AUBURN, ALA. — Pine Tree Silverpeak Retail Partners, a joint venture between Northbrook,Ill.-based Pine Tree Commercial Realty and New York-based Silverpeak Real Estate Partners, has joined with New York-based Privet Investments to acquire the 79,540-square-foot Hamilton Place Shopping Center, located at 2415 Moores Mill Rd. in Auburn. Publix anchors the center. Brent Gladden of Auburn-based University Real Estate Group represented the seller, Hamilton Place LLC, in the transaction.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Hobby Lobby has signed a 57,000-square-foot lease at the 704,480-square-foot Lawrenceville Market Shopping Center, located in Lawrenceville. Marshalls, Ross Dress for Less and AMC Theaters anchor the center. SRS Real Estate Partners represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
NEW YORK — Macy's Inc. plans to open two new stores in New York during the next two years. The first is a 160,000-square-foot Macy's in the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx that will open in fall 2013 or spring 2014. The new store will be built as part of Prestige Properties' expansion of Bay Plaza Shopping Center. The second is a 200,000-square-foot Macy's that will replace an existing Macy's store in Westfield South Shore in Bay Shore, N.Y. Construction will begin in mid-2012 and the store is expected to open in 2013.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. —Webster Bank has provided $21.3 million in construction and permanent financing for a new, 100,000-square-foot retail center on Tarrytown Road in Tarrytown, N.Y. The loan will finance the ground-up construction of a Super Stop & Shop and retail center, led by the New York-based Robert Martin Co. and Halpern Organization. Developers have broken ground on the project and completion of the first phase is slated for spring 2012.
FLOWER MOUND — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $3.9 million in permanent financing for the 30,939-square-foot Towne View Plaza, a shopping center located at 1900 Long Prairie Rd. in Flower Mound. John Stewart and Brock Yaffe of NorthMarq's Denver office arranged the financing through a credit union in Texas.
ROSWELL, GA. — The 102,888-square-foot Holcomb Woods Village, a shopping center located at 1570 Holcomb Bridge Rd., has sold for $3.42 million. Whitney Knoll, Mark Hillis and Fred Victor of Newmark Knight Frank's Atlanta office represented the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. through special servicer GE Capital Realty Group, the seller, in the transaction. The buyer was Charlotte, N.C.-based Hawthorne Retail Partners.
PORT RICHEY, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $1 million sale of a 6,750-square-foot retail property, located at 9644 Scenic Dr. in Port Richey. Cynthia Shelton of Colliers International's Orlando, Fla., office and Mike Milano of the firm's Tampa Bay, Fla., office represented the seller, 6341 Tacoma Dr. Holdings, in the transaction. Barry Goldstein with Goldstein Commercial represented the buyer, a private individual.
NEENAH, WIS. — Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust Inc. has purchased the $18.2 million Fox Point, a 171,121-square-foot shopping center in Neenah, Wis. anchored by a Pick 'n Save grocery store. Joe Consenza of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions represented Inland Diversified Real Estate in the transaction. The center was more than 98 percent leased at closing.
MANHATTAN — Jones Lang LaSalle has completed construction on two Uniqlo stores in Manhattan which total 153,000 square feet. The locations include the Japanese clothing retailer's New York global flagship at 666 Fifth Ave. and a store at 31 W. 34th St. The Fifth Avenue store opened Oct. 14 and includes a three-story atrium. The 34th Street store opened Oct. 21. New York-based Gensler and Tokyo-based Wonderwall Inc. served as the architects on the project. Fiskaa Engineering, Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP and Shawmut Design and Construction also participated in the design and construction of the stores. Jones Lang LaSalle was the project manager.
SAN ANTONIO — Austin-based EZCORP, Inc. has acquired fifteen pawn shops in the greater San Antonio area that were part of the Money Mart brand. The portfolio acquisition brings the total number of EZCORP stores in San Antonio to 37.
