FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Forty Oaks Shopping Center, a 37,500-square-foot retail property located in Fort Worth. Blake Burnett and Chance Hales of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Lisa Estrada, also of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, an individual/personal trust. Forty Oaks Shopping Center is located at 5405-5425 E. Lancaster Ave., just off Grandview Drive. Built in 1958, the asset is situated on 3.5 acres near Loop 820 and I-30. Family Dollar anchors the shopping center, which was 100 percent leased at the time of sale.
SUNBURY, PA. — Weis Markets Inc., a Mid-Atlantic grocery retailer, has reached an agreement with Food Lion LLC to purchase 38 Food Lion supermarket locations in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. The assets include 21 stores in Maryland, 13 in Virginia and four in Delaware. This transaction marks Weis Markets’ entry into Virginia and Delaware. Upon completion of the transaction and the purchase of five Mars Super Markets in Baltimore County, Weis will have increased its store count by 25 percent and will operate 202 stores in seven states — Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia. Weis Markets will convert the 38 stores to its brand upon completion of the transaction. The portfolio sale is part of a previously announced merger agreement between Delhaize Group, a Belgian food retailer with a presence in seven countries on three continents, and Koninklijke Ahold, a Dutch food retailer whose grocery brands include Stop & Shop and GIANT. The international retailers have agreed for their U.S. subsidiaries to sell 86 of their stores to other food retailers such as Sunbury-based Weis Markets.
NEW YORK CITY — Triangle Equities has completed Triangle Plaza Hub, a multi-use complex located in the South Bronx. The $35 million, 88,000-square-foot complex is occupied by Fine Fare Supermarket, Metropolitan College of New York, Brightpoint Health, DaVita Dialysis Center, Vistasite Eye Care, Boston Market and Dunkin’ Donuts. A 3,900-square-foot retail space on the ground floor and a 3,000-square-foot pad site adjacent to the public plaza are available for lease.
RENO, NEV. — Shopoff Realty Investments has acquired Firecreek Crossing, a 348,000-square-foot regional power center located at the intersection of Kietzke Lane and Redfield Parkway in Reno, for $48.5 million. The Walmart and Sam’s Club shadow-anchored center is 71 percent occupied. Tenants at Firecreek Crossing include Ross Dress for Less, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Michaels and Ulta Beauty.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — ViaWest Group has acquired a 68,000-square-foot retail site located in Tempe for $2 million.The fully occupied property is home to a single-tenant building leased to Title Max, and a multi-tenant automotive repair building, which is home to tenants including Luxury Legends, Babbitt Motor Werks and Euro Motor Works. Mark Wilcke of NAI Horizon represented the seller, a California-based private owner, and Andrew Fosberg of CBRE represented ViaWest Group in the transaction.
DANBURY, CONN. — NorthMarq Capital’s Greater Westchester New York/Connecticut office has arranged $20 million in refinancing for North Street Shopping Center in Danbury. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq secured the 10-year loan through a life insurance company for the undisclosed borrower. The loan also features a 25-year amortization schedule. Located at 1 Padanaram Road, the 212,406-square-foot property is anchored by ShopRite and Burlington Coat Factory.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — Pine Tree LLC has purchased Metro Crossing Shopping Center in the Omaha suburb of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dick’s Sporting Goods, TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Dollar Tree and Ulta anchor the 299,578-square-foot shopping center. First developed in 2008 with additional construction phases occurring through 2015, the shopping center sits at the intersection of I-29 and Highway 275. George Good of CBRE brokered the acquisition and Bank of America provided financing. The name of the seller was undisclosed. Kimco Realty Corp. was the developer of the shopping center, according to the Omaha World Herald.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — A private institutional partnership has proposed The Village at McKinney, a mixed-use development on 76.2 acres in the city of McKinney in Collin County. Chris Burrow and Dillon Cook with Henry S. Miller, a commercial real estate firm based in Dallas, are marketing a proposal for the large mixed-use project, which would be known as The Village at McKinney, to developers. The out-of-state institutional partnership currently owns the property. “We have been working very closely with the City of McKinney and our clients on The Village at McKinney and we are very excited to bring this new development opportunity onto the market,” says Burrow. The final project could include a mix of retail, restaurant, office, hospitality and multifamily uses. The Village at McKinney would be located at the corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Laud Howell Parkway. The 76.2-acre site has been divided into four separate parcels ranging in size from 8.9 acres to 34 acres, but can also be sold to a single developer. On-site utilities are scheduled to be in place by 2018. “The City of McKinney recognizes the area around U.S. 75 and Laud Howell as a prime location for a range of commercial opportunities …
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — United Development Co. has begun redevelopment of the former UA Theater Grand Prairie 10, transforming it into a 60,000-square-foot retail center featuring Starbucks, R Taco and Panera. UDC acquired the site, located on the southeast corner of Westchester Parkway and Carrier Parkway, in March 2015. Sean Strull of Falcon Realty Advisors brokered the transaction. The first tenant will open for business in fall 2016.
To get a sense of what is happening in Southeast Michigan retail these days, the place to start looking is the past. It’s interesting and important to recognize that the seeds of many of the retail trends manifesting themselves today were planted years ago. Fortunately, the overall retail marketplace in Southeast Michigan remains generally strong. The marketplace may change over time, but one constant that remains unaltered is that quality rises to the top. Thoughtfully designed and developed retail projects in favorable locations have always done well — and that has remained the case through recessionary ups and downs and the whims of a consumer base that can be quick to change. Rethinking e-commerce Today, one of the most discussed topics of conversation for any retailer is the competitive pressure of the online and mobile marketplace. The convenience of virtual transactions, the rise of Internet powers like Amazon, and an increasingly tech-savvy population of shoppers who are comfortable and confident shopping online for a wider variety of goods and services has prompted the vast majority of brick-and-mortar retailers to work hard to carve out their own space in the digital marketplace. Online and mobile growth has had less of a …