GLENVIEW, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Glenbrook Marketplace, a shopping center totaling 47,873 square feet in the Chicago suburb of Glenview. The sales price was undisclosed. Tenants include Starbucks, Fifth Third Bank, Athletico, Club Pilates, X Golf, Studio Spin and Jimmy John’s. Walgreens shadow anchors the property. Joe Girardi and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the seller, Northpond Partners. Phillips Edison & Co. Inc. was the buyer.
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DUBUQUE, IOWA — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has negotiated the $2.6 million sale of a newly completed property occupied by Starbucks in Dubuque, a city in eastern Iowa. The building, which is located across the street from a Hy-Vee grocery store, traded at a cap rate of 6.1 percent. Zack Hilgendorf and Nick Hilgendorf of Quantum represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. Steve Moore of Quantum represented the buyer, a Midwest-based investor.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Topgolf has broken ground on a new, two-level venue in Greensboro. Situated along I-40 at Guilford College Road, the venue will comprise 72 outdoor climate-controlled hitting bays, with each bay featuring lounge furniture or high-top tables. Additionally, the new Topgolf will include a full-service restaurant, private event rooms and an outdoor area with yard games. The opening is scheduled for late 2024 and is expected to create 300 jobs. Dallas-based Topgolf operates more than 90 venues worldwide.
DULUTH, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $18.5 million sale of Reynolds Crossing, a 45,809-square-foot retail center located in Duluth, roughly 30 miles northeast of Atlanta. Built in 2004 and 2005, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Little Caesar’s, The UPS Store, MetroPCS, Chase Bank and Cricket Wireless. Kroger shadow-anchors Reynolds Crossing. Brad Buchanan and Jim Hamilton of JLL represented the seller, Leaders Real Estate Group, in the transaction. Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap procured the undisclosed buyer. Jamie Safier of Marcus & Millichap secured financing on behalf of the buyer.
HIALEAH, MIAMI AND WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Dollar Tree has opened three new stores in South Florida. The retailer now occupies 13,500 and 14,000 square feet in Hialeah and Miami, respectively. Dollar Tree has also opened a 9,000-square-foot store in West Palm Beach. Additionally, the retailer is currently underway on the development of two stores in Sunny Isles Beach and Lauderhill, Fla. Steve Miller of The Rotella Group represented Dollar Tree in the lease negotiations.
DENVER — Essex Financial Group has secured an $87.5 million loan to refinance a five-property retail portfolio totaling 689,599 square feet across the greater Denver area. King Soopers, a subsidiary of Kroger, anchors each of the neighborhood centers. Essex worked on behalf of AmCap Inc., which has owned the properties since 1987. The grocery-anchored portfolio is currently 98 percent leased, with King Soopers accounting for more than half of the net rentable area. Other tenants in the portfolio include a mix of national and local retailers focused on daily needs, service uses and restaurants. Essex secured the fixed-rate, nonrecourse loan with an institutional investment manager that was funding on behalf of a separate life insurance company account. Paul Donahue, Cooper Williams, Matt Perigard and Andrea Mehlem of Essex’s Capital Markets team arranged the financing.
Asia Pacific Capital Co. Negotiates Acquisition of Olympia Place Retail Center in Walnut Creek, California
by Amy Works
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Asia Pacific Capital Co. has arranged the purchase of Olympia Place, a retail center in Walnut Creek. Kimco Realty Corp. sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer. Terms of the transaction were not released. Olympia Place features 114,000 square feet of rentable space. Current tenants include Century Theatres, Planet Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and Fleming’s Steak House. At the time of acquisition, the property was about 90 percent occupied. Tina Yeung and Roger Li of Asia Pacific Capital Co. represented the buyer, while JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
VOORHEES, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $13 million sale of three standalone retail buildings totaling 62,358 square feet and an undeveloped land parcel in the Southern New Jersey community of Voorhees. The buildings are situated within the 366,000-square-foot Cedar Hill Shopping Center and are leased to tenants such as Starbucks Coffee, The Vitamin Shoppe, AT&T and Savers Thrift Store. Lowe’s, BJ’s Wholesale Club and Aldi anchor Cedar Hill Shopping Center. Matthew Gorman, Michael Shover, Thomas Finnegan and Rob Thompson of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
CUMMING, GA — Publix Super Markets Inc. has purchased Matt Town Center, an 81,077-square-foot shopping center located at 5310 Matt Highway in Cumming, roughly 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented the seller, Marietta, Ga.-based Retail Planning Corp., in the $30 million transaction. Publix anchors the property, which was built in 2020. Matt Town Center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Domino’s, Great Clips, North Shore Dry Cleaners, Grand Nails, Sage Dental, Reveille Café, The UPS Store, EasyVet, Dunkin’ and Zaxby’s. The sale also included roughly 3.9 acres of adjacent, undeveloped land that is zoned for retail and office space.
APOLLO BEACH, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Apollo Beach Shoppes, a retail strip center situated on 1.9 acres at 6588 N. U.S. Highway 41 in Apollo Beach, a city in the Tampa Bay metro area. A Florida-based private investor acquired the 9,000-square-foot property for $6.2 million. Patrick Nutt, William Wamble and Daniel Becker of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based investment and development group, in the transaction. Retailers at the three-tenant property include Trulieve, AT&T and Tijuana Flats.