SARASOTA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a 10,378-square-foot retail property located at 8546 S. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. CVS/pharmacy occupies the building on a net-lease basis. The property was built in 1999 on a 1.6-acre site. Joseph Prio, Alan Lipsky and Barry Wolfe of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, FFT Livingstone Investors Inc. An undisclosed private investor was the buyer.
SAN ANTONIO — Chick-fil-A has signed a lease to open a 4,995-square-foot restaurant at Northwoods Shopping Center in San Antonio. The Atlanta-based fast-food chain will occupy a 1.5-acre pad site at the center, which is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and Loop 1604 on the city’s north side. Other retailers at Northwoods Shopping Center, which is owned by Los Angeles-based CIM Group, include grocer H-E-B, Barnes & Noble, Marshall’s, Ulta Beauty and Old Navy. An opening date was not disclosed.
BOSTON — Atlantic Capital Partners, a division of Boston-based Atlantic Realty, has negotiated the $70 million sale of a portfolio of four grocery-anchored retail assets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The properties, all of which are master-leased to regional operator Stop & Shop, total 272,542 square feet and are located in the Massachusetts communities of Framingham, Malden and Swampscott, with the fourth in Bristol, R.I. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson and Sam Koonce of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
KAILUA, HAWAII — Watumull Properties Corp. has purchased Niumalu Marketplace, a 205,000-square-foot retail center located in Kailua on O’ahu, for $66 million. Safeway anchors the property, which is situated on 20 acres. Wendell Brooks and Kimo Greenwell of JLL will handle leasing at the center, and Big Island Colliers’ Hawaii office will provide property management services.
DENVER — Essex Financial Group has secured $32 million in financing for the purchase of 2nd & Josephine, a 105,253-square-foot mixed-use property in Denver. Comprising four buildings, the development was fully leased at the time of sale. Bank of America anchors the property, which features retail and office space, as well as 260 parking spaces. Paul Donahue, Cooper Williams, Nate Schneider and Andrea Mehlem of Essex arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of the buyer.
MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — Longpoint has acquired Cardenas Marketplace, a shopping center in Montclair, roughly 30 miles east of Los Angeles, for $22.7 million. Built in 2020 and anchored by Cardenas Market, the property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants at the center include AT&T and Wendy’s. Alan Krueger, Vanessa Haddad and Masih Waliyar of CBRE represented Longpoint in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Five new tenants are joining Christown Spectrum, a retail center in Phoenix. Naughty Tacos has opened a 1,540-square-foot restaurant at the property. KTK Chiropractic will lease 3,337 square feet at the center beginning this summer. Burlington is scheduled to open a location at the property in 2024. Hobby Lobby and Five Below will also open next year, occupying 60,000 and 10,000 square feet, respectively.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Sports & Social, a dining and entertainment concept, has signed an 8,900-square-foot lease at The Mall at Green Hills, a shopping mall located in Nashville. The venue will feature a menu curated by James Beard Award nominee Chef John Suley and a 33-foot LED media wall for viewing games and sporting events. The Taubman Realty Group, a joint venture between mall giant Simon and the Taubman family, is the owner of the mall. Sports & Social is a dining and entertainment concept headed by Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, a division of The Cordish Cos. No opening date was announced, but Live! Hospitality expects Sports & Social to open before the end of the year.
GRIFFIN, GA. — Burlington Stores Inc. has signed a 20,000-square-foot lease at North Griffin Square, a retail center located in Griffin, approximately 40 miles south of Atlanta. Beginning this summer, Burlington will open a store at the 226,694-square-foot center, located at 1617 N. Expressway. Belk, Bealls and Big Lots anchor the property, which is also leased to tenants including PetSmart, T-Mobile, Little Caesars, LongHorn Steakhouse and Starbucks Coffee. Sandy Springs, Ga.-based Halpern Enterprises Inc., which developed North Griffin Square in 1979, is the landlord and is currently finalizing an exterior improvement program at the shopping center.
NEW YORK CITY — Foot Locker will close more than 400 underperforming stores as part of its “Lace Up” plan, which was announced during a recent call with investors. According to Tony Aversa, senior vice president of global store development, the move is part of a strategy to manage portfolio risk by way of strategic closures. The New York City-based shoe retailer currently operates 2,700 stores, which will be reduced to approximately 2,400 by 2026, a number that also reflects the planned addition of stores in new formats. Despite the closures, Foot Locker intends to increase its aggregate brick-and-mortar footprint by roughly 10 percent to 14.5 million square feet by 2026. Foot Locker will also shift to a focus on off-mall stores, with the goal of having off-mall locations comprise more than 50 percent of its real estate portfolio by 2026.
