ODESSA, TEXAS — Sands Investment Group (SIG), a net-lease brokerage firm, has arranged the $2 million sale of a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit located at 2701 N. County Road in Odessa. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a family-owned American barbecue restaurant chain based in Dallas. Max Freedman of SIG’s Austin office represented the seller, Dynamic Development, in the transaction. The 1031 tax-deferred exchange buyer paid cash for the 2,000-square-foot restaurant. Dickey’s has a 15-year lease at the location.
MOBILE, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Chetek Group has arranged the $32.5 million sale of Eastern Shore Plaza, a 270,105-square-foot retail power center located at 10200 Eastern Shore Blvd. in Mobile. Built in 2004, the property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Old Navy, Michael’s, PetSmart, Cost Plus World Market, Dollar Tree and Ashley Furniture. Brett Chetek and Alex Perez of the Chetek Group, along with Andrew Chason of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a private Alabama-based development group. Michael Fasano is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Alabama. The buyer was undisclosed.
ST. PETERS, MO. — GBT Realty Corp. has acquired a 28-acre piece of land to develop The Shoppes at Mid Rivers in St. Peters, a suburb of St. Louis. National tenants such as Academy Sports + Outdoors, Marshalls, Homegoods and more will occupy the 270,000-square-foot center located north of Interstate 70. An additional 30,000 square feet and four outparcels remain available. The City of St. Peters was heavily involved with the project and approved an incentive package worth up to $10 million, as well as the rezoning of the property. The existing John Deere dealership on the site will move to 3575 Veterans Memorial Parkway in St. Charles, Mo.
PEORIA, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to CVS Pharmacy in Peoria for $4.2 million. Located at 6820 N. Pear Tree Lane, the 10,125-square-foot property is just off the intersection of West War Memorial Drive and North Big Hollow Road. CVS has operated at this location since 1998, and has 20 years remaining on its recently extended lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the purchaser in the transaction, a private investor in a 1031 exchange. The seller was a Midwest-based partnership.
In spite of the “noise” created by headlines about low oil prices and energy industry layoffs, west Houston, home to several of the world’s largest energy companies, continues to have strong fundamentals based on decades of phenomenal growth and high-quality development. At Wolff Companies, we have been investing in West Houston for over 45 years. From this long-term perspective, we remain bullish on Houston and, in particular, West Houston, where continuing favorable demographic and economic trends tell a different story than the current headlines. West Houston is a city unto itself. With a population of 1.7 million, it would rank as the fifth largest city in the United States — ahead of Philadelphia, Phoenix or Dallas. It has its own downtown, or central business district (CBD), comprised of four major activity centers: CityCentre/Memorial City, Westchase, The Energy Corridor and Westway Park. All of these are within a few minutes of the intersection of Interstate 10 and the Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8. This intersection is also the current statistical center of Houston’s population distribution, a focal point which is expected to continue to move westward to the intersection of I-10 and Barker Cypress Road by 2025. High-Quality Growth Despite the cyclical …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Red Mountain Group Inc. has completed the disposition of The Knolls Shopping Center, a retail center located at 4250 Long Beach Blvd. in Long Beach. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $29.1 million in an all-cash transaction. After acquiring the asset in 2015, Red Mountain Group redeveloped and re-tenanted the property with Trader Joe’s, Pet Food Express, Chipotle, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Verizon Wireless, Mob Pizza and Crunch Fitness. Bill Bauman of Savills Studley brokered the deal.
POMONA, CALIF. — Reliable Properties has acquired Foothill & Garey Center, a retail property located at the southeast corner of Foothill Boulevard and Garey Avenue in Pomona, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10.7 acres, the 124,000-square-foot property is occupied by Superior Grocers, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Chase Bank, Carl’s Jr., Sally Beauty Supply, Fred Loya Insurance and Boost Mobile, among others. The name of the seller was not released.
PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Las Sombras, a retail property located at 72-261 Highway 111 in Palm Desert. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $3.7 million. The property includes 18,041 square feet of existing buildings that are currently vacant. Pablo Rodriguez, Richard Vincent and Bruce Haulley of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the deal.
DENVER — Family casual-dining franchise Quaker Steak & Lube has increased its franchise development efforts and is seeking entrepreneurs interested in opening multiple restaurants in Colorado. The chain also plans to expand within Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Earlier this year the TA Restaurant Group acquired Quaker Steak & Lube. The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America, a Fortune 500 company. The more than 750 locations in the TA Restaurant Group’s operation include 10 proprietary and nearly 30 franchised restaurant brands nationwide. Quaker Steak & Lube, founded over 40 years ago in Pennsylvania in a renovated filling station, now includes over 50 locations in 14 states across the U.S. Since opening its first restaurant in 1967, the TA Restaurant Group includes more than 750 quick-service restaurants, full-service restaurants and other food outlets. The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America LLC, which offers diesel and gasoline fueling, restaurants, truck repair facilities, convenience stores and other services in 43 states and in Canada.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — PCCP LLC has purchased Plainsboro Plaza, a shopping center located at 10 Schalks Crossing Road in Plainsboro, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 27 acres and built in 1987, the 218,000-square-foot property is occupied by CVS/pharmacy, Planet Fitness, UPS and Dunkin’ Donuts. At the time of acquisition, the property was 42 percent occupied, however a lease has been executed with Key Food that will bring the center’s occupancy to 62 percent in early 2017.
