Retail

BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Sam’s Club, a division of Bentonville-based Walmart Inc. and a leading membership warehouse club retailer, plans to open more than 30 new “clubs” across the United States over the next several years. The first store, which is planned for an undisclosed Florida city, is slated to open in 2024. The new clubs will span approximately 160,000 square feet, which is larger than most current locations. Most new stores will feature a seafood/sushi island, full-service floral and walk-in dairy and fresh coolers, as well as a larger healthcare space featuring a patient waiting area, health services suites, private consultation rooms and dedicated hearing and optical centers. Many of the new locations will also include fuel stations and liquor offerings. In addition to the new stores, the company has a multiple-year plan to invest in and modernize its supply chain through new distribution and fulfillment center locations across the country. Sam’s Club will launch five new supply chain fulfillment and distribution centers this year, with the first location planned in Georgia in the third quarter. Kathryn McLay, CEO of Sam’s Club, says the decision to invest in expanding the company’s physical footprint was motivated by historic comparable sales growth …

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ATLANTA — GID Development has signed four new tenants to join High Street, a $2 billion mixed-use, transit-oriented development underway in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Phase I of the development, which will span 10 city blocks near the Dunwoody MARTA station, is set to come on line in 2024. The new tenants joining High Street include three food-and-beverage concepts — Agave Bandido, Cuddlefish and Ben & Jerry’s — as well as boutique beauty salon Sugarcoat. Previously committed tenants at High Street include Puttshack and Hampton Social. In addition to 150,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, the development will feature 90,000 square feet of new loft offices, 600 apartments and a signature park.

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BEAVERTON, ORE. — Hyperion Realty Capital, formerly Portal Investment Management, has acquired Beaverton Town Square, a shopping center located at 11635-11763 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway in Beaverton. A private family sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Totaling 103,000 square feet, Beaverton Town Square consists of multiple buildings on nearly 12 acres. Trader Joe’s anchors the retail center. Kevin Adatto and Sean Tufts of CPX handled the transaction.

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PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — Northmarq has arranged the $15.2 million sale of Westpark Walk, a 73,847-square-foot shopping center located at 400 Commerce Drive in Peachtree City, a southwest suburb of Atlanta. Jeff Enck and Emery Shane of Northmarq represented the seller, an unnamed private investment firm based in Washington, D.C. The buyer was an undisclosed partnership based in Atlanta. Westpark Walk was fully leased at the time of sale to 21 tenants, including Tuesday Morning, Verizon Wireless, State Farm, Firehouse Subs, Hotworx and local service providers and retailers, including Ranchero Mexican Grill, which has been a tenant at the shopping center for more than 33 years.

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LAFAYETTE, IND. — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged an $8.2 million refinance loan and line of credit for the renovation and expansion of a 160,000-square-foot shopping center in Lafayette. The expansion will accommodate one of the tenants, a government agency, that needed a larger space. Eli Weisblum and Paul McCormick of Ariel arranged the loan, which features a 6.5 percent fixed interest rate, a 25-year amortization schedule and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. The lender and borrower were not provided.

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DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.3 million sale of a BP-occupied gas station property in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. The asset is located at 2231 Maple Ave. just east of Highway 355. Timothy Nichols, Nicholas Kanich and Mitch Grant of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based limited liability company. Nichols secured the buyer, also a locally based limited liability company.

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SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Griffin Living has completed the disposition of Griffin Plaza, a shopping center located at 3885-3977 Cochran St. in Simi Valley. A private 1031 exchange investor acquired the asset for $22.1 million. Built in 1981 and renovated in 2019, Griffin Plaza features 85,022 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 94 percent occupied. Current tenants include Aldi, CVS/pharmacy, Wendy’s and Varenita Assisted Living Community, a 102-unit seniors housing property located within Griffin Plaza. Gleb Lvovich, Daniel Tyner and Geoff Tranchina of JLL Retail Capital Markets representd the seller in the deal.

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NORTHVILLE, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $4.7 million loan for the acquisition of a 28,780-square-foot retail property occupied by Fresh Thyme Market in Northville, a northwest suburb of Detroit. Constructed in 2015 as a build-to-suit for the grocery store, the building is located at 15480 Sheldon Road. Chad O’Connor of MMCC arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The 10-year loan features a fixed interest rate of 5.37 percent, a 30-year amortization schedule and a 45 percent loan-to-value ratio.

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WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Plaza at Salmon Run, a 68,761-square-foot shopping center located in the upstate New York community of Watertown. Regional grocer Hannaford anchors the center, accounting for 76 percent of the gross leasable space with a lease that runs through 2028. Other tenants include Red Robin, boating specialist West Marine and salon Zoom Tan. Jim Koury led an IPA team that represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jamestown, along with local real estate developers Weaver Capital Partners and WECCO Development, has broken ground on the first buildings at Navy Yard Charleston, the 79-acre mixed-use redevelopment of a former naval base in North Charleston. This first phase of the redevelopment involves converting two historic storehouses — Storehouse 8 and Storehouse 9 — on the project site into a total of 107,000 square feet of mixed-use space for restaurants, retail, office space and apartments. The buildings are scheduled to open in 2024. The 40,000-square-foot, two-story building known as Storehouse 8 will be restored and repurposed as a restaurant, event space and offices. To preserve the history and character of the building, which was constructed in 1906 as naval administrative offices, the renovation will salvage architectural details such as the original hallways, trim, railings, flooring, slate roof and copper soffits. The adjacent Storehouse 9, a 67,000-square-foot, four-story building constructed in 1918 as naval administration offices and storage facility, will be converted into restaurant and retail space on the ground floor, a rooftop bar and restaurant with views of the Cooper River and 86 multifamily units offering flexible live/work layouts. In addition to the redevelopment of Storehouses …

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