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JLL Arranges $29M Sale of Lowes Foods-Anchored Shopping Center in Summerville, South Carolina

by John Nelson

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — JLL has arranged the $29 million sale of Oakbrook Station, a Lowes Foods-anchored shopping center located at 10020 Dorchester Road in Summerville, a suburb of Charleston. Brad Buchanan, Tom Kolarczyk, Jim Hamilton and Andrew Michols of JLL represented the seller, LBX Investments, in the transaction. New York City-based Kempner Properties purchased the property in partnership with Peter Braus and James Wacht of Lee & Associates. Built in 1997 and renovated in 2017, Oakbrook Station spans 138,137 square feet and was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including the U.S. Postal Service, Community Thrift and Dollar Tree.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $5.4M Sale of Retail Center in Belleville, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

BELLEVILLE, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.4 million sale of Van Buren Plaza in Belleville, a southwest suburb of Detroit. The 43,765-square-foot retail center is located at 11824 Belleville Road and was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale by a mix of local, regional and national tenants. Alex Perez and Chris Garavaglia of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a limited liability company. Seller information was not provided.

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Banksia to Open 5,300 SF Restaurant at 1111 Main Office Building in Downtown Kansas City

by Kristin Harlow

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Banksia is opening a 5,300-square-foot restaurant at 1111 Main, the largest office building in Kansas City, according to owner Copaken Brooks. The Australian-inspired café and bistro is relocating from its existing downtown location at 105 W. 9th St. The new restaurant is slated to open this spring. Copaken Brooks is performing the owner’s representative services for Banksia’s build-out. Banksia will offer patio seating, a full bar, coffee, breakfast, lunch and dinner service as well as private event spaces. Tiffany Ruzicka of AREA Real Estate Advisors represented the tenant, while Erin Johnston of Copaken Brooks represented ownership.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $4.9M Sale of Retail, Medical Office Building in Brooklyn

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.9 million sale of a 10,900-square-foot retail and medical office building in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood. The building at 1670 E. 17th St. has 12 suites and is zoned for up to 4,700 square feet of expansion. Jakub Nowak of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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

by Amy Works

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.

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

by Katie Sloan

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 …

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Entertainment Concepts Take Center Stage as Consumers Limit Retail Spending

by Hayden Spiess

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, …

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

by Taylor Williams

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.

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

by John Nelson

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.

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

by John Nelson

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.

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