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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco-based City Center Realty Partners has acquired a freestanding, multi-tenant retail and office building in San Francisco’s Marina District for an undisclosed price. Tri Counties Bank currently occupies the ground-floor space of the two-story, 4,500-square-foot building, which is located at 2197 Chestnut St. and originally built in 1907. Kazuko Morgan and Heather Trimble of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, while David Klein and Elijah Hodges of Lee & Associates represented the seller in the deal.

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LENEXA, KAN. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Oak Park Commons, a 348,983-square-foot shopping center in Lenexa. The sales price was undisclosed. Tenants at the property include Ross Dress for Less, Hobby Lobby, Ulta, Verizon, Dollar Tree, Petco, K&G Fashion Superstore, Northern Tool + Equipment, Shoe Carnival, Chipotle, Panda Express and Aspen Dental. Oak Park Mall is situated across the street. Ben Wineman of Mid-America, in cooperation with Eric Gonsher of The R.H. Johnson Co., represented the seller, DRA Advisors. The asset sold to a joint venture between Lormax Stern and Time Equities Inc.

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FAIRFIELD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Angel Commercial has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a 4,500-square-foot retail property in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Fairfield. The property at 1610 Post Road is located in the downtown area and is fully leased to tenants such as Greek restaurant Lantern Point Taverna, confectionary Bonkers Cupcakes and boutique clothing store BoHo Prep. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.

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VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Six new tenants are slated to open at Hawthorn, a regional shopping center undergoing redevelopment in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. Sephora, Anthropologie, FP Movement and The Lovesac Co. will open this year at the new Hawthorn Row outdoor streetscape. Also this year, Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will open on an outparcel along Milwaukee Avenue. In 2025, Dom’s Kitchen & Market will open along Townline Road next to the Sleep Number store. The Domaine, a 311-unit luxury apartment complex, recently opened on the east side of the Hawthorn property. The next phase of development calls for another 250 apartment units and a three-acre amenitized plaza, a new food gallery on the upper level, and the addition of curated food and beverage tenants for the center’s ring road outparcels. Hawthorn originally opened 50 years ago.

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LAGRANGE, GA. — Zach Taylor of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $16 million sale of a newly built shopping center located in LaGrange, a Georgia city near the Georgia-Alabama border along I-85. The center’s anchor, Publix, has a 10-year lease on the store. Taylor represented the seller, a developer based in Atlanta, as well as sourced the 1031 exchange buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. “This sale faced the market headwinds of increasing interest rates and low transactional velocity,” says Taylor. “Thankfully, we found a 1031 buyer attracted to the quality of the tenant mix and the growth of the submarket. We were able to clear the market at a very attractive cap rate.”

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CARY, N.C. — Two new retailers and five office users have signed on to join the tenant roster at Fenton, a 92-acre mixed-use development in the Raleigh suburb of Cary. The nearly $1 billion development is co-owned by Hines and Columbia Development. The new retailers, Brewery Bhavana and Vega Vitality, plan to open their locations at Fenton before the end of the year. Two other retailers opened in late 2023: Johnny Was and Rejuvenation. Bruce Koniver of Odyssey Retail Advisors is leading Fenton’s retail leasing, which is currently 94 percent committed. The five companies that signed office leases at Fenton include Cushman & Wakefield, IPS, Prologis, AIMA and Surety Systems. The property’s office component currently spans 200,000 square feet, with future phases allowing up to 1 million square feet.

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HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — An affiliate of grocer Food City has purchased two acres in Huntsville from The Beach Co. The entity is Marathon Realty Corp., a real estate subsidiary of Food City parent company K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. The site is located between The Foundry, The Range and Stovehouse along Governors Drive and will be connected to the developments via a 10-foot-wide pedestrian sidewalk. Marathon Realty plans to break ground on the new store next quarter with plans for an early 2025 opening. Last year Marathon Realty entered into a development agreement with the City of Huntsville to develop six new Food City grocery stores in the greater Huntsville area.

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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — NewQuest Asia-Pacific Retail is scheduled to break ground in February on the redevelopment of a former Dominick’s-anchored shopping center in Naperville. The Houston-based developer acquired the 140,892-square-foot property eight months ago in an off-market transaction. The 27-year-old center is 35 percent leased. NewQuest Asia-Pacific Retail specializes in development opportunities in markets with high Asian populations. The developer plans to reposition the Naperville shopping center with an Asian focus and incorporate green spaces. To date, roughly 62,000 square feet of leases are in various stages of negotiations, including a commitment from a specialty grocer. Teso Life, a Japanese fashion casual store, is leasing 18,016 square feet. Completion is slated for summer 2025. Nearly 20 percent of Naperville’s population is Asian, according to NewQuest.

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ROCKFORD, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the sale of a recently developed property occupied by Dollar General in Rockford for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 2021, the freestanding building totals 10,600 square feet. Dan Waszak of Quantum represented the buyer, a New York City-based investor. The seller was a Midwest-based developer.

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SAN RAMON, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $3.7 million in bridge financing of Pointe West Plaza, a retail property located in San Ramon, east of the Bay Area. Jonny Soleimani and Matthew Farzinpour of PSRS secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower. Built in 1990, the property is a 16,921-square-foot, multi-tenant retail center. Current tenants include a billiards venue, salon, bistro and Chinese restaurant. The property also features underground and surface parking, totaling 82 spaces. A debt fund provided the 12-month loan, which features no prepayment penalty.

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