LOS ANGELES — JLL has hired Scott Kaplan as executive vice president and Erik Westedt as senior vice president to expand the firm’s Southern California retail practice. The pair brings a combined 35 years of experience in the leasing, development and sale of retail properties locally, regionally and nationally. Throughout their careers, the pair has completed transactions encompassing 25 million square feet of retail space valued at more than $5 billion. Prior to joining JLL, Kaplan served as a senior vice president at a global commercial real estate firm and Westedt served as a vice president at a global commercial real estate firm.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Commercial real estate values in the United States increased by 7 percent from April 2015 to April 2016, according to Ten-X, an online real estate marketplace. The company has released its latest Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Nowcast. The pricing index, which combines Google Trends data, Ten-X’s proprietary transaction data and investor surveys to forecast CRE pricing trends in real time, reveals that commercial valuations increased by 0.6 percent month-over-month in April and are back above their year-end 2015 level. The Ten-X CRE Nowcast (formerly the Auction.com CRE Nowcast) is a price index covering the entire U.S. commercial market, including individual price trends for the office, apartments, retail, industrial and hotel sectors. “Even though the April all-sector increase is significantly stronger than the prior month’s slight gain of 0.2 percent, this still is the slowest annual growth rate from pricing for the cycle,” says Ten-X chief economist Peter Muoio. “April’s uptick in growth was seen across all major CRE sectors except hotel, where that segment’s fundamentals, as well as its pricing, continue dwindling. Meanwhile, the multifamily sector displayed the strongest pricing trends with a 1.8 percent gain in April.” The Ten-X Hotel Nowcast dipped 1 percent from March …
TEANECK, N.J. — Stonegate Realty has acquired an office and retail building located at 545 Cedar Lane in Teaneck. 545 Cedar Lane Associates LLC sold the 27,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The property features dedicated loading dock and freight facilities, as well as 8,300 square feet of retail space. James Postell, Rick Rizzuto and Dan Ligoner of Transwestern Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — Max Tsai and Peter Kosley of Henry S. Miller’s retail division have brokered the sale of Lucky 7 Plaza in Dallas. Located at 11252 Harry Hines Blvd., the 51,726-square-foot shopping center sits on 2.5 acres and is located near new DART stations along the green line. The property is part of the Asian Trade District. The buyer and seller were unnamed.
POMONA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Foothill Square, a 123,127-square-foot shopping center located in the Los Angeles suburb of Pomona, for an undisclosed price. David Ridgway of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private limited family partnership, and Ridgway and Dimitry Orlov, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, Reliable Properties, in the transaction. Superior Grocers and O’Reilly Auto Parts anchor the center, which is also home to tenants including Chase Bank and Carl’s Jr.
AURORA, COLO. — Matthews Retail Advisors has arranged the $4 million sale of Quincy Corners, a 15,765-square-foot shopping center located in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Patrick Toomey of Matthews represented the seller, Spirit Realty Capital, in the sale of the property to a private local investor. The Big 5 Sporting Goods-anchored center is fully occupied.
LOS ANGELES — Kennedy Wilson has arranged three leases for three fast casual poke restaurants: Hoke Poke, OkoPoki and Honeyfish Poke. Poke is a type of fish salad popular in Hawaiian cuisine. Hoke Poke signed a 10-year lease from Essex Portfolio for 1,200 square feet of space at 801 Hope St. in downtown Los Angeles. Hoke Poke plans to open in July with three more locations slated to open within the next year. OkiPoki inked a five-year lease from DTLA Development Group for 1,000 square feet of space at The Alexandria, located at 507 S. Spring St. in Los Angeles’ historic core. Honeyfish Poke opened a 1,100-square-foot location at 8850 Tampa Ave. in Northridge. The restaurant signed a five-year lease with 8850 Tampa Associates for the space. Honeyfish Poke is scheduled to open its second location in Westlake Village in May. Kennedy Wilson represented the landlords in each transaction.
CRYSTAL, MINN. — Paster Properties has acquired a 5,000-square-foot outparcel for the development of a retail building with a drive-thru located in Crystal, approximately ten miles outside of Minneapolis. The property is currently part of a Target parking lot. Paster Properties is pre-leasing the space to multiple retail users. Construction is set to begin upon lease signing.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a portfolio of nine mixed-use, elevator-serviced buildings in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. WHP LLC acquired the portfolio, which totals 487,700 square feet, from Intervest Development Corp. for $165 million. Located on major corridors between W. 164th and W. 192nd streets, the portfolio consists of 413 apartments, of which 70 percent contain two or more bedrooms; 48 street-level retail stores; two professional offices; and one rooftop antenna. Marcia Rose Yawitz, Ron Solarz and Wade Hazelton of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
GARLAND, TEXAS — InvestCore Commercial has brokered the $3.2 million sale of a 4,315-square-foot retail building in Garland, which is triple-net leased to Panera Bread. The 0.9-acre pad is located at 200 Town Center Blvd., directly adjacent to an In-N-Out Burger. The eatery is situated at the entrance to Firewheel Town Center, a more than 1 million-square-foot shopping center owned by Simon Property Group. Panera Bread opened on Feb. 8. The fast-casual bakery-café holds a 15-year ground lease, with three, five-year renewal options. Rent schedules include increases of up to 7.3 percent. An out-of-state investor purchased the asset from Next Play Firewheel LLC in an all-cash, 1031 tax-deferred exchange transaction. The deal closed at a 4.25 percent cap rate. Michael Campbell and Ed Colson of InvestCore Commercial represented the seller.