COVINA, CALIF. — SBH Real Estate Group has completed the disposition of a restaurant property located at 1477 N. Azusa Ave. in Covina. HB Property Management acquired the asset for $4.6 million. Pollo Campero, a fast-casual restaurant, signed a 15-year, triple-net ground lease for the property. Construction is almost complete on the restaurant, which is slated to open at the end of September. Matt Schwartz of Newmark represented Eric Silverman of SBH Real Estate Group, while Moon Lim of JLL represented the buyer in the deal.
UNION, N.J. — Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) announced this morning that it will close approximately 150 of its lower-producing stores across the country. The Union-based home goods retailer also revealed that it is cutting its workforce by about 20 percent across its corporate and supply chain staff. Additionally, the company has secured more than $500 million in new financing, including the expansion of an existing credit line and a new $375 million loan. Bed Bath & Beyond says that these moves are in effort to meet demand of customers, drive growth and profitability, and improve its balance sheet and cash flows. “We are embracing a straightforward, back-to-basics philosophy that focuses on better serving our customers, driving growth and delivering business returns,” says Sue Gove, director and interim CEO. Bed Bath & Beyond has retained national firm Russell Reynolds in its search for a permanent CEO. The retailer is also readjusting its inventory, bringing back popular national brands. The company will discontinue three of its nine private brands, including Haven, Wild Sage and Studio 3B. In its second fiscal quarter that ended Saturday, Aug. 27, Bed Bath & Beyond reported comparable sales decline of approximately 26 percent compared …
GERMANTOWN, TENN. — PEBB Enterprises has sold Germantown Village Square, a 199,142-square-foot mixed-use property located at 7670 Poplar Ave. in the Memphis suburb of Germantown. Evan Halkias and Margaret Jones of Cushman & Wakefield represented PEBB in its $35.5 million sale of the property to Hendon Properties LLC. Germantown Village Square includes 138,995 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 60,147 square feet of second-floor office space occupied primarily by West Clinic, a subsidiary of Baptist Memorial Health Services. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2000, the center was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including T.J. Maxx, DSW, Ulta Beauty, Old Navy and Five Below.
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — RPT Realty has sold Mount Prospect Plaza, a 227,690-square-foot shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect. LBX Investments LLC purchased the grocery-anchored asset for an undisclosed price. Tenants include Aldi, Marshalls, Burlington, Ross Dress for Less and LA Fitness. Walmart shadow anchors the property. George Good and Christian Williams led a CBRE team that represented RPT Realty.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 6,000-square-foot retail property net leased to Just Tires in Chicago for $4.2 million. The asset is located at 4809 N. Broadway St. in the Uptown neighborhood. Nicholas Kanich of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction between the Chicago-based seller and Delaware-based buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between two privately owned firms, William Macklowe Co. and Senlac Ridge Partners, will develop a 180-unit multifamily project in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. The complex will include 45 affordable housing units and a parking garage, as well as 67,000 square feet of commercial space that is now partially leased to CVS and German discount grocer Lidl. Construction is slated for a late 2024 completion. RIPCO Real Estate represented the developer in the retail lease negotiations.
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Jeffery Realty has negotiated the sale of a 3,800-square-foot retail building in the Northern New Jersey community of West Caldwell. The property at 559 Bloomfield Ave. currently houses an AAMCO auto repair shop. Bill Farkas of Jeffery Realty represented the seller in the transaction. Jon Corbiscello of Keller Williams represented the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
DENVER — A joint venture between Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based Kairos Investment Management Co. and Harbor Associates has purchased The George, an office and retail property located at 820 16th St. in Denver. Terms of the transaction were not released. Constructed in 1906 and renovated in 2020, The George is an eight-story, 91,027-square-foot office building with ground-floor retail space. The asset recently received property improvements, including new conference areas, a new lounge, updated HVAC and bicycle storage.
With a 20 percent increase in population in the City of Richmond over the past half decade, and more to come, the city still struggles to attract national retail tenants such as The TJX Cos., Williams-Sonoma and Ann Taylor LOFT, as well as other soft and hard goods users. What Richmond does not struggle attracting are breweries, distilleries, regional and local restaurant operators and many start-up retailers dipping their toes into the growing 22 to 35 demographic calling Scott’s Addition and Manchester home. The food-and-beverage scene in Greater Scott’s Addition is blowing up with the addition of restaurant operations such as ZZQ (rated the best BBQ in Richmond), Lucky AF (from EAT Restaurant Partners), Wood & Iron, Tazza Kitchen and the James Beard Award-winning Peter Chang’s. When coupled more than 15 breweries, distilleries and the city’s only meadery, this energy is attracting ‘retailtainment’ such as River City Roll, Bingo Beer, The Circuit, Tang & Biscuit, Movieland by Bow Tie Cinema and Brambly Park. TRP (Thalhimer Realty Partners), Historic Housing (Louis Salomonsky’s firm) and Capital Square 1031 are local companies leading the developments, and Greystar and Bonaventure have come in from out of town to plant their flag as well. The …
TOWSON, MD. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a newly built, single-tenant retail store located at 300 Towson Row in downtown Towson, about 10 miles north of Baltimore. Built in 2021 and opened in early 2022, the 63,750-square-foot retail property is triple-net-leased to Whole Foods Market, which anchors the 1.2 million-square-foot Towson Row mixed-use development. An unnamed 1031 exchange buyer based in New York purchased the store from locally based developer Greenberg Gibbons for $26.8 million. Jason Maier of Stan Johnson Co. represented the buyer in the transaction.