BEAUMONT — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $1.02 million in first mortgage financing for the 89,000-square-foot San Jacinto Building, located in Beaumont. William Luedemann of NorthMarq's Houston office arranged the financing with a 10-year term and 10-year amortization schedule through StanCorp Mortgage Investors.
FORT WORTH — Bar Louie is opening a 6,503-square-foot store at West 7th, located on 7th Street and University Drive in Fort Worth. The new store is slated for a winter 2011 opening. Bar Louie is owned and operated by Addison-based BL Restaurant Operations. Myles Kelley of Fort Worth-based Realty Ventures and Greg Bracchi of Edge Realty Partners' Dallas office represented the tenant, and David Thomas of The Retail Connection's Dallas office and Rodger Chieffalo of Fort Worth-based Chieffalo Realty represented the landlord, Cypress Equities.
WINCHESTER, VA. — Cole Real Estate Investments has purchased the 167,000-square-foot Winchester Station, located at 2540 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. in Winchester, for $26.8 million. The shopping center is currently 97.5 percent leased to tenants including hhgregg, Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond, Michaels, Old Navy, Olive Garden and Red Lobster. William Kent and Gary Lawrence of CBRE's Washington, D.C., office represented Trout, Segall & Doyle Winchester Properties, the seller, in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented by Thomas Faltatko.
LUBBOCK — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler has secured acquisition financing for a 71,238-square-foot Market Street supermarket, located at 19th Street and Quaker Avenue in Lubbock. Mark West, Coler Yoakam and Brandon Chavoya of HFF's Dallas office arranged the financing through Wells Fargo Bank on behalf of the borrower, United Supermarkets.
TULSA, OKLA. — Woods Cross, Utah-based Go Natural CNG is opening a 7,000-square-foot sales and installation facility, located at 4116 S. 88th E. Ave. in Tulsa. The firm's partner, AutoSource Motors, will also be sharing the new facility.
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.