DALLAS — Café Victoria will join a 75-acre mixed-use development in downtown Dallas as its first coffee shop. Owned and operated by Victory Park resident Luciana Gómez, Café Victoria will serve coffee and pastries. The shop is scheduled to open in January 2016 and will be located on Victory Park Lane next to Buda Juice. Victory Park features more than 165,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, including Buda Juice, Chad Rookstool Salon, Classic Pilates, Cook Hall, Hard Rock Café, The Hangar, Havana Social Club, House of Blues, Jimmy John’s, Kenichi, Medina Oven & Bar and Metro Tickets.
HOUSTON — Moviehouse & Eatery, a dine-in cinema company, plans to open its first location in the Houston market. M&E Texas Moviehouse LP has contracted to purchase a 5.9-acre tract in the Cypress Creek Lakes master planned development near the intersection of Fry and Tuckerton roads. Plans are underway for a 10-screen Moviehouse & Eatery, which features reserved seating in recliners and wall-to-wall screens. Construction is expected to start in early 2016 for a spring 2017 opening. The Austin-based dine-in theater company also operates three theaters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with more Texas locations in works.
WILLINGBORO, N.J. — Delco Development LLC has completed the sale of Willingboro Town Center South, a retail shopping center located at 4364 US 130 in Willingboro. Circle F Capital purchased the 29,246-square-foot property free and clear of existing debt for $7.8 million. Situated on four acres, the center is 93.7 percent leased to a variety of tenants including Ruby Tuesday, Rita’s, Bagel Café, Credit Union of New Jersey, Verizon, GNC, Subway, Hardee’s, Panda Garden, Hair Cuttery, Nail Splash and The Laundry Experience. Chris Munley and Jose Cruz of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
TAMPA, FLA. — HFF has arranged the $7.7 million sale of Northwest Plaza, a 46,904-square-foot shopping center located in Tampa’s Citrus Park area; and the $6.7 million sale of Suncoast Crossing, a 29,289-square-foot shopping center located in the Tampa suburb of Odessa. Brad Peterson and Whitaker Leonhardt of HFF represented the seller, Redstone Investments, in the transaction. Cole Credit Property Trust IV Inc. (CCPT IV) acquired Northwest Plaza and APTT Investments LLC acquired Suncoast Crossing in two separate transactions. VEREIT Inc. worked on behalf of CCPT IV in the purchase of Northwest Plaza. Both centers were fully occupied at the time of sale.
LOS ANGELES — Grocery Outlet Bargain Market plans to open 14 stores throughout the Los Angeles area beginning in December and continuing through 2016. According to the company, shoppers have saved more than $1 billion on products purchased at Grocery Outlet as compared to traditional grocery stores this year alone. The company’s buyers negotiate directly with manufacturers to buy overstock and surplus products at discounts.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant net lease Hooters located at 6904 Argus Drive in Rockford, which is approximately 90 miles northwest of Chicago. The property is 4,700 square feet and sold for $1.9 million. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented both the buyer and seller who are undisclosed. There are over five years remaining on the corporately guaranteed Hooters lease. The lease features no landlord responsibilities and 10 percent rental escalations every five years. The Boulder Group is a boutique investment real estate service firm specializing in single-tenant net lease properties.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CBRE|UCR has completed a new retail lease in Fort Worth on behalf of Eatzi’s Market & Bakery. The eatery signed a lease for an end cap space at the University Park Village Shopping Center located one block south of I-30. CBRE|UCR’s Greg Pierce and Ryan May handled site selection for Eatzi’s and represented the restaurant in the lease transaction with Simon Property Group, the landlord, which was represented in-house by Greg Vlahos. The Dallas-based chain, which already has retail locations in Plano, Grapevine, Highland Park and Uptown/Oak Lawn, expects to open the new Fort Worth store in late 2016 or early 2017. The company opened its first retail location in 1996. Eatzi’s Market & Bakery is a European-style eatery with dishes including grilled meats and seafoods, sushi, sandwiches and salads, deli meats and cheeses, pastries, desserts, beer and wine.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Town and Country Shopping Center, a 92,956-square-foot retail property located in Midland. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Levy also secured the buyer, a private investor. Town and Country Shopping Center is located on a 9.3-acre site at 1000 N. Midkiff Road. The property is 88 percent occupied and all leases are triple net. Furr’s Cafeteria, Dollar Tree and Planet Fitness anchor the center. Major retailers in the immediate area include Subway, Sonic, McDonald’s, Hastings, Payless ShoeSource, Dollar General, Gold’s Gym, Lack’s Furniture, Comet Cleaners, Allstate Insurance, Quiznos and Advance Auto Parts.
FRESNO, CALIF. — FresYes Realty has leased 1,320 square feet of retail space in Fresno. The space is located at 7785 N. Palm Ave. The landlord is Park Place Retail Partners LLC. John Lee and Lewis Smith of Retail California and Scott Christensen of Newmark Grubb Pearson Commercial brokered the transaction.
SUWANEE, GA. — South Coast Commercial has purchased Laurel Springs Village, a 21,710-square-foot shopping center located at 3590 and 3592 Old Atlanta Road in Suwanee. The South Carolina-based investor acquired the fully occupied asset from Laurel Springs Holdings for $4.1 million. Built in 2004, the property is anchored by Titan Team Sports and leased to nine other tenants. Kevin Markwordt and Fred Victor of Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction.