development in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The deals are with Olive Garden (7,825 square feet), Chase Bank (3,443 square feet) and Whataburger (3,305 square feet). David Meyers and Bob Conwell internally represented NewQuest in all lease negotiations. Traci Holman of Baker Katz represented Olive Garden. Scott Gardner of Main Street Commercial represented Whataburger, and James Namken and Kyle Knight of Weitzman represented Chase Bank.
CHESHIRE, CONN. — Whole Foods Market has debuted a 42,000-square-foot store in Cheshire, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The store features full-service meat and seafood counters, a bakery, prepared foods section, wellness and beauty section and a selection of more than 200 craft beers. A grand opening ceremony took place on Thursday, Feb. 5.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Club Studio Fitness will open a 30,240-square-foot gym in the Southern New Jersey community of Cherry Hill. The space is located within Ellisburg Shopping Center and will include training areas, a juice bar and recovery facilities. The opening is slated for spring 2027. Federal Realty Investment Trust owns Ellisburg Shopping Center, which is anchored by Whole Foods Market and Restoration Hardware Outlet.
