CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a portfolio of office and retail buildings in Chicago’s Fulton Market district for $33.5 million. The portfolio comprises four buildings totaling more than 76,000 square feet as well as deeded parking spaces that can hold up to 58 cars. Scott Maesel, Drew Dillon, Chad Schroedl, Adam Thomas and Logan Parsons of SVN | Chicago Commercial’s Urban Team represented the seller. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
SEVILLE, OHIO — Sheetz Inc., a gasoline station, convenience store and coffee shop chain owned by the Sheetz family, has purchased a vacant lot at 350 Center St. in Seville, about 40 miles south of Cleveland. The nearly 12-acre site sold for $1.2 million and will be custom-built for Sheetz. Jerry Fiume and Aaron Davis of SVN Summit Commercial Real Estate Advisors brokered the sale. The seller was undisclosed.
Lee & Associates’ newly released Q1 2022 North America Market Report scrutinizes first-quarter 2022 industrial, office, retail and multifamily outlooks throughout the United States. This class-by-class review of commercial real estate trends for the first quarter of the year focuses on how real estate is adjusting to long-term post-COVID attitudes. Lee & Associates has made the full market report available here (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city), but the overviews offered below provide sweeping looks at the overall health and obstacles for four major commercial real estate sectors. Industrial: Rents Pushed on Strong Demand Strong demand for industrial space throughout North America continued in the first quarter as vacancies fell to record lows and rent growth hit double digits. First quarter net absorption in the United States totaled 92.8 million square feet, which was up 25 percent year over year but down 35 percent from the 143-million-square feet average of the last three quarters of 2021. Annualized rents rose 10.1 percent in the U.S. and the average vacancy rate fell to 4.1 percent. Part of this trend was due to a pause in new construction starts early in the pandemic. However, …
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of East Ridge Crossing, a 58,950-square-foot, Food Lion-anchored shopping center in Chattanooga. Hancock White Columns Inc. purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Tyler Matthews of Austin Sumner Properties represented Hancock White Columns. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2021, East Ridge Crossing was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to national retailers, including e-commerce-resistant service providers. The property is situated about seven miles southeast of downtown Chattanooga and just west of Interstate 75.
DORAL, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Doral Park Centre, a 13,925-square-foot retail strip center in Doral. The property sold for $11 million, or $789.72 per square foot. Edward Romo and Scott Sandelin of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an affiliate of IRAS Group, a Miami-based real estate investment firm. Kristina Filippone of First City Realty Partners Inc. procured the undisclosed buyer. Built in 2017, Doral Park Centre is a seven-suite property that was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including 5.11 Tactical Miami, PANNA New Latino Food, Ohana Sushi, 107 Beauty Bar & Spa and CKO Kickboxing. Located at 3887 NW 107th Ave., the property is situated 10 miles from Miami International Airport.
READING, PA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Exeter Commons, a 361,095-square-foot shopping center in the Eastern Pennsylvania city of Reading. Grocer Giant Food and Lowe’s Home Improvement anchor Exeter Crossing, which was built in 2009 and was 99.5 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Ross Dress for Less, PA Wine & Spirits, Five Below, Petco, Staples, Famous Footwear, America’s Best Contacts, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Red Robin, Supercuts and Mattress Firm. Christopher Munley, Jim Galbally and Colin Behr of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Wharton Realty Group purchased the center for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $35 million loan for the leasehold acquisition of 580 Broadway, a 141,645-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan. Originally constructed in 1898, the 12-story building consists of 8,442 square feet of grade-level retail space, 7,292 square feet of below-grade retail space and 125,911 square feet of office space. Matthew Polci of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. and Steven Buchwald of IPA arranged the financing through Miami-based lender BridgeInvest. Justin Natalizio of The Anton Group negotiated the sale of the property via a long-term ground lease.
PLANO, TEXAS — Texas-based development and investment firm Triten Real Estate Partners has begun the redevelopment of Market Square Mall, a 300,000-square-foot shopping and dining destination located north of Dallas in Plano. The firm originally acquired the 26-acre property, which was built in the mid-1980s, in January 2021. Plans for the redevelopment, which will be branded Assembly Park, currently call for 180,000 square feet of office space, 16,500 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 305 residential units, all of which will surround a central park. Agent Architecture and Michael Hsu Office of Architecture are handling design of the project, with GFF serving as the architect of record and lead designer of the multifamily component. Newmark is leasing the office space. Completion is slated for late 2023.
WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — RIPCO Real Estate has brokered the $5.6 million sale of a 10,125-square-foot retail building located in the Long Island community of West Hempstead. The property is leased to CVS through 2032. A partnership between two locally based limited liability companies sold the asset to private investor Kenny Mauer. Stephen Preuss, Kevin Louie, Gene Spiegelman, Kevin Schmitz and Andreas Efthymiou of RIPCO brokered the deal.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Presidio Property Trust has completed the sale of World Plaza, a multi-tenant retail property in San Bernardino. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the asset for $10 million. Located at 1535 E. Highland Ave., World Plaza features 55,810 square feet of retail space. The property was remodeled in 2018 to accommodate a 36,000-square-foot Chuze Fitness and was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. Matt Burnett of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Brian Heron of Modesto-based Commercial Retail Associates represented the buyer in the transaction.
