Retail

JLL Arranges $20.5M Refinancing for Almaden Safeway Center in San Jose, California

by Amy Works February 1, 2024

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $20.5 million in refinancing for Almaden Safeway Center, a retail property in San Jose. Bruce Ganong, Lillian Roos and Matthew Mingrone of JLL Capital Markets secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through RGA Reinsurance Co. for the borrower, Brothers International Holding Corp. Situated on 11.6 acres, the three-building Almaden Safeway Center features 143,452 square feet of retail space. The property is fully occupied by 10 tenants, including Safeway, JoAnn Fabrics, McDonald’s, T-Mobile and Savers.

February 1, 2024

Arkansas Development Retail Southeast Top Stories

Walmart Plans to Add 150 New Stores, Remodel 650 Existing Locations

by Katie Sloan February 1, 2024

BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has announced plans to expand by more than 150 new stores over the next five years, both through new construction and converting existing buildings. The first two stores under this initiative — both under the company’s smaller-format Walmart Neighborhood Market banner — are scheduled to open this spring in Santa Rosa, Fla., and Atlanta. The company is currently finalizing plans for 12 new projects, one of which will be the conversion of a smaller existing location into a large-format Walmart Supercenter, which serves as both a grocery store and a full department store. Walmart simultaneously released plans to remodel 650 of its existing stores across 47 states and Puerto Rico over the next 12 months. The new and renovated locations will all feature the Bentonville-based company’s “Store of the Future” model, which includes improved layouts, expanded product selections and the integration of new technology. The “Store of the Future” features expanded pharmacies and updated vision centers, with pharmacies moved toward the front of the store; activated corners with product displays that allow customers to interact with items and visualize them in their lives; digital touch points throughout the store to provide information on products …

February 1, 2024

Features Retail

Entertainment Concepts Take Center Stage as Consumers Limit Retail Spending

by Hayden Spiess February 1, 2024

The economy has constricted consumers’ wallets, but the desire for entertainment has kept them spending…on the right concepts. Rising prices have made just about everyone conscientious about their spending. That, naturally, includes shoppers. Dixon Greenwood, principal at Mountain Mile in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, notes 2023 overall tax receipts at the dining, shopping, lodging and entertainment destination are down more than 10 percent from the company’s 2022 numbers. “Now, that’s off some extreme growth during and after COVID, so numbers are still very good, but what it says pretty clearly is people are tightening their purse strings,” he says. Traffic, on the other hand, is only down 2 percent to 3 percent. “Fortunately for us, we’re still trending up at our property, but that’s in part because we continued to add additional retailers and experiences last year,” Greenwood continues. A large part of what’s compelling visitors into shopping centers nowadays is entertainment, especially if prices for goods are lower online. “There has been somewhat of a drop in consumer spending, but entertainment remains a ‘recession-proof’ outlet,” argues David Goldfarb, owner, CEO and founder of entertainment-solutions company PrimeTime Amusements. Goldfarb is careful to note, however, that recession-proof doesn’t mean bulletproof. After all, …

February 1, 2024

Acquisitions Massachusetts Northeast Restaurant Retail

J. Safra Real Estate Agrees to Acquire Historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Downtown Boston

by Taylor Williams January 31, 2024

BOSTON — J. Safra Real Estate, an affiliate of international banking and investment firm Safra Group, has agreed to acquire the historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. Faneuil Hall traces its origins to 1742, when the site served as a meeting ground and a center of commerce for Boston residents and visitors. Today, the development is home to more than 80 individual businesses. The seller was Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. Details of the transaction, such as the price and expected closing date, were not disclosed.

January 31, 2024

Acquisitions North Carolina Retail Southeast

Mack, Soundwater Acquire Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center in Cary, North Carolina

by John Nelson January 31, 2024

CARY, N.C. — A partnership between an affiliate of New York City-based Mack Real Estate Group (MREG) and Soundwater Properties has purchased Maynard Crossing, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Built in 1996, the 122,901-square-foot property is located at the intersection of High House and N.W. Maynard roads. Maynard Crossing was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Harris Teeter, Workout Anytime, Doctors Express, Riccobene Family Dentistry, Brigs Restaurant, Kathmandu Kitchen and All American Swim Supply, as well as a newly built outparcel gas station. Tom Kolarczyk, Danny Finkle, Jim Hamilton and Steele Burkett of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. MREG and Soundwater Properties will pursue their grocery-anchored retail acquisition strategy in markets throughout the East Coast.

