MECHANICSVILLE, VA. — WEDGE Acquisitions LLC has purchased a 1.7-acre parcel in Mechanicsville for $690,000 for the development of a retail strip center. Upon completion, the property, located at 8527 Meadowbridge Road, will comprise 6,500 square feet. Dunkin’ will anchor the center. Nathan Shor of S.L. Nusbaum represented WEDG in the transaction, and Douglas Tice III, also with S.L. Nusbaum, represented the seller, Lisa G. Waitman.
HOUSTON — Three retailers have signed leases at Plazas at Midtown II, a shopping center in Houston. Dough Zone Dumpling House will open a 4,503-square-foot restaurant at the property, marking the brand’s first Texas location. Additionally, nightclub Clover has debuted an 1,848-square-foot venue, and Upscale Cleaners will open an 824-square-foot location. Fifth Corner is the landlord.
ORANGE, CALIF. — Watermarke Properties has acquired City Centre I, a 6.8-acre multifamily redevelopment project, for $22.5 million. The current property is a Class A, 150,161-square-foot office building suitable for multifamily or mixed-use conversion. Current zoning designations for the site allow for up to 60 units per acre. Primary use of the site’s ground floor is slated for retail. Newmark’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White, Chris Benton, Anthony Muhlstein and Brandon White represented the undisclosed seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a 7,356-square-foot retail property located at 1 Worth St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The seller was Xeno Lightning, a film production company that had owned and operated out of the six-story building since 1990. The buyer was not disclosed. Trever Gallina of Marcus & Millichap brokered the deal.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital (BWE) has arranged a $6.2 million loan for the acquisition of Shoppes of Brookfield Commons, a retail center in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield. The two-building property totals 42,356 square feet. At the time of loan closing, the asset was 54 percent leased. Ryan Morris of BWE arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, CapRock Real Estate. Ameritas Investment Partners provided the three-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate along with $1 million of future funding for capital improvements and leasing efforts.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has brokered the sale of 701 S State in Chicago’s Loop for $6 million. The building features 36 apartment units as well as a bar on the first floor. The residences are renovated studio apartments, all of which are occupied. Kiser Group’s Birk | Sklar team represented the seller, Nicholas Vranas, who had owned the building for over 40 years. A local restaurant operator purchased the asset. According to Kiser, the buyer was drawn to the property because of its 4 a.m. liquor license, which was transferred upon sale.
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — Big Fish Hospitality has unveiled plans to open a new restaurant named The Prospect in suburban Chicago. The upscale eatery will be situated at 20West, a luxury apartment building located at 20 W. Northwest Highway in Mount Prospect. Big Fish expects to begin construction on the two-story restaurant this summer, with a soft opening planned for late fall and a grand opening toward the end of the year. Chef Mauro Berruti and General Manager Garrett Supples will lead The Prospect. Nicholas & Associates, which completed construction of 20West on behalf of developer Wingspan Development Group, will oversee the build-out of the restaurant space. The Prospect will be able to accommodate 90 to 100 people on the first floor and 50 to 75 people on the second level. A full bar will be situated on each level. The upstairs area will also serve as private event space.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Hoar Construction has completed the 25,000-square-foot renovations on the southern wing of Oxmoor Center, a regional mall in east Louisville. The project, which also included a 30,000-square-foot addition and 27 acres of surface parking, is on the site of the mall’s former Sears that closed in 2018. Replacing the former department store is a recently opened Topgolf and nine new tenant shell spaces. Hoar’s project team included Strong Tower Exterior Envelope Wall Systems, Louisville Paving & Construction Co. and Hobbs+Black Architects. Owned by Brookfield Properties, Oxmoor Center spans nearly 900,000 square feet and features retailers including Macy’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Von Maur, The Lego Store, Apple and Sephora, among others.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $12.1 million sale of Southwood Shops, a 107,697-square-foot shopping center located in the Tampa suburb of Bradenton. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of IPA represented the seller, an entity doing business as Bradwood Shopping Center Co. Ltd., and procured the buyer, a Miami-based partnership doing business as Southwood Shops LLC. Built in 1981 at the intersection of 14th Street and 57th Avenue, Southwood Shops was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including grocery anchor Winn-Dixie.
BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF. — Wood Investments Cos. has purchased a former Kmart building in Big Bear Lake, with plans to develop an 80,000-square-foot shopping center. Upon completion, Big Bear Lake Shopping Center will be subdivided into three individual anchor suites. A 17,193-square-foot Grocery Outlet will anchor the property. Another retailer has signed a 23,228-square-foot lease at the property, and a third tenant is in negotiations to lease a 23,228-square-foot space. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, with the opening scheduled for March 2024. Charley Simpson of Colliers International represented Wood in the purchase. Nick Wirick, Chris Beauchamp and Miranda Montgomery of Lee & Associates are handling leasing at the center.
