Retail

DETROIT — Sugar Factory American Brasserie is set to open in downtown Detroit late this spring. The First Michigan location for the brand will be located at 45 Monroe St. within Bedrock’s One Campus Martius building. The 233-seat restaurant will also feature Sugar Factory’s candy store. The main dining area will offer both indoor and outdoor seating, along with décor including neon signs, floral walls and a candy heart wall. Sugar Factory serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its most legendary dessert is the King Kong Sundae, which serves up to 12 people and features 24 scoops of ice cream.

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PHOENIX AND MENIFEE, CALIF. — Upland-based 1st Commercial Property Management has been selected to operate two retail centers in Arizona and California. The company will provide management services for Arcadia Crossing Shopping Center, which features more than 450,000 square feet of retail space. Fry’s Food and Drug, Ross Dress for Less, Target, Petco, Burlington and Conn’s Home Plus are tenants at the property. A private foreign owner has selected 1st Commercial to provide property management services for Countryside Marketplace in Menifee. Built in 2008 on 32 acres, the 721,000-square-foot property is fully leased. Current tenants include Super Target, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Kohl’s, Best Buy, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, Michaels, Burlington, Staples, Petco and Boot Barn.

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TOLEDO, OHIO — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a Home Depot ground lease in Toledo for $12 million. The 141,610-square-foot retail property is located at 1035 W. Alexis Road. Chad Byerly of Stan Johnson represented the seller, a local developer. The California-based buyer completed a 1031 exchange.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — ORION Investment Real Estate has arranged the sale of a retail building located at the northeast corner of Swan and Grant roads in Tucson. Vans Tucson Golf Properties sold the asset to PALZ Properties for $2.7 million, or $228 per square foot. The asset features 12,049 square feet of multi-tenant retail space. Nick Miner of ORION represented the seller, while Robert Nolan of Oxford Realty Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.

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SOUTH BARRINGTON, ILL. — Star Cinema Grill has signed a 15-year lease to open a 38,000-square-foot location at The Arboretum of South Barrington in the northwest Chicago suburb of South Barrington. Star Cinema Grill is opening in space previously occupied by IPIC Theaters. Slated to open this spring, the movie theater will offer an extensive menu and full-service bar. Mike Zucker, managing partner of Peak Properties LLC, was named receiver of the 480,000-square-foot shopping center in late 2020. Madeline Wheeler of JLL represented Peak, while Kristen Barker of Wulfe & Co. represented Star Cinema Grill. Cory Born of JLL serves as the general manager of the shopping center.

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GREENFIELD, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Group has negotiated the $9.3 million sale of 84South Small Shops in Greenfield, a southern suburb of Milwaukee. Built in 2018, the 17,805-square-foot retail center is located along Layton Avenue. Tenants include Men’s Hair House, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, MOD Pizza, FedEx Office and Café Zupas. Dan Rosenfeld of Mid-America Real Estate Wisconsin LLC represented the seller, Cobalt Partners. E&K Land LLC was the buyer.

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ROSAMOND, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sales of four single-tenant, net-leased investments at a shopping center in Rosamond for a total consideration of $19.3 million. Four separate buyers acquired the assets, which offer a combined total of 28,462 square feet and were built in 2021. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group represented the developer and seller, a partnership between Pasadena-based Halferty Development Co. and Net Lease Alliance. In the first transaction, Asher and Lefko brokered the sale of a 16,000-square-foot Grocery Outlet-occupied property at 2550 Rosamond Blvd. A San Diego-based private partnership purchased the asset for $7.1 million. Mike Conger of San Diego-based CAA represented the buyer in the deal. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired a 2,200-square-foot Starbucks Café and Drive-Thru at 2544 Rosamond Blvd. for $3.5 million. Joey Kim of Irvine-based eXp Realty represented the buyer, while Asher and Lefko represented the seller. In the third deal, Asher and Lefko arranged the sale of a 3,062-square-foot 7-Eleven convenience store with a gas station at 2536 Rosamond Blvd. A San Diego-based private investor acquired the property for $5.6 million. Lindsey Kalal of Coronado-based Kalal Investment Realty represented the buyer, while …

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NORTH DECATUR, GA. AND CRESTWOOD, MO. — Real estate developer EDENS and the City of Crestwood have separately announced two massive mall redevelopment projects in the Atlanta and St. Louis metropolitan areas, respectively.  The redevelopment of Class B malls into mixed-use, open-air centers has continued to grow in popularity as shopping center owners and operators look to compete with e-commerce through the delivery of thoughtful spaces that provide an experience for visitors.  North Dekalb Mall EDENS purchased North Dekalb Mall last year with plans to redevelop the property into a mixed-use project. This week, a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application was filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs detailing plans for the project. Located roughly seven miles outside in Atlanta in North Decatur, the development is set to include 300,000 square feet of office space, 200,000 square feet of hospitality, 150 multifamily units and 1,700 townhomes, in addition to retail and restaurant space. A timeline for the project and further information was not disclosed.  The property’s previous owner, Sterling Organization, teamed up with developer Hendon Properties and Lennar Commercial Investors in 2014 with plans to turn the 622,297-square-foot enclosed mall into an open-air shopping center, which ultimately did …

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By Philip Levy, senior managing director, investments, Marcus & Millichap The Dallas retail climate is more favorable entering 2022 than it has been for most of the COVID-19 crisis.  Overall, the marketwide retail vacancy rate fell 50 basis points during the first three quarters of 2021, ending at an even 6 percent in September. Nevertheless, that rate is about 100 basis points above the pre-pandemic level. A strong rebound in tenant demand is helping lower vacancy, however, with net absorption across the opening nine months of 2021 totaling more than 2.2 million square feet, compared with a net loss of 1.5 million square feet in 2020.  Additionally, the construction pipeline has shrunk considerably, helping mitigate supply-side pressure as the market bounces back. As of the fourth quarter of 2021, less than 1 million square feet of new retail product with an expected completion date in 2022 was under construction in the greater Dallas area. This is a sharp contrast to the 2 million-plus square feet that developers delivered in each year between 2014 and 2020. Strengthening demand drivers amid a reduction in development suggest that downward pressure on vacancy will continue in the coming quarters.  New Households Spend Near-term uncertainty …

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PEARLAND, TEXAS — Locally based investment and development firm Fidelis Realty Partners has purchased Shadow Creek Ranch, a 613,468-square-foot retail power center located in the southern Houston suburb of Pearland. Built in 2008 and anchored by grocer H-E-B, Shadow Creek Ranch was roughly 98 percent leased at the time of sale. Other retailers include Academy Sports + Outdoors, Ashley HomeStore, Burlington, Dynamic Fitness, Hobby Lobby, Men’s Wearhouse and Pure Barre. Restaurant users include Salata, Taco Cabana, Longhorn Steakhouse and Subway. Ryan West, Chris Gerard, Barry Brown, Wendy Vandeventer and Katherine Miller of JLL represented the seller, Edens, in the transaction. Fidelis also tapped JLL to arrange post-acquisition financing for the property.

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