YARDLEY, PA. — TriGate Capital has completed the disposition of Lower Makefield Shopping Center, a shopping center located at 700 Stony Hill Road in Yardley. Inland Institutional acquired the 74,953-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Giant Food Store, Rite Aid Pharmacy and First Choice Bank occupy the property. Brad Nathanson and John Colussi of CBRE represented both the seller and buyer in the transaction.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4 million sale of a 19,054-square-foot retail property leased to Aldi located at the intersection of FM1488 and Conroe Huffsmith Road in Magnolia, about 45 miles north of Houston. Nate Newman and Vincent Knipp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed developer, in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
BOSTON — L3 Capital and LaSalle Investment Management have purchased a vacant commercial building located at 399 Washington St. in Boston’s Downtown Crossing for an $63.2 million. The buyers will renovate and rebrand the 74,500-square-foot building as DTX 399. The building will offer six levels of retail and creative office space. Evan Papanastasiou of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, Robert Posner, while Adelaide Polsinelli, also of Eastern, procured the buyer in the deal. The owners have retained Colliers International to market the property for lease.
HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE, TEXAS — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA) has brokered the sale of The Alley on Bitters, a 30,000-square-foot shopping center located at 555 W. Bitters Road in the San Antonio metro of Hill Country Village. Bradley Suttle of SACA marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Artisans’ Alley Inc. and procured the buyer, a private trust.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Natixis has provided $34.7 million in acquisition financing for Northpoint Center in Arlington Heights. The 276,333-square-foot retail center is located at the corner of Rand and Arlington Heights roads. A 68,237-square-foot Jewel-Osco anchors the center. A tenant at the property since 1991, Jewel-Osco recently renewed its lease and renovated the store. An initial $30.2 million loan will be provided, with the remaining $4.5 million earmarked to fund future leasing. Jeff Black of Colliers International arranged the financing for the borrower, an institutional investor.
It’s no secret retail vacancies in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area are at all-time lows. Vacancy rates at the end of first quarter 2017 were 4.6 percent, down from 5.5 percent a year ago, according to CoStar. More tenants are actively looking for the right spaces for their businesses so the retail sector is not overbuilt. Junior anchor tenants have “right-sized” requirements, thus decreasing their space needs. For example, Office Depot is downsizing its typical footprint from 24,000 square feet to 14,000 square feet. Grocery stores that have gone dark have been backfilled with fitness gyms, other grocers or entertainment-type tenants. In addition, market rents jumped markedly from $30 per square foot plus NNNs to $35 to $40 per square foot plus NNNs in the high demand spaces. In Class A retail environments such as the Frisco Mile, rates are $50 to $65 per square foot plus NNNs. Even in the new 99 Ranch Market space in Frisco, rents are $50 per square foot plus NNNs and the tenants are not blinking. Requests for higher finish-outs are continuing, but tenants are willing to pay these higher rents in order to use the landlords’ money for their improvements. Job and Housing …
ROSAMOND, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 2938 Rosamond Blvd. in Rosamond. Newmar LLC acquired the property from a private partnership for $7.6 million. Rite Aid occupies the 17,277-square-foot property, which was built in 2016. Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Jim Halferty of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — NewMark Merrill Cos. has received $5.2 million in refinancing for The Marketplace on Grove, a 270,000-square-foot shopping center located in Ontario. A 165,643-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, which was built in 2007, anchors the center. Additional tenants are Chipotle Mexican Grill, El Pollo Loco, Jersey Mike’s Subs, McDonalds, Panda Express, US Bank and Pizza Pirates. William McPadden, Jeffrey Packard, Tom Treacy and Chris Bingham of John Hancock arranged the financing, which is NewMark’s third completed refinance with John Hancock Life Insurance. Kostas Kavayiotidis of Pacific Southwest Realty helped facilitate the transaction.
PACIFIC BEACH, CALIF. — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has arranged the lease of 1,300 square feet of restaurant space at 1038 Garnet Ave. in Pacific Beach. Square Bar Café signed a five-year lease for the space from Dayani Partners. Ashley Tiefel and Steve Avoyer of Flocke & Avoyer represented the landlord, while the tenant was self-represented in the transaction.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Shinall Group will develop a 14,000-square-foot retail center at the former Hastings Entertainment location along Gem Lake Road in Amarillo. Branded The Forum at Gem Lake, the property is surrounded by multiple grocery stores and a Walmart store. The center will lease up to seven tenants, with the earliest move-ins scheduled for late July.
