RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the fourth and final transaction in the break-up sale strategy of Zinfandel Crossings, a retail property anchored by 99 Cents Only in Rancho Cordova. The firm has brokered the sales of more than $11.4 million in retail properties at the shopping center. Kevin Fryman, Bill Asher and Ed Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, a Santa Monica-based private investor. The buyer was a Stockton-based private investor. The final sale was that of a vacant 26,520-square-foot retail building, which was built in 1975 and formerly occupied by Fit Republic. The building is situated on 2.4 acres at 2810 Zinfandel Drive. The asset sold for $1.8 million.
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SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Stream Realty Partners has acquired a grocery-anchored shopping center located at 2360 N. Tustin Ave. in Santa Ana. Previously owned by two private owners for 50 years, Stream purchased both the leasehold interest and the fee simple. Stater Bros. Markets has been a tenant since the property’s completion. Additionally, Stream acquired the 0.78 acres of adjacent land, which currently features two residential units, for future development. As a result of the transaction, Stater Bros. has renewed its 25,587-square-foot lease and Del Taco renewed its 1,859-square-foot lease at the center, which is slated to undergo several upgrades in the coming quarter. Renovations will include façade upgrades, new signage and landscaping. Additionally, Del Taco will begin interior renovations in the second quarter of 2021.
PATERSON, N.J. — BAW Development has broken ground on the redevelopment of Hinchliffe Stadium, an athletic venue in the Northern New Jersey city of Paterson that was originally built in 1932 as the home field of the New York Black Yankees of the Negro Leagues. Once the redevelopment is complete, the site will house a 7,800-seat venue with an upgraded field and seating areas, as well as a 75-unit affordable seniors housing complex, a 12,000-square-foot restaurant and event space, a 5,200-square-foot preschool and a 314-space parking garage. The ballpark, which fell into disrepair in the late 1990s and has been largely unused since then, is most often associated with Paterson native Larry Doby, the first player to break the American League color barrier in 1947. BAW Development is the lead developer and majority owner. RPM Development Group is BAW’s development partner. Construction is being funded, in part, through local, state and national funding via historic tax credits, low-income housing tax credits, new market tax credits and a bond issued by the Passaic County Improvement Authority. Goldman Sachs also recently provided $60 million in construction financing.
NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Levin Management Corp. has negotiated four lease renewals for Virginia-based discount retailer Dollar Tree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The New Jersey locations include a 14,500-square-foot space at Brunswick Shopping Center, a 10,300-square-foot shop in Watchung and a 9,400-square-foot store in Franklin Township. The Pennsylvania location is situated in Middletown and spans 9,000 square feet.
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $18.2 million sale of Market at Standing Springs, a 63,883-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Simpsonville. Zach Taylor of IPA’s Taylor-McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, Carolina Holdings, and the buyer, C.F. Smith Property Group. The buyer is a family office completing a 1031 exchange, according to Taylor. “The buyer was placing funds from a single-tenant Lowe’s Home Improvement that my partner, Don McMinn, sold for it in March,” says Taylor. Completed in 2021, Market at Standing Springs is located at the intersection of West Georgia and East Standing Springs roads near Interstate 385. The tenant roster includes Starbucks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Commerce Department reports that retail sales increased 9.8 percent in March, following a 2.7 percent decrease in February. The numbers surpassed the Dow Jones economists’ prediction of a 6.1 percent gain for the month. The sales growth is the biggest monthly gain since May 2020 (18.3 percent), which also came after a round of stimulus checks. According to CNBC, the newly issued stimulus checks gave consumers more discretionary income to spend on goods and services from retailers and restaurants than they had in February. The sporting goods, clothing and food and beverage categories generated the greatest increases in sales since pre-pandemic. Bar and restaurants saw an increase of 13.4 percent, while sporting goods sales increased by 23.5 percent. Clothing and accessories retailers had an 18.3 percent increase, and motor vehicle parts and dealers experienced a 15.1 percent jump. Some economists predict that people are still trying to save a portion of their stimulus checks. According to the CNBC, people saved 34.5 percent of stimulus checks and spent 29.2 percent. The news outlet also reported that inflation is becoming an increasing worry for economists as there has already been an increase in gas prices.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — DJM has submitted plans to Huntington Beach’s Planning Commission for a mixed-use residential development at the Bella Terra shopping center in Huntington Beach. Planned on the current Burlington Coat Factory site, the new development would include demolishing the 210,000-square-foot structure and an additional surrounding 30,000 square feet of retail space. DJM plans to replace the demolished structures with a low-rise building boasting 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space beneath five stories of residential space, with 15 percent of the 300 units designated as affordable housing. The project will include structured parking for residents that supplements Bella Terra’s existing parking structure. Since acquiring Bella Terra, formerly the Huntington Beach Mall, in 2005, DJM has transformed the shopping center into a community hub by curating a mix of retail, dining and entertainment spaces. In 2019, DJM reimagined the property’s center courtyard to include a stage, grassy lawn and beer and wine garden in an open-air setting.
