Retail

Time Out Group to Open 50,000 SF Food Hall in Chicago’s Fulton Market

by Kristin Harlow December 13, 2017

CHICAGO — Time Out Group, a London-based media company, has unveiled plans to open a 50,000-square-foot food hall in Chicago’s Fulton Market. Time Out Market Chicago is slated to open in 2019. The vendor lineup will feature several of the city’s top restaurants and bars. The three-story space will include 16 chef-driven counters, three bars, a demonstration kitchen, a retail area, outdoor dining space and seating for 600 people. The first market from Time Out, located in Lisbon, Portugal, opened in 2014. Additional markets are slated to open in the United States in Miami (2018) and Boston (2019).

December 13, 2017

Connecticut Market Reports Northeast Northeast Market Reports Retail

Winners and Losers in Connecticut Retail

by Taylor Williams December 13, 2017

The retail market in Connecticut is alive and well. Sure it’s changing but what industry doesn’t experience change? There are numerous retail categories that continue to post healthy sales while also keeping their new store counts in a growth trajectory. Other categories will adapt to consumer trends and stay relevant in the world of brick and mortar. As we close 2017, we see that traditional shopping centers, especially grocery-anchored centers, are the solid performers in the sector. The “services” or “daily needs” category of retail continue to flock to these centers mainly because of consumer routine. The “services/daily needs” category includes health/fitness, traditional sit-down restaurants, quick-service restaurants, pharmacies, pet supply retailers, wireless communications, medical (walk-ins) and banking. Traditional neighborhood centers are becoming more conscious about merchandising with this specific category while trying to avoid deals with the more risky retail categories, such as off-priced apparel. The big-box power centers and the centers with large chunks of vacancy are another story, and there will be winners and losers. Geography plays a big role here and it’s not the dead-end road that some suggest. Over the past 18 months, my team’s exclusive leasing portfolio has had two Kmart closures in two separate …

December 13, 2017

Northeast Retail Vermont

Nedde Real Estate Facilitates Sale of 3,564 SF Commercial Building in Shelburne, Vermont

by Amy Works December 12, 2017

SHELBURNE, VT. — Nedde Real Estate has arranged the sale of a commercial building located at 2613 Shelburne Road in Shelburne. Premier Strength & Performance, a personal fitness and conditioning gym, purchased the building from LWV Properties for an undisclosed price. The buyer has opened a fitness center at the 3,564-square-foot building. Fernando Cresta of Nedde Real Estate brokered the deal.

December 12, 2017

Restaurant Retail Texas

CRP, Wile Interests to Develop 30,000 SF Retail, Restaurant Destination in Houston

by Taylor Williams December 12, 2017

HOUSTON — Capital Retail Properties (CRP), in a partnership with Wile Interests Inc., will develop Market at Houston Heights, a 30,000-square-foot retail and restaurant destination in northwest Houston. The property will be located at 1533 N. Shepherd Drive fronting Laird and West 16th streets. Individual components will include a 4,000-square-foot structure allocated to dining, 26,000-square-foot mixed-use building, 3,000-square-foot plaza with seating for community events and 160 parking spaces. The developers expect to deliver space for tenant build-out in the fall of 2018.

December 12, 2017

Retail Texas

Oldham Goodwin Arranges Sale of 72,718 SF Academy Sports in College Station

by Taylor Williams December 12, 2017

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Oldham Goodwin Group LLC has arranged the sale of a 72,718-square-foot store leased to Academy Sports + Outdoors located at 2511 Earl Rudder Freeway in College Station. Oldham Goodwin Capital, the investment arm of Oldham Goodwin, sold the asset to a Texas-based private investor for an undisclosed price. Clinton Oldham represented the company internally in the sale, other terms of which were not disclosed.

