INDIANAPOLIS — Novak Construction has completed a 153,000-square-foot Costco Wholesale in Indianapolis. The building includes a food court, meat preparation area, bakery, freezer and cooler, optical center, photo processing area, pharmacy and tire center. The project also features a fuel center. Construction was completed in 110 days. Costco Wholesale is a chain of membership warehouses with 494 locations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
MIAMI — Swire Properties Inc. has announced new retailers joining Brickell City Centre’s 500,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center in Miami’s Brickell district. Comprising more than 80 retailers and eateries, the retail development is set to open to the public in November. The new tenants joining the project include Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, Suit Supply, Stitched and Pinko. Swire Properties is co-developing the shopping center with Whitman Family Development and Simon Property Group. Tenants that have previously signed leases at the $1.05 billion, 4.9 million-square-foot Brickell City Centre include Saks Fifth Avenue, Cinemex, Italian Food Hall, LIVE!, lululemon athletica, Armani Collezioni, Cole Haan, Bally, Coach, Porsche Design, Luke’s Lobster, Taco Chic and AT&T. As part of the center’s design, Swire Properties has integrated the Miami Metromover with a stop that exits directly into the shopping center’s third floor. The project will also feature a two-story underground parking deck.
SEATTLE — Pet supplies retailer Petco will remodel 12 stores in the Seattle area and one in San Diego this month. The Seattle-area stores will host grand re-opening celebrations on July 29. The locations are in Seattle (Holman Road, North 205th Street, 15th Avenue and Northeast 45th Street); Federal; Kirkland; Covington; Everett; Redmond; Lynwood; Gig Harbor; and Olympia, Wash. The San Diego location will celebrate a grand re-opening on July 22. Petco operates more than 1,430 locations across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including more than 115 Unleashed by Petco locations, a smaller format neighborhood shop.
STOW, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has negotiated the sale of a 53,191-square-foot retail property in Stow, approximately 35 miles south of Cleveland, for $4 million. Oregon Trails is shadow anchored by Discount DrugMart and was roughly 70 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants at the property, which was built in 1988, include Fifth Third Bank, Wing Warehouse, H&R Block, Subway, Edward Jones, Hallmark, Kirbie’s Meats, All About Dance, Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt and Great Harvest Bread Co. The seller was a California-based private investor, and the undisclosed buyer was also California based. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
EAST CHICAGO, IND. — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a retail building net leased to Advance Auto Parts for $1.5 million. The facility is located at 1200 W. Chicago Ave. in East Chicago. A Midwest-based developer sold the asset to an East Coast-based private investor in a 1031 exchange. Advance Auto Parts’ lease expires in 2030 and features 7.5 percent rental escalations each renewal period. The immediate area features retailers such as Walgreens, PNC Bank, Strack & Van Til Grocers, McDonald’s, Dollar General, Burger King and Citizen Financial Bank. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — CIT Group Inc. served as sole lead arranger for a $65 million senior secured construction loan for MC 19 East Houston LLC, a joint venture between Madison Capital and Vornado Realty Trust. Proceeds of the loan will be used to finance the acquisition and construction of a six-story, 34,170-square-foot retail and office building located on the corner of Broadway and Houston Street in SoHo. The property will feature 11,419 square feet of retail space and 22,751 square feet of office space. Financing was provided by CIT Bank, the principal bank subsidiary of CIT. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
DERRY, N.H. — NG Hood Commons LLC has completed the disposition of Hood Commons, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Derry. An affiliate of New York-based Northeast Capital Group acquired the 208,805-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Located at 55 Crystal Ave., the 23-acre property is 86 percent leased to tenants, including Shaw’s Supermarket, Big Lots, Tractor Supply Co., Planet Fitness and Sally Beauty. Jim Koury of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, HFF assisted the buyer in securing a 70 percent loan-to-value, 10-year acquisition loan with a 3.79 percent fixed rate.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Williams Co. Southeast, an Orlando-based general contractor and construction manager, plans to remodel more than 20 Target stores in Florida and North Carolina. The company recently finished the remodel of three Florida stores in Gainesville, Jacksonville and Wesley Chapel and two North Carolina stores in Durham and Greensboro. Williams expects to wrap up construction of all the remodeled stores by October. The company has previously constructed more than 400 Target projects in 11 states.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.3 million sale of a net-leased Urban Outfitters store located at 306 E. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach. Urban Outfitters signed a 10-year lease with two five-year renewal options in May 2014. The 11,073-square-foot, two-story store is fully leased to Urban Outfitters. Howard Bregman of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the buyer, Menin Development Inc., in the transaction. Last year Bregman represented Menin in acquiring the neighboring George Buildings at 326 and 400 E. Atlantic Ave.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Bayer Properties has placed a 125-acre tract of land across Highway 280 from The Summit Birmingham under contract. AT&T is selling a large portion of the tract in connection to its plan to relocate various offices within Birmingham. Bayer Properties plans to develop a project that will be complementary to The Summit and the surrounding area. The Summit’s tenant roster includes Belk, Gus Mayer, Saks Fifth Avenue, Anthropologie, Gap, J. Crew, Urban Outfitters, Carmike Summit 16, Orvis, lululemon athletica, Gymboree, Restoration Hardware and Pottery Barn. Birmingham-based Bayer Properties currently owns and/or operates retail and office properties totaling approximately 10 million square feet, including The Summit in Birmingham.
