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Parkview Provides $28M Construction Loan for Verde at Cooley Lifestyle Center in Gilbert, Arizona

by Amy Works

GILBERT, ARIZ. — Parkview Financial has provided a $28 million construction loan to Scottsdale-based Verde Gilbert LLC for the development of Verde at Cooley Station, a lifestyle center located at 17201-17361 E. Williams Field Road in Gilbert. Verde Gilbert LLC is a joint venture between three development companies led by SB2 Communities. Upon completion, the 10-building, 96,000-square-foot property will offer 44,000 square feet of retail space, 13,000 square feet of office space, 31,000 square feet of restaurant space and 8,000 square feet of fitness space. Designed to be a restaurant-centric, mixed-used project, Verde at Cooley Station will offer 25 spaces for lease and The Green, a large open outdoor lawn area with a gazebo for musical events, fitness classes, movies in the park and other activities. Loan proceeds enabled the commencement of the first phase, which includes retail and a dozen dining concepts surrounded by The Green. Some of the stores are slated to open for business in late 2021, with a planned grand opening in first-quarter 2022. The second phase will include 24,000 square feet of retail space, 12,000 square feet of office space, 3,000 square feet of restaurant space and 8,000 square feet of fitness space. The second …

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Black Lion Investment Group Acquires Amara at Paraiso Restaurant Property in Miami for $12.1M

by Julia Sanders

MIAMI — Los Angeles-based Black Lion Investment Group has acquired a restaurant building in Miami known as Amara at Paraiso. The seller, Related Group, sold the property to Black Lion for $12.1 million. Fabio Faerman and Sebastian Faerman of Miami-based FA Commercial represented both parties in the transaction. Amara at Paraiso is a 12,300-square-foot, Class A retail and dining facility that is part of a larger project that includes the residential complex Paraiso Bay, which contains 1,300 residential units. James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz is at the helm of the popular indoor-outdoor dining space. Miami-based FA Commercial is the commercial division of Fortune International Realty specializing in investment sales, landlord and tenant representation, market analysis, site selection and portfolio overview.

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A New Form of Experiential Retail Is Coming to A Storefront Near You

by Taylor Williams

By Matt Silvers, vice president, Project Management Advisors Inc. From regional malls to small-town shopping districts, the United States has over 1 billion square feet of excess retail space, according to analysis from CoStar Group, with roughly 23 square feet of retail space for every person in the country. For reference, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan all have less than 5 square feet per capita. This surplus is not a new problem, though it has been brought into sharp focus by COVID-19. Retailers closed or cut back their offerings throughout the pandemic while people doubled down on e-commerce, relying on digital solutions for everything from grocery delivery to streaming home entertainment. A recent McKinsey & Co. analysis shows online commerce grew 10 years’ time in just three months, fueled by stay-at-home orders. That study assessed data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which estimated that e-commerce sales accounted for 14 percent of retail sales in 2020, totaling $215 billion versus 11 percent in 2019. While these rapid changes caught some retailers flat-footed, an opportunity now exists to take advantage of available space — and relatively inexpensive rents — to open new stores and try new concepts. For the first …

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Anatomy Opens New 15,000 SF Location at Regatta Harbour in Miami

by Julia Sanders

MIAMI — Anatomy has opened a new location at Regatta Harbour, a 9.5-acre mixed-use development underway in Miami. Anatomy is a progressive fitness community that integrates exercise programing with wellness and beauty. The Regatta Harbour location will be Anatomy’s fourth location in South Florida, and Anatomy is Regatta Harbour’s first tenant. Situated at 3385 Pan American Drive, Anatomy encompasses 15,000 square feet of space. Anatomy’s Regatta Harbour site houses “The Sanctuary,” which is the gym’s signature recovery and regeneration component. It also features cardio and strength equipment, group fitness classes, a variety of open-air outdoor workout programing and a Kids Club as an added amenity for families. Accessible by land and sea along Coconut Grove’s historic Dinner Key, Regatta Harbour is slated for a 2022 completion date. Designed by Arquitectonica, the development will feature more than 100,000 square feet of entertainment, retail and restaurants. The first phase of the multi-stage project was completed in 2019 with its marina following a $5.5 million overhaul of the former Grove Key Marina site. Regatta Harbour will preserve and renovate historic airplane hangars utilized in the early 1900’s as the first continental Naval air station and later by Pan Am Airways. Regatta Harbour is …

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges $5.6M Sale of Four-Property Dollar General Portfolio in Kentucky

by Julia Sanders

PAINTSVILLE, DANVILLE, EASTERN AND GIRDLER, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.6 million sale of a four-property Dollar General portfolio in Kentucky totaling 36,400 square feet. Darpan Patel, Dan Yozwiak and Matthew Johnson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, James Myers of Kentucky Lodging and Development, and secured the buyer, Harrimack Holdings Acquisitions LLC, in the transaction. Colby Haugness of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction. The four Dollar General stores are located at 1370 Euclid Ave. in Paintsville; 6595 Alum Springs Road in Danville; 5451 N. KY Highway 11 in Girdler; and 39 Kentucky-680 in Eastern.

