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.
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.
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.
TOWNSEND, DEL. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has arranged $2.8 million in refinancing for a single-tenant retail store in Townsend, located about five miles south of Middletown. The 10-year loan carries a 4.44 percent interest rate and includes a 25-year amortization schedule. Walgreens occupies the property.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Realty Capital Management LLC (RCM) has brokered the sale of Eagle Mountain Plaza, a 17,000-square-foot retail property in Fort Worth. Located at 8455 Boat Club Road, the strip was 100 percent leased at the time of sale by tenants including Double Eagle Liquors, Gaskey’s Sports Grill, Papa John’s Pizza and Martini Tan. Mark Boone, director of commercial sales and leasing for RCM, represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Paragon Commercial Group, LLC, has purchased the 112,649-square-foot Woodland Hills Shopping Center for an undisclosed sum. It was purchased through PCG Woodland Hills Topanga LLC, an affiliate of Paragon. The center is located at 6201-6263 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills. It sits across from Westfield’s two existing Warner Center malls, as well as the proposed Village at Westfield Topanga, which is designed to be a 1-million-square-foot retail and entertainment complex. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale. Notable tenants include Toys “R” Us, Office Depot and Off Broadway Shoes.This is Paragon’s second acquisition in the San Fernando Valley. Both the company and the seller, Woodland Hills Retail, LLC, were represented by Bill Bauman and Kyle Miller of Studley’s National Retail Services Group.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Michaels Plaza, a 62,834-square-foot community shopping center in Riverside, has sold to The Krausz Companies for $15 million. The center is located at 10321-10357 Magnolia Ave. It was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants at the center include Michaels, David’s Bridal, Lamps Plus, AAA Gold Exchange, Armed Forces, GameStop and The Flame Broiler. Edward B. Hanley, William B. Asher and Kevin T. Fryman of Hanley Investment Group represented both the buyer and the seller, an Orange County, Calif.-based private partnership, in this transaction.
DUNDEE, MICH. — The Reichle | Klein Group has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a single-tenant property in Dundee, located about 50 miles southwest of Detroit. Applebee’s occupies the 5,466-square-foot, net-leased property. Perrysburg, Ohio-based HIZ Properties II LLC sold the building, located at 119 Whitetail Drive. Joe Belinske and Marty Gallagher of Reichle | Klein Group represented the seller in the transaction.
OCEANSIDE AND STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $94.5 million in long-term, permanent financing for a three-property retail portfolio in Long Island. The three loans were placed with two of Cronheim's life insurance company lenders. The 15-year, fixed rate loans include 25-year amortization schedules and an average interest rate of 3.6 percent. Situated on Long Beach Road, Oceanside Plaza is a 292,000-square-foot power center anchored by Waldbaum's, Marshalls, Kohl's, Michael's and Bed Bath & Beyond. Brooktown I, II and III are located adjacent to one another on Nesconset Highway across from the Smithtown Mall in central Suffolk County. Anchors include Lowes Home Improvement, Walbaum's, Marshalls/HomeGoods, Michael’s, AMC Loews Cinemas and Staples. David Turley, Anna Westhoff and Janet Proscia of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a family investment company.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Agree Realty Corp. has acquired a 45,000-square-foot LA Fitness located on East Ridge Road in Rochester for $10.3 million. The recently opened LA Fitness has approximately 15 years remaining on its initial lease. With this acquisition, Agree Realty Corp. owns two properties occupied by LA Fitness. “LA Fitness is the premier operator in the fast-growing health and fitness sector. We continue to execute on high-quality, accretive opportunities that complement our portfolio of net-lease assets,” says Joey Agree, president and CEO of Agree Realty.