DALLAS — Burger chain Smalls Sliders has signed an agreement with hospitality group Om Texas to open five restaurants, dubbed “Cans,” in metro Dallas. This marks the second multi-unit franchise deal in the city for the brand. Potential locations include Mesquite, Garland, Rockwall, Greenville, Murphy, Rowlett and Richardson, with the first store scheduled to open in the fourth quarter. Smalls Sliders opened its first Can in 2019 and currently has more than 160 restaurants open or under development.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $16.1 million sale of a 62,504-square-foot grocery store in the Northern New Jersey community of Saddle Brook that is leased to ACME Markets, a subsidiary of Albertsons. ACME has occupied the property at 75 Mayhill St. since it was built in 1998. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, J.B. Bruno and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, Vision Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was The Winter Organization.
STREAMWOOD, ILL. — Burlington has signed a 22,104-square-foot retail lease at 980 S. Barrington Road in Streamwood, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The retailer will occupy the space beginning later this year. The new lease brings the previously vacant building totaling 81,000 square feet to full occupancy. Value City Furniture previously occupied the entire property, which has now been split into three units. CBRE also arranged the other leases with Aldi (23,589 square feet) and Ollie’s (33,000 square feet). Joe Parrott and Sean McCourt of CBRE represented ownership, Diehl LLC. The building is located within Westview Center, a 350,000-square-foot power center.
LAYTON, UTAH — PGIM Real Estate has provided an $18.5 million mezzanine loan to Rockworth Cos. for a mixed-use multifamily and commercial portfolio in Layton, approximately 25 miles north of Salt Lake City. The 6.3-acre site features a newly constructed apartment community and two commercial buildings. The multifamily portion totals 252 units, and the two commercial buildings offer a total of 15,000 square feet of second-story office space and 15,130 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Daniel Kattan of PGIM secured the financing for the borrower.
LANCASTER, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has completed the sales of a single-tenant Smart & Final Extra! and a single-tenant property occupied by dd’s Discounts at Antelope Valley Plaza in Lancaster, approximately 65 miles north of Los Angeles. Two individual private 1031 exchange buyers acquired the assets in separate transactions, which totaled $11.4 million. In the first transaction, PacWest Management, in partnership with Evergreen Development Co., sold the single-tenant, 32,200-square-foot property that is occupied by Smart & Final Extra! under a new 15-year corporate lease. The property is located at 2058 W. Avenue J. Sean Cox, Bill Asher, Alexander Moore and Kevin Fryman of Hanley represented the seller in the deal. In the second transaction, a Southern California-based 1031 exchange buyer acquired the 24,000-square-foot property at 2038 W. Avenue J in an all-cash transaction. dd’s Discounts, which occupies the property, has less than three years remaining on the initial lease term. Cox, Asher, Moore and Fryman represented the seller, PacWest Management, in the transaction.
TORONTO AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — Avison Young has entered into an agreement to acquire Madison Marquette’s retail platform for an undisclosed price. The acquisition will include the Washington, D.C.-based firm’s retail property management, marketing and leasing services throughout the United States; and a portfolio comprising more than 6.1 million square feet of properties managed and leased by Madison Marquette. Madison Marquette teams will integrate with those of Toronto-based Avison Young in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Indiana, Arkansas, Maryland, Virginia, Atlanta and Florida, and the acquisition expands Avison Young’s presence to Seattle. In 2022, Avison Young acquired Madison Marquette’s office and industrial property management, agency leasing and project management service lines. “Avison Young is going all-in into the retail sector, and I am eager to take the firm’s vision of expanding its retail platform to the next level with the help of our strong team of retail leasing, management, marketing and market intelligence experts and Avison Young’s innovative data capabilities,” says Gavin Farnam, principal and managing director of U.S. retail services with Madison Marquette. Farnam will lead Avison Young’s U.S. retail property management and leasing teams.
MERRILLVILLE, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a 29,335-square-foot retail center located at 2871 E. 81st Ave. in Merrillville. The property is 93 percent leased and is shadow anchored by Home Depot and Target. Austin Weisenbeck, Sean Sharko and Adrian Mendoza of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The team also secured and represented the Chicago-based buyer.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Phoenix Commercial Advisors has arranged the sale of Chandler Heights Village, a shopping center at the corner of Higley and Chandler Heights Village roads in Gilbert. The asset traded for $19.5 million, or $384 per square foot. Totaling 50,763 square feet, Chandler Heights Village was fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Papa John’s, Leslie’s, Edward Jones, Jersey Mike’s Subs and Phoenix Children’s Academy. Danny Gardiner and Chad Tiedeman of Phoenix Commercial Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Texas-based Partners Real Estate has brokered the purchase of a retail store located at 11552 S. District Drive in South Jordan, a suburb of Salt Lake City. JCPenney occupies the 99,215-square-foot property. Dimitri Jordan of Partners Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal. No further details were disclosed.
MIIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Younger Partners has acquired Midlothian Towne Crossing, a 147,161-square-foot shopping center located on the southern outskirts of Dallas. The center sits on 34 acres and was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Burkes Outlet, JoAnn Fabrics, Petco, Ulta Beauty and Famous Footwear. Chris Cozby, Harrison Tye and Jim Batjer of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Kathy Permenter and Micah Ashford represented Younger Partners on an internal basis.