NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7 million sale of a 4,634-square-foot office and retail building in the Astoria area of Queens. The transit-served building at 2502-2508 31st St. houses retail space on the ground floor and office space on the second floor. Matt Fotis and Lazarus Apostolidis of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — National discount retailer Burlington has signed a retail lease renewal at Glen Oaks Shopping Center in Queens. The square footage was not disclosed. Burlington has been a tenant at the 187,650-square-foot center since 2003 and plans to upgrade its space. Ken Bryan internally represented Burlington in the lease negotiations. Randall Briskin represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, also on an internal basis.
LAVAL, QUEBEC AND CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA. — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian parent company of Circle K, has agreed to acquire GetGo Café + Markets from Giant Eagle Inc., a supermarket chain based in Pennsylvania. GetGo operates 270 gas station and convenience store locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana. The company staffs approximately 3,500 employees. “We are excited to welcome GetGo into the Couche-Tard family,” says Brian Hannasch, president and CEO of Couche-Tard. “We look forward to growing together as we learn from and continue GetGo’s innovative approaches to serving its local customers and communities.” “We are energized by the potential for both Giant Eagle and GetGo as a result of this transaction,” adds Bill Artman, CEO of Giant Eagle. “This enhances our focus on our core supermarket and pharmacy businesses.” GetGo has multiple retail models, including open-concept stores and standalone kiosks, with an emphasis on “food first.” As part of this transaction, Couche-Tard and Giant Eagle have agreed to maintain and partner together on Giant Eagle’s myPerks loyalty program for customers. Couche-Tard expects the deal to close in 2025 following standard regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed …
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — Colliers has brokered the $33.1 million sale of Palm Aire Marketplace, a shopping center located in the South Florida city of Pompano Beach. Presidente Supermarket and dd’s DISCOUNTS anchor the property, which totals 143,219 square feet. Other tenants at Palm Aire Marketplace include T-Mobile, Chase Bank and McDonald’s. Harry Blyden, Bastian Schauer, Ruben Suarez, Billy Weiser and Ariel Davis of Colliers represented the seller, an entity doing business as Pompano Realty USA, in the transaction. Longpoint Realty Partners acquired the asset, which is situated across from The Pomp, a $2 billion mixed-use project currently underway at the 223-acre site of the former Pompano Park racetrack. The Pomp will include a Topgolf venue and a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial park by Rockpoint, as well as the existing Harrah’s Pompano Beach Casino.
WINCHESTER, VA. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has acquired Creekside Station, a 126,304-square-foot retail center located at 3103 Valley Ave. in Winchester, roughly 80 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Creekside Properties sold the center for $19.5 million. Gilbert Trout of Trout Daniel & Associates represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer. CRC, which was self-represented in the transaction, purchased the property via the Continental Realty Opportunistic Retail Fund I LP (CRORF), marking the second acquisition in the state this year for the buyer. Built in 2003 and situated within Creekside Town Center, Creekside Station was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Chico’s, J.Jill, Jos. A Bank, IJ Canns American Grille, The Little Gym and Virginia National Bank. The shopping center totals 10 buildings on more than 13 acres.
NORWALK, CONN. — Wegmans Food Markets will open a 92,000-square-foot store at 675 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk, located in southern coastal Connecticut. The regional grocer expects to employ about 500 people at the store at full operation. The location will be the first in Connecticut for Wegmans, which operates a total of 111 stores along the East Coast, and is scheduled to open next summer.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — DINX Social Club has leased space to open its first location at 1931 Skokie Valley Road in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. The 23,000-square-foot venue is slated to open this winter. DINX will offer six regulation-sized pickleball courts, three Trackman iO golf simulator lounges, a multi-tap self-serve pour wall from Pour My Beer, café food offerings from Hometown Coffee & Juice, dining and social lounges, a VIP room, member locker rooms and a pro shop. Chris Bobowski of Cushman & Wakefield represented DINX in the lease.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — First Western Properties has negotiated the sale of a restaurant building located at 1440 Rand Road in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The sales price and seller were undisclosed. The property, located at the corner of Rand and River roads, sold to a restaurant operator with multiple locations.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Friends of Pima Animal Care Center has acquired 5,060 square feet of retail space at 2661 N. 1st Ave. in Tucson from Patrick Loop for $1.2 million. Kameron Norwood and Dave Hammack of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, while Paula Valencia of RE/MAX Results Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
If you asked any retail broker in the Richmond market in April 2020 what the forecast might look like, the response would be dark and stormy skies ahead with record-high retail vacancy rates. Fast forward four years later, and the forecast has been quite the opposite, with sunny skies in terms of deal flow and record-low retail vacancy rates, both a positive and a negative as it relates to the vacancy rate itself. Richmond boasts close to 82 million square feet of retail space, and at the end of the second quarter of this year, the vacancy rate stood at 3 percent. Despite COVID, the vacancy rate stood at 5.1 percent at the end of 2020. The market is experiencing record-high demand for new space and about a 15.6 percent year-over-year increase in quoted rental rates due to that demand and limited product availability. Since 2020, our market has seen, on average, 2 million square feet of retail space leased per year, and all signs point to steady leasing velocity in the future. Short Pump, Hull Street West The Short Pump and Hull Street West submarkets continue to be the prime focus of many retailers looking to expand in …