MONROVIA, CALIF. – A 17,000-square-foot building in Monrovia that is triple-net leased to 24 Hour Fitness has sold to HREH LLC for $5.5 million. The building is located at 715 East Huntington Drive, within the East Huntington Drive technology corridor. It was built in 1995. 24 Hour Fitness has occupied the property for 19 years. The gym recently signed a 10-year lease extension. The seller, Monrovia Fitness LLC, was represented by Jeff Conover of Faris Lee Investments. The all-cash buyer represented itself.
Retail
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — Carmike Cinemas Inc. has opened Ovation 10 featuring Carmike Cinemas’ new cinematic dining experience in Bloomington. The new movie theater is located at 415 Detroit Drive. The dine-in entertainment complex features 10 large, wall-to-wall screens, all-new stadium seating with accessible service buttons, a projection system, which delivers crystal-clear 2D and 3D images, as well as special services for visually and hearing-impaired guests. The complex also provides kiosks and guest services and a cocktail lounge with a full service bar.
MINNEAPOLIS — Shorenstein Properties LLC has arranged the lease of 21,877 square feet of space for Sports Authority at the Minneapolis City Center. Sports Authority will occupy the ground-floor retail space on the Nicollet Mall and 7th Street side of the property. Sports Authority’s lease of space brings the total retail occupancy at Minneapolis City Center to 86 percent. Additionally, Shorenstein recently signed a lease for more than 40,000 square feet with discount luxury apparel retailer Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH for a store that is slated to open in April 2016. The Sports Authority store is expected to open this fall. Shorenstein Properties acquired Minneapolis City Center in 2012. Minneapolis City Center is the two-story retail portion of a 1.6 million-square-foot mixed-use development.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Bierbrier Development has purchased South Shore Plaza, a shopping center located at the corner of Routes 128 and 37 in Braintree. Carpenter & Co. sold the property for $41.5 million. The 45,000-square-foot retail property is fully occupied by a variety of local and national tenants, including Legal Sea Foods, Starbucks, AT&T, Jos. A. Bank and TGI Friday. Brian Corcoran of Ackman-Ziff arranged $29.6 million in acquisition financing through Wells Fargo for the transaction. Ben Sayles and Coleman Benedict of HFF represented the seller in the deal.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Devonshire REIT Inc., a private real estate investment trust (REIT), has acquired 12 Oaks Shopping Center, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Bradenton, for $10.8 million. 12 Oaks is an 80,499-square-foot neighborhood center located at the intersection of State Road 70 (Oneco-Myakka City Road) and I-75. The center was fully leased at the time of sale. The property was updated in 2013 with a new parking lot, lights and landscaping. Allowance for a new roof was included in the purchase price by the seller. This acquisition increases Devonshire’s total assets under management to $475 million and pushes total GLA past 4.7 million square feet.
OCOEE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.1 million sale of Towne Square shopping center, a 126,163-square-foot Old Time Pottery-anchored retail center at 11029 W. Colonial Drive in Ocoee, a city in Orange County. Old Time Pottery occupies 67 percent of the center, and the property was 100 percent occupied at the time of the sale, according to Marcus & Millichap. A Mobil gas station, McDonald’s, BMO Harris Bank and Arby’s are outparcels at Towne Square, and its major tenants include ACE Cash Express, Chokshi Dental, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Opti-Works, Papa John’s Pizza and Yoshi Steakhouse & Sushi Bar. Ray Turchi and Chris Travis of Marcus & Millichap’s Orlando office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Turchi and Travis also procured the buyer.
LAFAYETTE, IND. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of a 348,531-square-foot shopping center in Lafayette. A real estate investment trust sponsored and managed by Phoenix-based Cole Capital purchased the property for $54 million. Lafayette Pavilions Shopping Center is located at the southwest corner of State Road 26 and Creasy Lane. Gordmans, Hobby Lobby, Gander Mountain and TJ Maxx anchor the shopping center. Rick Drogosz and Ben Wineman of Mid-America, in cooperation with Mid-America Real Estate – Indiana LLC, were the exclusive brokers in the transaction on behalf of the seller, Dallas-based Invesco Real Estate.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Boxer Retail has arranged a lease with Town Center Bingo for 13,464 square feet of retail space at La Gran Plaza Mall in Fort Worth. Beatrice Townsend negotiated the lease on behalf of Boxer. La Gran Plaza is a regional mall located on the northwest corner of Seminary Drive and I-35. The mall includes more than 200 stores.
BELLEVUE, WASH. – Overlake Shopping Center, a 49,167-square-foot, grocery-anchored center in Bellevue, has sold to Panos Properties for $30 million. The fully leased property is located at 15555-15585 NE 24th Street. It is anchored by Trader Joe’s, PetSmart and Walgreens, the seller. Walgreens signed a 20-year lease with Panos as part of the sale-leaseback transaction. Panos Properties was represented by Reynolds Haas of Colliers International. Walgreens was represented by Lauren Powell of Powell Development Company in this off-market transaction.
ALTADENA, CALIF. – Altadena Crossing, a 43,108-square-foot shopping center, has sold to a private family trust for an undisclosed sum. The fully leased center is located at 2230-2268 Lincoln Ave. in Altadena, just north of Pasadena. It was built in 2006. Notable tenants include Verizon Wireless, Panda Express, Bank of America, 24 Hour Fitness and Subway. The latter three tenants were not part of the sale. The trust was represented by Martin Agnew and Jessica Kelley of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino office. The seller was not named. The transaction’s financing was arranged by Sharone Sabar of MMCC’s Encino office.