Retail

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ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Encinitas-based Vista Emerald has acquired Pique at Angel Stadium, a 15,710-square-foot multi-tenant retail center located in Anaheim, for $11.3 million. Formerly known as The Shops at Stadium Towers, the property was originally built in 2006 on 2.2 acres. The center was fully leased to eight tenants including 714 Tickets, Aleppo’s Kitchen, Comerica Bank, LAMILL Coffee, Lolas by MFK and Non’s Vietnamese Kitchen at the time of sale, according to LoopNet. The property also offers 150 parking spaces, 16 Tesla Superchargers and prominent pylon street signage. Lee Csenar and Ed Hanley of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, a Los Angeles-based private investor, in the transaction. Omar Hussein of Beacon Realty Advisors represented Vista Emerald.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO — O’Connor Capital Partners has acquired full ownership of Polaris Fashion Place, a shopping mall in Columbus. The seller was locally based Washington Prime Group, according to The Columbus Dispatch. As part of the acquisition, O’Connor will assume full operational control of the property, overseeing day-to-day management, leasing and operations. O’Connor has been a longstanding investor in the center for more than a decade. Polaris Fashion Place, which totals nearly 1.3 million square feet and opened in October 2001, is home to more than 160 national and local retail, dining and entertainment tenants. The lifestyle center comprises both enclosed and open-air components.

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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Chattanooga-based CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) has acquired four enclosed regional malls from Washington Prime Group for $178.9 million. The properties include Ashland Town Center in Ashland, Ky.; Mesa Mall in Grand Junction, Colo.; Paddock Mall in Ocala, Fla.; and Southgate Mall in Missoula, Mont. CBL says it is focused on owning and managing successful enclosed malls in dynamic and growing middle markets. The deal suggests mall recovery extends beyond luxury properties, driven by limited retail construction since 2008, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ashland Town Center is a single-level mall that opened in 1989. Totaling more than 420,000 square feet, the property features more than 70 retailers and restaurants, including anchors JCPenney, Belk, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. The center has undergone several renovations over the years, including a major redevelopment in the late 2000s that added a new JCPenney prototype store and updated amenities. The largest indoor shopping center in western Colorado, Mesa Mall spans roughly 733,000 square feet and is home to more than 120 stores and services. Anchor tenants include Cabela’s, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Target, HomeGoods and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Originally developed in 1980, the property has undergone several redevelopments to modernize …

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DURHAM, N.C. — The Ardent Cos. has closed on the land acquisition for Westside Bottling, a mixed-use development located on the former Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. warehouse site in Durham. Ardent plans to break ground in August on the development, which at full build-out will feature 70,000 square feet of retail space, 370 multifamily residences and 35 for-sale townhomes. Westside Bottling’s retail component is currently 70 percent preleased to tenants including Sprouts Farmers Market, Shake Shack, Ulta Beauty, Club Pilates, First Watch and Vernis Nail Salons. First Citizens Bank, which had an existing bank branch on the site, will continue to operate at Westside Bottling. The development sits three miles west of downtown Durham and north of Duke University and Duke University Medical Center.

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MERRITT ISLAND, FLA. — MHCommercial Real Estate Fund II, a private equity fund launched by South Florida-based commercial real estate services firm NAI Merin Hunter Codman Inc., has acquired Merritt Crossing, a 90,000-square-foot shopping center on Florida’s Space Coast, for approximately $9.1 million. John Crotty, Michael Fay, David Duckworth, Brian De La Fe and Philip Shapiro of Avison Young represented the seller, Dechomai Asset Trust Number Three LLC, in the transaction. Matthew Brown, Nicholas White and Will Rosenfield represented the buyer on an internal basis. DG Market and Planet Fitness anchor the shopping center, which is situated on 15.3 acres at 239 Crockett Blvd. on Merritt Island. Merritt Crossing was 92.3 percent leased at the time of sale. NAI Merin Hunter Codman will manage the shopping center, and Holly Carver and Lisa Earnhardt of Rocket City Commercial Real Estate will lease the property on behalf of the new ownership. Since launching in 2022, MHCommercial Real Estate Fund II has purchased nine properties totaling 1.1 million square feet.

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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Colliers has negotiated the $8.6 million sale of Lynnhaven Square, a two-property retail center located at 2077-2085 Lynnhaven Parkway in Virginia Beach. Jeff Fritz and Jay O’Donnell of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller, a tenancy in common (TIC) entity, in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer has tapped George Fox of Colliers to provide leasing advisory services at Lynnhaven Square, which was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Wingstop, Cold Stone Creamery, Virginia ABC, Coastal Vision and The UPS Store. Situated on 2.4 acres, the property is part of Salem Crossing, a larger 450,000-square-foot retail development.

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GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — CBRE has negotiated the sales of two adjacent single-tenant ground lease properties at 1420 and 1460 N. Bullard Ave. in Goodyear. Two separate West Coast-based private capital exchange buyers acquired the assets for a combined total of $6.7 million. Benjamin Farthing and Owen Littrell of CBRE represented the seller, Tradecor Partners Goodyear LLC, in the transactions. Bubba’s 33 is located at 1460 N. Bullard Ave. and features a brand new 15-year absolute triple-net ground lease on a 1.7-acre parcel. The property sold for $3.5 million. Located at 1420 N. Bullard Ave., the double drive-through White Castle on a 1-acre parcel sold for $3.2 million.

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NORMAL, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $3.1 million sale of a single-tenant restaurant property net leased to Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Normal. The restaurant at 311 Veterans Parkway opened this month and is operating under a 15-year ground lease with 10 percent rental escalations every five years and five five-year renewal options. The property marks the only Raising Cane’s location within a 50-mile radius. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. The buyer was a 1031 exchange investor. The transaction represented a 4.75 percent cap rate. Raising Cane’s, founded in Louisiana in 1996, operates more than 800 locations worldwide.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Local brokerage firm NAI RED has arranged the sale of Boulevard Marketplace, a 35,597-square-foot shopping center in Oklahoma City. The sales price was $5 million. The center was built in 1984 and was 78 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Subway and Great Clips. Samuel Dunham, David Hartnack and Sam Swanson with NAI RED represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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Chiefland Regional Shopping Center

CHIEFLAND, FLA. — Locally based Coldwell Banker Commercial M.M. Parrish Realtors has arranged the sale of Chiefland Regional Shopping Center, a 140,664-square-foot retail center located in Chiefland, approximately 30 miles southwest of Gainesville, Fla. Bealls anchors the center, which was 95.6 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants including Rent-A-Center, Tractor Supply Co., Subway, Metro by T-Mobile and a Winn-Dixie grocery store, which will soon be converted into an Aldi. This transaction marks the first time the property has been sold since its original development in 1989. Jim Michalak and Jeff Berkezchuk of Plaza Advisors represented the buyer, Georgia-based Vanguard Associates, in the deal. Coldwell Banker Commercial M.M. Parrish Realtors represented the undisclosed seller. The sales price was also not disclosed.

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