MELBOURNE, FLA. — Second Horizon Capital has acquired Melbourne Square, a 710,000-square-foot retail center in Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. A joint venture between Neuberger Berman and Cross Ocean Partners arranged the sale. According to the Orlando Business Journal, the shopping center sold for $56.3 million on March 2. Second Horizon Capital has implemented a capital improvement program, which will comprise supporting community engagement, center operations, building upgrades and expanding programming and partnerships with local organizations and businesses. CBRE will handle leasing and property management at the center. Tenants at Melbourne Square include American Eagle, ALMA Med Spa, Aleena Diamonds, Bath & Body Works, Candle Cart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dillard’s, EoS Fitness, Foot Locker, Hollister, Macy’s and Pandora, among others.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has negotiated the $9.1 million ground lease sale of a single-tenant retail property located in Charlottesville. Wawa occupies the building on a 20-year ground lease, which is situated at the entrance of 5th Street Station, a 400,000-square-foot, Wegmans-anchored power retail center. Catharine Spangler of Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group brokered the transaction. The buyer and seller requested anonymity.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Portman has announced plans for Savona Food Works, a 30,000-square-foot food hall that will anchor the company’s Savona Mill adaptive reuse project in Charlotte’s West End district. Veteran food hall operator Robert Montwaid will lead the dining installation, which will offer 25 food stalls, a full-service restaurant and bar, coffee shop, flower market and rooftop bar. Montwaid’s previous ventures include leading Gansevoort Market in New York City’s Meatpacking District and Chattahoochee Food Works in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. Savona Food Works will be situated in the “Weave building,” which dates back to the 1900s, and will debut in 2027. Other components of the 27-acre mixed-use district include 200,000 square feet of creative office space and 319 apartments, with more multifamily units expected in the next phase of development. Savona Mill is situated adjacent to the Stewart Creek Greenway, a pedestrian trail that connects to the LYNX Light Rail and Blue Line Rail Trail.
BUFORD, GA. — The Taylor McMinn Retail Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a restaurant in Buford, a northeast suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Whataburger occupies the restaurant on a 15-year ground lease that features 10 percent rent increases in the initial term and extension options. The popular burger chain recently backfilled the restaurant vacated by an unnamed tenant. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Taylor McMinn Retail Group brokered the sale on behalf of the seller, a developer that is a repeat client for Whataburger. The out-of-state buyer purchased the restaurant in an all-cash 1031 exchange. “Despite challenges with the higher price point, our team sourced an all-cash, out-of-state, 1031 buyer through our national reach and buyer relationships,” says McMinn. “This is our fifth Whataburger sale in Atlanta, and we have additional Atlanta product for sale.”
HOUSTON — Nuveen Green Capital and Lone Star PACE have provided an $8 million C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) loan for Ashford Yard, an 83,000-square-foot retail project in West Houston. Ashford Beer Garden has preleased 21,000 square feet as the anchor tenant of the development. Loan proceeds will be used to install a high-efficiency building envelope and windows, upgraded HVAC systems, enhanced lighting fixtures and water systems with low-flow plumbing fixtures. The borrower was not disclosed.
ENCINO, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged a $27 million loan for the refinancing of a shopping center in Encino. Michael Tanner and David Sarnoff of PSRS secured the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule, through a correspondent life insurance company for the undisclosed borrower. The 140,161-square-foot shopping center features 52 rentable suites occupied by a variety of tenants, including destination retailers, food-and-beverage chains, personal services and medical/professional offices, and 400 parking spaces.
PAPILLION, NEB. — DLC, in joint venture with a fund managed by DRA Advisors, has acquired Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion. The transaction marks DLC’s entry into the metro Omaha market. The shopping center totals 640,328 square feet and is 90 percent leased to tenants such as JC Penney, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Burlington, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, PetSmart, Ross Dress for Less and Ulta. A Hy-Vee grocery store shadow anchors the property.
KEMAH, TEXAS — California-based brokerage firm RealSource Group has arranged the $5.4 million sale of a single-tenant retail building in Kemah, located southeast of Houston, that is net leased to Mister Car Wash (NASDAQ: MCW). The 5,462-square-foot building was constructed in 2021 and is backed by a fully guaranteed corporate lease. Austin Blodgett and Jonathan Schiffer of RealSource Group, in association with ParaSell, Inc., represented the seller, a local private investor, in the transaction. Chase Cameron of Matthews represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
WARRINGTON, PA. — CenterSquare Investment Management has purchased a 32,242-square-foot, unanchored shopping center in Warrington, located north of Philadelphia. Built in 2015, Valley Gate Shopping Center is home to tenants such as Sport Clips, T‑Mobile, Visionworks, Crumbl Cookies and Buffalo Wild Wings. Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Ryan Sciullo, Casey Benson Smith and R.J. Mirabile of CBRE represented CenterSquare in the deal. Gregory Bianchi of US Realty Associates represented the seller, Metro Development Co.
SAN FRANCISCO — Bridgeton has completed the sale of Museum Parc, a mixed-use property in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, to DPI Retail for $19.2 million. Eric Kathrein, Andrew Spangenberg and Allie Repaskey of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction. Located at 300 3rd St., Museum Parc features 36,000 square feet of fully leased street-level retail space situated below 234 condominium units. Current commercial tenants include Crunch Fitness, El Dorado Latin Fusion, Aquabyte and TowerWAV.