FORT WORTH — HFF has arranged a $4 million loan for the refinancing of the 83,402-square-foot Hulen Square, a shopping center located at 6201-6299 Granbury Rd. in Fort Worth. Travis Anderson of HFF's Dallas office arranged the 5 year loan through ViewPoint Bank on behalf of the owner, Cencor Realty Services.
DALLAS — A new restaurant developed by Stephan Pyles is coming to 17Seventeen McKinney, an office tower located at 1717 McKinney Ave. in Dallas. Pyles has signed a 7,493-square-foot lease with Granite Properties for ground floor space. The 120-seat restaurant will open in the spring of 2012. Mitch Traub, Wyatt Russo and Jim Weir of the Retail Connection represented the landlord in the leasing transaction. Jack Gosnell of United Commercial Realty's Dallas office represented Pyles.
SANTA MARIA, CALIF. — NorthMarq Capital has provided $10 million in first-mortgage refinancing for the Santa Maria Shopping Center in Santa Maria. The loan for the 291,638-square-foot retail center was based on a seven-year term and a 15-year amortization schedule. It was arranged by Robert Hervey of NorthMarq’s Los Angeles office through the firm’s correspondent relationship with PPM Finance.
RIALTO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation has arranged a $9-million bridge refinancing loan for a 49,322-square-foot retail center in Rialto that includes three undeveloped pads. The loan for the grocery- and drug-anchored center has a three-year term with a two-year extension and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan-to-value is 70 percent. Financing was arranged by Daniel Litman, a vice president capital markets in MMCC’s West Los Angeles office.
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.