MESA, ARIZ. — Thompson Thrift Retail Group (TTRG) has acquired the first parcel of a 15-acre master-planned development in Mesa. When fully developed, the property at the northwest quadrant of US 60 and Signal Butte Road will offer 95,000 square feet of retail space in a mix of freestanding and multi-tenant buildings. Whataburger, Backyard Taco, Black Rock Coffee and EOS Fitness have committed to the new project, with the first phase is slated to open first-quarter 2022. At build-out, TTRG expects the development to have a total project cost in excess of $28 million. This is the 26th project for TTRG in the Southwest since opening its Phoenix office in 2016. In addition to the Mesa development, TTRG’s 2021 Southwest pipeline is slated to include more than $150 million in development across the Phoenix metro, including planned projects in Glendale, Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, Maricopa, Tucson and Casa Grande.
JERICHO, N.Y. AND HOUSTON — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) has announced plans to acquire fellow retail REIT Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) for roughly $3.9 billion. The combined company is expected to have a pro forma equity market capitalization of $12 billion and a pro forma total enterprise value of $20.5 billion. The merger will create a national operating portfolio of 559 open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers — one of the darlings of commercial real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic — and mixed-use assets comprising 100 million square feet of gross leasable area. In its reasoning for the acquisition, Kimco cited enhanced asset diversification and quality; expanded geographic reach in high-growth, first-ring suburbs of core markets; greater tenant diversity; a more compelling value creation pipeline; operational savings and corporate synergies; earnings accretion and NOI growth opportunities; and an increase in the company’s financial strength and flexibility. “We believe this transaction is a win-win for shareholders of both companies, who will benefit from the upside potential associated with owning the preeminent open-air, grocery-anchored shopping center and mixed-use real estate REIT in the U.S.,” says Conor Flynn, Kimco’s CEO. “This combination reflects our conviction in the grocery-anchored shopping center category, which has …
ATLANTA — Publix will occupy a 42,514-square-foot store for the second phase of The Interlock, a mixed-use development underway at the intersection of Ethel Street and Northside Drive in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. Demolition for the site will begin in May, and vertical construction will start in the fall of 2022. S.J. Collins Enterprises is the landlord. Phase I of The Interlock is a nine-acre, mixed-use property located at 1115 Howell Mill Road N.W. The development includes 200,000 square feet of office space; 105,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space; 349 apartments and 18 townhomes; 70 single-family homes; and the 161-room Bellyard, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel. Phase I leasing opportunities still include approximately 87,000 square feet of office space and 30,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Phase II includes an additional 4.5 acres that will include another 40,000 square feet for retail space, 186,000 square feet of office space, student housing serving students of nearby Georgia Tech and the Publix grocery store. The various components of The Interlock are connected to each other via a one-acre public park. Phase II is currently being designed by Dynamik Design. Puttshack is debuting at The Interlock next week and Bellyard, …