BROOKLAWN, N.J. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $8.8 million sale of a 1.5-acre retail property in the Southern New Jersey community of Brooklawn. The site houses a 4,950-square-foot structure that was built in 2019 and is leased to convenience store operator Wawa. Britt Raymond, Kyle Fant and Sabrina Kortlandt of SRS represented the seller, a New York-based hotelier, in the transaction. Winston Guest, also with SRS, represented the buyer, a California-based 1031 exchange investor.
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the all-cash sale of a vacant big box retail building in Cathedral City. Andrew Gross and Lee Cordova represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released. Located at 35900 Date Palm Drive, the asset spans 80,000 square feet. The retail space sits on a 262,000-square-foot lot near an Amazon facility, gym and bank.
CLAWSON, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Clawson Center in the northern Detroit suburb of Clawson for an undisclosed price. The fully leased shopping center spans 91,266 square feet. Tenants include Staples, Dollar Tree, Billings Lawn Equipment, Burn Fitness, Cosmoprof, H&R Block, Joe’s Army/Navy, Play It Again Sports and Salon Suites. Ben Wineman and Daniel Stern of Mid-America represented the seller, a Dallas-based family office. Kevin Jappaya, David Jappaya and Preston Rabban of KJ Commercial Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer, a metro Detroit-based private investment group.
By Taylor Williams As an exceptionally dense, compact market that’s only bordered by land on three sides, metro Boston and its brick-and-mortar retail sectors have long been subject to shortages of quality retail space. Even during the height of the pandemic, when some retailers and restaurants went under and sent vacated space back to the market, prime locations were quickly reabsorbed. As it did nationally during the shutdown of the U.S. economy, rent growth in Boston’s retail market subsided temporarily, only to rebound quickly via pent-up demand. Now, the economy is seemingly on the verge of recession, and consumers’ disposable incomes are being severely stretched by 40-year inflationary highs. Yet Boston’s healthy proportion of young people and strong growth in high-paying industries like tech, healthcare and life sciences still have numerous retail users and brokers feeling bullish on the market. But even the most aggressive and well-thought-out expansion plans can fall flat in the absence of good physical space in which to grow. A Tight Market According to data compiled by Newmark, there is roughly 500,000 square feet of pure-play retail space currently under construction throughout the Boston area. While construction timelines are fluid, the full-service real estate firm estimates …
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Colliers has arranged the sale of the 135-room Quality Inn Palm Beach International Airport hotel and an adjacent IHOP restaurant in West Palm Beach. Index Investment Group purchased the assets from Cherry Cove Hospitality for $12.5 million. Mark Rubin and Bastian Laggerbauer of Colliers’ South Florida Investment Services team represented the buyer, and Richard Lillis of Colliers’ Hotels USA division represented the seller in the off-market transaction. Index will assume operations of the hotel immediately and continue to operate it under the Quality Inn flag. The hotel and 5,408-square-foot IHOP are located at 1503-1505 Belvedere Road, roughly two miles from both Palm Beach International Airport and downtown West Palm Beach.
ALCOA, TENN. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $2.4 million ground-lease sale of an 8,354-square-foot restaurant at 1125 Franck St. in Alcoa, a suburb of Knoxville. The landowner and tenant, Louisville-based Texas Roadhouse Inc., sold the 2.4-acre site to an undisclosed investor based in Virginia. The newly constructed restaurant is set to open in September, and Texas Roadhouse is subject to a 15-year ground lease. Morgan Creech and Sarah Shanks of SRS’ Louisville office represented Texas Roadhouse in the transaction. Feldman Ruel Urban Property Advisors represented the buyer.
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — Crow Holdings has completed the disposition of a 60,973-square-foot portion of The Shops at Eastlake Terrace, a 363,300-square-foot retail center in Chula Vista. Gersham Properties acquired the asset for $47.8 million. Pete Bethea, Rob Ippolito and Glenn Ruby of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. The traded portion features well-located shops and freestanding buildings. Tenants at The Shops at Eastlake include Walgreens, Chase Bank, Chick-fil-A, Carl’s Jr., Starbucks Coffee, Navy Federal Credit Union, Supercuts and Rubios.
LAS VEGAS — JLL Income Property Trust, a REIT with approximately $6.8 billion in portfolio assets, purchased Silverado Square, a retail center in Las Vegas. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $24.4 million. Sprouts Farmers Market anchors the 48,000-square-foot property, which includes a parcel that is fully entitled for nearly 5,000 square feet of rentable retail space. Constructed in 2018, the property has a weighted average lease term of more than eight years, including a 15-year lease signed by Sprouts in 2018 that features 10 percent rent escalations every five years. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent leased. JLL Income Property Trust plans to build a three-tenant building on the fully entitled parcel. The new building is slated for completion later this year.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — A fund managed by DRA Advisors in partnership with Pine Tree has acquired The Shops at CenterPoint in Grand Rapids for $63.5 million. The 537,948-square-foot regional shopping center is home to TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Nordstrom Rack, Sierra Trading Post, DSW, Ulta, Five Below, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Planet Fitness and Dunham Sports. Previously an enclosed mall, the property underwent $38 million in renovations throughout 2012 and 2013 to transform it into an open-air retail center. CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Tel Twelve shopping center in Southfield for $45 million. The 193,850-square-foot, open-air property was built in 1968 and renovated in 2005. Tel Twelve is nearly 98 percent leased to tenants such as Best Buy, Ulta, DSW, PetSmart, BuyBuy Baby and Michaels. The property is situated at the intersection of Telegraph and 12 Mile roads. Amy Sands, Clinton Mitchell and Michael Nieder of JLL represented the seller, RPT Realty, and procured the buyer, Kaufman & Jacobs LLC.