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Boulder Group Brokers $1.2M Sale of Restaurant Property in Des Moines

by Kristin Harlow

DES MOINES, IOWA — The Boulder Group, a net-lease investment brokerage firm, has brokered the sale of a restaurant property occupied by Fazoli’s in Des Moines for $1.2 million. The 3,350-square-foot building is located at 3600 Merle Hay Road. Randy Blankstein and John Feeney of Boulder represented the seller, an undisclosed investment firm based in Texas, in the transaction. A Midwest-based investor was the buyer. Fazoli’s, an American fast-casual restaurant chain, has more than 10 years remaining on its lease.

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RGV Retail Market Displays Creativity, Resourcefulness in Response to Pandemic

by Taylor Williams

By Lupita Gutierrez-Garza, principal, and Christian Gutierrez, senior associate, Southern Commercial Real Estate Group The impacts of COVID-19 on the retail sector in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) have mirrored those of the rest of the country. However, the way the region responded was different from the way it addressed past crises, such as natural disasters, and even very different from past responses to local problems like peso devaluations and drug cartel activity along the border. The response was multifaceted and included many trial-and-error situations. But through sheer determination and quick thinking by local leadership, regional landlords and tenants managed to mitigate all the uncertainty to not only survive, but to thrive.    What made a difference in the region was the behind-the-scenes build-up of its economic infrastructure that has slowly been chipping away at the inequities the region has endured for years. Infrastructure build-up has been ongoing for over a decade and has come in many forms, including education and medical, industrial and logistics, aerospace technology and wind energy. All of these sectors managed well during the peak of the pandemic and continued to expand at phenomenal paces. Their growth has piqued a lot of outside interest and investment …

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InvenTrust Properties Corp. to Redevelop 93,358 SF Suncrest Village Shopping Center in Orlando

by Julia Sanders

ORLANDO, FLA. — InvenTrust Properties Corp. has unveiled plans to redevelop Suncrest Village, including replacement of the Publix grocery store that anchors the property. The 93,358-square-foot shopping center is located at the corner of University Boulevard and Dean Road at 10021-10115 University Blvd. in Orlando. Construction is slated to take approximately 12 months to complete. InvenTrust’s planned improvements to the center include the replacement of the existing Publix building with a new, larger prototype Publix store to be constructed in the same location.  The small-shop tenant facades at Suncrest Village will receive new paint, lighting, replacement of the mission tile roof, a new sign band on portions of the canopy, improved landscaping and green trellis areas with accent lighting. InvenTrust plans to employ sustainable processes throughout this renovation. For example, LED lighting has been added to the center’s parking lot and, during demolition, reusable materials will be sorted and reclaimed to reduce landfill waste. Suncrest Village is located along the University Boulevard and is 2.8 miles from the University of Central Florida. The center features local, regional and national restaurants, services and retailers, such as Leslie’s Swimming Pool Supplies, Mei’s Kitchen, Fuji Yama Sushi, Subway and University Wine & Spirits. Matt Hagan …

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IPA Negotiates Sale of 167,689 SF Noble Town Center Near Philadelphia

by Taylor Williams

JENKINTOWN, PA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Noble Town Center, a 167,689-square-foot shopping center in Jenkintown, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The property was originally constructed in 1958 as a Wanamaker’s department store and was converted into a multi-tenant center in 1999. Anchor tenants include Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, Bed Bath & Beyond and Walgreens. Brad Nathanson of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a joint venture between Paramount Realty Services and Edgewood Properties, in the transaction. Noble Town Center was 64 percent leased at the time of sale following the shuttering of space previously occupied by Stein Mart, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August of last year.

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Now that the Dust is Settling – The Future of Retail in a Post-Pandemic World

by Jeff Shaw

By Carlos Lopez, Executive Vice President, Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors The fears from the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying government-mandated shutdowns and social distancing measures transformed the way Americans, lived, worked, shopped, ate, exercised and watched movies. In many ways, the habits formed during the shutdowns have opened up opportunities to radically change many aspects of life. For the retail industry, the impact of COVID-19 in 2020 was profoundly devastating. For small businesses and restaurants forced to shut down for extended periods of time or quickly modify their business model to accommodate the mandated closures, they were unable to operate and many were forced to close permanently. On the chain retail front, already struggling from the changing consumer preferences and the forces of e-commerce, the lockdowns and mandated closures by governmental agencies was the final nail in the coffin for many. In 2020 alone, an unprecedented number of retailers declared bankruptcy and by November of 2020, nearly 49 chain and national retailers had declared bankruptcy. The amount was greater than retail bankruptcies occurring in 2009 during the financial crisis. Some of the popular retailers and household names of these retailers included: JC Penney, Neiman Marcus, GNC, Brooks Brothers, Sur la …

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