Retail

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has brokered the $4.7 million sale of Bay Pines, a 9,110-square-foot retail strip center located along Bay Pines Boulevard in St. Petersburg. The property serves as an outparcel to a Walmart Supercenter and was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Starbucks Coffee, Supercuts and Jimmy Johns. Jeff Berkezchuk and Jim Michalak of Plaza Advisors represented the seller, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Kitson & Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed REIT. The transaction completes a three-property disposition that Plaza Advisors brokered on behalf of Kitson & Partners that includes adjacent Texas Roadhouse and Village Inn properties, which were sold to separate 1031 investors.

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SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Archway Capital has provided a $22.8 million loan for the purchase of Simi Valley Town Center, a 637,728-square-foot, open-air retail center situated on more than 42 acres in Simi Valley. Archway closed the non-recourse, two-year loan within 30 days of origination on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, Studio Movie Grill, Five Below, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Robin, Verizon Wireless, Corner Bakery and Starbucks Coffee are tenants at the center, which is located at 1403-1685 Simi Town Center Way and was built in 2005. According to Archway Capital, the new ownership has a strategic plan to reposition the property to lifestyle retail over the next 12 months.

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DENVER — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 6,233-square-foot commercial boutique building at 1532 Emerson St. in Denver. The three-story property traded for $1.3 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property, informally known as The Gargoyle Building, was originally built in 1937. Nick Schill of Pinnacle represented the seller, an entity doing business as FILROSS 1328 LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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EXTON, PA. — Kimberton Whole Foods will open a new, 14,000-square-foot store in Exton, roughly 30 miles outside Philadelphia. Construction on the building will begin before the end of October, with the opening scheduled for spring 2026. The store will be situated within the 800-acre Eagleview mixed-use development. Hankin Group is the developer and landlord. The store will be the eighth overall for the family-owned organic grocer.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group (DIG) has arranged the sale of Arapaho Village, a 101,507-square-foot shopping center located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. A 43,256-square-foot Tom Thumb grocery store anchors the center, which was roughly 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Papa John’s Pizza, Dutch Bros Coffee, WellMed and Anytime Fitness. David Disney and Adam Crockett of DIG represented the seller, New York City-based WASA Properties, in the transaction. An affiliate of Weitzman acquired the center for an undisclosed price. JLL arranged a six-year-fixed-rate acquisition loan through an undisclosed life insurance company for the deal as well as joint venture equity from an unnamed partner.

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NIXON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 23,957-square-foot retail building in Nixon, about 60 miles east of San Antonio. The building, which sits on 4.4 acres and was completed earlier this year, is occupied by Tractor Supply Co. via a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed lease. Zack House, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Tim Speck of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal.

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LOS ANGELES — JEBS Hollywood Entertainment LLC has acquired Dolby Theatre, an iconic live performance entertainment auditorium in Los Angeles’ Hollywood neighborhood. Terms of the transaction, which included two surface parking lots totaling 1.45 acres, were not released. Built in 2001 and home of the Academy Awards since 2002, the 180,000-square-foot theater offers 3,400 seats. The asset is located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. within the Ovation Hollywood retail complex. Chris Bonbright of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Will Poulsen and Peter Hajimihalis of JLL and Carl Muhlstein of Muhlstein CRE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Slatt Capital’s Antonio Hachem, Cornelius Baliukonis and Wendy Wang arranged debt financing, which was provided by Castellan Real Estate Partners. JEBS Hollywood Entertainment is led by Elie Samaha and includes Sherwin Jarol, Jeff Sagansky, Jonah Lazowski, Two Girls Holdings LLC and Sheikh Abdulla Bin Mohamed Al Qasimi through his investment firm, Master Investment Group.

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WARMINSTER, PA. — Kids Empire has opened a 12,000-square-foot indoor playground in Warminster, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The space is located within the 266,000-square-foot Center Point Place shopping center and features floor-to-ceiling climbing walls, play structures, ball pits, slides and interactive games. Rob Samtmann of Equity Retail Brokers represented Kids Empire in the lease negotiations. Westover Commercial owns Center Point Place.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.— Grand Rapids-based food solutions company SpartanNash has acquired Fresh Encounter Inc. (FEI), a 49-store supermarket chain with locations in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. This move expands SpartanNash’s retail footprint by 33 percent and marks the company’s second retail acquisition this year, following its purchase of Metcalfe’s Market in April. FEI operates stores under the banners Community Markets, Remke Markets, Chief Markets and Needler’s Fresh Market, and has been a food distribution customer of SpartanNash for 58 years. The transaction is expected to close in late November, subject to customary conditions.

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GENEVA, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Randall Square Shops in Geneva, about 40 miles west of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The 54,147-square-foot retail center is home to McAlister’s Deli, Hand and Stone Massage, For Eyes, Men’s Wearhouse, Golf Tec, Milan Laser and Popeye’s. Joe Girardi and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the seller, Viking Partners. Chicago-based Northpond Partners was the buyer.

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