LAKE MARY, FLA. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has negotiated the $46 million sale of Griffin Farm at Midtown, a 125,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Lake Mary, a suburb of Orlando. Jacob Baruch, Daniel Baruch and Jonah Warshaw of Legacy Realty represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity, but Orlando Business Journal reports the seller was Unicorp. Griffin Farm at Midtown is anchored by Winn-Dixie and also houses a 24-Hour Fitness location. The shopping center is part of a new mixed-use development that also features 263 luxury apartments and 138 David Weekly Homes.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Provident Bank has provided a $7.5 million loan for the refinancing of Renaissance Plaza, a 76,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Atlantic City. Tenants include Family Dollar, CVS and H&R Block. Daniel Fromm led a Newmark team that placed the debt with Provident Bank on behalf of the borrower, New York City-based investment firm Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. The loan carried a seven-year term and a fixed interest rate.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Babies ‘R’ Us will open a 10,000-square-foot flagship store at American Dream, an entertainment destination located in the Northern New Jersey community of East Rutherford. The parent company of Babies ‘R’ Us, New York City-based WHP Global, purchased a controlling stake in Tru Kids Inc., which also owned Toys ‘R’ Us, in March 2021 and announced plans to reopen certain stores. As such, the American Dream store effectively represents the flagship location for the retailer as WHP Global works to re-establish its physical footprint. The opening is scheduled for this summer.
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Atlantic Capital Partners has arranged the sale of The Shops at West End, a 381,804-square-foot shopping center located southwest of downtown Minneapolis in St. Louis Park. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $64.8 million. Duke Realty Corp. developed The Shops at West End in 2009. The center, which was 81 percent leased at the time of sale, features 36 retail tenants as well as office space. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Cole Van Gelder of Atlantic worked with Kris Schisel and Anthony Strauss of Transwestern to arrange the transaction. The seller was also undisclosed.
MERRIAM, KAN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Merriam Town Center, a 363,076-square-foot open-air retail center located at 8800 Johnson Drive in Merriam, approximately 10 miles southwest of Kansas City. Built in 1998, the property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include The Home Depot, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Cinemark, Ross Dress for Less and PetSmart. Amy Sands and Michael Nieder of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The R.H. Johnson Co. acquired the property for an undisclosed price.
MALDEN, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 43,770-square-foot retail property occupied by Walmart in Malden, which is part of the Missouri Bootheel in the southeast portion of the state. A limited liability company purchased the net-leased property, located at 1007 N. Douglass St., for $2.9 million in an all-cash transaction. Walmart has five years remaining on its lease. Investment specialists Jared Shapiro, Craig Fuller, Erin Patton and Scott Wiles from Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland and Columbus offices marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company and private investor. The buyer was also secured and represented by Shapiro, Fuller, Patton and Wiles with the assistance of David Saverin, Missouri broker of record.
SANTA BARBARA AND PASADENA, CALIF. — Gantry has secured $20 million in financing for a cross-collateralized, two-property, mixed-asset portfolio in Southern California. The portfolio includes a two-building office asset on State Street in Santa Barbara and a 12,500-square-foot retail property located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. Tenants include Zara in Pasadena and Chase Bank in Santa Barbara. Mark Ritchie, Amit Tyagi and Alicia Sabanero of Gantry’s El Segundo office secured the 15-year permanent loan a private real estate investor. One of Gantry’s regional bank lender relationships provided the capital. The loan has an initial five-year interest-only payment period, followed by 25-year amortization for the remainder of the term.
PARKER, COLO. — Armstrong Capital Development (ACD) has completed the sale Parker Keystone, a retail center in Parker. A publicly traded REIT acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at the intersection of South Parker Road and Lincoln Avenue, the Class A, multi-tenant property was fully leased at the time of sale. The property totals 16,600 square feet. Current tenants include Bank of America, Wingstop, Dunkin’ Donuts and AAA Colorado. ACD completed the transaction on behalf of its ACD 2013 Fund LP. Cory Gross of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction.
YPSILANTI, MICH. — Northmarq has arranged the $2.6 million sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 3100 Washtenaw Avenue in Ypsilanti, roughly five miles southeast of downtown Ann Arbor. AMERCO Real Estate Co. acquired the property, which sits on 11 acres and totals 91,743 square feet. Isaiah Harf of Northmarq’s Chicago office represented the seller, a New York-based institutional investor. Neighboring tenants include Fresh Thyme Market, Dollar General, Planet Fitness, Domino’s and Walgreens.
CLARKSTON, MICH. — Landlord Shango Properties has leased an approximately 1,500-square-foot space in the White Lake Commons shopping center in Clarkston, a northern suburb of Detroit, to physical fitness center chain Stretch Lab. The Gerdom Realty & Investment team of Michael Murphy and Tjader Gerdom represented the landlord, and Stephen Smith of TNF Realty represented Stretch Lab. White Lake Commons is anchored by Neiman’s Market and is located near the intersection of Dixie Highway and White Lake Road.