PARAMUS, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of two retail buildings, totaling 7,700 square feet, located in Paramus. Situated on a 34,023-square-foot lot at 144 and 148 Route 4 East, the properties are fully leased to Cleopatra Tile & Bath and Paramus Furniture and Dinettes. Dominic Fittizzi of NAI Hanson represented the seller, Meyn Trust, and the buyer, Urban Edge Properties, in the transaction. The buyer plans to use the buildings as a short-term investment. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Frankford Point Plaza, a 31,686-square-foot retail property located in Carrollton. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Chad Knibbe of the firm’s San Antonio office secured the buyer, a private investor. Frankford Point Plaza is located at 1837 W. Frankford Road. The center is 94 percent occupied, and all leases are triple-net. Tenants include Villa Mediterranean Grill, Carrollton PMT Center, Corporate Caterers, Allstate Insurance, Two Men Music, US Healthworks, The Daiquiri Shoppe, Big Slick Poker Academy and Renegade Classics DFW. The building was constructed in 2002 and sits on 4.3 acres.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Guy Arnold has been named president of Hunt Real Estate. In this role, Arnold will be responsible for managing all aspects of Hunt’s real estate equity investment portfolio, including acquisitions and dispositions of real assets. Arnold has more than 25 years of real estate experience. In 2013, he founded GMA Holdings, a commercial real estate investment firm in Denver. Prior to that, Arnold served as president of Denver-based Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund, where he led all functions of the $2.9 billion REIT, including property acquisitions, dispositions, asset management, finance, reporting, human resources and investor relations. Arnold also held the position of managing director at Cherokee Investment Partners and vice president at Colorado & Santa Fe Land Co. Arnold is a member of the Board of Directors of the Meridian Fund Inc., a family of mutual funds; a member of the Board of Directors for The Children’s Hospital of Colorado Finance Committee; chairman of the Trusts and Endowments Committee for the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado; and a former member of the Board of Directors of Steele Street Bank & Trust, a $550 million Denver community bank that recently sold to MidFirst Bank. Arnold earned a Bachelor …
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between AGC SD Retail Holdings and Citivest Commercial Investments has purchased a nine-property retail portfolio in San Diego for $183.2 million. The portfolio contains a total of more than 520,000 square feet. The properties include retail space within Pacific Coast Plaza and Town Center North in Oceanside; Palm Promenade and Stonecrest Plaza in San Diego; East County Square and East County Village in El Cajon; and EastLake Terraces, Eastlake Village Center East and Southbay Marketplace in Chula Vista. The portfolio’s average occupancy rate was more than 92 percent at the time of sale, with 78 percent of that being credit, national or regional tenants. Notable tenants throughout the portfolio include Best Buy, Stater Brothers, Bed Bath & Beyond, GNC, Supercuts, Payless Shoes, Starbucks, Wells Fargo, Subway, USPS and Massage Envy. The portfolio will be managed by Voit Real Estate Services. Brokerage was handled by Flocke & Avoyer.
LOS ANGELES — A 420,000-square-foot, first-of-its-kind wellness village will break ground next summer in the Los Angeles submarket of Palmdale. Dubbed the Oasis, this development will offer a continuum of care adjacent to Palmdale Regional Medical Center. The new project will sit on 17.5 acres that includes multiple districts promoting health and wellness. The Oasis will contain public amenities and public infrastructure improvements that will enhance the project’s look and feel. This will include a public pavilion, parking, circulation amenities, a park, pedestrian areas, signage, decor and landscaping. It will also include services like yoga, a farmer’s market and physical therapy sessions. The $200 million Oasis is being developed by Thomas Partners Properties, which is collaborating with nationally renowned leaders in healthcare to provide safe, reliable and branded healthcare services. It is being designed by HKS architects.
LAS VEGAS — Cornerstone Capital has purchased Crossroads Towne Center, a 148,791-square-foot shopping center in North Las Vegas, for $52 million. The center is located at 6436-6592 N. Decatur Blvd. Crossroads Towne Center is anchored by Super Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond. Other notable tenants include Bank of America, Hallmark, Radio Shack, Payless, GNC, Starbucks and Baskin Robbins. The center was completed in 2007. It can be seen from the 215 Freeway. The seller, EagleCrossroads Center 2 LLC, was represented by Jeff Mitchell and Chris Emanuel of Virtus Commercial, and by DTZ’s Michael Hackett, Vic Russell and Ryan Schubert.
LAS VEGAS — Dynamic Development has purchased a 5-acre parcel on Las Vegas Boulevard for $6.5 million. A 22,000-square-foot build-to-suit Total Wine & More will occupy the property, alongside an additional 30,000 square feet of retail space. Bill Dunbar and Houston Carr of Dunbar Commercial are in charge of leasing for the project.
Rhode Island’s retail market continues to improve, although not to the point that new ground-up major projects are feasible. There is considerable activity with retailers expanding and absorbing the existing supply of retail space. In the past few years, a lot of the activity has focused on absorbing the mid-size boxes that went dark after the start of the recession, due to the closings of stores such as Circuit City, Linens ’N Things, and Borders. The leasing activity over the last several years seems to be the final stages of the absorption of these vacant boxes. As the supply of these existing anchor spaces continues to be reduced, the health of the retail market continues to improve with the result being a slight upward pressure on rents. The 500,000-square-foot Garden City Center in Cranston, which first opened in 1948, continues to upgrade its tenants, with The Wilder Company’s ongoing multi-year expansion and renovation of Rhode Island’s premier open-air mixed-use shopping center. New tenants opening over the last year include The Container Store, which has taken 25,000 square feet, as well as French natural skin care retailer L’Occitane and natural burger concept b. good. Additional new leases have been signed with …
CENTREVILLE, VA. — The KLNB Retail Investment Sales Group has brokered the $55.5 million sale of Old Centreville Crossing, a 170,000-square-foot shopping center located at 13810-13860 Braddock Road in Centreville, a town in Northern Virginia. The shopping center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as H-Mart, Spa World, IHOP, Glory Days Bar & Grill and Woori American Bank. Andy Stape, Mat Adler and Vito Lupo of KLNB Retail represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was JBG/Old Centreville LLC.
SAN DIEGO – The 10,981-square-foot retail portion of a condominium complex at 101 Market Street in San Diego has sold to PREF ATRIA LLC for $4.5 million. The three-unit space is on the ground floor of Atria, a 149-unit residential condo complex that was built in 2002. The commercial space is fully leased to Banfield Pet Hospital, Lion Coffee, Chase ATM, Carrington Real Estate and Simon’s Deli & Catering. Bill Shrader, David Maxwell and Joe Brady of Colliers International’s Urban Property Group represented both the buyer and the seller, 101 Market Partners LLC, in this transaction.