SPRING, TEXAS — New Promise Neuropathy will open a 3,000-square-foot wellness clinic in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. The space is situated within Spring Oaks Plaza, a newly developed, 10,188-square-foot retail strip center located at 4544 Spring Stuebner Road. Diana Gaines and Jackson Cain of SVN | J. Beard Real Estate represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Spring Oaks Investments LLC, in the lease negotiations. D.J. Hale of Oxford Partners represented the tenant.
BATAVIA, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Wind Point Shopping Center, a 255,704-square-foot, grocery-anchored community center in the Chicago suburb of Batavia. The property is 98.7 percent leased to tenants such as Aldi, Kohl’s, Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight Tools, OfficeMax, HobbyTown, Picked!, PetLand and AT&T. The center is positioned on the retail corridor or Randall Road. Ben Wineman and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the seller, PMAT Real Estate Investments. Core Equity Partners was the buyer.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $27.3 million acquisition loan for Market Meadows, a 149,185-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Naperville. Chris Drew, Travis Anderson, Chris Knight, Wells Waller and Merrick Evans of JLL represented the borrower, Barings, in arranging a seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Principal Asset Management. The property is 98.3 percent leased and anchored by a Jewel-Osco store that comprises 45 percent of the net rentable area. Additional tenants include U.S. Bank, BMO Bank, T-Mobile, Chipotle, Jersey Mike’s Subs and McDonald’s. Rick Drogosz and Eric Geskermann of Mid-America Real Estate Corp. represented the seller, Shorewood Development.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage and investment firm Baker Katz has purchased Lakewood Forest Shopping Center, a 108,016-square-foot shopping center located in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the center was originally built in 1984. Current tenants include Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, First Watch, Taco Cabana and KFC. Jason Baker, Kenneth Katz, Ben Brown and Jack Moody led the transaction internally for Baker Katz. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
LITTLE ELM, TEXAS — Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened a 2,325-square-foot restaurant in Little Elm, located north of the metroplex in Denton County. The restaurant is located within Little Elm Marketplace, a 180,000-square-foot, Kroger-anchored development by Dallas-based Rosebriar Holdings. Preston Pierce Construction spearheaded the build-out of the space in conjunction with Rosebriar.
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Greenstone Partners has negotiated the $1.9 million sale of a 4,083-square-foot, two-tenant retail center located at 2701 E. Main St. in St. Charles. The property, which features a drive-thru, is occupied by Dunkin’ and Options Medical, a weight loss facility with 40 locations across the U.S. Both tenants operate under net lease structures. Brewster Hague, AJ Patel and Tom Galvin of Greenstone represented the seller, a private partnership. The buyer was a local investor.
WESTBURY, N.Y. — Two new entertainment operators — Gatsby’s Board Game Café and I.FLY Trapeze — will open venues at Samanea New York, a 750,000-square-foot entertainment destination on Long Island. Gatsby’s is an interactive experience with a library of more than 400 games that are available to buy and/or play onsite. I.FLY Trapeze offers open-fly sessions, workshops, parties and corporate team-building events. Opening dates were not announced. Lesso Mall Development owns Samanea New York.
By Sam Rolfe, The Lerner Company It seems Omaha’s retail market shows no signs of slowing down from a position of strength, which received a tangible boost when the metro-area population hit the magic 1 million mark. It’s funny that this population hurdle opens the eyes of retailers so much more than 970,000 would, but there’s no doubt that it does, and the market has reacted accordingly, with year-over-year asking rents up 5.4 percent. The seemingly rapid growth and development have not vastly affected the city’s historically strong fundamentals and high occupancy rates however, with the vacancy rate in the metro at 4.4 percent. This low vacancy is partially a byproduct of the historically low supply that has plagued the market in recent years. Over the last decade, we have seen vast westward growth and somewhat stagnant activity in the urban core and central region. Although the westward march continues, it is now coupled with large amounts of urban development, making the city’s retail market strong within eastern submarkets. The old adage “retail follows rooftops” has held true throughout this growth cycle, as retail developments follow the suburban growth of both homes and apartments. One example of this is at …
SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion is investing $484 million to enhance the customer shopping experience with 153 remodeled stores. The stores were unveiled on Nov. 5 throughout the greater Charlotte market. Founded in Salisbury in 1957, Food Lion operates more than 1,100 stores throughout 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. Additionally, Ahold Delhaize USA, the parent company of Food Lion as well as Giant Food and Stop & Shop, recently announced it is investing $860 million for its new East Coast distribution hub in Burlington, N.C.
BEAUMONT, CALIF. AND PHOENIX — Brixton Capital has recapitalized two of its grocery-anchored retail properties in a joint venture with TriPost Capital Partners, which acquired a stake in the two-property portfolio. This transaction marks the second investment out of TriPost’s Asset Solutions strategy. The portfolio includes Marketplace Beaumont, a 177,000-square-foot shopping center in Beaumont, and Palmilla Center, a 104,000-square-foot property in Phoenix. Marketplace Beaumont is 99 percent occupied by Aldi, Ross, HomeGoods and Best Buy, and Palmilla Center is 99 percent occupied by OfficeMax, PetSmart and Dollar Tree.