SAN DIEGO — JLL has secured $11.7 million in refinancing The Convoy, a neighborhood retail strip center located at 4428-4444 Convoy St. in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego. The borrower was CEG Capital Partners, which will use the proceeds to refinance the existing bridge loan used to acquire the asset in 2017. CEG Capital renovated The Convoy, which was originally constructed in 1973, after acquiring the property in 2017. The 51,623-square-foot property is fully leased to a variety of tenants, including Bank of Hope, Hive, Convoy Strength, Ichibanya and Axe Thro, Manna Heaven BBQ, Synergy Dental Group and Da Nang Corner. Chris Collins and Daniel Pinkus of JLL arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through a regional credit union on behalf of the borrower.
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GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Dallas-based SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of Oak Meadows Marketplace, a 78,888-square-foot shopping center located in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown. Built in 2018, the property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale, with grocer Randalls serving as the anchor tenant. Cathy Nabours, Walter Saad, Kyle Shaffer and Aaron Johnson of SRS represented the seller, Cypress Equities, in the transaction. Cincinnati-based retail REIT Phillips Edison & Co. (NASDAQ: PECO) purchased Oak Meadows Marketplace for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY— Hobby Lobby will open a 42,768-square-foot store within a former Babies ‘R’ Us store at The Crossing, a strip center that is part of Staten Island Mall. The store, which is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2023, will be the Oklahoma-based retailer’s first in New York City. Brian Katz and Daniel DePasquale of Katz & Associates, along with Graeme Keith of The Keith Corp., represented Hobby Lobby in its site selection and lease negotiations. Alex Varon represented the landlord, Brookfield Properties, on an internal basis.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Irvine, Calif.-based Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of 10 Dairy Queen-occupied properties across Louisiana. The portfolio was sold to two separate buyers for an undisclosed sales price. Scott DeYoung, Jeff Conover and Hunter Steffien of Faris Lee represented the seller, an entity doing business as MP Holdings LLC, the existing Dairy Queen franchisee. The 10 stores are located in metro New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Houma. All featured relatively new locations, except for the Houma location being under construction at the time of sale. Additionally, all the properties are freestanding buildings with drive thrus. One of the locations was temporally closed and going through a remodel at the time of sale due to the impact of Hurricane Ida.
INDIAN LAND, S.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Promenade at Carolina Reserve, a 255,868-square-foot shopping center in Indian Land, a South Carolina suburb of Charlotte. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan, Tom Kolarczyk, Ryan Eklund and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented the seller, Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Hutton. Dallas-based Bandera Ventures acquired the property for an undisclosed amount. Completed in 2018, Promenade at Carolina Reserve was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including T.J. Maxx, Burlington, Ross Dress for Less, HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty, Hobby Lobby and Petco. Additionally, the center includes five single-tenant outparcel pads totaling 22,410 square feet, which are leased to Heartland Dental, The Habit Burger Grill, Taco Bell, Chili’s and Mavis Discount. Located at US 521 at Jim Wilson Road, Promenade at Carolina Reserve is situated 25.4 miles from Charlotte and is 27.4 miles from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
DENVER — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of a newly constructed retail building located in Denver. Colorado-based Rustic Partners acquired the property from Evergreen DevCo for an undisclosed price. Evergreen developed the 23,300-square-foot asset as a build-to-suit for Sprouts Farmers Market. The grocery store anchors the new shopping center at the northeast corner of 56th Avenue and Tower Road. Ryan Bowlby and Drew Issac of IPA, along with James Rassenfoss of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NEW BERLIN AND MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of two childcare centers net leased to The Learning Experience in suburban Milwaukee for $9.8 million. Both locations were built in 2020 and are situated in New Berlin and Menomonee Falls. Brandon Duff and Matt Spangenberg of Stan Johnson represented the sellers, two private entities based in Atlanta and Chicago. Milo Spector of Stan Johnson represented the San Francisco-based buyer, which completed a 1031 exchange.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has arranged the sale of Rockford Commons, an 89,000-square-foot shopping center in Rockford, for an undisclosed price. Ross Dress for Less and Best Buy anchor the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Chad Firsel of Quantum represented the seller, Chicago-based Core Acquisitions LLC. Daniel Waszak of Quantum represented the buyer, a Dallas-based REIT. The sale also included an outparcel for future development.
HENDERSON, NEV., AND MILLWOOD, WASH. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sales of two single-tenant grocery stores, totaling 106,254 square feet in Henderson and Millwood. The properties sold for a combined consideration of $22.4 million. Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee Investments represented the undisclosed buyers and seller, a Southern California-based family private office, in the deal. Located in Henderson, the 58,254-square-foot property is an absolute triple-net lease to Albertsons with 14 years remaining on its lease. The second property, located in Millwood, is a 48,000-square-foot, freestanding Safeway, with 18 years remaining on its lease.
ALHAMBRA, CALIF. — Manhattan Beach-based Calbay Development has purchased the fee interest in a freestanding retail building along Valley Boulevard in Alhambra. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 1.5 acres, Office Depot formerly occupied the 26,000-square-foot asset. The property also offers 98 parking stalls and prominent visibility and signage on Valley Boulevard. Calbay acquired the property as a value-add opportunity and is in late-stage negotiations with a national retailer to lease the entire space. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group brokered the transaction.