NEWARK, DEL. — Locally based developer Reybold Group has provided updates on Pencader Corporate Center, a 17.2-acre retail development in Newark. Wawa recently opened a 5,000-square-foot store at the property, and Great New Beginnings will open a 10,000-square-foot early learning center next fall. Pencader Corporate Center will also feature a 12,000-square-foot, multi-tenant retail building, construction of which is expected to begin in March.
NOBLESVILLE, IND. — Nordstrom Inc. has unveiled plans to open a new Nordstrom Rack store in Noblesville, a northeast suburb of Indianapolis. The 25,000-square-foot store is slated to open in fall 2024 and will be situated within Hamilton Town Center, a shopping center that is home to Ulta, Ross Dress for Less, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Total Wine & More. Simon Property Group owns and manages the center. Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom. With this new location, the company operates three Nordstrom Rack stores and one Nordstrom store in Indiana.
NORMAL, ILL. — AXIS 360 Commercial Real Estate Specialists has negotiated two retail leases for cannabis dispensaries in Normal, just north of Bloomington. Revolution Cannabis signed a lease for 3,700 square feet at 1609 Northbrook Road and expects to open before the end of the year. AYR Wellness signed a lease for 3,200 square feet at 1730 Bradford Lane within the Constitution Trail Centre shopping center. AYR Wellness is slated to open in spring 2024. Michael O’Neal and Meghan O’Neal-Rogozinski of AXIS 360 represented the undisclosed landlords in both leases.
BOSTON — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $177.5 million loan to Scape, a London-based multifamily developer that opened its U.S. headquarters in Boston in 2018. The loan will refinance the $165 million construction loan for SCAPE Boylston, a 415-unit apartment development that opened earlier this month in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. The 226,700-square-foot property offers a mix of furnished studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments with Class A retail space on the ground floor. The apartments are already 95 percent occupied, and the retail space is 80 percent leased. Retail tenants include a global bank; Immersive Gamebox; Carbon Health; Dave’s Hot Chicken; Halal Guys; and a 10,000-square-foot, 156-seat, LGBTQ-focused black box theater. Tenant amenities include a landscaped terrace, fitness center, yoga room, co-working space, lounge library and study. The site is located near prominent academic and medical institutions including Boston University and Northeastern University, as well as Fenway’s rapidly growing biotech and life sciences industries. The lights of Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, are visible from the community, which is a block away from a Red Line MBTA train station. “Fenway is a premier academic and employment hub within Boston with substantial demand for efficiently designed, …
OAKLAND PARK, FLA. — Newrock Partners has signed three new retailers to join the tenant mix at Oaklyn, a multifamily development underway in South Florida’s Broward County. The new tenants include fitness brand Pure Barre, fashion boutique Monkees and wellness spa Pause Studio. Pure Barre and Monkees plan to open on the ground level at Oaklyn in the first half of 2024, and Pause Studio plans to debut next summer. Situated at 3333 N. Federal Highway in Oakland Park, Oaklyn features 274 luxury apartments and more than 19,000 square feet of retail space. Newrock delivered the property in October.
MADISON AND HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $6 million portfolio sale of two newly developed gas station/convenience stores in Alabama. The assets are located at 8464 Madison Blvd. in Madison and 11010 Highway 231-431 N in Huntsville. Both properties span 5,200 square feet and have 15-year triple-net ground leases with Circle-K in place. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a developer based in the Southeast, in the transaction. The California-based private buyer purchased the assets in a 1031 exchange. The unnamed investor purchased the fee-simple ownership of the land, which span about 2 acres for both locations, in both deals.
SAN ANTONIO — Texas-based restaurant operator Emmer & Rye Hospitality Group will open Pullman Market, a 40,000-square-foot food hall that will be located within San Antonio’s Pearl District. Set to debut next spring, the culinary destination will feature four full-service restaurants, fast-casual concepts, an artisan butcher and fishmonger program, various wine and beer selections, Texas-based produce and specialty foods, a seasonal bakery and a fresh pasta program. The four restaurants include Italian concept Fife & Farro, Mexican eatery Mezquite, fine-dining establishment Isidore and dessert bar Nicosi.
SANTA MARIA, CALIF. — Tustin-based College West Partners has completed the sale of a restaurant building located at 485 Betteravia Road in Santa Maria. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the asset for $5.1 million, or $1,608 per square foot. Alexander Moore, Sean Cox and Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller and the buyer in the deal. A Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers double drive-thru restaurant occupies the 3,172-square-foot freestanding building, which was built in 2022 on a 0.8-acre pad. The property is located within Enos Ranch, a 110-acre mixed-use development.
DENVER — John Propp Commercial Group has arranged the sale of an office building located at 15 E. Iowa Ave. in Denver. South Gate Masonic Building Association acquired the asset from 25W BKM LLC for $2.3 million. The two-story, 21,258-square-foot building features ground-floor retail space, second-story office space and a single apartment. The buyer plans to renovate and reposition the property both for its own business occupy and to retain existing retail tenants. Joshua Cohen of John Propp Commercial Group represented the seller in the deal.
SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN. — Whole Foods Market will open a 43,406-square-foot store at The Shops at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, a suburb of Hartford, on Jan. 17. The store, which will be the Austin-based grocer’s fifth in the Hartford area, will offer more than 1,000 locally sourced items and will feature full-service meat and seafood counters, a bakery, prepared foods section and a wellness and beauty section.