NORTHGLENN, COLO. — Hutensky Capital Partners has purchased Marketplace at Northglenn, a 439,000-square-foot shopping center in Northglenn, a northern suburb of Denver, for $48 million. The center is shadow-anchored by Lowe’s Home Improvement, and is also home to Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond, Office Depot, PetSmart and JoAnn Fabrics. The seller was not disclosed.
THORNTON, COLO. — Simon has broken ground on Denver Premium Outlets, a 330,000-square-foot open-air outlet center located 12 miles outside Denver in Thornton. The mall will be home to 80 outlet stores offering discount, name-brand merchandise. The location marks the first and only Premium Outlets development in the state of Colorado. It is scheduled to open in fall 2018.
LOS ANGELES — Nordstrom Inc. opened its newest Los Angeles full-line store at Westfield Century City, a re-location from Westside Pavilion. The store offers a new store design and new customer services. Also, in West Hollywood, the retailer launched Nordstrom Local, a neighborhood hub where customers can access the company’s services in a central location. The three-level, 154,000-square-foot Century City store offers the fifth ‘Nordstrom x Nike’ sneaker boutique, a women’s-only fitness/fashion lifestyle concept; and SPACE, a boutique featuring advanced and emerging designers. The store also houses the first West Coast MAC Makeup Studio; Bar Verde, a full-service, seasonally-focused restaurant and bar; Style Bar, an area to meet with complimentary personal stylists; Nordstrom to You, a personal stylist service on wheels; Buy Online & Pick-Up In-Store; Reserve & Try In-Store; Curbside Pickup; and Two-Hour Delivery. Nordstrom Century City will have the company’s latest store design concept, which includes more windows to incorporate natural light and connect the shopping experience to the outside world. Also on the horizon: The company plans to open its 10th Nordstrom Rack location in Los Angeles at the FIGat7th shopping center downtown. Nordstrom Rack is the off-price division of Nordstrom. Nordstrom is a fashion retailer based in …
The Minneapolis retail market ended the second quarter with a vacancy rate of 3.1 percent. The freestanding retail segment (buildings not contained within a shopping center) posted a vacancy rate of 1.8 percent. Over the past year, there has been a pattern of positive absorption in the market. The average quoted asking retail rental rate at the end of the second quarter was $13.94 per square foot. Comparably, a year ago this rate was $13.29 per square foot. Meanwhile, construction of retail properties has been on an upward climb. Within the past four quarters, 1.2 million square feet of retail space has been built, and there is an additional 892,910 square feet in progress, according to CoStar Group. Net absorption continues Retail net absorption was moderate in Minneapolis in the second quarter of 2017, totaling 484,120 square feet. That’s up from 135,536 square feet of positive absorption in the first quarter and 366,652 square feet in the fourth quarter of 2016. However, these figures are all down from the third quarter of 2016, when 638,183 square feet were positively absorbed in the market. Several tenants have moved out of large blocks of space in 2017. For example, Sears vacated 125,209 …
LANSING, N.Y. — Great Neck, N.Y.-based Uber Capital Group, a commercial real estate financial advisory and mortgage origination firm, has arranged a $14 million loan for the acquisition of The Shops at Ithaca Mall, a shopping center located at 40 Catherwood Road in Lansing. Joel J. Gorjian of Uber Capital Group secured the financing for the borrower, a private commercial real estate investment group. Target, Old Navy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Bon-Ton, Michaels and a 14-screen Regal Cinemas anchor the shopping center, which was built in 1976. Additional tenants at the 623,000-square-foot property include Bath & Body Works, Kay Jewelers, Victoria’s Secret, ULTA Beauty, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Entertainment Zone, Great Escape Adventures, Planet Fitness and Zumiez.
GLASSBORO, N.J. — Nexus Properties has signed five new retail tenants to the Rowan Boulevard redevelopment, a mixed-use project in Glassboro. The goal of the $400 million, multi-phase project is to link the Rowan University campus with Glassboro’s downtown retail district. The new tenants bring restaurant, shopping and fitness options to downtown and include Alicia DiMichele Boutique, Tech Zone, Six Pack Training, Cookie Munchers and Mexican Mariachi Grill. In addition, Rowan Boulevard is home to Chickie & Pete’s, Tony Luke’s and Barnes & Noble Bookstore and Café. The final phase of the Rowan Boulevard project is under construction and slated for completion in August 2018. Upon completion, the development will include 2,771 student beds, classroom space, 114 apartment units, a hotel, fitness center, two parking garages and 144,000 square feet of retail space.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based asset management firm, will open Crockett Street Food Hall, a 16,000-square-foot venue that will be situated within Crockett Row at West 7th, a mixed-use property in Fort Worth. Located at the corner of Crockett and Norwood streets, the venue will offer 100- to 1,000-square-foot spaces to fast-casual food vendors. Fourteen eateries are currently slated to operate within the food hall, which will feature a full bar, patio seating and music in the evenings.
TAMPA, FLA. — HFF has arranged the sale of a 36,900-square-foot building fully leased to Whole Foods Market in Tampa. Constructed in 2012, the building is situated on 6.3 acres in Tampa’s Carrollwood community. Daniel Finkle, Luis Castillo and Eric Williams of HFF represented the seller, Weingarten Realty Investors, in the transaction. The sales price and buyer were not disclosed.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE has arranged the $10.4 million sale of Torrey Highlands Plaza, a 14,042-square-foot retail center in San Diego. Reg Kobzi, Joel Wilson and Michael Peterson of CBRE represented the seller, Paragon affiliate TH Plaza LLC. Tim Mills of CBRE represented the buyer, Santa Monica Property Investors. At the time of sale, Torrey Highlands Plaza was fully leased to 10 tenants.
HARTFORD, CONN. — RBH Group has acquired a long-vacant commercial building, located at 370 Asylum St. in Hartford, for $20 million. RBH Group plans to redevelop the building into Teachers Corner Hartford, a mixed-use space. The development will feature market-rate and affordable residential units, space for educational opportunities and cultural performances, as well as restaurant and retail components. Laurie Grasso and Douglas Hoffmann of Hunton & Williams advised in the acquisition. Teachers Corner Hartford represents the first transaction in RBH Group’s national rollout of its Teachers Village concept following the first Teachers Village project in Newark, N.J., a $150 million, 23-acre mixed-use community. Teachers Corner Hartford is a realization of RBH Group’s continued joint venture with the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and its partnering with Hartford’s Community Solutions and The Prudential Social Investment Group, with funding provided by the City of Hartford and various Connecticut state agencies.
