CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $16.5 million sale of a 16,047-square-foot Walgreens drugstore in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. The sales price equates to $1,033 per square foot. The drugstore is located across the street from grocer Jewel-Osco at 5440 N. Clark St. The property underwent an extensive rebuild and retrofit to maintain its historic look. Walgreens signed an absolute-net, 75-year lease on the property in 2011. Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller, an overseas partnership. Jamie Medress and Mark Ruble of the firm’s Phoenix office represented the undisclosed buyer.
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DURHAM, N.C. AND FLORENCE, S.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed $17.1 million in first mortgage loans for The Shops at Erwin Mill in Durham and Crossroads Shopping Center in Florence. Taylor Williams of Grandbridge’s Jacksonville, Fla., office originated both loans. The 10-year loan for the refinancing of the 86,901-square-foot Shops at Erwin Mill was arranged through an unnamed life insurance company. The 10-year loan for the refinancing of the 110,675-square-foot Crossroads was arranged with a 30-year amortization schedule and two years interest-only payments through an unnamed CMBS lender.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.1 million sale of a net-leased retail property located in Pensacola. Walmart Neighborhood Market has a 20-year ground lease on the asset. Don McMinn and Zachary Taylor of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a Tennessee-based developer, in the transaction. Patrick Furlong of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office secured and represented the buyer, a private investor based in California that purchased the asset in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Kirk Felici of Marcus & Millichap assisted in the transaction.
NORTH HANOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the sale of a 9,333-square-foot property in North Hanover Township for $1.4 million. Located at 189 Jacobson New Egypt Road, the newly constructed freestanding property is fully net-leased to Dollar General for a 10-year term with two five-year option periods. Charles Berger and Elli Klapper of CBRE’s Investment Properties Group represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, an out-of-state investor, offered an aggressive capitalization rate for the asset and plans to hold the corporately guaranteed property for investment purposes.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — SHOP Cos. Investment Sales has arranged the sale of Matlock Center, a 40,027-square-foot shopping center shadow-anchored by a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Mansfield. The property is 40 miles southwest of downtown Dallas at the intersection of Matlock Road and Debbie Lane. At the time of closing, Matlock Center was 90 percent leased to tenants including Subway, Pizza Hut, Great Clips, Liberty Tax Service, Advance America and No Frills Grill. Tommy Tucker of SHOP Cos. Investment Sales represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited liability company. The buyer was an Arlington-based limited liability company.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC has acquired Riverbend Marketplace, a 142,617-square-foot shopping center in Asheville. Pine Tree purchased the asset in the city’s Tunnel Road Corridor in partnership with Wanxiang America Corp. Riverbend Marketplace’s tenant roster includes Kohl’s, rue 21, Great Clips, Family Christian Stores and PetSmart. The shopping center is Pine Tree’s first asset in North Carolina.
PEARL, MISS. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $2.3 million sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 1039 Centre Pointe Blvd. in Pearl, 10 miles east of downtown Jackson. The newly constructed, 20,317-square-foot property is leased to Safelite AutoGlass for 15 years. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a Florida-based real estate investment firm, in the transaction. The seller was a real estate developer based in Texas.
KENWOOD, OHIO — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $32 million sale of two fully occupied retail centers in Kenwood, an affluent suburb of Cincinnati. The properties, which are located across the street from each other, include Kenwood Pavilion and Kenwood City Place. Donald MacLellan, Richard Chichester, Chris DePierro and Tom Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller, a joint venture between Cincinnati-based Jeffrey R Anderson Real Estate and Kentucky-based P&P RE LLC. The team also represented the buyer, Colorado-based GDA Real Estate Services LLC, who purchased the portfolio in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
EDEN PRAIRIE, BLOOMINGTON, ORONO AND MOUND, MINN. — MJ Partners Real Estate Services has brokered the $22 million sale of a four-property Metro RV & Mini Storage Portfolio in Minneapolis. Metro Storage HHF Venture LLC, a joint venture between Lake Forest, Illinois-based Metro Storage and Chicago-based Heitman, purchased the properties. The portfolio consists of 208,184 rentable square feet with 1,501 storage units and 448 RV/parking spaces. The properties are located in Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Orono and Mound, Minn. The portfolio features overall occupancy of 82.2 percent for three stabilized properties, and 53 percent for the recently opened Orono property. The properties will all be rebranded as Metro Self Storage.
WILKES BARRE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Midtown Village in downtown Wilkes Barre. A Wyoming Valley private investor acquired the 25,583-square-foot shopping center from an affiliate of Wilkes Barre-based Humford Equities. Located at 41 South Main St., the shopping center was developed in 1978. Jeff Algatt, Dean Zang and Mark Taylor of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller. Additionally, Algatt secured the buyer.