CORONA, CALIF. — NAI Capital has arranged the sale of a freestanding, 9,000-square-foot retail property located within a grocery-anchored shopping center located at 1187 E. Magnolia Ave. in Corona. Boca Raton, Fla.-based KC Propco sold the property to Newport Beach, Calif.-based Corona Temescal Village5 for $2.1 million, or $235 per square foot. By the end of escrow, the property was fully leased. Mario Alvarez and Lidia Talavera of NAI Capital represented the seller.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has completed a lease for 12,945 square feet of retail space at 2550 Jason Court within the Jason Court Business Park in Oceanside. Black Plague Brewing plans to open in the location sometime in the next six months. Monique Medley of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County represented Black Plague Brewing, while Bob Willingham of Kidder Mathews represented the landlord, Southwest Greene International Inc. The lease was valued at approximately $724,000.
LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS — Houston-based brokerage Baker Katz has arranged the lease of a freestanding, 23,500-square-foot building to discount grocery chain Aldi in Lake Jackson, located approximately 55 miles south of Houston. The building is located at the corner of State Highway 288 and This Way Street. Streetwise Realty Partners represented the tenant. Situated near Lowe’s Home Improvement and Dow Chemical’s new campus, the new Aldi is slated to open this fall.
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.
