FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $1.4 million sale of a new McDonald’s ground lease in Farmington Hills. The 1.4-acre parcel is located along Grand River Avenue in metro Detroit. McDonald’s is the sole occupant of the 4,500-square-foot building. The property is fully leased to McDonald’s with 20 years remaining on the lease. The lease has escalating rents in the primary term and renewal option periods. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Chicago-based investment firm. A California-based high-net-worth investor purchased the property in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
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LAFAYETTE, LA. — The Ainbinder Co. has inked new lease agreements with several tenants for its Ambassador Crossing Shopping Center, which will be located at the intersection of Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Settlers Trace Boulevard in Lafayette. New tenants joining the Whole Foods-anchored center include J. Crew, Carter’s Babies & Kids, Osh Kosh B’Gosh, Lee Michaels Jewelers, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Sleep Number, Massage Envy, Which Wich and Superior Nails. Whole Foods will occupy 36,200 square feet of the 108,000-square-foot shopping center.
CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has arranged the $1.6 million sale of a retail condo in Chicago. The property is located at 3718 N. Southport Ave. in the Lakeview neighborhood’s Southport Corridor, a popular shopping destination. Tenants at the retail condo include Bank of America and Massage Envy. Bank of America recently exercised its first renewal option and has two years remaining on their lease. Massage Envy has more than eight years remaining on its recently signed lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Chicago-based developer, in the transaction. A West Coast-based investor purchased the property in an all-cash transaction.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Greenbriar North Center, an 84,465-square-foot shopping center in Houston. Constructed in 1981, the property is located at 17503 Imperial Valley Drive and houses tenants including Family Dollar, Citi Trends, Cricket, Cash America and Food World. Derek Hargrove and Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, Marcel Group, a developer based in The Woodlands. Hargrove and Miller also secured the buyer, a San Antonio-based private partnership completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. The property was listed with a price of $7.5 million.
WOODBURN, ORE. – A 20,196-square-foot retail property in Woodburn that used to house Hershberger Motors has sold to a limited liability company for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 777 Arney Road. The LLC plans to redevelop the property. It was represented by Will Stone of Marcus & Millichap’s Portland office.
OLYMPIA, WASH. – A 35,776-square-foot building in Olympia that is net leased to Big Lots has sold to an individual/personal trust for $3.7 million. The building is located at 2815 Capital Mall Drive SW. There is a little less than seven years remaining on the lease. The REIT seller was represented by Craig Fuller, Scott Wiles and Erin E. Patton of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland & Columbus offices. The buyer was represented by an agent out of the firm’s Palo Alto, Calif., office.
CORTEZ, COLO. – A 6,850-square-foot building in Cortez that is occupied by O’Reilly Auto Parts has sold to a 1031 exchange buyer for $1.7 million. The building is located at 1853 Main Street in southwestern Colorado near the Colorado-Utah-New Mexico-Arizona border. The buyer was represented by Matt Ritter, Cody Stambaugh and Peter Sengelmann of the Johnson Ritter Team at Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors. The unnamed seller was represented by Justin Brockman and JB Hochman of the Hochman Brockman Team from the same firm.
BESSEMER, ALA. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $5.9 million sale of a single-tenant CVS/pharmacy store located at 2901 Morgan Road in Bessemer, part of the Birmingham MSA. CVS has 10 years of lease term remaining at the 10,880-square-foot store. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a high net worth individual from the Midwest, in the transaction. The buyer was a private real estate investment company.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Orlando-based Cuhaci & Peterson | Architects, Engineers, Planners has completed the redesign of the Publix supermarket in Winter Park Village, a shopping center located at Canton Avenue and U.S. 17-92 in Winter Park. The redesigned Publix will offer 55,000 square feet of retail space. Construction on the project is currently underway.
EVERGREEN PARK, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $11 million sale of a single-tenant, triple-net leased retail property in Evergreen Park, a suburb 15 miles south of Chicago. Walgreens will be the sole occupant of the 14,820-square-foot retail building located at the southeast corner of W. 95th St. and S. Pulaski Road. Walgreens is relocating to this site from its existing building at 3545 W. 95th St. Walgreens opted to move two blocks in order to maximize vehicular traffic and store visibility. The new Walgreens property is set to open in July. The property is fully leased to Walgreens and will have 20 years of primary lease term remaining upon commencement. The lease features rental escalations in the primary term and renewal option periods. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a Massachusetts-based limited partnership in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.