COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has entered the California market with the acquisition of South Coast Collection (SoCo), a lifestyle retail center focused on home furnishing and design in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa. CRC purchased SoCo with funds from Continental Realty Opportunistic Retail Fund I, a closed-end fund for which $261 million has been raised since 2021. Constructed in 2007 on 20 acres, SoCo features 292,000 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased to 60 tenants. Current tenants include COCO Republic, Design Within Reach, Roche Bobois, Pirch, Paul Mitchell the School, Brown Jordan, Natuzzi Italia, Room & Board, Arc Food and Libations, Butcher’s House, Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails, Moulin, Paragon and Portola Coffee. SoCo also features The OC Mix, a 15,000-square-foot shopping and dining space with more than 20 sit-down restaurants, coffee shops and quick-service restaurants, as well as a fine cheese retailer and an art gallery. Christopher Hoffman, Mark Damiani of Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Terms of the transaction were not released.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a 21,918-square-foot retail property located at 10582 Foothill Blvd. in the Inland Empire city of Rancho Cucamonga. A Michigan-based private investor sold the asset to a San Gabriel Valley-based private investor for $7.4 million in an all-cash transaction. Part of the 645,000-square-foot Terra Vista Town Center, the nine-tenant retail building was fully occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include multiple beauty service providers, a jeweler, an escape room and a children’s indoor playground. All leases are triple net with staggered lease expirations, embedded annual rent increases and below-market rents. Greg Bedell and Paul Su of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Raymond Ho with GE Property represented the buyer in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of West Side Village, a 51,392-square-foot retail property located along West 6th Street near downtown Austin. The building, which was constructed on 1.7 acres in 1951, is currently vacant and has redevelopment potential, according to the brokerage team. Brad Bailey and Logan Reichle of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Stonelake Capital Partners and Schlosser Development, in the transaction. The buyer was Austin-based investment firm Riverside.
X Development, Midloch Buy 119,366 SF Highbury at Lake Park Shopping Center in West Valley City, Utah
by Amy Works
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — X Development and Midloch Investment Partners have acquired Highbury at Lake Park, a Class A retail center in West Valley City, a suburb approximately 10 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $30 million. Located at 5600 West, Highbury at Lake Park features 119,366 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Target, Bank of America, Xfinity, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Marshalls and Café Rio. Kip Paul of Cushman & Wakefield facilitated the transaction. The buyers financed the transaction with a fixed-rate loan from America First Credit Union. Midloch is a preferred equity investor in the property, which is the firm’s first investment in the Salt Lake City market.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $3.7 million sale of a car wash property currently under construction in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita. The building, which is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024, will total 4,263 square feet. BLISS Car Wash will occupy the property on a triple-net lease upon completion. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley represented the developer and seller, Fountainhead Development, in the transaction. Jenny Eng of CBRE represented the undisclosed buyer.
CHICAGO — NewMark Merrill Cos. Inc. has acquired Pulaski Promenade and Midway Square in Chicago for undisclosed prices. Pulaski Promenade totals 122,710 square feet and is situated on 10.5 acres along Pulaski Road. The center is fully leased to tenants such as Marshalls, Shoe Carnival, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, Ulta and Carter’s. DRA/Pine Tree was the seller. Midway Square totals 55,332 square feet and is located at the corner of Pulaski Road and South Archer Avenue. The center is 92 percent leased to tenants such as Dollar Tree, Chase Bank, T-Mobile and Sally’s Beauty. TRC Retail was the seller. With these two acquisitions, NewMark Merrill now owns and operates six properties in metro Chicago representing more than 1.5 million square feet and over $220 million in value. The company plans to make various upgrades to both Pulaski Promenade and Midway Square. Sandy Sigal, Jim Patton, Brad Pearl, Sandra Kist and Susan Rorison represented NewMark Merrill on an internal basis. Rick Drogosz of Mid-America and Danny Spitz and Jason St. John of Greenstone Partners represented the sellers.
KENNESAW, GA. — Two new tenants have signed leases at Boone Centre, a shopping center located in Kennesaw, roughly 30 miles northwest of Atlanta. Backsmith Chiropractic and Axe Throwing Therapy will open at the property, which is situated at 2680 Cobb Parkway. Max Albers of Stratus Property Group represented both tenants in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.
SAN DIEGO AND DALLAS — Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) and Spirit Realty Capital Inc. (NYSE: SRC) have entered into an all-stock merger agreement valued at $9.3 billion. The combined company, which will operate under the Realty Income banner, is expected to become the fourth largest REIT on the S&P 500 index with a total enterprise value of $63 billion. Both companies primarily invest in freestanding, net-leased commercial properties. Realty Income boasts a portfolio of 13,100 properties located across the U.S. and Europe, and Spirit Realty owns a portfolio of 2,064 properties across 49 states. Primary tenants across the combined company’s portfolio include Life Time Fitness, BJ’s Wholesale Club, At Home, Dave & Buster’s, Dollar Tree, The Home Depot, Treasury Wine Estates, Sainsbury’s, 7-Eleven, Lowe’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Under terms of the agreement, each share of Spirit Realty Capital will be converted into 0.762 of a share of newly issued Realty Income stock. At closing, this will result in Realty Income and Spirit owning 87 percent and 13 percent of the combined company, respectively. No external capital is currently being used for the transaction. Realty Income and Spirit cite the potential for higher earnings, a more competitive cost of …
BALTIMORE — Restaurateur Pinky Cole will open two food-and-beverage concepts, Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan, at Baltimore Peninsula, a $5 billion mixed-use redevelopment project currently underway in Baltimore. Scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2024, the plant-based restaurants are expected to create more than 100 new jobs. The 14 million-square-foot, 235-acre Baltimore Peninsula development also features a four-acre sports venue, ROOST Apartment Hotel and the Rye House and 250 Mission residential communities. The development and investment team for the project includes MAG Partners, MacFarlane Partners, Kevin Plank of Under Armour and his Sagamore Ventures investment firm and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Urban Investment Group. Additionally, Pinky Cole will join the development team for Baltimore Peninsula’s Rye Street Market component.
DORAL, FLA. — Three new tenants have signed leases at Century Town Center, a mixed-use property in Doral. My Salon Suites, Rumble Boxing and Kidstrong will occupy 5,910; 2,541; and 2,734 square feet of ground-floor retail space, respectively. Located at 8175 NW 107th Ave., Phase I of Century Town Center features 326 residential units and 31,000 square feet of retail space. A planned second phase of the project will comprise an additional 408 residential units and 27,000 square feet of retail space. Rafael Romero and Malina Huynh of JLL represented the landlord — a partnership between Mattoni Group, Double C and Century Homebuilders Group — in the lease negotiations.