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Continental Realty Buys South Plains Crossing Retail Center in Lubbock for $18.2M

by Taylor Williams July 8, 2021

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has purchased South Plains Crossing, a 144,241-square-foot retail center in Lubbock, for $18.2 million. Anchor tenants at the property, which was built on 12 acres in 1996, include Hobby Lobby (70,000 square feet), alcoholic beverage providers Spec’s Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods (33,000 square feet) and Vision Mart (10,000 square feet). The seller was a partnership between Atlanta-based RCG Ventures, LLC and New York City-based DRA Advisors LLC. South Plains Crossing was 94 percent leased to 11 tenants at the time of sale.

July 8, 2021

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Mack-Cali Sells Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center in Hanover, New Jersey, for $46M

by Taylor Williams July 8, 2021

HANOVER, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI) has sold Wegmans Retail Center, a 133,276-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located about 30 miles west of New York City in Hanover. The sales price was $46 million. The property was built in phases between 2017 and 2020 and was fully leased to regional grocer Wegmans and Panera Bread at the time of sale. The sale also included two newly developed restaurant buildings that are leased to Capital Grille and Seasons 52. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, J.B. Bruno and Nicholas Stefans of JLL represented Mack-Cali in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

July 8, 2021

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IPA Negotiates $21.6M Sale of Cottage Plaza Retail Center in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

by Taylor Williams July 8, 2021

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $21.6 million sale of Cottage Plaza, an 84,455-square-foot retail center in Pawtucket. Regional grocer Stop & Shop anchors the property, which was built on 14.6 acres between 2004 and 2005. Jim Koury, Dean Zang and David Crotts of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, AAG Management Inc., in the transaction.

July 8, 2021

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Dunhill Auto Group Acquires 10,000 SF Retail Property in Quakertown, Pennsylvania

by Taylor Williams July 8, 2021

QUAKERTOWN, PA. — New Jersey-based Dunhill Auto Group has acquired a 10,000-square-foot retail property at 840 S. West End Blvd. in Quakertown, located north of Philadelphia in Bucks County. Rich Weitzman of Colliers International represented the seller, Peruzzi Auto Group, in the transaction. A Mitsubishi dealership currently occupies the three-acre site.

July 8, 2021

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Bloomingdale’s Announces Smaller-Footprint Bloomie’s Store to Open in Metro Washington, D.C.

by Katie Sloan July 8, 2021

FAIRFAX, VA. — Bloomingdale’s has announced plans to open its first Bloomie’s store at the Mosaic District shopping center in Fairfax on August 26. Bloomingdale’s is the latest retailer to unveil an updated store concept designed to reflect the changing wants and needs of shoppers following the COVID-19 pandemic. The new, smaller-footprint concept will span 22,000 square feet and feature an evolving mix of merchandise from top brands alongside tech-enabled stylist services and a restaurant. A standard Bloomingdale’s location spans approximately 200,000 square feet. Fresh deliveries from a mix of designers already featured in Bloomingdale’s stores and emerging labels will come in multiple times per week. These goods will be displayed in rotating carts, allowing for new products to be seen by customers on each visit. Bloomie’s stores will offer men’s and women’s apparel; denim; activewear; intimates; shoes; handbags; beauty products; and accessories, including eyewear and fine jewelry. Brands set for inclusion at Bloomie’s include Rag & Bone, Stella McCartney, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Dior, Prada, Marc Jacobs, See by Chloe, and more. The new concept will feature a returns dropbox; curbside pick-up; online shopping; and product customization, personalization and alteration services at a centralized front desk. Bloomie’s will also offer stylist services. …

July 8, 2021

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Chicago Market Experiences Surge in Retail Sales as COVID Restrictions Loosen

by Kristin Harlow July 8, 2021

By Chris Irwin, Colliers International As we begin to lower our masks, breathe fresh air and see smiles on everyone’s faces, there are strong signs that better than pre-COVID retail activity in Chicago is here. With the expanded vaccine rollout, a decrease in unemployment plus the added boost of stimulus checks, the surge in retail sales in the city and surrounding areas has been measurable. The demand for retail space increased in fourth-quarter 2020 and first-quarter 2021 significantly, with the first quarter recording a 650,000-square-foot increase in overall absorption, which pushed the trailing 12-month absorption back to positive territory — and its highest level since 2017. Increased leasing activity continued to drive new demand as net absorption totaled almost 1 million square feet in the first quarter. Vacancy in Chicago retail has flattened and currently is holding at 6.1 percent over the past year compared with a rate of 5.1 percent nationally. Leasing activity was driven by the expansion of essential retailers throughout the first quarter, similar to first-quarter activity levels registered in 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, the most important step toward recovery happened June 11 when the State of Illinois moved its Coronavirus response from Phase 4 to …

July 8, 2021

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Retail REIT Phillips Edison & Co. Files for IPO

by Kristin Harlow July 7, 2021

CINCINNATI — Phillips Edison & Co. Inc. (PECO), an internally managed REIT, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 17 million shares of its common stock to the public. The Cincinnati-based shopping center owner also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2.5 million shares of its common stock. The initial public offering (IPO) price is expected to be between $28 and $31 per share. Adjusting for the one-for-three reverse stock split that was executed on July 2, the IPO price would be expected to be between $9.33 and $10.33 per share. PECO expects to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “PECO.” The company says it will use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to pay off its $375 million unsecured term loan, fund external growth with property acquisitions and fund other general corporate uses. As of March 31, PECO owned equity interests in 300 shopping centers comprising 31 million square feet across 31 states.

July 7, 2021

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Pinstripes to Open Entertainment Center in Paramus, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams July 7, 2021

PARAMUS, N.J. — Pinstripes, an entertainment concept that combines bowling and bocce ball with food and beverages, will open a new venue at Westfield Garden State Plaza in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The opening is scheduled for late 2022. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield owns the 2.1 million-square-foot property.

July 7, 2021

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Progressive Real Estate Partners Brokers $4.6M Sale of Starbucks-Anchored Retail Building in Southern California

by Amy Works July 7, 2021

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 2067 E. Highland Ave. in San Bernardino. Sage Invesco and Pacific Riviera Properties sold the asset to a San Bernardino County-based private investor for $4.6 million, or $919 per square foot. Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Choong “Bruce” Lee of NewStar Realty and Hope Kim, an independent broker, represented the buyer in the deal. Built in 2020, the three-tenant building features 5,058 square feet of retail space. Starbucks Coffee, Lefty’s Cheesesteak and Cricket Wireless occupy the property.

July 7, 2021

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U.S. Retail Sector Recovers Faster Than Expected, Says National League of Cities

by Julia Sanders July 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2020, the retail sector suffered due to shutdowns and pandemic restrictions on businesses. Additionally, in April 2020, the U.S. unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent, which is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression, according to CNBC. However, the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the retail industry in a positive way by speeding up some pre-existing retail trends, according to the National League of Cities’ (NLC) new report, The Future of Cities: Re-envisioning Retail. The report shows the key trends in the retail industry and explains how local governmental officials can continue to facilitate positive change in the retail sector. The NLC report found that even though retail industry jobs declined fast last year, now the industry has bounced back more quickly than expected. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June, including a 194,000 increase in bar and restaurant jobs and an increase of 67,000 jobs in the retail sector. Many retailers struggled last year due to lockdowns and less income for consumers to spend. The NLC reported that in 2020, more than 12,200 major retail chain stores closed permanently, which equals to 159 million square feet of emptied retail …

July 7, 2021

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