EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm R.J. Brunelli & Co. has negotiated the $4.9 million sale of a 25,000-square-foot retail property in East Brunswick, located in Middlesex County. A Jersey Strong health club occupies the freestanding building. R.J. Brunelli represented the seller, WOW Plaza III LLC, in the transaction. Ellen Quentzel of Jordan Baris Inc. Realtors represented the buyer, New York-based KHC Development Inc.
CHICAGO — L3 Capital has acquired 1051 N. Rush, a high-profile retail property in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. The purchase price was undisclosed. The two-level asset spans 10,000 square feet and is fully leased to Vans and Uniform Teeth. Marol Rush was the seller. Keely Polczynski of CBRE brokered the transaction.
RIVERTON, UTAH — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the acquisition of a retail property located at 12623 S. Redwood Road in Riverton. An undisclosed buyer purchased the asset for $8.4 million in a 1031 exchange. Anthony Connell, Preston Schwartz, David Harrington and Chad Kurz of Matthews handled the transaction.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — ORION Investment Real Estate has brokered the sale of Central Marketplace, a 62,000-square-foot retail center located at the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Van Buren Street in Goodyear. A California-based seller sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $9.8 million in an all-cash transaction. Ari Spiro, Sean Stutzman, Michael Achtman and Jennifer Eggert of ORION handled the transaction. At the time of sale, the 62,000-square-foot property was 98 percent occupied and anchored by the busiest 99 Cents Only stores in Arizona, according to ORION.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Newmark has arranged the sale of Centre at Higley-Williams Field, a shopping center located at 2473 S. Higley Road in Gilbert. Bruce Galloway (Higley Evergreen) sold the asset to Brandon Sparks (BedTech) for $5.3 million. Built in 2004, Centre at Higley-Williams Fields features 12,190 square feet of retail space leased to six tenants. Steve Julius, Jesse Goldsmith and Chase Dorsett of Newmark represented the seller and buyer in deal.
PHILADELPHIA — JLL has negotiated the sale of Red Lion Plaza, a 236,277-square-foot shopping center in Philadelphia. Built in 1962 and expanded in 2021, the property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Burlington, Ross Dress for Less, Pep Boys, Planet Fitness, Mattress Firm, Panera Bread, Aspen Dental and Tropical Smoothie Café. Jim Galbally, Chris Munley and Colin Behr of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between Finmarc Management Inc. and New York City-based KPR, in the deal. Michael Pagniucci of JLL arranged acquisition financing through a regional bank on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The nonrecourse loan was structured with a 12-year term and a fixed interest rate.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The City of Alexandria has signed Inova Health System, a nonprofit healthcare provider in Northern Virginia, to a 99-year ground lease at the site of the former Landmark Mall on the city’s west side. Inova plans to invest $1 billion to create a new medical campus that will be anchored by the relocation and expansion of its existing Alexandria hospital, which is located at 4320 Seminary Road. Inova expects the new campus to employ more than 2,000 healthcare workers. The hospital will include a large emergency room, private patient rooms and a prominent oncology department, according to reports from Patch.com. The healthcare campus will also include a medical office building. The landowner for the hospital portion, the City of Alexandria’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA), signed Inova to the longest ground-lease term possible. IDA purchased the 11-acre former Sears site recently from Landmark Land Holdings LLC for $54 million. Landmark Land Holdings LLC is the joint venture ownership comprising Foulger-Pratt, The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) and Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG). Development plans for the remaining portions of the overall 52-acre Landmark Mall site include a mix of residential, retail, commercial and entertainment offerings. Plans also call …
CHICAGO — Foxtrot, a corner store, café and delivery market, has leased 1,739 square feet at The Shops at Tribune Tower in Chicago. Launched in 2013, Foxtrot offers grocery staples, sommelier-curated wine and locally sourced goods. The Chicago-based company currently operates 15 locations across Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Dallas. The Shops at Tribune Tower consists of 50,000 square feet of retail space that anchors the ground floor of the 36-story Tribune Tower, which is located at 435 N. Michigan Ave. Under the ownership of CIM Group and Golub & Co., the property has been transformed into 162 luxury condominium units. Foxtrot is slated to open in spring 2022.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — La Maestra Family Clinic has purchased a multi-tenant retail center located at 1242-1248 E. Main St. in El Cajon. Main Street Trust sold the asset for $6.4 million. The buyer plans to convert the vacant, 22,694-square-foot retail center into a community health center. Mike Conger and Brian Jenkins of Commercial Asset Advisors represented the seller, while Keith Edwards of Keller Williams Realty Metro represented the buyer in the deal.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) plans to close about 900 stores over the next three years, or about 300 stores a year, starting in the spring of 2022. The pharmacy retailer says the decision to close its stores was in order to focus more on its digital strategy. The store closures equal about 9 percent of the approximately 10,000 locations that the retailer currently operates. CVS says it will help those who lose their jobs as a result of the store closures to find a different role at another one of the retailer’s locations, according to CNBC. As part of the plan to close many of its stores, CVS Health will create new store formats. The retailer released three models for its new store layouts including sites dedicated to offering primary care services; an enhanced version of HealthHub locations with products and services designed for everyday health and wellness needs; and traditional CVS pharmacy stores that provide prescription services and health, wellness, personal care and other retail offerings. CVS Health plans to build 1,000 HealthHub locations by the end of the year, CNBC reports. This model includes a wider range of medical products and medical services from …