BURLINGTON, N.C. — Several new tenants are set to open at Church Street Commons, a recently constructed shopping center located at the intersection of Huffman Mill Road and Church Street in Burlington. Morgan Cos. purchased the 9.6-acre property where Church Street Commons now stands in February 2019. The property was formerly the site of a Sears department store. The owner and developer of the center, Morgan Cos., recently welcomed a new Publix supermarket. My Eyelab, an optical retailer, also opened at the center in December. The retailers that will soon open at Church Street Commons includes The Habit Burger Grill, a burger restaurant; Aspen Dental, a dental services provider; Popeye’s, a New Orleans-based fast food chain; uBreakiFix, a same-day electronics repairs provider; and Church Street Nails, a nail salon and spa. The retailers are expected to open in the first quarter of this year.
ST. LOUIS — Emerald Capital Strategic Advisors, an affiliate of Green Street Real Estate Ventures, has arranged financing for Elevation, an office and retail development in St. Louis. Funding includes $6 million in New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) in addition to debt and Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. Matt Drinen and Luke Pope of Emerald Capital sourced and closed debt financing with Chicago-based IFF as well as Elm Tree Unity Debt Fund. St. Louis Development Corp. provided a $6 million allocation in NMTC, and US Bank was the NMTC investor. Kingsway Development is the project developer. Elevation will be situated at 4731 Delmar Blvd. within the Fountain Park neighborhood. The project serves as the first development within the planned 207-acre Kingsway District. Elevation will include 5,000 square feet of street-level retail space for Jamba Juice, UPS and The Original Hot Dog Factory, as well as 12,500 square feet of second-floor office space for the Ethical Society of Police and Park Central Development Corp. Simms Building Group is the general contractor and CASCO is the architect. Construction is scheduled to begin this month, with completion slated for January 2023.
BELVIDERE, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has negotiated the $1.9 million sale of a multi-tenant retail building in Belvidere near Rockford. Located on Gateway Center Drive, the property is home to Aaron’s, Dotty’s and Subway. Jason Lenhoff of Quantum represented the seller, a local private real estate investor. An Iowa-based private real estate investor was the buyer.
TULSA, OKLA. — New Jersey-based investment firm First National Realty Partners has purchased Summit Square Shopping Center, a 166,552-square-foot retail power center in Tulsa. A 66,455-square-foot Reasor’s Supermarket anchors the property, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Margaret Caldwell, Gill Warner and Patrick Kelley of locally based brokerage firm Stan Johnson Co. represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The price was not disclosed. Jon Scott of Keybank originated an undisclosed amount of fixed-rate acquisition financing for the deal.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Sterling Organization, a Florida-based private equity real estate firm, has purchased Tedeschi Plaza, a 174,344-square-foot retail center in the southern Boston suburb of Braintree, for $44.3 million. A 66,124-square-foot Stop & Shop grocery store anchors the property, and other tenants include CVS, Crunch Fitness, Sherwin Williams, Dunkin’ and Citizens Bank. JLL represented the seller, Denver-based Black Creek Group, in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Orion Investment Real Estate has arranged the purchase of a retail property located at the northwest corner of 53rd Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix. Corridor Living LLC acquired the building from McLean Holdings for $3.1 million, or $378 per square foot. Four tenants fully occupy the 8,318-square-foot property: Crazy Mike’s Subs, Music & Art, Gravitate and Oscar’s Taco Shop. Nick Miner of Orion represented the buyer, while Danny Gardiner and Chad Tiedeman of PCA represented the seller in the deal.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — DPC Development Co. has completed the disposition of Wilmore Center, a mixed-use building located at 7615 and 7777 W. 38th Ave. in Wheat Ridge. T-2 Ventures acquired the asset for $10.2 million. Originally built in the early 1980s, Wilmore Center features 52,743 square feet of retail and medical office space. At the time of sale, approximately 93 percent of the property was occupied by a mix of service and medical-oriented businesses. Jon Hendrickson and Aaron Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield’s Denver office represented the seller in the transaction.
COPPELL, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group (DIG) has arranged the sale of Valley Ranch Centre, a 111,211-square-foot retail property in Coppell, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. Anchored by Club 4 Fitness and Dollar Tree, Valley Ranch Centre was built on 11.6 acres in 1989 and was roughly 75 percent leased at the time of sale. David Disney and Adam Crockett of DIG represented the seller, Dallas-based Centcom Realty Corp., and procured the out-of-state buyer in the transaction.
DALLAS — Denver-based investment firm Baceline Group has acquired two shopping centers totaling 78,311 square feet in the Dallas area. The properties include the 53,948-square-foot Preston Lloyd Shopping Center, located at 19009 Preston Road in Dallas, and the 24,363-square-foot Orchid Centre, located at 4150 Eldorado Parkway in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. Baceline Group acquired the assets as part of a portfolio that included a 26,442-square-foot center in Montgomery, Ohio. The seller was not disclosed.
VISTA, CALIF. — Black Lion Investment Group has completed the sale of Vista Terrace Marketplace, a retail strip center in Vista. A real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital acquired the asset for $13.3 million. Situated on two acres at 1280, 1330 and 1350 E. Vista Way, Vista Terrace Marketplace features 28,440 square feet of newly renovated retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 91 percent leased to a variety of national and local tenants, including Anytime Fitness, Discovery Preschool, Sports Clips, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Pacific Dental, Upper Crust Pizza and Bombay Café. Daniel Tyner and Gleb Lvovich of JLL Retail Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal. This two-part transaction comes one year after the $10.7 million sale of three outparcel pad buildings at Vista Terrace Marketplace in December 2020.