SKOKIE, ILL. — Newcastle Properties has acquired the 14,856-square-foot Boardwalk Plaza retail center in Skokie. Located at the intersection of Dempster Street and Keeler Avenue across from the Evanston Country Club, the property is home to Starbucks, SAS Comfort Shoes, Devonshire Montessori School and Albert Memi Salon. The seller and sales price were not provided. Newcastle owns and operates 82 properties in 23 states with a focus on the retail, multifamily, hospitality and office sectors.
PHILADELPHIA — Puttshack, an entertainment concept that combines mini golf with food and beverages, will open a 26,000-square-foot entertainment venue in Philadelphia. The facility will be located within The Shops at Liberty Place in the Center City district and will house four tech-driven courses, two bars and private event space. The opening is slated for summer 2023. Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc. owns the property. Puttshack currently operates facilities in Atlanta and Chicago and plans to open new venues in Boston and Miami this summer.
MARTINEZ, CALIF. — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Village Oaks, a 79,875-square-foot shopping center in Martinez. An undisclosed private family investor sold the asset to an institutional investment group for an undisclosed price. Situated on 7.9 acres at 1185 Arnold Drive, Village Oaks was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants within the financial, medical, restaurant and service retail sectors. Grocer Lucky California and Rite Aid currently anchor the property. Nicholas Bicardo and Cheyne Bloch of Newark represented the seller in the transaction.
ARVADA, AURORA, DENVER AND FORT COLLINS, COLO. — JLL has arranged a $54 million loan for the refinancing of a four-property, 436,055-square-foot retail portfolio in Denver and Fort Collins. The borrower is Denver-based Gart Properties. Eric Tupler of JLL placed the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with an undisclosed life insurance company. Gart used the proceeds from the nonrecourse loan to retire existing debt and to realize significant value that has been created through the renovation and repositioning of the assets, including strategic leasing and management over several years. The portfolio includes Indian Tree Shopping Center at 7705-7739 Wadsworth Blvd. in Arvada; Saddle Rock Village at 7400 S. Gartrell Road in Aurora; Micro Center Shopping Center at 8800 E. Quincy Ave. in Denver; and Pavilion Shopping Center at 4200-4372 S. College Ave. in Fort Collins. Constructed between 1974 and 2005, the portfolio was 92.5 percent leased at the time of closing. Current tenants include Sprouts Farmers Market, Super Target, Ace Hardware, Anytime Fitness, Christy Sports, Hand & Stone, Michaels, Micro Center, Natural Grocers, Sherwin-Williams and T.J. Maxx.
HIALEAH, FLA. — Aztec Group has arranged an $81 million construction-to-perm loan for the development of Residences and Shoppes of Highland, a mixed-use development underway in the Miami suburb of Hialeah. The developer/borrower is an affiliate of South Florida-based Dacar Management, a development firm led by Alberto Micha. An affiliate of New York Life Insurance Co. provided the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan, which has an initial three-year term and converts to a 27-year self-amortizing loan. Upon completion, Residences and Shoppes of Highland will feature 244 garden-style apartments in four- and five-story buildings and a shopping center spanning 190,000 square feet. The retail component will house a Publix grocery store and Publix Liquors, HomeGoods, dd’s Discounts, Burlington, Five Below, Famous Footwear and Taco Bell, among others. Sitework has already commenced on the 70-acre project, which is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2023.
SLIDELL, LA. — A partnership between The Woodmont Co. and The Criterion Fund has acquired Village at Northshore, a 144,638-square-foot shopping center located at 105-115 Northshore Blvd. in Slidell. The sales price was not disclosed. Situated adjacent to I-12, the property was developed in 1988 and renovated in 2020. The retail center’s tenant roster includes Marshalls, JoAnn’s, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Boot Barn and Dollar Tree. Shadow anchors include Walmart Supercenter, Sam’s Club, The Home Depot and Aldi. SRS Real Estate Partners represented the seller, Atlanta-based RCG Ventures, in the transaction. Woodmont was self-represented. Andy Thelen of Woodmont worked with Louisiana National Bank to secure a loan for the acquisition. David Adams and Jake McCoy will oversee leasing at Village at Northshore for Woodmont on an internal basis.
WHITEVILLE, N.C. — Walgreens Boots Alliance has purchased one of its stores in Whiteville, a town equidistant from coastal markets Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Wilmington, N.C. Located at 803 N. JK Powell Blvd., the 14,820-square-foot property sold for approximately $5 million. According to brokerage firm Newmark, the drug store retail giant exercised its right of first refusal in purchasing the store, which has 10.1 years remaining on its triple-net lease. Walgreens signed the 25-year lease at the store in 2006. Matt Berres, Samer Khalil and Karick Brown of Newmark represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investment firm based in Phoenix, in the transaction. Other single-tenant transactions this Newmark team has brokered recently include a $2.3 million sale of a medical office property in Cartersville, Ga., leased to Northwest ENT and Allergy Center and a $1.4 million sale of a store in Morgantown, Ky., leased to Advance Auto Parts. Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens operates approximately 18,500 retail locations worldwide, more than half of which are in the United States.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm SHOP Cos. has arranged the sale of Custer Village, a 17,740-square-foot retail center located in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Original ChopShop, Clarity Eye Care, PetBar and YogaSix. Tim Axilrod of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a locally based limited liability company, in the transaction. CoSol Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed, California-based buyer.
VOORHEES, N.J. — New Jersey-based First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has acquired Eagle Plaza, a 227,000-square-foot shopping center in Voorhees, located in the southern part of the Garden State. A 66,500-square-foot Acme grocery store anchors the center. Other tenants include Ross Dress for Less, Wine Warehouse, Mattress Firm, T-Mobile, Chipotle, H&R Block, Allstate, Sherwin-Williams and South Jersey Federal Credit Union. Brad Nathanson of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
SAINT FRANCIS, WIS. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $15.1 million sale of Whitnall Square in Saint Francis, just south of Milwaukee. Pick ’N Save anchors the 133,421-square-foot shopping center, which was constructed between 1989 and 1991. Other tenants include Petco, Planet Fitness, Harbor Freight Tools, Metro PCS, Dollar Tree, Subway, H&R Block, Bangkok House Restaurant, Hariport, Papa Murphy’s Pizza and P.T. Nails. The center is 96 percent leased. Amy Sands, Clinton Mitchell, Michael Nieder and Jaime Fink of JLL represented the seller, Newport Capital Partners, and procured the buyer, Savitar Realty Advisors.