DORAL, FLA. — Fraga Properties has broken ground on the 8,000-square-foot Phase II of the 40,000-square-foot Shops of Doral, located at N.W. 74th Street and N.W. 107th Avenue in Doral. Development costs will exceed $1 million. Current tenants include CVS/pharmacy, Bank of America, Wine & Spirits Emporium, Subway, Metro PCS and more. Completion is slated for spring 2012.
NEWARK, N.J. — Damascus Bakeries, a commercial baking company, is relocating its Brooklyn operations to 60 McClellan St. in Newark, N.J. The 117,419-square-foot industrial building was purchased for $3.5 million and is scheduled to open in early 2012. Damascus plans to invest about $1.2 million in site improvements and upgrades.
HOUSTON — A $15 million, top-to-bottom renovation of the 360,000-square-foot Marq*E Entertainment Center, located at 7620 Katy Freeway in Houston, is now complete. The property is owned by Houston-based Fidelity Realty Advisors and Los Angeles-based Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds, a joint venture between Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and former NBA star Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Fidelity oversaw the renovation, which included adding three new pad sites totaling 25,000 square feet, demolishing a building fronting, enhancing signage, adding a new Houston Police Department storefront, landscaping and adding approximately 240 new parking spaces. The development has also added new tenants including Bank of America, T-Mobile, Subway, Panda Express and Chik-fil-A.
HOUSTON — Ross Dress For Less has opened a 21,121-square-foot store, located in North 45 Plaza in Houston. North 45 Plaza is a 132,239-square-foot retail development owned by Brixmor Property Group.
SAN DIEGO – A multi-tenant strip center that is located in the Torrey Highlands master-planned community in a San Diego submarket has sold to Paragon Acquisitions, LLC for $5,254,000. Paragon represented itself in the transaction, while the seller, Torrey Highlands Plaza, LLC, was represented by Paul Lafrenz, Paul Komadina, Reg Kobzi and Joel Wilson of the CBRE Private Capital Group.
STREETSBORO, OHIO — Wendy's Co. will open a new restaurant at 4931 N. Oak Traffic Way in the North Oak Village Shopping Center in Kansas City, Mo. Located at the intersection of North Oak and Vivion roads, the 3,000-square-foot restaurant will open to the public Oct. 15.
HOOVER, ALA. — Tameron Automotive Group has acquired a 40,242-square-foot retail site, located at 1591 Montgomery Hwy. in Hoover, from Frank Schilleci for $1.5 million. A 7,988-square-foot former Long Horn Steak House sits on the site. Tameron, which owns and operates a Hyundai dealership adjacent to property, will use the land for a $4 million expansion and development of a new prototype dealership. An additional expansion is planned in 2013. Finch Properties represented the seller in the transaction and J. Claude Tindle of Birmingham, Ala.-based Longleaf Realty Partners represented the buyer.
CLEVELAND– Cleveland-based Luttner Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of two freestanding Sherwin-Williams stores, located in the Midwest, for approximately $1.5 million and $1.4 million. Mark Luttner of Luttner Real Estate Investment Services represented the seller, WXZ Development Group. Luttner also procured the buyer, a private investment group.
QUEENS, N.Y. — A 9,767-square-foot retail property, located at 163-30 Cross Bay Blvd. in Queens, has been sold for $14 million. American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT purchased the property, which is fully leased to Duane Reade.
IRVING — Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of a 8,348-square-foot retail property, formerly a Pancho's Mexican Buffet restaurant, located at 8312 Camp Bowie W. in Irving, to a Houston-based investor. Brian Scott and Karen Simon of Bradford Commercial represented Rockbay Properties II Ltd., parent of the Pancho's location, in the transaction.