BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Colliers has brokered the sale of the Shoppes at Brookfield Commons in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield for $9.2 million. The 42,356-square-foot shopping center is located at the intersection of West Bluemound and North Moorland roads. The property is 40 percent vacant. Some of the tenants include Chipotle, H&R Block and LasikPlus. Adam Connor led a Colliers team that represented the seller and procured the buyer, a private Illinois-based real estate company. The transaction marked the first acquisition in Wisconsin for the buyer.
GRAYSLAKE, ILL. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $3.7 million sale of a newly constructed retail property occupied by Kiddie Academy in Grayslake, a northern suburb of Chicago. The 9,492-square-foot, net-leased building is located at 807 Barron Blvd. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller and developer, The Woodmont Co. Gordon Nielsen of Summit Commercial Real Estate LLC represented the buyer, a private investor, based in Fairfax, Va. The sales price represented a cap rate of 6.6 percent.
ELLICOTT CITY, MD. — Giant Food has partnered with Maryland-based Nalley Fresh to open a restaurant within the grocer’s Ellicott City store, roughly 13 miles outside Baltimore. Offering customizable salads, wraps and bowls and the ability to fulfill third-party delivery orders, the restaurant marks the 10th location for Nalley Fresh and the first in-store fast-casual restaurant for Giant Food, which currently operates 165 grocery stores.
RANCHO MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Westar Associates has released plans for Esencia Commons, a 175,000-square-foot retail center in Rancho Mission Viejo. Upon completion, the property will feature a supermarket, fitness center, gas station and other retail and restaurant spaces. Groundbreaking for the project — which will be located within a 50-acre mixed-use development that includes an apartment community, business park, self-storage facilities and planned medical offices — is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. Westar will manage the property and has begun leasing efforts for the center.
LOS ANGELES — TTM Real Estate Capital has purchased HHLA, a 248,841-square-foot retail center located in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles. Newmark and JLL brokered the sale. TTM also announced the addition of two tenants to the property, 60out Escape Rooms and Genio Global Entertainment’s Muhammed Ali Experience, which will open later this year. At the time of sale, the property was home to tenants including CineMark, Ben & Jerry’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dave & Buster’s and Starbucks Coffee. Rebranded from The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center, the property underwent a $35 million renovation following its acquisition by the previous owner, Laurus Corp. Torchlight Investors LLC was a preferred equity partner when Laurus acquired the asset in 2015 for $111 million.
WASHINGTON — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC (BWE) has arranged a $35 million loan for the refinancing of a shopping center located in the state of Washington. Tenants at the property, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale, include a grocery store anchor and 100,000-square-foot big-box retailer. Tom Turnage and Joe Galosic Jr. of BWE secured the financing through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower. The non-recourse loan carries a five-year term with interest-only payments for two years, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Further information on the borrower and property were not disclosed.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. AND LAS VEGAS — Simon Property Group and José Andrés Group (JAG) have announced plans to collaborate and bring restaurants to three properties located in Las Vegas and Palo Alto. The partnership will introduce new dining concepts to Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto and The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas. The collaboration will also bring Turkish, Greek and Lebanese restaurant Zaytinya to The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIF. — ALMQUIST has signed 21 tenants to River Street Marketplace, a 60,000-square-foot retail development currently underway in San Juan Capistrano. Concepts that will join the lineup include Bred’s Hot Chicken, Capistrano Brewing, Common Thread, Fermentation Farm, Finca by David Pratt, Free People, Gueros Cevicheria, Hudson’s Cookies, Kozan Teahouse & Boba, La Vaquera, McConnell’s Ice Cream, The Meat Cellar Market and Steakhouse, Mendocino Farms, Nana’s Fish Chippery, Nom, SALT., Seager, Shootz Hawaiian, Toes on the Nose, Ubuntu Café and Wildfire Mercantile.
WICHITA, KAN. — FunCity Adventure Park has purchased a 52,259-square-foot building formerly home to a Sports Authority store in North Wichita for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 6959 E. 21st St. FunCity, an indoor adventure park operator, maintains 18 locations and several sites under construction across the country. FunCity is actively seeking to acquire or lease vacant retail buildings. By this summer, the company expects to have 25 locations open and operating. Don Mace of KeyPoint Partners advised FunCity on the acquisition in Wichita.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Home décor retailer At Home is opening a new store at 4120 Illinois Road in Fort Wayne. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place Tuesday, April 4. Dallas-based At Home now operates 262 stores in 40 states. At Home sells a variety of merchandise such as furniture, mirrors, rugs and seasonal décor with collections from designers such as Laila Ali, Tracey Boyd, Willow Crossley, Grace Mitchell and Ty Pennington.