December 12, 2017

California Retail Western

HFF Arranges Sale of 150,148 SF Shopping Center in Inland Empire

by Nellie Day December 12, 2017

PERRIS, CALIF. — HFF has arranged the sale of Perris Plaza, a 150,148-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in the Inland Empire community of Perris. Gleb Lvovich and Bryan Ley of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Condures Family LP. Nuevo Perris LLC, a joint venture between Wood Investments, Joel Farkas and SandTree Holdings, acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, Perris Plaza was 97.6 percent leased to tenants including Food 4 Less, Regency Theatres, Burger King, IHOP, Del Taco and Starbucks Coffee. The sale also included two entitled land pads that would allow the development of additional retail space. The new owners plan to expand the shopping center to approximately 300,000 square feet with the addition of new retailers and restaurants.

December 12, 2017

Retail Top Stories

Unibail-Rodamco to Acquire High-Profile Mall Owner Westfield Corp. for $15.7B

by Katie Sloan December 12, 2017

SYDNEY AND PARIS — Europe’s largest commercial property firm Unibail-Rodamco is set to acquire U.S. and U.K. mall owner Westfield Corp. (ASX: WFD) for $15.7 billion. Paris-based Unibail-Rodamco owns and operates a portfolio of 69 shopping centers across major European cities including Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Munich, Vienna, Warsaw and Prague. Sydney-based Westfield operates 35 malls in the U.S. and U.K., including Westfield World Trade Center, which opened to major success in New York City in August 2016; Century City, Westfield Fashion Square and San Francisco Centre in California; and Westfield London and Stratford City in the U.K. Following the transaction — expected to close in the first half of 2018 — Unibail-Rodamco will own and operate a portfolio of 104 commercial properties across 13 countries valued at about $72.2 billion. The company will be headquartered in Paris and the Netherlands, with regional headquarters in Los Angeles and London. Westfield has made a name for itself in the industry under billionaire chairman and co-founder Frank Lowy by transforming outdated malls into viable shopping centers for modern consumers. “The transaction announced today is the culmination of the strategic journey Westfield has been on since its 2014 restructure,” says Lowy. “We see this …

December 12, 2017

Retail Texas

Weitzman to Develop 830,000 SF, IKEA-Anchored Retail Center in Metro San Antonio

by Taylor Williams December 11, 2017

LIVE OAK, TEXAS — Weitzman will develop Live Oak Town Center, an 830,000-square-foot retail center that will be located at the southwest quadrant of Interstate 35 and Loop 1604 in Live Oak, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. A 300,000-square-foot IKEA will anchor the property, which will also feature 530,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. The project also includes the development of a public road to be named IKEA RBFCU Parkway, which will connect the center to Loop 1604. Construction of the IKEA, which will be the Swedish furniture retailer’s only location in South Texas, is slated to begin in spring 2018 with completion scheduled for spring 2019. Construction of the adjacent space is slated for a late 2019 completion.

December 11, 2017

Retail Texas

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 27,750 SF Retail Property in Houston

by Taylor Williams December 11, 2017

HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Woods Retail Plaza, a 27,750-square-foot retail property located at 4658 FM 1960 W. in Houston, across from the 285,727-square-foot North Oaks Power Center Built in 1975, the property was 87 percent leased at the time of sale and had a list price of roughly $2.4 million. Jerry Goldstein of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

December 11, 2017

Georgia Retail Southeast

Phillips Edison Acquires Kroger-Anchored Retail Center in Metro Atlanta for $13.9M

by Camren Skelton December 11, 2017

DACULA, GA. — Phillips Edison & Co. has acquired Mountain Crossing, a 96,606-square-foot shopping center in Dacula, 38 miles northeast of Atlanta in Gwinnett County, for $13.9 million. The name of the seller was not disclosed. Kroger anchors the center, which is also home to a UPS Store, Great Clips, Allstate Insurance and Chevron. Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison manages a portfolio of more than 345 shopping centers — 236 of which it owns directly — located in 32 states.

December 11, 2017

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