ROCKY RIVER, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $28.2 million sale of Westwood Town Center, a shopping center in Rocky River near Cleveland. Built in 1988, the property totals 226,155 square feet. Anchor tenants include Home Depot, which accounts for 30 percent of income and recently extended its lease, and Marc’s, a regional grocer that accounts for 25 percent of income. Additional tenants include AMC Theatres, which operates the only six-screen theater within a five-mile radius, Dollar Tree, FedEx and Third Federal Savings & Loan. The center is currently 95 percent occupied. Michael Nieder and Brian Page of JLL represented the seller, Zeisler Morgan Properties. The buyer was KPR Centers.
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CHICAGO — Greenstone Partners has negotiated the $4 million sale of a fully leased property located along Restaurant Row in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Located at 1012 W. Randolph St., the four-story asset totals 6,500 square feet and includes a ground-floor retail space leased to Rōti Modern Mediterranean and three loft-style apartments. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied. Danny Spitz, Tom Galvin and Brewster Hague of Greenstone represented the seller. The buyer was Los Angeles-based Foundational Real Estate.
PARAMUS, N.J. — RH Outlet has opened a 50,700-square-foot store in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The luxury home furnishings retailer has relocated its Paramus store from an unspecified, nearby space to a freestanding building within Ikea Drive Plaza. Curtis Nassau and Patrick Brake of RIPCO Real Estate represented RH Outlet in the lease negotiations. Vanessa Fernandez and Ed Vasconcellos of Levin Management Corp. represented the landlord.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — First Washington Realty has acquired Evergreen Village, a 123,562-square-foot, grocery-anchored community shopping center located across Lake Washington from Seattle in Bellevue. Terms of the transaction were not released. Tenants include Safeway, Edgeworks Climbing, Puetz Golf Superstore and Starbucks Coffee.
NASHUA, N.H. — Nashville-based brokerage firm Matthews has arranged the $8.8 million sale of a 44,000-square-foot retail property in Nashua, located on the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 166 Daniel Webster Highway is a freestanding structure that was built on 2.6 acres in 1991. Daniel Gonzalez and Nikolai Novak of Matthews represented the buyer, a Massachusetts-based private investor, in the transaction.
ISLAMORADA, FLA. — Bass Pro Shops, an outdoors retailer based in Springfield, Mo., has purchased Cheeca Lodge & Spa, a 27-acre resort in the Florida Keys city of Islamorada that was established in 1946. Northwood Investors sold the property to Bass Pro Shops but will continue to manage the 254-room resort and grounds, which includes multiple hotel layouts; several restaurants and bars, including the Pierre’s Restaurant and Beach Café & Bar and 25 South tiki bar; indoor meeting spaces and conference rooms; three swimming pools, including a zero-entry oceanfront pool; a fitness center and spa with treatment rooms; nine-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus; pickleball and tennis courts; the World Wide Sportsman Store & Marina; and the longest fishing pier in the Keys. The property also includes staff housing and operates under a mixed ownership structure comprising 169 fee-simple hotel rooms and 85 third-party-owned condominiums participating in the rental program. Daniel Peek, Andrew Dickey, Chris Drew and Maciej Polek of JLL represented Northwood Investors, which has owned and managed the Cheeca Lodge & Spa for the past 15 years. The sales price and future plans for the resort were not disclosed.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Colliers has brokered the sale of Westgate Shopping Center, a 111,852-square-foot shopping center located at 40 Westgate Parkway in Asheville. Built in 1956, Westgate is leased to Earth Fare, CVS, Crumbl Cookies, The UPS Store and other national and regional retailers. UNC Health purchased the shopping center from FIRC Group Inc. for an undisclosed price. Scott Israel of Colliers’ Atlanta office represented the seller in the transaction, while John Spake of Spake Real Estate represented the buyer.
WISCONSIN — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the off-market sale of three single-tenant retail properties occupied by O’Reilly Auto Parts in Wisconsin. Eric Wohl and CJ Kiehler of Hanley, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, a Montana-based development company. The three buildings each total around 7,000 square feet and are located in Oshkosh, Pulaski and Middleton within the Fox Valley and greater Madison trade areas. As of March 31, O’Reilly Auto Parts operated 6,644 stores across 48 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $22 million sale of 119 S. Los Robles Avenue, a mixed-use building in Pasadena. A company doing business as MLT VII LLC sold the asset to an undisclosed funding investment corporation. Built in 2015, the five-story property features 50 condominiums and 3,700 square feet of retail space. All units offer central air conditioning and heating, washer and dryer connections and stained concrete flooring. The controlled-access property features gated parking and an enclosed mail room. Tony Azzi and Rabbie Banafsheha of the Azzi Group of Marcus & Mililchap represented the seller in the transaction. Azzi and Banafsheha also collaborated with Arteen Zahiri and Ian Habbestad of Marcus & Millichap to procure the buyer.
CHICAGO — After years of uncertainty fueled by inflation, rising interest rates and changing consumer behavior, retail real estate has entered a notably different phase. According to JLL’s 2026 U.S. Retail Thematic Outlook and Investor Survey, the sector is no longer in recovery mode — it’s operating from a position of strength. Retail activity surged in the first quarter of the year as transaction volume hit $13.5 billion, a 5 percent year-over-year increase. Concurrently, the trailing 12-month volume climbed to $62 billion, representing a 31 percent increase over the previous period. Retail now accounts for its highest share of U.S. sector investment in a decade, sitting at 14 percent. The survey of nearly 150 retail investors paints a picture of a market supported by historically limited new supply, healthy consumer demand and renewed investor confidence. While broader economic concerns remain, the outlook suggests retail has become one of commercial real estate’s most compelling investment narratives, driven by strong fundamentals. One of the clearest indicators of that confidence is investor appetite. Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of respondents said they expect to increase retail acquisitions in 2026, while fewer than half (48 percent) anticipate selling more assets. The imbalance between buyers and …
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