LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $19.7 million sale of a 34,478-square-foot Gelson’s Market located along the Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. Glen Kunofsky and Lior Regenstreif of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. Both the buyer and seller of the property were undisclosed.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — RXR Realty, Brause Realty and ABS Partners have broken ground on 587 Main Street, a mixed-use development located in downtown New Rochelle. The 28-story building will comprise 280 rental units, 28 of which will be affordable; 10,000 square feet of arts and cultural space; 17,000 square feet of commercial space; and 234 on-site parking spaces. Leasing is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2018.
BOURNE, MASS. — Linear Retail Properties has leased 18,100 square feet to PetSmart at its Bourne Bridge Crossing, a shopping center located at 2 Bridge Approach St. in Bourne. Joel Kadis and Greg Drocz provided in-house representation for the landlord, Linear Retail Properties, while Andrew Bonica of Eastern Retail and Brian Goodwin of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant in the deal. Additionally, Eastern Mountain Sports is relocating inline to 4,103 square feet and Starbucks Coffee extended its lease at the shopping center. Kadis and Drocz represented Linear Retail, while Ken Green of RCS Real Estate Advisors represented the tenant in the relocation.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Agra Culture Kitchen & Press has signed a lease to occupy 3,270 square feet at The Finn, a mixed-use project under construction in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood. The 68,353-square-foot development by Ackerberg is located at 735 Cleveland Ave. South. Agra Culture is a fast-casual restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and dinner with salads, sandwiches, soups, coffee and smoothies with local and organic ingredients. Agra Culture will occupy the northwest corner of the property. Construction began in March 2016 with project completion slated for spring 2017. Other tenants will include Alchemy365, GENT Cuts and Grooming and Edina Realty. Ackerberg and Cleveland Holdings are developing the project. BKV Group is the architect and Big-D Construction is the contractor. Tim and Josh Bloom of Bloom Commercial Real Estate represented Ackerberg in the transaction.
CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has arranged the $1 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Athletico Physical Therapy in Chicago. The 4,535-square-foot building is located at 8905 S. Commercial Ave. The new Athletico lease is for 10 years and features a 10 percent rental escalation in each of the two five-year renewal option periods. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest real estate investment company. A West Coast-based real estate investment company was the buyer.
Detroit’s sustained employment growth, along with focused redevelopment and revitalization efforts, have brightened the metro area’s economic outlook and propelled the retail market this year. Six consecutive years of job gains have attracted new residents to the region and stemmed population outflow. Strong hiring trends have boosted household incomes, and retail sales are ascending as a result. The local economy is expected to create 38,000 new jobs in 2016, representing a 1.9 percent annual expansion. The local unemployment rate stood at 4.9 percent in August, the lowest rate since 2001 and just 10 basis points higher than the national level. The professional and business services sector led employment gains over the 12-month period that ended June 30 with nearly 12,000 additional workers hired. Ripple effect of jobs growth The abundance of job opportunities is also contributing to higher household incomes. Over the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, roughly 7,500 households were created and the median household income climbed 3.1 percent. These improvements supported a 1.3 percent hike in retail spending over the same period. Encouraged by the positive economic trends in Detroit, retailers are expanding many existing storefronts, while companies such as Nike and restaurants such as Cheesecake Factory, …
NORWICH, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has brokered the sale of Briar Hill Plaza, a retail strip center located at 201 Salem Turnpike in Norwich. Easter Seals Goodwill Industries acquired the property from Suncrest LLC for $4.3 million. Built in 2008, the 22,600-square-foot property is anchored by Goodwill. Tim Mahon of O,R&L Commercial represented the seller and procured the buyer in deal.
CITY OF LIVE OAK, TEXAS — IKEA has submitted plans to the City of Live Oak for the development of a new store, which will be the company’s fifth location in Texas. Pending approvals, construction of IKEA Live Oak will begin in spring 2018 and open in summer 2019. Located 15 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio, the 289,000-square-foot proposed store and its 1,000-car parking lot will be built on a 31-acre site at the southwestern corner of I-35 and Loop 1604.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $42.1 million sale of Southgate Plaza, a 339,369-square-foot shopping center in Sacramento. Tenants at the center include Walmart Neighborhood Market, 99 Ranch Market, 99 Cents Only, Ross Dress for Less, Baskin-Robbins, Sally Beauty and Payless Shoe Source. CBRE’s Philip D. Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, Todd Goodman, Megan Wood, Matt Burson, Kirk Brummer, Preston Fetrow and John Read represented the seller, Wrightwood Financial, and the buyer, a subsidiary of NewMark Merrill Cos. LLC, in this transaction.
MAYNARD, MASS. — Colliers International, on behalf of developer Capital Group Properties, has secured a grocery anchor for the planned 293,500-square-foot Maynard Crossing property in Maynard. Market 32 by Price Chopper has signed a lease for 68,000 square feet of space at the mixed-use project, which is slated to break ground in the second quarter of 2017 with completion scheduled for summer 2018. Upon completion, the project will feature two full-service and two fast-casual restaurants, a 20,000-square-foot health club, a community bank, hardware store, apparel stores, and medical care center, as well as 180 residential rental units and a 143-unit independent senior living facility. Colliers International Boston is the leasing team for the development.
