PHOENIX — NAI Horizon has negotiated the sale of a retail property located at 4314 W. McDowell Road in Phoenix. SEPMAR LLC sold the asset to MMGR Properties for $1.8 million The property features 3,000 square feet of retail space. Jeff Adams of NAI Horizon represented the seller, while Carlos Arellano and Jorge Arellano of Real Estate XG represented the buyer in the deal.
MILWAUKEE AND BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Planet Fitness has signed two new retail leases in metro Milwaukee. The first lease is for 12,995 square feet at 121 W. Oklahoma Ave. in Milwaukee. PJR Properties LLC is the property landlord. The second lease is for 26,975 square feet at the Shops on Bluemound, which is located at 16085 W. Bluemound Road in Brookfield. An entity doing business as HHAMB LLP is the landlord. Adam Dreier and Tony Colvin of Mid-America Real Estate represented the tenant in both leases.
Due diligence — particularly land surveying — can be a slow, cumbersome process if a project lacks strong guidelines based on the owner or developer’s particular needs. It can be easy to overprepare for the wrong site or underprepare for the succession of steps needed for the right site. REBusiness spoke to two land surveying experts, Billy Logsdon, divisional director of surveying, and Tom Teabo, associate and regional survey manager. Both work for Bohler, a land development consulting and site design firm, and both have strong insights on how to incorporate each step in the due diligence process elegantly within a well-planned approach. Due diligence such as American Land Title Association (ALTA) surveys and gathering topographic information can be time-consuming and expensive steps — making it beneficial to fit their timing into the larger project in a way that reflects the client’s needs — from the purchase of land to development completion. Logsdon and Teabo highlight the importance of streamlining the survey process and getting owners and developers better results based on their desired outcomes, often starting with the information already available about the site early in the process. REBusiness: What is slowing down survey due diligence, in your experience, and do …
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.9 million sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 1699 N.W. 7th St. in Miami. The store is net-leased to Walgreens. An unnamed individual/personal trust purchased the property from the undisclosed seller. Jonathan De La Rosa and Eduard Toledo of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the buyer in the transaction. The store, which is located directly across the street from LoanDepot Park, the home ballpark for the Miami Marlins, is situated on land zoned for 180 multifamily units up to eight stories.
ARIZONA AND FLORIDA — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of seven single-tenant EoS Fitness properties in Arizona and Florida for a combined purchase price of $94 million. Barclay Group sold the properties to a publicly traded REIT. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller. Tyler McRae of SRS, along with Echelon Realty Advisors, were responsible for leasing the assets on behalf of EoS Fitness. The portfolio comprises three new-construction gyms that opened in 2023, as well as four formerly vacant grocery stores that are currently undergoing redevelopment. All of the properties have 15-year, corporate-guaranteed, triple-net leases in place with scheduled rental increases. The properties include:
PHOENIX AND LAS VEGAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of six Ultra Clean Express Car Wash net-leased properties located across Phoenix and Las Vegas. The portfolio sold for $41.4 million. Chris Lind, Zack House and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller, a limited liability company. Ryan Sarbinoff served as Marcus & Millichap’s Arizona broker of record and Drank Cameron Glinton served as Marcus & Millichap’s Nevada broker of record. The buyer was not disclosed. Each asset includes a new 20-year, triple-net lease with corporate guarantee and a 10 percent rental increase every five years. Ultra Clean operates under multiple brands, including Ultra Clean, 3 Minute Car Wash, Rinse N Ride, Sparkle and Fast & Friendly.
BATAVIA, ILL. AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — German discount grocer Aldi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket as part of a larger divestiture of Jacksonville-based parent company Southeastern Grocers to various entities. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Southeast-focused acquisition includes approximately 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys locations across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Aldi, which maintains its U.S. headquarters in Batavia, Ill., first established its presence in the Southeast in the mid-1990s and has since invested $2.5 billion in the region. Most recently, Aldi opened its 26th regional headquarters and distribution center in Loxley, Ala., to help support new stores in the region. The retailer plans to open 20 new locations in the area by the end of the year. Jason Hart, CEO of Aldi, says the acquisition supports Aldi’s long-term growth strategy across the country. The grocer plans to open 120 new stores this year to reach a total of more than 2,400 stores by year’s end. Aldi will evaluate which Winn-Dixie and Harveys locations will be converted into Aldi stores. The stores that are not converted will continue to operate under the Winn-Dixie and Harveys brands. Deutsche Bank served …
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Gantry has secured a $14.2 million permanent loan to refinance a neighborhood retail center in Milpitas. The shopping center features 48,000 square feet of retail space. Andrew Mekjavich, Ben Johnson and Erinn Cooke of Gantry’s San Francisco production office secured the loan for the borrower, a private real estate entity. A regional bank provided the fixed-rate loan, which was structured to retire a debt facility that Gantry placed in 2018.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A partnership between two New Jersey-based developers, Accurate and DeVimy Equities, has completed Morris Marketplace, a retail redevelopment project in Northern New Jersey. The project brings 140,000 square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment space to the former corporate campus of Palmolive-Colgate in Morris Township. Morris Marketplace also features pocket parks, splash pads, public seating areas and al fresco dining spaces. Approximately 30 tenants have committed to the project, with more than half now open and operating.
CUMMING, GA. — Atlantic Capital Partners has brokered the $17.5 million sale of Sharon Greens, a Kroger-anchored shopping center located in Cumming, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Justin Smith, Fred Victor, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Danielle Donovan of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the institutional seller and secured the buyer, a joint venture between ShopOne Centers REIT Inc., Pantheon and an unnamed global institutional investment firm. Built in 2001, Sharon Greens spans 98,301 square feet and was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to 21 tenants, including Kroger, Chase Bank and Heartland Dental. The property is located at the intersection of Sharon Road and Peachtree Parkway.
