CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — L Street Self Storage Park, an 86,770-square-foot self-storage facility in Chula Vista, has received $6.3 million in permanent financing. The non-recourse loan features a 10-year term with a 30-year amortization period. It was arranged by James Dick of Newmark Realty Capital.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. – A 42,000-square-foot Ashley Furniture HomeStore has opened at Eastland Center in West Covina. The stand-alone building was previously occupied by Babies “R” Us. It is located 2753 E. Eastland Center Drive. Ashley was represented by Hodgdon Realty Group and Cole Real Estate Investments in this lease transaction. The Hodgdon Group also handled the entitlements and served as the design-build contractor on the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Stan Johnson Co. has completed the sale of a retail development property for $8.4 million. The property is fully leased to Bank of America and is located at the intersection of 18th Avenue and 66 Street in Brooklyn. Nearby tenants include Walgreens, CVS/pharmacy, TD Bank, Chase Bank, McDonald’s and Starbucks. Jason Maier of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a private corporation, and the 1031 tax-deferred exchange buyer, an individual investor, in the transaction. The property is slated for completion by mid-year 2013.
ROANOKE, TEXAS — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $13.9 million refinancing for Roanoke Crossing Shopping Center, a 78,222-square-foot retail center located at 101 E. Highway 114 in Roanoke. Walmart and The Home Depot anchor the center, but neither are part of the collateral. Other tenants include Dickey's BBQ Pit, Payless, Shoe Source and Subway. JP Morgan Chase, Just Brakes, Chili's, Sonic, Taco Bueno, Wells Fargo Bank and Wendy's occupy the seven pad sites. John Stewart and Ilan Reissner of NorthMarq Capital arranged the financing for the borrower, a national account.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. – A 42,000-square-foot Ashley Furniture HomeStore has opened at Eastland Center in West Covina. The stand-alone building was previously occupied by Babies “R” Us. It is located 2753 E. Eastland Center Drive. Ashley was represented by Hodgdon Realty Group and Cole Real Estate Investments in this lease transaction. The Hodgdon Group also handled the entitlements and served as the design-build contractor on the building.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Namdar Realty Grouup has acquired DeSoto Square Mall, a 680,000-square-foot enclosed mall in Bradenton. The mall is 75 percent occupied and major tenants include Macy's, JC Penney and Sears. “This is a great deal,” says Joel Gorjian, director of acquisitions and dispositions at Namdar. “There are plenty of great tenants, along with a solid amount of vacancy, which leaves us with some room to add value to the property.”
NEW ORLEANS — A new 13,000-square-foot Walgreens has opened in New Orleans on historic Magazine Street. The store includes a drive-thru window, full-service pharmacy and a Look Boutique that specializes in high-end cosmetics. Located at 5518 Magazine St., the site is the original home of the Ed Brauner American Legion Post #307, and portions of the building date back to 1947. To pay homage to the war veterans, several American Legion symbols were incorporated into the new design. Stirling Properties constructed the property, and the firm is currently building two additional Walgreens stores in Terrytown, La., and Pass Road in Fulport, Miss.
CHICAGO — The Terra Foundation for American Art has sold the retail portion of the Ritz-Carlton Residences Chicago Magnificent Mile for $86.6 million to New York-based Acadia Realty Trust. The 18,141-square-foot, two-story property, which is located 664 North Michigan Ave., housed the Terra Museum of American Art until 2004. Tommy Bahama and Ann Taylor occupy the majority of the retail space and account for 85 percent of the property’s net operating income.
COLORADO, SPRINGS, COLO., MARINA DEL REY, CALIF. – Target has purchased two cookware companies, one based in Colorado Springs and the other in Marina Del Rey, for undisclosed sums. Chefs Catalog is a direct-to-consumer specialty retailer of cookware, bake ware, cutlery, kitchen tools and cooking utensils. It maintains an online and retail outletout of Colorado Springs. Cooking.com is based in Marina Del Rey and offers more than 60,000 cookware and kitchenware products, as well as recipe and menu collections. The two businesses will be combined to create a new, wholly owned subsidiary of Target.They will continue to operate under their current names.
ATLANTA — Solon Mack Real Estate has acquired Bethesda Walk, a 68,271-square-foot shopping center in the Lawrenceville submarket of Atlanta, anchored by a Walmart Neighborhood Market. The center is located at the intersection of Lawrenceville Highway and Bethesda School Road. Margaret Caldwell and Kris Cooper led the Jones Lang LaSalle team that represented the seller, DLC Management Corp., in the transaction.