Retail

ACWORTH, GA. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Acworth Crossing and Acworth Avenue Shops in Acworth, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. Acworth Crossing sold for $12.5 million and Acworth Avenue Shops for $3.6 million. Acworth Crossing, a 118,829-square-foot center located at 3335 Cobb Parkway N.W., is 83 percent leased to tenants Best Buy, Michaels, PetSmart and Dollar Tree. Acworth Avenue Shops, a 16,130-square-foot, unanchored retail strip center, is fully leased to national and local tenants. Joseph Montgomery and Tony D'Ambrosio of Colliers International represented the sellers in the transactions. A CMBS bondholder was the seller of Acworth Crossing and a national shopping center owner was the seller of Acworth Avenue Shops.

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MIDDLE RIVER, MD. — Washington, D.C.-based Greysteel has arranged the sale of Miramar Plaza Shopping Center, a 37,000-square-foot, unanchored retail center located at 901-915 Middle River Road in Middle River, about 12 miles outside Baltimore. Gil Neuman of Greysteel represented the seller, Vanguard Equities, and procured the buyer, Aasan Investment LLC, in the transaction. The property is currently 92 percent leased.

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — It’Sugar has signed an eight-year lease for 2,250 square feet of space on Third Street in Downtown Santa Monica. The space is located at 1427 Third Street. The lease is valued at $6.2 million, or $312 per square foot, a record-breaking high in this shopping district. The global candy and gift retailer will occupy the space in March 2014. It’Sugar was represented by Jeremy Ezra of RKF. The landlord, Promenade Enterprises LP, was represented by Randy Starr of Avison Young.

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LOS ANGELES — Passco Companies has announced that the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles will undergo a repositioning. The Promenade is located at 6081 Center Drive in the Silicon Beach area of West Los Angeles. Dave & Buster’s and Buffalo Wild Wings are set to open at the center later this year, while Cinemark plans to enhance its recently purchased Rave Cinemas.

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ROCK HILL, S.C. — Morgan Property Group (MPG) has sold a freestanding Walgreens drugstore at the intersection of Heckle and Herlong boulevards in Rock Hill, part of the Charlotte MSA. MPG sold the store for about $6.4 million to Zosime LLC. MPG, through its affiliate Rock Hill I Realty LLC, developed the drugstore, which opened in July. The store is MPG's third Walgreens development in the Carolinas. Stream Capital Partners represented the buyer in the transaction. General Realty Partners LLC, the brokerage arm of MPG, and Paisley Gordon of CPG Real Estate Inc. represented the seller.

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MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6 million sale of Shoppes of Tamiami, a 12,909-square-foot retail strip center located at 14200 S.W. 8th St. in Miami. The center, which was developed in 2007, is 90 percent leased to Starbucks Coffee, Smoothie King, Mattress Firm, Massage Envy and T-Mobile. Drew Kristol and Kirk Olson of Marcus & Millichap's Miami office represented the seller, a Miami-based limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer is also a Miami-based limited liability company.

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CARY, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has brokered the sale of a 97,707-square-foot big box retail property, located at 960 Kildaire Farm Road in Cary. March Pottery LLC purchased the former Kmart from Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co. for approximately $3.3 million. Barry Bowling and Charlie Coyne of CBRE | Raleigh represented the seller in the transaction. Rich Roy of Casto represented the buyer.

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LOS ANGELES — Passco Companies has announced that the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles will undergo a repositioning. The Promenade is located at 6081 Center Drive in the Silicon Beach area of West Los Angeles. Dave & Buster’s and Buffalo Wild Wings are set to open at the center later this year, while Cinemark plans to enhance its recently purchased Rave Cinemas.

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RICHMOND, VA. — CBRE | Charlottesville has brokered the sale of Glen Lea Centre, a 78,493-square-foot shopping center located at 3802-3804 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Richmond. Save-A-Lot anchors the center, which also includes Dollar General, Rent-A-Center, KFC and Kool Smiles Children's Dentistry. PK Kamath of CBRE | Charlottesville, along with William Kent and Gary Lawrence of CBRE's Washington, D.C., office, represented the seller, PCS Glen Lea LLC, in the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Whole Foods Market has plans to open a new store in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. DL3, led by Leon Walker, will develop the 18,000-square-foot store. Slated to open in 2016, the grocery store is part of a 13-acre development located at a four-way intersection near Kennedy King Community College. The new store will bring an estimated 100 jobs to the area. Whole Foods provides healthy and organic food to its customers.

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