OAK BROOK, ILL. — Oak Brook-based Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPC) has sold 29 properties occupied by CVS and Walgreens across the country for $172.3 million. The separate transactions were completed over the course of five months. The sales included six CVS properties and 23 Walgreens assets totaling 398,040 square feet. IPC, through its subsidiary that serves as asset manager, facilitated the sales on behalf of nine IPC 1031 investment programs.
MARIETTA, GA. — North American Properties (NAP) has gained unanimous approval from the Cobb County Board of Commissioners for its redevelopment plan of the Avenue East Cobb, an open-air shopping center located in the northeast Atlanta suburb of Marietta. Plans call for a portion of the central building near Kale Me Crazy to be demolished to make way for an 8,000-square-foot area called The Plaza that will be surrounded by restaurants with patios. The Plaza will feature a covered, raised stage for performances; an LED screen for broadcasting live events; and a deck with soft, flexible seating. Connected to The Plaza will be a 500-square-foot concierge building with optional valet that will be offered seasonally and during large-scale events. Two 2,500-square-foot, standalone retail and restaurant buildings will also be constructed adjacent to the concierge station. Additionally, NAP has secured new leases with Warby Parker, New York Butcher Shoppe and Tempur-Pedic, as well as a Kendra Scott pop-up and Vanilla Café. The Cincinnati-based developer will begin the permitting process immediately with plans to host a public groundbreaking celebration later this fall. NAP is partnering with PGIM Real Estate for the redevelopment of Avenue East Cobb, which Atlanta-based Cousins Properties opened in …
By Brian Katz (CEO), Amy Staats (vice president), Jonathan Greenberg (director), Adam Caplan (director) and Hugh Scullin (vice president) of Katz & Associates The Northern New Jersey retail real estate market has been flourishing in the post-COVID-19 era. Inventory continues to shrink across the board, with exceptional demand for drive-thru locations and mid-size boxes. Furthermore, the modern, well-anchored neighborhood and power centers seldom have more than one or two small shop vacancies. Some categories in high demand include discount apparel, grocery, food, health and beauty, fitness and medical. Northern New Jersey specifically benefits from its critical mass and its ease of access to main roads and points of entry. Tenants that have been able to refocus and adapt have thrived in a market that already has a lot going for it. Simply put, the post-COVID bounce has been better than we could have imagined, and from a company standpoint, the pipeline of deals that are in the works or have closed has been among the strongest in our history. Leasing Activity Leasing activity is up. Market adjustments aside, leasing activity has pretty much returned to pre-pandemic levels. In some instances, it’s even easier to get deals across the finish line …
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Katz & Associates has arranged the $10.6 million sale of a former hhgregg store located at 20841 S. State Road 7 in Boca Raton. CIRE Equity, a commercial real estate investor with offices in Southern California and Phoenix, purchased the 41,250-square-foot store from an entity doing business as Pan York Glades LLC. Jon Cashion and Daniel Solomon of Katz & Associates represented the seller in the transaction. EoS Fitness, a retail fitness concept based in Phoenix, will backfill the store, which is situated adjacent to a Burlington and PetSmart.
ATLANTA — Lalani Ventures has signed Atlanta Brewing Co., a pioneer of the craft beer movement in the Southeast, to relocate from Atlanta’s West Midtown district to Underground Atlanta, a historic mixed-use redevelopment underway in south downtown Atlanta. The brewer was founded in 1993 with its first location off Williams Street in Midtown, before moving to its current location in 2007. The brewer will relocate again to Underground Atlanta and operate a new indoor/outdoor taproom, brewery and restaurant along Upper Alabama Street. The 8,600-square-foot location, which was once the Atlanta Visitors Center, is set to open before the end of the year and will feature a rotation of guest chefs, ping pong tables, a canning operation and roll-up garage doors. Additionally, the taproom will offer 20 beer selections and self-pouring taps throughout the space. Lalani Ventures has previously secured leases at Underground Atlanta with Fulton County’s Public Arts Future Lab, an artist residency funded by Microsoft; MARTA Artbound, MARTA’s public art program; Arts & Entertainment Atlanta; YELLE Beauty, a black woman-owned and operated beauty concept by Yandy Smith-Harris; Dancing Crepes, a new dining concept also by Smith-Harris; dolo’s pizza company, a pizza concept by Alyson Williams and Yusef Walker; and …
EULESS, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Glade Parks Town Center, a 559,457-square-foot retail power center located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Euless. Built in phases between 2014 and 2018, the property houses tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, Total Wine & More, Cinepolis, Ulta Beauty, Belk, Michael’s, HomeGoods, EoS Fitness, First Watch, Hopdoddy, Daiso, Old Navy, Burlington, DSW and Massage Envy. Barry Brown, Chris Gerard, Ryan Shore, Greyson Fewin and Matthew Barge of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture led by Iron Point Partners, an investment firm with offices in Dallas and Washington, D.C., in the transaction. Charlotte-based Big V Property Group acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
SAN LEANDRO, CALIF. — An affiliate of Madison Marquette has completed the sale of Bayfair Center, a 42-acre regional mall at a BART subway station in San Leandro. B3 and GAW Capital Partners acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 15555 E. 14th St., Bayfair Center was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. Current tenants include Target, Century Theaters, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ulta Beauty, Old Navy, 24 Hour Fitness and PetSmart. The property includes one main mall building and five outparcel buildings with a total of 816,771 leaseable square feet. The asset offers the ability to redevelop a large portion of the site into a life sciences and mixed-use campus. Nicholas Bicardo, Steven Golubchik, Jonathan Schaefler, Darren Hollak and Cheyne Bloch of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
ABINGTON, KINGSTON AND ORLEANS, MASS. — Boston-based Atlantic Capital Partners, a division of Atlantic Retail, has arranged the $84.2 million sale of three shopping centers located on the southern outskirts of the state capital. The properties in Abington, Kingston and Orleans are all anchored by grocers and were collectively 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce, Cole Van Gelder and Ben Starr of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.9 million sale of a store located at 5048 Bayou Blvd. in Pensacola leased to MedMen, a national medical marijuana retailer. The single-tenant, triple-net-leased property in Northwest Florida opened in 2019 and was the fifth medical marijuana dispensary in Escambia County at the time. The MedMen store is an outparcel to Cordova Mall, which is within walking distance of Pensacola State College. Barry Wolfe and Alan Lipsky of Marcus & Millichap’s Wolfe-Lipsky team, which has brokered the sale of 22 medical marijuana dispensaries in the past 18 months, represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Western Lights Shopping Center, a 250,193-square-foot retail property in Syracuse, for $18.2 million. Tenants at the center include Price Chopper, Valu Home Center, Dollar Tree, Rainbow Shops, Mavis Discount Tire, Supercuts and Subway. Joseph French Jr., Kodi Traver and Thomas Dalzell of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also secured the buyer.