CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Maverick Commercial Mortage Inc. has arranged a $1.7 million first mortgage loan for a to-be built Portillo’s restaurant in Champaign in central Illinois. The restaurant will be constructed on a 1.4-acre site. The restaurant is expected to open shortly after demolition of the current Home Town Buffet. The six-month loan has two three-month extension options. The fixed-rate, recourse loan is interest only and was funded by a national bridge lender. Jeffrey B. Gurian of BeckerGurian represented the borrower, Berkshire Partners. Bryan Segal of Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum and Nagelberg LLP represented the lender.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Fred Segal has signed a long-term lease with CIM Group for 22,000 square feet of ground-level retail space at 8500 Sunset, a residential building on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Fred Segal Sunset will feature a variety of retail offerings, a café, fitness studio, salon, wine shop, florist and indoor/outdoor restaurant.
SAN FRANCISCO — Buckhorn Grill has signed a 10-year lease for a restaurant space located at 619 Market St. in San Francisco. The tenant plans to open a 6,571-square-foot restaurant at the space, which was formerly occupied by Boudin Bakery, in May 2017. Andrew Lindsey of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the tenant, while Mary Kate Banchero and Courtney Griffin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, CPF 33 New LLC, in the transaction. Buckhorn Grill currently operates 10 restaurants in Northern California.
BETHESDA, MD. — Natixis has provided a $26.5 million, floating-rate loan for Shops of Wisconsin, a 71,748-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Bethesda. The borrower, Douglas Development, will use the proceeds to refinance the property and provide funds for the tenant improvements of the new Target Express. In addition to the new Target Express, the center also contains nine other national and local tenants, including Trader Joe’s, Gymboree, Jenny Craig and H&R Block.
HAMMOND, LA. — The Home Depot has closed on its purchase of 9.7 acres of land for a new 106,000-square-foot store and 28,000-square-foot garden center as part of the redevelopment of Hammond Square, a 850,000-square-foot shopping center in Hammond developed and managed by Stirling Properties. Hammond Square is situated on nearly 100 acres at the corner of I-12 and US Highway 51 Business. Existing tenants include Target, AMC Theatres, Dillard’s, JC Penney, Academy Sports + Outdoors and Sears. The Home Depot is set to begin construction on the new store before the end of the year and open in 2017.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Big V Capital LLC has acquired Haywood Plaza, a 93,357-square-foot shopping center located in Greenville, for an undisclosed price. The property is located across from Haywood Mall, one of the three largest malls in South Carolina. The Local Cue, Bargain Hunt and Portofino’s restaurant anchor the center, which is also home to tenants including Asian Supermarket, Alpine Ski Center, Clothes Mentor, Sally Beauty, Tony’s Pizza and Reed’s Uniforms. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
VOORHEES TOWNSHIP AND MATAWAN, NEW JERSEY — CBRE has brokered the sale of two freestanding retail properties located in New Jersey for a combined total of $25.5 million in two separate transactions. In the first deal, an institutional buyer acquired a 168,599-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, located at 144 NJ-73 in Voorhees Township, from a regional developer. Matthew Gorman and Michael Shover of CBRE represented both parties in the transaction. In the second deal, a regional developer sold a newly constructed 12,705-square-foot Walgreens, located at 339 Matawan Road in Matawan, to an undisclosed buyer. Gorman and Shover represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between CIM Group, Kushner and LIVWRK has acquired a land parcel at 85 Jay St. in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood from Watchtower Real Estate for an undisclosed price. The partnership plans to develop a mixed-use project on the parcel, which is currently a 135,000-square-foot parking lot. Additional details of the development have not been released. In August, the joint venture acquired a 739,000-square-foot property at 25-30 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn.
BEAR, DEL. — Delle Donne & Associates has received a $35 million loan for the refinancing of Governor’s Square Shopping Center, a fully leased retail property located at 401 Governor’s Place in Bear, a suburb of Wilmington, Del. Loan proceeds will be used to retire existing debt. The 294,213-square-foot, two-building property is occupied by ShopRite, Kmart, American Signature Furniture, Rite Aid, Sneaker Villa H&R Block, Karate for Kids, RadioShack, Bear Chiropractic, Subway and GameStop. The center also includes three pad sites leased to Wells Fargo, Taco Bell and McDonald’s. Ryan Ade of HFF secured the financing for the borrower.
NEWTON, CONN. — RHYS represented Market Hospitality Group in the signing of a new lease at Village Lexington Gardens, located at 32 Church Hill Road in Newtown. The 3,500-square-foot space will be occupied by 5th Market Place Kitchen & Bar, a New American-style restaurant. The new restaurant is slated to open in July 2017. Ryan Stranko and Tyler Lyman of RHYS represented the tenant, while Doug Rose of Coldwell Banker Scalzo Group represented the landlord, Mesa General Contractors, in the deal.