January 31, 2024

Development Florida Mixed-Use Retail Southeast

Codina Partners to Add 25,000 SF of Retail Space to Downtown Doral in South Florida

by John Nelson January 31, 2024

DORAL, FLA. — Codina Partners will add 25,000 square feet of retail space to Downtown Doral, the developer’s 250-acre mixed-use community in Miami-Dade County. The new plans for Downtown Doral include the addition of 13 customizable retail units with a rooftop deck featuring amenities including pickleball courts. Plans also include 929 additional parking spaces. Established in 2005, the development features more than 40 existing restaurants and retailers, a cultural arts center, two charter schools, a library, government center and clinics operated by Baptist Health South Florida. Existing tenants include AT&T, Bulla Gastrobar, First American Bank, Hand and Stone Massage & Facial Spa, Mega Wine & Spirits, Publix, Sage Dental, Sweat 440 and The UPS Store, among others.

January 31, 2024

Leasing Activity Midwest Missouri Office Retail

Academy Bank Opens Flagship Retail Banking Center in Kansas City, Relocates Corporate Office

by Kristin Harlow January 31, 2024

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Academy Bank, a full-service community bank and family-owned subsidiary of Dickinson Financial Corp., has opened a new retail branch within the lobby of 1201 Walnut, a 29-story office tower owned by Copaken Brooks in downtown Kansas City. The bank also moved its corporate headquarters to three contiguous floors of the building totaling roughly 50,000 square feet. Additionally, the property now features Academy Bank signage. Of Academy Bank’s 71 branches, 23 are located throughout metro Kansas City. Sister bank Armed Forces Bank will maintain its headquarters in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

January 31, 2024

Development Midwest Minnesota Retail

Kraus-Anderson Begins Demolition Project at Southtown Shopping Center in Bloomington, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow January 31, 2024

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Realty & Development has begun to demolish the former Toys ‘R’ Us and Herberger’s buildings at Southtown Shopping Center in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. Located at the corner of I-494 and Penn Avenue South, the shopping center opened in November 1960 and included a two-story, 150,000-square-foot Montgomery Wards, the largest in the retailer’s chain of 550 stores nationwide. The center also opened with 44 other shops, including Musicland, Red Owl, Walgreens and Texaco. The property has undergone numerous additions and renovations since then. Kraus-Anderson is demolishing the large vacant space on the northeast side of the center, often referred to as the old Herberger’s (originally Montgomery Wards) and Toys ‘R’ Us space. The demolition phase is expected to take approximately 12 weeks and is slated for completion at the end of March. The rest of the shopping center will remain open. Future plans regarding tenants or new uses were not released.

January 31, 2024

Acquisitions Nevada Retail Western

SRS Real Estate Brokers $9.5M Sale of Deer Springs Shoppes in North Las Vegas

by Amy Works January 31, 2024

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Deer Springs Shoppes, a retail center in North Las Vegas. A Pennsylvania-based seller sold the asset to a Los Angeles-based private investor for $9.5 million. Totaling 28,224 square feet, the three-building property is located at 640 and 680 E. Deer Springs and 675 Dorrell Lane. Built in 2009 on 1.5 acres, Deer Springs Shoppes was fully leased at the time of sale. Current tenants include The UPS Store, Verizon and Pacific Dental. The transaction also includes a vacant pad site that for which a 4,000-square-foot development has been proposed. Patrick Luther of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.

January 31, 2024

Development Florida Mixed-Use Retail Southeast

Ryan Cos. Completes 59,657 SF Publix Store at Master-Planned Development in Wesley Chapel, Florida

by John Nelson January 30, 2024

WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — Ryan Cos. has opened a new Publix grocery store that serves as the anchor tenant of Innovations Commons, a retail center within the 900-acre Epperson Ranch master-planned development in Wesley Chapel. The city in Pasco County is part of the Tampa Bay metro area. In addition to Innovations Commons, Epperson Ranch will feature 4,000 single-family homes, a 200-room hotel and more than 500 apartments at full build-out. Innovation Commons will also include three outparcel developments slated for additional retail, restaurants and professional services.

January 30, 2024

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