PIGEON FORGE, TENN. — BrightColors LLC and partner Kingsmen Xperience Inc. have announced plans with crayon giant Crayola to open a 30,000-square-foot Crayola Experience in Pigeon Forge. Upon completion, the indoor family entertainment center will feature 20 interactive experiences and a retail store. The Pigeon Forge location marks the sixth attraction for the brand, which has opened venues in Pennsylvania, Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Arizona. Four additional Crayola Experience locations will open over the next five years, the locations of which were not disclosed.
Retail
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Sale of 237,498 SF Shopping Center in Boca Raton, Florida
by John Nelson
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Shadowwood Square, a 237,498-square-foot shopping center located in Boca Raton. Constructed in 1982, the property is anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, Walgreens and Old Navy. Mark Gilbert, Adam Feinstein and Mitchell Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity controlled by Evelyn Langlieb Greer doing business as Shadowwood Square Ltd. An affiliate of Edens acquired the property for an undisclosed price.
FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has negotiated the sale of an 8,000-square-foot retail property that is leased to Dollar General in the West Texas city of Fort Stockton. According to LoopNet Inc., the freestanding, single-tenant building at 1001 W. Dickinson Blvd. was originally constructed in 1994. The buyer and seller were both Houston-based investment firms that requested anonymity. Evan Altemus of Partners brokered the deal.
SPRING, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment sales brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Gosling Green, a 7,391-square-foot retail strip center in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. The property was fully leased at the time of sale. Jake Dutson of STRIVE represented the seller in the transaction and Hudson Lambert, also with STRIVE, represented the buyer. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.
LOS ANGELES — Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has received $925 million in new financing for Westfield Century City, a 1.4 million-square-foot mall in Los Angeles. URW fully owns the mall, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of financing. The financing is in the form of a two-year, floating-rate commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS).
QUEEN CREEK, ARIZ. — Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a 50,000-square-foot store at Vineyard Towne Center, a 23-acre retail development that Vestar is currently developing in the Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek. Sprouts is the anchor tenant of Phase I of the project. A 145,000-square-foot Target is scheduled to open in April 2025 and anchor the development’s Phase II. Other tenants at Phase I, which is currently 90 percent leased, include Chunk Cookies, Cinnaholic, Dentists of Queen Creek, European Wax Center, MOD Pizza, Mountain America Credit Union, Mr. Pickles, Nekter Juice Bar, Ono Hawaiin BBQ, Over Easy and Zara Nail Bar.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — AXIS 360 Commercial Real Estate Specialists has brokered the $3.3 million sale of the former Ovation 10 Entertainment Complex in the Chicago suburb of Bloomington. Located at 415 Detroit Drive, the property originally opened as Carmike Cinemas in 1999 and was renovated in 2015 to include a full-size kitchen and bar with in-theater dining service. The Ovation Cinema Grill closed at the start of the pandemic and never reopened after parent company, New Vision Theaters, filed for bankruptcy. Michael O’Neal and Meghan O’Neal-Rogozinski of AXIS 360 represented the seller, NV Propco Acquisition. Sherye Przybyla of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services represented the buyer, FMB Holding Inc.
OTTAWA, ILL. — Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois has purchased a 17,295-square-foot retail building located at 501 W. Stevenson Road in Ottawa. Marc Hildenbrand of Friedman Real Estate brokered the sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BALTIMORE AND ELDERSBURG, MD. — KLNB has brokered the sale of two retail properties in metro Baltimore totaling 54,000 square feet. Don Schline and Ryan Wilner of KLNB represented the seller, Creative Holdings LLC, in both transactions. Located at 1848 Reisterstown Road in Baltimore, the first property totals 42,244 square feet. An undisclosed local investor acquired the property and plans to retenant the space with medical office, flex and retail tenants. Ryan Minnehan and Alex Shearer of KLNB will manage retail leasing at the site, and Colin McGonical of KLNB will lead the medical office leasing. Situated at 1720 Liberty Road in Eldersburg, the second property comprises 12,022 square feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to three tenants.
CHICAGO — Greenstone Partners has brokered the $3.6 million sale of an 11,500-square-foot apartment and retail building in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Located at 2200 W. Lawrence Ave., the building is anchored by Roots Pizza and The Sixth, a two-concept retail tenant signed to a long-term lease. The property’s six apartment units were built in 2014 when the building underwent a full rehab. Danny Spitz, Jordan Multack and Tom Galvin of Greenstone represented the seller and procured the buyer, a New York-based private investor.