SPRINGFIELD, ILL., TERRE HAUTE AND EVANSVILLE, IND. — Carrols Restaurant Group Inc. has signed definitive agreements to purchase 64 Burger King restaurants from certain subsidiaries of Heartland Food LLC for approximately $18 million excluding inventory. The restaurants include 11 restaurants in Springfield, Ill., 15 restaurants in Terre Haute, Ind., seven restaurants in Evansville, Ind., 27 restaurants in Nashville, Tenn. and four restaurants in other markets. The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions. In conjunction with the transaction, Burger King Corp. has also agreed to make a cash payment to Heartland at closing based on Carrols’ commitment to remodel 46 of the restaurants. Closing is expected to occur in late September or early October.
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GURNEE, ILL. — The Boulder Group has completed the $2.2 million sale of a single-tenant IHOP property in Gurnee, approximately 40 miles north of Chicago. The property is located at 5670 Northridge Drive. The IHOP is an outparcel to Six Flags Great America, a 304-acre theme park. The restaurant is also near Gurnee Mills, a 1.8-million-square-foot indoor mall featuring Bass Pro Shops, Macy’s, Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory and Sears. IHOP has approximately two years remaining its lease, which expires February 29, 2016. The lease is triple-net and features no landlord responsibilities. IHOP is a subsidiary of DineEquity. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Florida-based private individual. A Chicago-based real estate investor purchased the property in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
NORTHWOOD, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $450,000 sale of an Arby’s located in Northwood, approximately eight miles southeast of Toledo. Bob Havasi of the Cooper Commercial Investment Group in Cleveland represented the seller, a New York partnership. A California-based private investor purchased the property in an all-cash transaction.
RAMSEY AND NORTHVALE, N.J. — Winick Realty Group NJ has brokered the leases for two new Jersey Mike’s locations in Bergen County, N.J. The sandwich shop leased 1,736 square feet at 557 North Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey and 1,750 square feet at 246 Livingston St. in Northvale. The Northvale location opened in June and the Ramsey location is expected to open in September. Gary Krauss of Winick Realty Group NJ represented Jersey Mike’s in both transactions. Gregg Slater of Equity Associates represented the landlord, Northvale Shopping Center Associates, in the Northvale lease, while the Ramsey landlord, Landmark Real Estate, was represented in-house.
SAN DIEGO – A 35,000-square-foot restaurant space in Encinitas has sold to PS2 Pacific LLC for $6.5 million. The property is located at 2530 Highway 101 in the San Diego submarket. The buyer plans to operate a new restaurant on the property, which has been vacant for more than a year. The buyer also owns Pacific Coast Grill, which is adjacent to the property. PS2 was represented by Richard Lebert and Matt Zimsky of Colliers International. The seller was Avolencia Group LLC.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Gap and J. Crew have leased space at Westgate Center in San Jose. Gap Factory Store has leased 10,910 square feet. It is set to open later this year next to Old Navy. J. Crew has leased 5,750 square feet. That store is scheduled to open in spring 2015. Other new additions to Westgate Center include the Nike Factory Store and Skechers Factory Outlet. The center is owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $15.5 million loan to refinance Park Place Promenade, a 172,086-square-foot retail center in Pensacola. The total collateral for the property is 83,902 square feet. Park Place Promenade was constructed in 2003-2004 and is comprised of five in-line buildings. The property has averaged above 91 percent occupancy since 2008. The unnamed borrower used the loan to pay off an existing CMBS loan that KeyBank originated in 2004.
BEAR, DEL. — CBRE Inc. has brokered the sale of Eden Shopping Center in Bear. MCB Real Estate purchased the 235,508-square-foot shopping center from Bellevue Holdings for an undisclosed price. Giant Food Store and Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse anchor the center. Kevin McClernon and George Schmitt of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
FALL RIVER, MASS., HALFMOON, N.Y., AND LATROBE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered two separate retail property transactions totaling $14.8 million in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. In the first transaction, Pentucket Motor Lodges Inc. acquired a 3,844-square-foot McDonald’s property located within the newly developed Crossroads at 24 in Fall River for $2.2 million. The asset includes a new 30-year McDonald’s ground lease with four five-year options and 10 percent rental increases scheduled every five years throughout the base term and option periods. Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers, First Bristol Corp. and Marshal Properties, and the buyer in the transaction. Additionally, Horvath and Tremblay completed a 1031 exchange for Yarmouth Mayflower. The company purchased two Walgreens locations in Halfmoon and Latrobe for $12.6 million.
SAN DIEGO – SR Commercial has acquired the Mark II Portfolio, an industrial and office portfolio in San Diego that contains a total of 228,061 square feet, for $35.1 million. The portfolio includes 9450, 9484, 9530, 9537, 9557, 9705, 9707, 9779 Candida Street; 9474, 9524 and 9545 Kearny Villa Road; 9550 Miramar Road; and 9606, 9636, and 9663 Tierra Grande Street. The portfolio is 94 percent leased. About 65 percent of this space will become available over the next three years. All of the properties were built between 1982 and 1999. The portfolio’s largest tenant is 24 Hour Fitness, which occupies the full 31,000-square-foot building at 9550 Miramar Road. Other tenants include White Labs, S&R Sports Inc., Secure Transportation and John Deere Landscapes. Rick Reeder, Brad Tecca, Bryce Aberg and Brant Aberg of Cassidy Turley represented both the buyer and seller, TA Associates Realty, in this transaction. The Abergs will continue to provide leasing services to the new ownership.