Retail

BBB Plaza

DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Concord Summit Capital LLC has secured a $16 million loan for the refinancing of Bed Bath & Beyond Plaza, a shopping center in Delray Beach. The Florida-based sponsor, Berta Management, will use the bridge loan to construct a new Starbucks store, provide for capital improvements and pay off existing debt. Massachusetts-based Seven Hills Realty Trust provided the non-recourse loan. Justin Neelis and Daniel Rojo of Concord Summit Capital LLC sourced the financing on Berta Management’s behalf. Bed Bath & Beyond Plaza was 86 percent leased at the time of financing to a newly renovated Bed Bath & Beyond and a CVS/pharmacy, which was built in 2018. The property also features tenants including Enterprise, Marios Market, Agapi Gourmet, Jack’s Pizza, Philly Grill, USPS, JN Nails and Celebrity Dry Cleaning. The Starbucks will be built as an outparcel facing Atlantic Avenue. Site work is underway, and once construction is completed, the shopping center will total 86,043 square feet of leasable space. Built in 1981 at 14802 S. Military Trail, the shopping center is situated seven miles from Boca Raton and Boca Raton Airport.

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SANDUSKY, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.2 million sale of an 11,325-square-foot property net leased to Rite Aid in Sandusky, a city in northern Ohio located along Lake Erie. The property is located at 334 W. Perkins Ave. Rite Aid has roughly six years remaining on its lease. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap represented the Ohio-based private seller as well as the buyer, a Michigan-based limited liability company.

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SACHSE, TEXAS — PMB Capital Development has unveiled updated plans for the retail and multifamily components of The Station, the Dallas-based developer’s $500 million mixed-use project in the northeastern suburb of Sachse. New food and beverage users that will open in the coming months at The Station include Manny’s Tex-Mex Restaurant, brewery Brass Tap, confectionary concept Cold Stone Creamery and Vietnamese kitchen Pho Station. In addition, PMB Capital has announced the construction of a 297-unit apartment community with 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

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Shoppes-&-Residences-at-Billerica

BILLERICA, MASS. — Design-build firm PROCON has broken ground on the redevelopment of Billerica Mall on the northern outskirts of Boston. The main piece is the demolition of an 84,000-square-foot structure that was vacated by Kmart several years ago and the new construction of a 43,000-square-foot grocery store at that site. In addition, the development team, which is led by an entity doing business as F.B. Billerica Realty Investors LLC, will deliver 18,000 square feet of new restaurant space and upgrade the property’s signage, landscaping and utility systems. Lastly, the project team will develop a 200-unit apartment community on the Tower Farm Road section of the site that will include 20 affordable housing units and Class A amenities. Upon completion, a tentative date of which was not disclosed, the project will be branded The Shoppes and Residences at Billerica.

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HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Katz & Associates has arranged the $13 million sale of the 20,000-square-foot former Bow Tie Cinemas building in Hoboken, located across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Jonathan Greenberg of Katz & Associates represented the seller, Hoboken Theaters LLC, in the transaction. Jon Compitello and Dan Spero of JLL represented the buyer, Hoboken Grace Community Church, which will use the buildings as its new headquarters and community center.

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ALLENDALE, N.J. — Azarian Realty Co. has signed fast casual restaurant concept Primo Hoagies to a 2,008-square-foot lease at the 90,000-square-foot Allendale Town Center, located in Bergen County in Northern New Jersey. Kevin Pelio and James Azarian of Azarian Realty Co. represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Jason Brooke of MSC Retail represented the tenant. Primo Hoagies currently operates 85 franchised locations across seven states and is underway on expansion plans.

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement with New York State and Erie County for a new $1.4 billion football stadium in Orchard Park, a southeast suburb of Buffalo that is also home to the team’s current arena, Highmark Stadium. According to New York State, the new stadium represents the largest construction project in the history of Western New York. The National Football League (NFL) and the Bills have committed to providing a combined $550 million for the project, while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to advance a $600 million proposal to the state budget. Erie County will contribute $250 million. NFL owners on Monday approved the deal, which keeps the team in Buffalo for another 30 years. “While there are a few more yards to go before we cross the goal line, we feel our public-private partnership between New York State, Erie County led by county executive Mark Poloncarz and the NFL will get us there,” say Terry and Kim Pegula, owners of the Buffalo Bills. The agreement details the construction of a new stadium with a minimum of 60,000 seats in Orchard Park to be designed and constructed by the Bills. The team …

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Shoppes at Woolbright

BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Shoppes at Woolbright, a 146,759-square-foot shopping center in Boynton Beach. Casey Rosen, Dennis Carson, Chris Bosworth, Will Pike and Brian Pfohl of CBRE represented the seller, Des Moines, Iowa-based Principal Real Estate Investors. New York-based The Georgetown Co. acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2008, the property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale with Publix as the anchor tenant. The shopping center is located at 10935 Jog Road at the intersection of Jog and Woolbright roads. The property is situated 17.1 miles from Boca Raton and 8.4 miles from Delray Beach.

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OXON HILL, MD. — Four new tenants are joining the tenant lineup at National Harbor, a waterfront destination in Oxon Hill. Peterson Cos. developed National Harbor around 14 years ago. National Harbor is home to eight hotels, shops, restaurants, entertainment options, as well as the Capital Wheel, a 180-foot observation wheel and the Guide by Cell outdoor art gallery tour. The four tenants include Tom’s Watch Bar, Sticky Situation, Escapology and Silver Diner. Peterson Cos. announced three new tenants in January including Bombay Street Food, PrimoHoagies and BurgerFi. Located at 200 American Way, Tom’s Watch Bar is a 10,881-square-foot sports bar that offers food and beverages. The tenant is opening at National Harbor in late 2022. Sticky Situation, which will open at 170 American Way, is a 2,862-square-foot honey and syrup tasting room experience. Opening in August, the store will provide tastings and education on a variety of honeys and maple syrups from local honey, artisan-infused honey, real maple syrup and bee pollen from more than 12 bee colonies across the country. Situated at 230 American Way, Escapology will feature 3,675 square feet of escape room space. Opening in the fall, the property has five rooms and expansion plans to …

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After national media declared traditional brick and mortar retail to possibly be on it’s “last leg” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nashville area has seem quite the opposite reaction. Already in an accelerated state of demand going into the shutdown of 2020 that extended into a malaise in 2021 in many places, Nashville is seeing all indicators of the hottest retail market in its history. Prior to the pandemic, rents and occupancy were already at historic highs. 2020 began with a continuance of that trend and ended the year higher with the most active submarkets closing the year below a 5 percent vacancy rate across all retail product types as the market absorbed more than 300,000 square feet of new product. During 2021, the region experienced further good news for landlords with rents increasing at one of the fastest rates in the United States (more than 8.8 percent). This continues a trend lasting more than 10 years where regional rent growth outpaced the national average. This growth was at least partially driven by a vacancy rate at year-end of only 3.7 percent. The primary driver of these metrics continues to be population growth and a low level of retail …

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