LAWRENCE, KAN. — Inland REIT Inc. has acquired a newly constructed retail center in Lawrence, approximately 25 miles east of Topeka. The 84,981-square-foot property is located at 2727 Iowa St. and was acquired for $20.7 million. Mark Cosenza of Inland REIT facilitated the transaction on behalf of Inland. The center is 100 percent leased. Tenants include Dick’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty and BootBarn. Dick’s Sporting Goods and PetSmart are currently open and operating, while the retail spaces for are Ulta Beauty and BootBarn are undergoing construction with an expected opening in the fourth quarter of this year.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. is launching a micro-restaurant program dedicated to attracting unique restaurant concepts to Waterside, a 63-acre mixed-use development under construction at Bryant Irvin Road and Arborlawn Drive in Fort Worth. Trademark will lease three or four micro-restaurant spaces ranging between 600 and 1,000 square feet to local and regional businesses. The micro-restaurants will be located around The Grove, Waterside’s central public space. The Grove will serve as the heart of the development, featuring outdoor seating for restaurants, public art and the re-use of existing playground and amusement ride equipment. Waterside broke ground on its first phase of development in 2014 and later announced its first anchor tenant, a 45,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market, the first in Fort Worth. The Grove and the first 383 multifamily units will be substantially complete by spring 2016 when the retail and restaurants are projected to open.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Cheney Center, an 11,375-square-foot retail property located in Mansfield. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Cheney Center is located at 640 W. Debbie Lane in Mansfield. The property is an 11,375-square foot multi-tenant retail center. At closing, the center was 83 percent occupied. Tenants consist of Comet Cleaners, Habaneros, Lucy Donuts, Fuji Foot Spa, Allstate, Edward D Jones and Uncle Bo’s Hamburgers. The building was constructed in 2002 and sits on 1.3 acres. The property is located on West Debbie Lane, just west of Highway 287.
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. — Colliers International has brokered the $9.6 million sale of a single-tenant retail site in the master-planned community of Rancho Santa Margarita in southern Orange County. Located at 22331 El Paseo, the single-tenant pad totals 74,000 square feet. The all-cash transaction closed with a cap rate of 5.5 percent. A 22,000-square-foot 24 Hour Fitness facility has occupied the site since 1997. The fitness facility also includes a sub-tenant chiropractic service. Mehran Foroughi and John Wadsworth of Colliers represented the seller, an Orange County-based private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.
LAS VEGAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.85 million sale of Tierra Rainbow, an 11,759-square-foot multi-tenant shopping center located in Las Vegas. Pablo Rodriguez of Marcus & Millichap worked on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.25 million sale of Metropolitan Plaza, a 21,208-square-foot multi-tenant retail center in Victorville. Pablo Rodriquez and Richard Vincent of Marcus & Millichap worked on behalf of the seller in the transaction. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale.
SAN FRANCISCO — Colliers International has hired Victoria Brodsky to its retail services group. Brodsky, who has participated in the closings of more than $500 million in transactions, will become a member of Julie Taylor’s retail team. Brodsky most recently served as a retail specialist at Cushman & Wakefield in San Francisco.
LITTLE ELM, TEXAS — Victory Real Estate Group, a commercial development and investment firm based in Dallas, has begun construction on a seven-acre tract located on the east side of FM 423, just south of Little Elm Parkway between Eldorado Parkway and FM 720/Main Street. The site will house Victory at Creekside, a mixed-use retail development that will include six pad sites, along with a 6,000-square-foot retail center. Victory anticipates completion of Victory at Creekside by the end of this year. The new retail center is 100 percent leased to tenants such as Fast Lane Car Wash, Jack in the Box, Taco Villa and Kiddie Academy Child Care.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty is developing an Aldi-anchored retail project in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The 13-acre parcel, owned by Bright Realty, includes a total of seven commercial pad sites to be developed by the company. Aldi is the first retailer to close within the development. The Aldi site, located on the southeast corner of Josey Lane and Windhaven Parkway, spans 1.8 acres. Two other tenants are under contract at two lots totaling 3.9 acres. Aldi plans to begin work on the Lewisville site in the first quarter of 2016. The new Aldi will be near Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Grandscape development and other Bright Realty developments including Crown Centre, a 150-acre office park, and Discovery at The Realm, a 4,000-unit multifamily project, both currently under construction.
SPRING, TEXAS — The Boulder Group, a net lease investment brokerage firm, has completed the $1.4 million sale of a newly constructed net leased O’Reilly Auto Parts store located at 5618 Treaschwig Road in Spring. O’Reilly Auto Parts is the sole occupant of the recently constructed 6,800-square-foot building. The property is shadow anchored by a Kroger grocery anchored center that is located across the street. The O’Reilly Auto Parts is located approximately five miles north of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a Midwestern family partnership who utilized a 1031 exchange. The seller was a national real estate development company. The O’Reilly Auto Parts lease is for 20 years and features a 6 percent rent escalation in years 11 and 16.