JAMUL, CALIF. — Commercial Asset Advisors (CAA) has arranged the off-market acquisition of a retail center located in Jamul. Fuel Team Inc. purchased the asset from Dan Floit for $6 million. Located 12918-12930 Campo Road, a 7-Eleven gas station anchors the 18,926-square-foot property. Gino Kalasho and Mike Conger of CAA represented the buyer in the transaction.
CONCORD, N.C. — Winston-Salem-based Lowes Foods LLC has signed a lease to anchor Christenbury Village, a grocery-anchored mixed-use development in Concord. Christenbury Investors LLC, an entity affiliated with Charlotte-based MPV Properties LLC and Mission Properties LLC, is the developer. Christenbury Village is a 17-acre development located at the intersection of Cox Mill Road and Christenbury Parkway. The project is slated to include an approximately 52,000-square-foot Lowes Foods, two mixed-use buildings featuring approximately 150 apartment units and about 26,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Christenbury Village will also include 24,000-square-foot medical office and shop retail buildings along Christenbury Parkway. The developer plans to break ground on Phase I of the project in the fourth quarter, and Lowes Foods is slated to open in the beginning of 2023. Austin Easter of MPV Properties represented Lowes Foods in the lease transaction.
ROCHESTER HILLS, MICH. — Burlington is opening a 31,059-square-foot store at the former Stein Mart location at Winchester Center in Rochester Hills, about 25 miles north of Detroit. RPT Realty owns the shopping center, which is located at the southwest corner of Rochester and Avon roads. Tjader Gerdom, Michael Murphy and Bill McLeod of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented RPT in the lease transaction.
DECATUR, IND. — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $2.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 15,000-square-foot retail property occupied by Walgreens in Decatur, about 20 miles southeast of Fort Wayne. The property is located at 123 N. 13th St. Matt Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel arranged the five-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate of 3.99 percent. A national credit union provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
WALLINGFORD, CONN. — JLL has negotiated the $20.2 million sale of a 160,000-square-foot retail center in the New Haven suburb of Wallingford that is anchored by North Carolina-based Lowe’s Home Improvement. Nat Heald and Chris Angelone of JLL represented the seller, Davenport Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. The property was fully leased at the time of sale.
LOS ANGELES — CGI+ Real Estate Strategies has received full entitlements to develop a hotel, multifamily and retail mixed-use project at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile district. Located at 639 S. La Brea Ave., the eight-story, transit-oriented property will feature a 125-key hotel, 121 residential rental units and 13,000 square feet of street-level and rooftop restaurant space. The boutique-style hotel will offer rooms ranging in size from 320 square feet to 415 square feet, as well as two top-floor guest suites as large as 1,200 square feet. Hotel amenities will include a 3,500-square-foot event space, a layered rooftop guest deck and a swimming pool. The residential component will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with 18 units set aside for extremely low-income households and one for a moderate-income household. Each apartment will feature hardwood floors, in-unit washers/dryers and home automation controls for security and climate, as well as one-touch access to neighborhood services. Community amenities will include a fitness center, rooftop deck with interactive lounge spaces and pool, and a bicycle storage area. Morris Adjmi is serving as architect and interior designer for the development, which is the …
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 4241 Marconi Ave. in Sacramento. A private individual sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $10.1 million. Rite Aid occupies the property. Courtney Haubach, Bill Pedersen and Chad Kurz of Matthews represented the seller and sourced the buyer for the transaction.
By Yair Haimoff, Executive Managing Director, Spectrum Commercial Real Estate The COVID-19 pandemic slowed or halted markets across the world. But how did Los Angeles fare? Well, the retail market slowed in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, but, fortunately, it is slowly picking up with reopenings and the adoption of the COVID-19 vaccine. Looking back, recent transactions in the retail space have predominantly included food-related deals. With established fast food businesses like In-n-Out, Starbucks, Popeye’s Chicken, Chick-Fil-A and more showing more transactions, there is definitely a pattern of increased demand for services that support activities necessitated by isolation. However, there have also been deals that included gyms/fitness users, family entertainment, tutoring centers and a few other ancillary retail uses. It looks as if the reopenings are starting to bring in a renewed demand for more social activities, which, blended with the rise of fast food establishments, is a good sign the market is picking up. Looking at current retail development activities, the local market has been mostly quiet in terms of retail-only centers. This makes sense, as retail stores suffered during the shutdown, with many existing retailers turning to curbside pick-up services to stay afloat. Many developers simply aren’t …
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Thompson Thrift Retail Group has completed the disposition of Sunrise Promenade, a shopping center in Peoria. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $18.2 million. Situated at the corner of Lake Pleasant Parkway and Happy Valley Road, Sunrise Promenade features 26,852 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Aldi, Black Rock Coffee Bar, Club Pilates, Sherwin-Williams, Dip Nail Spa, Harumi Sushi, Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade, Stretch Labs, Butta Cakes and Pearle Vision.
BRECKENRIDGE, COLO. — Birmingham, Ala.-based Southern Oak Capital and Green Rock LLC have acquired the Main Street Station retail condominiums in Breckenridge. The asset traded for $16.7 million. Built in 2002, the three-building property features more than 34,000 square feet of retail space and 22 tenants, including lululemon, local boutiques and restaurants.
