Retail

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MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Orange County-based DJM has sold Gateway Shopping Center, a 79,001-square-foot shopping center located in Mission Viejo. An institutional buyer purchased the property for $51 million. JLL represented DJM in the all-cash transaction. Completed in 1979 on 7.4 acres, Gateway Shopping Center features a mix of tenants including Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Saddleback Family & Urgent Care and Chase, among others. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. DJM acquired Gateway Center in December 2021 from Gerrity Group for $39.5 million. Following the acquisition, DJM completed a repositioning strategy that featured new leases with Pacific Dental and several restaurant and fitness tenants, as well as enhanced landscaping, refreshed paint and the addition of a weekly farmers market.

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FREMONT, CALIF. — Asian supermarket chain H Mart will open a 100,000-square-foot flagship store at Pacific Commons Shopping Center, a 1.1 million-square-foot super-regional power center located on the southeastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Fremont. The new store will introduce H Mart’s multi-level prototype, which will include a food hall with fast-casual eateries, full-service dine-in restaurants, a bar and entertainment offerings. Construction on the development is expected to begin in late 2026. Owned by Heitman and managed by Vestar, Pacific Commons Shopping Center is home to more than 55 retailers and restaurants such as Target, T.J. Maxx, Costco, Nordstrom Rack and Sephora.

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NEW LENOX, ILL. — Greenstone Partners has arranged the $2.6 million sale of The Sherwin-Williams Center, a two-tenant retail property on Lincoln Highway in New Lenox, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The asset is home to Sherwin-Williams and Don Jose’s, a local Mexican restaurant. Jason St. John of Greenstone represented the seller, a Chicago-based developer, and procured the buyer, a Georgia-based investment group.

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WEBSTER, TEXAS — Cinemark will undertake a $16 million renovation of its 18-screen theater in Webster, a southeastern suburb of Houston. Plans call for installing a branded Gamescape entertainment space with bowling, arcade games, laser tag and flexible event space, as well as a full-service bar and restaurant. The project will also upgrade the theater’s concession areas and auditoriums. Work is set to begin in February and to be complete in November.

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OLD LYME, CONN. — A partnership between Zelco Properties & Development, Grossman Development Group and The McDevitt Co. has acquired a 102,500-square-foot shopping center in Old Lyme, located in southern coastal Connecticut. Anchored by Big Y World Class Market, Old Lyme Marketplace is also home to tenants such as Walgreens, Grand Wine & Spirits and The Bowerbird Gift Shop. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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BALTIMORE — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Highlandtown Village, a 57,524-square-foot shopping center located at 3800 E. Lombard St. in Baltimore. Built in 1987, the retail center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Hazlo International Foods, Dollar Tree, Baltimore Bark House, Fishtail Wine and Song’s Beauty Supplies. The average tenant occupancy at Highlandtown Village exceeds 14 years, according to IPA. David Crotts and Dean Zang of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.

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THE DALLES, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has brokered the sale of retail property located at 3560 W. 6th St. in The Dalles. Robert N. Magid sold the property to Northstar Market LLC for $2.3 million. Constructed in 2007, the 11,335-square-foot freestanding retail building features showroom space, restrooms, break rooms, a security room, an overhead grade door and 19 parking spaces. The property was formerly occupied by Aaron’s. Doug Carter of Portland, Ore.-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while Jessica Kaur of Knipe Realty EA Powered represented the buyer in the deal.

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ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has unveiled plans to open a first-of-its-kind retail store in the southern Chicago suburb of Orland Park. The planned brick-and-mortar store will occupy the long-vacant site of the former Petey’s II restaurant at the southwest corner of 159th Street and LaGrange Road. The Orland Park Village Board approved the project at its Jan. 19 meeting. Amazon’s plans call for a one-story building of approximately 230,000 square feet that will offer groceries, household essentials and general merchandise. The store would function similarly to a large-format retailer such as a Walmart Supercenter. The commercial retail store would be open to the public and is not a warehouse or distribution center. Both the Orland Park Plan Commission and the Board of Trustees have reviewed and approved the plan. The village is not providing any financial incentives to Amazon as part of this project. “When a global retailer of this scale considers investment in Orland Park, it sends a strong signal about the vitality of our community and the strategic importance of this corridor,” says Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge. According to a release, Amazon’s proposed multimillion-dollar investment in Orland Park would generate millions in sales and …

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SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $98.2 million sale of The Shops at Evergreen Walk, a 357,742-square-foot retail power center located outside of Hartford in South Windsor. A newly opened Whole Foods Market anchors the center, which is located within a larger master-planned development. Other tenants include L.L. Bean, Apple, Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, lululemon, Golf Lounge 18, J.Crew Factory, Gap Factory, Nike and Bluemercury. Nat Heald led the CBRE team that represented the seller, PGIM Real Estate, in the transaction. Scott Aiese led a JLL team that arranged a $76.9 million acquisition loan through an unnamed international bank on behalf of the buyer, a joint venture between Brand Street Properties and Barings. Chris Angelone and Zach Nitsche, also with JLL, structured the joint venture equity investment.

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GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Hanley Investment Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $23 million sale of Mountain Ranch Marketplace, a 49,683-square-foot shopping center located in Goodyear, approximately 19 miles west of Phoenix. Originally built in 2009 on 12.4 acres, Mountain Ranch Marketplace was 94.6 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as AutoZone, Starbucks, Papa John’s Pizza, Subway, Leslie’s Pool Supplies, Verizon, Edward Jones, North Star Animal Hospital, Oasis Bagels, T&T Martial Arts Academy and Great Clips. Tenants not included in the sale are Safeway, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Walgreens and Chase Bank. Bill Asher, Jeremy McChesney and Lee Csenar of Hanley represented the buyer, Bershon Realty Co., in the transaction. Ryan Schubert, Michael Hackett and Zach Aulick of CBRE represented the seller and developer, Kitchell Development Co.

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