BOSTON — SVN | Parsons Commercial Group has brokered the $7 million sale of a portfolio of four retail buildings totaling 15,181 square feet in Massachusetts. Rockland Trust occupies each of the buildings, which are located at 40 Austin St. in Newton, 1290 Main St. in Waltham, 4 N. Main St. in Bellingham and 231 E. Central St. in Franklin. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. Marilyn Santiago of SVN | Parsons Commercial Group brokered the deal.
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Dapper Cos. Acquires Historic Huntridge Theater in Downtown Las Vegas, Begins Renovation
by Amy Works
LAS VEGAS — Dapper Cos. has purchased the historic Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas for $4 million. The company plans to renovate the theater, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The theater originally opened in 1944 and shuttered after nearly 60 years of operation on July 31, 2004. The theater was originally operated by the Commonwealth Theater Company of Las Vegas and in 1951, was taken over by the Huntridge Theater Company of Las Vegas, partially owned by actresses Loretta Young and Irene Dunne. J Dapper, head of Dapper Cos., has also invested in the redevelopment of five other commercial proeprties in downtown Las Vegas, including Huntridge Shopping Center, 630 S. 11th Street, The Herbert at 801 S. Main St., 608 S. Maryland Parkway and 201 S. Las Vegas Boulevard.
ASHBURN, VA. — A joint venture between Novais Partners and the Hanover Co. has announced plans for Rivana at Innovation Station, a 4.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development located 30 miles outside Washington, D.C., in Ashburn. The 103-acre, transit-oriented project will be developed adjacent to Loudoun County’s extension of the Metro Silver Line, one stop from Washington-Dulles International Airport. Current plans for the project include 2,000 multifamily units; 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space; a 185,000-square-foot retail village; a 265-room boutique hotel; and a network of green and public spaces, including an 11-acre park. At the center of the project will be Rivana Village, a walkable network of retail and creative office space inspired by the communal villages that dot Virginia’s landscape. Tenants for this portion of the project will include creative, independently-owned restaurants and local retailers. The development’s office space will include hotel-quality amenities as well as post-COVID-era design and engineering, with advanced filtration systems, upgraded air filters and enhanced cleaning protocols. Each office building is targeting LEED certification. The project’s development team plans to submit a land use application next week for consideration by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Pending legislative approval, Novais expects to break ground …
KATY, TEXAS — Academy Sports + Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ: ASO) reported a record $1.6 billion in net sales for its fiscal fourth quarter that ended on Jan. 31, 2021, a figure that represents a 16.6 percent year-over-year increase. E-commerce contributed significantly to this growth, rising 60.7 percent year-over-year as customers increasingly shopped online and either picked up their goods in stores or had them delivered. For the fiscal year 2020, the metro Houston-based retailer reported total revenue of approximately $5.7 billion, an increase of 17.8 percent from fiscal 2019. The company’s stock price opened at $25.78 per share on Wednesday, March 31, up from the closing price $12.99 per share on Oct. 2, 2020, shortly after the company went public. Academy Sports + Outdoors operates more than 250 stores across 16 states.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Plano-based home furnishings retailer At Home (NYSE: HOME) has opened a 117,552-square-foot store at Plaza at Quail Springs, a shopping center in Oklahoma City. Locally based investment and management firm JAH Realty owns the center, which is located at 2201 NW 138th St. near Quail Springs Mall on the city’s north side. At Home is backfilling a space formerly occupied by three separate tenants. The company’s total store count now stands at 225.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Virginia Commons, a 13,878-square-foot retail strip center in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The property was built in 2007. Hudson Lambert of STRIVE represented the seller, a locally based investor, in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were not disclosed.
MERIDIAN, IDAHO — Wood Investments Cos. has purchased CentrePoint Marketplace, a community shopping center located on 19.3 acres at 3319 N. Eagle Road in Meridian. Built in 2007, the 197,288-square-foot property was fully occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Kohl’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walgreens, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Panera Bread, Wingers Restaurant & Alehouse, Downeast Home, Hobby Lobby, Moxie Java and 360 Wireless. Chad Moore of Salt Lake City-based Mountain West Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer. The seller was Centrepoint Marketplace LLC, a Utah limited liability company.
BOURBONNAIS, ILL. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the $4.3 million sale of a newly constructed retail building at Bradley Commons, a Walmart-anchored shopping center in Bourbonnais. The 9,723-square-foot building is fully leased to Jersey Mike’s Subs, Midwest Express Clinic, AT&T and uBreakiFix. Built in 2018, the property is home to its original tenants. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley, in conjunction with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, Cincinnati-based Midland Atlantic Properties. A Des Moines-based private investor was the buyer.
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — A Block & Co. Inc. Realtors investment group has repurposed a former FedEx facility in Independence into multi-tenant retail space. Block acquired the 8,385-square-foot property, located at 3721 Noland Road, in March 2020. It now features four tenant spaces, three of which have been leased to Little Caesars, Cricket Wireless and Grassroots Dispensary. The project also included the construction of a new parking lot and building façade. Phil Peck and Marshal Blount of Block led the investment group.
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO — Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based, privately held real estate investment firm, has sold a ground lease occupied by Texas Roadhouse in Steubenville, nearly 40 miles west of Pittsburgh. The sales price was undisclosed. The restaurant property is located across the street from Fort Steuben Mall. Mohr acquired the ground lease in 2019 upon the launch of its retail acquisition and redevelopment division. Rob Solls of Mohr represented the company on an internal basis. The Mansour Group procured the buyer, a private investment company. Texas Roadhouse maintains over 630 restaurants in 49 states and 10 countries worldwide. The Steubenville location is a corporate-owned restaurant.