EULESS, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has completed an assemblage of 43 acres of land located at the northeast quadrant of Cheek-Sparger Road and Heritage Avenue west of State Highway 121 in Euless. The buyer, Tonti Properties, is expected to break ground in spring 2016 on Trinity Union, a 457-unit multifamily community. The project has a mixture of product types including a four-story wrap-style building with structured parking and separate townhome-style buildings with direct-access garages and private yards. Trinity Union will feature an urban design, and 19 acres of the site will be devoted to retail use. John Zikos, Ken Reimer, Christopher Gibbons and Cheryl Hill of Venture worked with Tonti to acquire three separate land tracts. In the most complex of the transactions, Venture represented the seller, a family that had owned a 25-acre tract for 54 years, while Wilson Stafford of Edge Realty Capital Markets represented Tonti Properties. In the other transactions, Venture and Edge co-represented Tonti Properties.
Retail
MURFREESBORO, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. plans to develop The Shoppes of Northgate, a $16 million shopping center located along Memorial Boulevard in Murfreesboro. GBT Realty acquired the 13.1-acre site across from the Walmart Supercenter in November for $2.4 million. The new shopping center will feature a 30,000-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market, as well as a PetSense, Liquor Barn and Newk’s Eatery. The new Sprouts store will be the fourth Sprouts that GBT Realty has developed this year. Construction on The Shoppes of Northgate is expected to begin this month, with store openings set for spring 2016. GBT Realty currently has $161 million of commercial space under development in the Nashville region.
DULUTH, GA. — SRS’ Southeast investment sales team has brokered the $16.4 million sale of Pleasant Hill Square, a 282,137-square-foot regional power center located in Duluth, an Atlanta suburb in Gwinnett County. Located at 2205 Pleasant Hill Road near the Satellite Boulevard intersection, the property is anchored by Toys “R” Us, Jo-Ann and Staples. Wells Fargo NA sold the shopping center to GW Real Estate of Georgia LLC. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS, along with Tony Bartlett and Chip Sipple of Lincoln Property Co., represented Wells Fargo in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Shake Shack, a popular burger restaurant that began as a hot dog cart in New York City in 2001, plans to open its first Kentucky eatery in Lexington. The restaurant will join the tenant roster of The Summit at Fritz Farm, a mixed-use food hall development that will feature national retailers, chef-driven restaurant concepts, Class A office space, a boutique hotel and upscale apartment residences. The project is set to open in March 2017. The one-level, 3,000-square-foot Shake Shack will anchor The Green, a communal area of the development. Other retailers joining Shake Shack include Whole Foods Market, Kendra Scott, J. McLaughlin, Brooks Brothers, Pottery Barn, J. Alexander’s, Babalu Tacos & Tapas, Steel City Pops and Arhaus.
NEW YORK CITY — H&M, a global fashion retailer, is opening its first location in Lower Manhattan. Situated within Westfield World Trade Center, the 25,000-square-foot store is slated to open in spring 2016. This location will be the first store in the United States to apply for LEED certification. The interior of the store will operate on renewable power sources, use less energy than a conventional office building, utilize LED lighting and Energy Star equipment and implement a recycling program throughout the store. The Westfield World Trade Center location is H&M’s 18th store in New York City.
NEW YORK CITY — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged a $3.5 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of a 10,000-square-foot retail building located at 172-178 Dyckman St. within Manhattan’s Inwood district. The seven-year, non-recourse loan features a 3.75 percent fixed interest rate with interest-only payments for two years and a 30-year amortization schedule. Additionally, the undisclosed borrower has an option to extend the loan for an additional five years. Bryan Houlihan and Mike O’Neill of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors secured the loan for the borrower. Christie Houlihan of Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman LLP provided legal counsel for the borrower.
CICERO, ILL. — Baum Realty Group LLC has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a retail property net-leased to Planet Fitness in metro Chicago. The property is located at 2300 S. Cicero Ave. in Cicero, a western suburb of Chicago. The fitness center is situated on 1.3 acres and includes 110 parking spaces. The building was renovated in 2010. Planet Fitness still has more than 10 years remaining on its lease with rental increases every five years. Brad Teitelbaum and Patrick Forkin of Baum Realty represented the seller in the transaction, a private local investor. The buyer was a private West Coast investor.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Bass Pro Shops has opened its first Connecticut location at Steelpointe Harbor, a 2 million-square-foot mixed-use property in Bridgeport. The 150,000-square-foot store features Uncle Buck’s Fish Bowl and Grill restaurant; Black Widow Billiards parlor with two tournament pool tables; a 12-lane bowling alley; an archery range; and an aquarium. Steelpointe Harbor, a 50-acre, $750 million project, is being developed by Bridgeport Landing Development, a subsidiary of The RCI Group.
HENDERSON, NEV. — GK Development Inc. has acquired Lake Mead Crossing, a 407,000-square-foot shopping center located in Henderson, for $42.8 million. The center is approximately 85 percent leased to tenants including Target, Ross Dress for Less, Big Lots, PetSmart, Marshalls, Ulta Beauty and Staples. Las Vegas-based Juliet Realty LLC will manage and lease the shopping center. Eastdil Secured represented the seller, Lake Mead Crossing LLC, in the transaction. Nevada State Bank and Wintrust Community Bank provided financing.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Halimeh Hamideh has leased 1,142 square feet of restaurant space at 133 N. Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos. The lessee plans to open a Pita’s Mediterranean Grill at the location within San Marcos Civic Center Plaza. The five-year lease has a $189,166 consideration. Bill Thaxton of Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate represented the lessor in the transaction. The lessee was self-represented.