ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — Irvine-based Covenant Real Estate Group has completed the sale of a newly constructed, two-tenant retail pad at Freedom Point Plaza in Roseville. A Stockton-based private investor acquired the asset for $4 million. Chipotlane, a Chipotle digital order drive-thru location, and Roku Sushi occupy the 4,808-square-foot building, which is located at 4200 Thrive Drive. Tenants at Freedom Point Plaza include TopGolf and Living Spaces. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, while Scott Pesch of Eureka-based CB Commercial Pacific Partners represented the buyer in the transaction.
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RealSource Brokers $3.1M Sale of Grease Monkey-Occupied Retail Property in Monument, Colorado
by Amy Works
MONUMENT, COLO. — RealSource Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail building located at 213 W. Highway 105 in Monument, approximately 50 miles south of Denver. A Monument-based private investor sold the asset to a Houston-based private real estate investment firm for $3.1 million. Oil change service provider Grease Monkey occupies the 5,309-square-foot building, which was built in 1995 and renovated in 2007. The tenant recently signed a 10-year initial lease with 10 percent rental increases every five years. Austin Blodgett and Jonathan Schiffer of RealSource, along with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller in the deal.
SUNRISE, FLA. — Azor Advisory Services has brokered the $13.9 million sale of The Sawgrass Home Design Center, a retail center located at 13001-13191 W. Sunrise Blvd. in Sunrise, approximately 30 miles northwest of Miami in Broward County. The 45,000-square-foot property was 83 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including DXL Casual Male, Bella Salon Suites, Lighting Outlet, Compass Research and Caremax. Beth Azor of Azor Advisory represented the seller, a partnership doing business as FVP Sawgrass LLC, which originally acquired the property in 2011. Apogee Realty Inc. and an entity doing business as Capital Group Realty 2004 LLC represented the buyer, Harvest International Investments.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — SVN | J. Beard Real Estate has begun leasing Country Forest Plaza, a 9,615-square-foot retail project located at 11828 FM 1488 in Magnolia, about 45 miles northwest of Houston. Retail spaces will range in size from 1,300 to 5,715 square feet. Kane Dunbar served as general contractor for the project, construction of which began in January and is expected to be complete during the summer.
NEW BRITAIN, PA. — JLL has brokered the sale of Town Center of New Britain, a 124,262-square-foot shopping center located on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia. Giant Food anchors the center, which was built in 1990 and renovated in 2002. At the time of sale, Town Center of New Britain was 91 percent leased, and other tenants include Rite Aid, Dollar Tree, Verizon Wireless and AutoZone. Christopher Munley, Jim Galbally and Colin Behr of JLL represented the seller, Federal Realty Investment Trust, in the transaction. Milbrook Properties acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
LIBERAL, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.3 million sale of a 4,743-square-foot retail property in Liberal, a city in Southwest Kansas. Starbucks and T-Mobile occupy the building, which was constructed in 2022 and is located at 1411 N. Kansas Ave. Alex Van Krevel, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private 1031 exchange investor. James Litzler of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged an acquisition loan, which featured a fixed interest rate of 5.84 percent and a 68 percent loan-to-value ratio.
PALMDALE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail property located at 39178 10th St. West in Palmdale. A Texas-based owner and operator of retail properties sold the asset to a private investor for $5.4 million. At the time of sale, the 11,788-square-foot property was fully occupied by six tenants, including Jenny Craig and Verizon. The property is a portion of Palmdale Marketplace, a 450,000-square-foot power center anchored by Target, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse and Sprouts Farmers Market. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS’ national net lease group represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
Nashville’s economy experienced some of the healthiest growth in the nation in 2022, with an annual job growth rate of 5.8 percent, exceeding the U.S. growth rate of 4.1 percent, based on data from Oxford Economics. Nashville also received high marks from the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers, ranking as the No. 1 Market to Watch in their 2023 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. The report credited Nashville’s tremendous and sustained population growth, and its economic diversity. Referred to as a “Supernova,” Nashville grew by an average of 5 percent since 2019 — four times faster than the national rate — due to rapid net in-migration. These fundamentals have helped boost the retail market in Nashville over the last several years. Post-pandemic, market-wide retail vacancy decreased to 3.3 percent at the end of 2022, which is two percentage points less than the rate at year-end 2020, but in line with the 15-year record low mark set in 2018. While Nashville’s retail sector took a hit along with others across the nation, it continues to rebound and perform due to a rise in dense communities where developers and owners are being strategic and thoughtful in retail curation. As such, the …
EAGAN, MINN. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Cliff Lake Centre in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan for an undisclosed price. The 74,182-square-foot shopping center is home to Dollar Tree, Davanni’s, Great Clips, The UPS Store, Snap Fitness and H&R Block. Target and Cub Foods shadow anchor the property. Joe Girardi and Amy Senn of Mid-America represented the seller, IRC Retail Centers/DRA Advisors. The asset sold to MVK Capital and True North Investments. Pine Tree was the property manager.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot has signed a long-term lease for the 6,400-square-foot former Old Chicago restaurant space at 3333 28th St. SE in Grand Rapids. The restaurant anticipates opening this fall. Bob Lotzar of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented the undisclosed landlord. The lease marks the first West Michigan location for KPOT.