Retail

HOUSTON AND MIDLAND, TEXAS — Baker Katz and Venture Commercial Real Estate, member brokerage firms of X Team International, have secured two new leases for Northern Tool + Equipment, a Minnesota-based hardware supplier, in Houston and Midland. The Houston lease is for 18,000 square feet at Willowchase Shopping Center, located at 12944 Willow Chase Drive, and the Midland lease is also for 18,000 square feet at NEQ IH-20 and Loop 250. Clay Mote of Venture Commercial and Jason Baker of Baker Katz represented Northern Tool + Equipment in the two deals.

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CARO, MICH. — AT&T has signed a 3,991-square-foot retail lease on State Street in Caro, about 45 miles north of Flint. AT&T will relocate from its current location on the south side of town and will join Rite Aid at the two-tenant center. Vicki Gutowski, Michael Murphy and Larry Siedell of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented Rite Aid in the sublease.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Weingarten Realty Investors has sold Palms of Carrollwood, a 167,887-square-foot retail center anchored by The Fresh Market in Tampa. The shopping center is situated on 15.4 acres at the intersection of Dale Mabry Highway and Fletcher Avenue. Other tenants at the 91.3 percent-leased center include Bed Bath & Beyond, Petco and Sam Ash Music. Brad Peterson and Whitaker Leonhardt of HFF represented the seller in the disposition of the property to Wallace Enterprises Inc. The sales price was not disclosed.

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ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Brixmor Property Group (NYSE: BRX) has acquired Arborland Center, a 404,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located in Ann Arbor, for $102 million. The property is located between the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University at 3600 Washtenaw Ave. Kroger anchors the center, which is also home to tenants including DSW, Old Navy, Marshalls, Maurices, Nordstrom Rack, Starbucks Coffee, Ulta Beauty, Bed Bath & Beyond, Petco and Five Below. The property was previously owned by Stamford, Conn.-based AmCap Inc. and was roughly 96 percent occupied at the time of sale, according to reports by Crain’s Detroit Business. With this acquisition, Brixmor owns four assets totaling over 1 million square feet in metro Ann Arbor. The company’s stock price closed on Monday, March 6, at $22.30 per share, down from $24.04 a year ago. — Katie Sloan

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HOUSTON AND AUSTIN, TEXAS — LMI Capital has arranged $15 million for the refinancing of two retail properties in the greater Houston and Austin areas. The first transaction was a 10-year loan for a 102,000-square-foot site in southeast Austin, and the second transaction was a seven-year loan for a 21,000-square-foot property in north Houston. Both loans included a 4.75 percent fixed interest rate, flexible step-down payment and minimal closing costs. The names and addresses of the properties were not disclosed.

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CROMWELL, CONN. – CBRE Capital Markets’ debt and structured finance team has secured $21.3 million in bridge financing for Cromwell Square, a 218,000-square-foot shopping center currently anchored by a 100,000-square-foot Kmart in Cromwell. Mark Fisher, Michael Riccio and Alex Furnary of CBRE facilitated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Greenwich-based developer/owner/operator HB Nitkin. The 10-year, fixed-rate bridge loan includes two years of interest-only payments and a 25-year amortization schedule. The loan will be used replace an existing $12.1 million loan and provide additional funds for the buyout of an existing Kmart lease. The store will be replaced with a 65,000-square-foot ShopRite grocery store and other tenants. The redevelopment is anticipated to take 18 months. The property is located at 51 Shunpike Road in Middlesex County, immediately west of Route 9 and 1.5 miles east of I-91 on the northwest corner of Shunpike Road and Route 372.

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EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. – HFF has secured the $15.1 million sale of Columbia Plaza, a 137,647-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center in East Greenbush. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Capstone Realty Group and WP Realty.  Nigro Cos., based in Albany, N.Y., purchased the asset free and clear of existing debt. Anchored by Price Chopper, Columbia Plaza is 89.3 percent leased and home to Peebles, Dollar Tree, Pet Stop, Vineyard Wine & Spirit, Nishiki Sushi, Hair Studio One, Liberty Tax Service, Quality Hearing, NBT Bank and Computer Answers. The three-building center was completed in 1988.  Situated on 14.6 acres at 501 Columbia Turnpike, Columbia Plaza is located 3.5 miles southeast of Albany. The center’s Columbia Turnpike location places it in one of the main retail corridors in East Greenbush, a community located along the Hudson River. Columbia Turnpike is accessible from Interstates 8, 787 and 90 in addition to State Highways 151, 43 and 9J. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver and Stephen Simonelli with assistance from Andrew Scandalios.

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FINDLAY, OHIO — Watseka, Ill.-based Big R has signed a 98,000-square-foot retail lease at a former Sears store in Findlay, 40 miles south of Toledo. The outdoor sporting goods store will occupy the space at the Findlay Village Mall located at 1800 N. Tiffin Ave. The building, vacant since 2014, is now under construction with a planned opening in the second quarter of 2017. This will be the second Ohio location for Big R, joining the recently opened location in Lima. Duke Wheeler of Reichle Klein Group represented the tenant in the lease transaction. JJ Gumberg Co. is the landlord for the mall.

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MIAMI — MMG Equity Partners has purchased Kendall Corners, a 97,189-square-foot shopping center located on Kendall Drive in Miami, for $38.6 million. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ashley Furniture, Baptist Hospital, Bank United, Mattress Firm, Phenix Salons and IHOP. The seller was undisclosed.

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