MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — Longpoint has acquired Cardenas Marketplace, a shopping center in Montclair, roughly 30 miles east of Los Angeles, for $22.7 million. Built in 2020 and anchored by Cardenas Market, the property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants at the center include AT&T and Wendy’s. Alan Krueger, Vanessa Haddad and Masih Waliyar of CBRE represented Longpoint in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Five new tenants are joining Christown Spectrum, a retail center in Phoenix. Naughty Tacos has opened a 1,540-square-foot restaurant at the property. KTK Chiropractic will lease 3,337 square feet at the center beginning this summer. Burlington is scheduled to open a location at the property in 2024. Hobby Lobby and Five Below will also open next year, occupying 60,000 and 10,000 square feet, respectively.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Sports & Social, a dining and entertainment concept, has signed an 8,900-square-foot lease at The Mall at Green Hills, a shopping mall located in Nashville. The venue will feature a menu curated by James Beard Award nominee Chef John Suley and a 33-foot LED media wall for viewing games and sporting events. The Taubman Realty Group, a joint venture between mall giant Simon and the Taubman family, is the owner of the mall. Sports & Social is a dining and entertainment concept headed by Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, a division of The Cordish Cos. No opening date was announced, but Live! Hospitality expects Sports & Social to open before the end of the year.
GRIFFIN, GA. — Burlington Stores Inc. has signed a 20,000-square-foot lease at North Griffin Square, a retail center located in Griffin, approximately 40 miles south of Atlanta. Beginning this summer, Burlington will open a store at the 226,694-square-foot center, located at 1617 N. Expressway. Belk, Bealls and Big Lots anchor the property, which is also leased to tenants including PetSmart, T-Mobile, Little Caesars, LongHorn Steakhouse and Starbucks Coffee. Sandy Springs, Ga.-based Halpern Enterprises Inc., which developed North Griffin Square in 1979, is the landlord and is currently finalizing an exterior improvement program at the shopping center.
NEW YORK CITY — Foot Locker will close more than 400 underperforming stores as part of its “Lace Up” plan, which was announced during a recent call with investors. According to Tony Aversa, senior vice president of global store development, the move is part of a strategy to manage portfolio risk by way of strategic closures. The New York City-based shoe retailer currently operates 2,700 stores, which will be reduced to approximately 2,400 by 2026, a number that also reflects the planned addition of stores in new formats. Despite the closures, Foot Locker intends to increase its aggregate brick-and-mortar footprint by roughly 10 percent to 14.5 million square feet by 2026. Foot Locker will also shift to a focus on off-mall stores, with the goal of having off-mall locations comprise more than 50 percent of its real estate portfolio by 2026.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Developer Michael Zeller and his project team are underway on the redevelopment of Rock Island Bridge in Kansas City. The bridge is a historical landmark dating back to 1906 that is being transformed into a recreational space. Plans call for 11,000 square feet of multipurpose space for open-air food courts, a food hall with industrial kitchens, office, retail and 8,000 square feet of event space with a removable cover and open-air veranda. Construction began in February and is slated for completion in spring 2024. MultiStudio, formerly known as Gould Evans, is the project architect. Thornton Tomasetti and TranSystems are the engineers. L.G. Barcus & Sons Construction Co. is building the lower and upper decks, while Centric Construction Co. is working on the buildings and finishes. HNTB is working on the design of the levee frontage and surrounding land. Stinson LLP assisted the development team in navigating legal issues concerning ownership rights of the bridge over a state-owned waterway. These issues included federal railroad law, state and federal highway/transportation laws, Kansas water law and general Kansas property law.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kraus-Anderson has begun a $2 million renovation project for Modist Brewing Co. in Minneapolis. Designed by Perkins & Will, the 7,000-square-foot renovation of Modist’s existing North Loop building will add new offices, a brewing lab and event space. There will be a two-story event space along with a pre-function bar and waiting area. Kraus-Anderson is working in partnership with J. Benson, a minority business enterprise contractor. Completion is slated for mid-July. Modist Brewing is located at 505 N. 3rd St. within the city’s warehouse district.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $2.3 million sale of a single-tenant retail property in Fontana. Dutch Bros Coffee occupies the newly constructed, 871-square-foot property, which is situated within Highland Village Shopping Center, on a triple-net-lease basis. Kevin Fryman, Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley represented the seller, Adler Realty Investments, in the transaction. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley represented the buyer, a private investor.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Seven new tenants have signed leases at Vancouver Mall, a shopping center located in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. Twisted Escape Rooms, Paliy Construction, Mariya’s Touch Boutique and Luxury African Braids have already opened spaces at the property. Lo’u Seie and Quick Bites Deli Shop will open in April of this year, with Smack Town scheduled to join the tenant lineup in May.
SAN ANTONIO — Nordstrom Rack will open a 34,966-square-foot store at Northwoods Shopping Center in San Antonio. Owned by Los Angeles-based CIM Group, the 443,148-square-foot power center is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and Loop 1604 on the city’s north side. Other retailers at Northwoods Shopping Center include grocer H-E-B, Barnes & Noble, Marshall’s, Ulta Beauty and Old Navy. The opening of Nordstrom Rack is scheduled for September.