SUNRISE, FLA. — The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has provided a $20.9 million CMBS loan to refinance Sawgrass Landings, a 64,500-square-foot shopping center in the Broward County city of Sunrise. The retail center’s tenant roster includes LA Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and FedEx Office. The mall is shadow anchored by Sawgrass Mills Mall. Steven Weiss, Romano Tio and Marc Sznajderman of RM Capital arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Trikon Sunrise LLC, which is managed by Jon Samuel. The loan features four years of interest-only payments.
PLANTATION AND PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — May Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of two net leased Petco stores in Plantation and Pembroke Pines to investors based in Venezuela and Portugal. Matthew May and Richard Huelsman of May Realty represented a U.S.- and Columbian-based family office in the sale of the two stores, which both had roughly four years remaining on their initial lease. The store at 12251 Pines Blvd. in Pembroke Pines sold for $5.9 million and the store at 8111 W. Broward Blvd. in Plantation sold for $7 million. The buyers purchased the assets in all cash. Alexandria Escudero of Miami-based Fortune Realty represented both buyers in the two transactions.
LOS ANGELES – A local private investor has purchased a 31,242-square-foot building in Los Angeles that is net leased to Stock Building Supply Holdings for $15.7 million. The building is located at 3860 Grand View Blvd. Stock Building Supply had occupied the building for more than 20 years before deciding to sell the property in late 2014. The lease was restructured into a 15-year term after the building was purchased. This space is the builder’s West Coast flagship property. Stock Building Supply was represented by Chris Sands of Sands Investment Group.
BUENA PARK, CALIF. – Tesla Motors has signed a seven-year lease for 23,000 square feet of space in Buena Park. The dealership is located at 6692 Auto Center Drive, within the Buena Park Auto Center. The space was previously occupied by Premier Chevrolet and General Motors. It served as a temporary location while the company’s five-acre dealership was being developed within the auto center. Jodi V. Meade of Avison Young represented both Tesla and the landlord, RST Associates, in this transaction.
MANITOWOC, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Harbor Town Center, a shopping center located in Manitowoc. Phoenix-based American Realty Capital Properties, on behalf of Cole Credit Property Trust IV Inc., acquired the 138,739-square-foot property for $18.5 million. Located at the northeast corner of Rapids Road and Calumet Avenue, the center is anchored by Kohl’s, MC Sports, Petco, Aspen Dental and Aldi’s. Rick Drogosz of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. and Dan Cohen of Mid-America – Wisconsin LLC represented the seller, Green Bay, Wis.-based Commercial Horizons, in the transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Cypress Equities plans to renovate Bassett Place mall’s food court and add the area’s first Dave & Buster’s into the current merchant roster. Dave & Buster’s anticipates the opening of the new El Paso location at Bassett Place later this year. To make way for the nearly 36,000-square-foot entertainment destination, Bassett Place’s Café Plaza Food Court will be redeveloped into a smaller six-unit facility. The existing food court will be closed for the remainder of 2015, with new eateries slated to open during the first quarter of 2016. Built in 1962 on 56 acres of what was then the far-east side of El Paso, Bassett Place is El Paso’s original shopping center. The development is anchored by Costco Wholesale, Kohl’s, Ross, Target and Premiere Cinemas + IMAX. Specialty shops include Finish Line, Rack Room Shoes, David’s Bridal, GameStop, rue21, Express, F.Y.E and Office Depot.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Logan’s Roadhouse, a 6,165-square-foot net-leased property located in Corpus Christi. Jason Vitorino, Adam Gottschalk and Jared Aubrey of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Vitorino, Gottschalk and Aubrey also procured the buyer, a local private investor. Logan’s Roadhouse is located at 5057 S. Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi, adjacent to Highway 358. Built in 2007, the asset is a pad site to Academy Sports+ Outdoors, Walmart and Home Depot. At the time of listing, Logan’s Roadhouse had 13 years remaining of its original 20-year net lease.
HOBART, IND. — The Boulder Group has completed the sale of a single-tenant, net-leased Walgreens property in Hobart, Ind. The 15,120-square-foot property is located at 732 W. Old Ridge Road. Walgreens has 16 years remaining on its lease that expires in December 2031. Walgreens has operated at this property since 2001. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. The seller was a Midwest-based institution and the buyer was an international investor.
SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.9 million sale of TGI Friday’s, an 8,000-square-foot net-leased property located in Springfield. The property is located at 3242 S. Stewart Ave. Chad Lieber and Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller, a private investor. Brett Chetek, a broker in Marcus & Millichap’s St. Louis office, assisted in closing the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Ed Colson Jr. and Michael Campbell have opened InvestCore Commercial, a boutique investment advisory firm focused on net leased investments. The new office is located at 3910 West Point Loma in San Diego. The two brokers have more than 20 years of experience in the net-lease investment field. They were both formerly with DTZ / Cassidy Turley. InvestCore Commercial will focus on the acquisition and disposition of retail properties nationwide. Clients include private investors, 1031 and 1033 exchange buyers, developers, franchisees, REITs and institutional investment funds. Though the firm specializes in single-tenant, net-leased properties with high credit and low risk, Campbell believes he and his partner’s expertise can help investors identify deals they may not have otherwise considered.