CARPENTERSVILLE, ILL. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $3.9 million sale of Shoppes on Route 31 in Carpentersville, about 40 miles northwest of Chicago. The 11,035-square-foot retail building, constructed in 2007, is fully leased to Panda Express, ATI Physical Therapy, Game Stop, SportClips, T-Mobile and a dental office. The property sits on one acre at 27 S. Western Ave. Brad Dessy of Hanley, in conjunction with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, an Arizona-based private investor. Chuck Wasker of Colliers International represented the buyer, a San Diego-based private investor.
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By Pierre Debbas, Esq., partner at Romer Debbas LLP While headlines have primarily focused on impacts to small businesses, contrary to popular belief, large retailers and national chains have not been immune to the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant and hotel chains, movie theaters, gyms and other experiential retailers have shuttered locations across the country. Just this past July, legacy retailer Neiman Marcus closed its Hudson Yards location due to heavy COVID-19 impacts. The big box retailer also faced store closures in other locations, such as Florida and Washington, due to a high loss of revenue. These large, vacant retail spaces have created problems, especially in markets ike Manhattan. While there are some moves in play, such as Home Depot taking over the Bed Bath & Beyond’s midtown location, or Target setting sights on the former 86th Street outpost of Barnes & Noble, the reality of vacant spaces – large and small – is apparent throughout the city’s prime retail hubs. When looking forward, landlords will have to consider subdivisions and repurposing of big box spaces to make leasing viable, potentially making way for smaller-concept retailers and the return of mom-and-pop shops. Essentially, the question remains: What is the true absorption rate …
YULEE, FLA. — Sleiman Enterprises has broken ground on Crossings at Wildlight, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Yulee. Located at the corner of Fla. Highway 200 and William Burgess Boulevard, the retail center will be situated a quarter-mile off Interstate 95 and offer the first grocery store in the community. Designed by Cuhaci & Peterson, the 90,000-square-foot project will include five single- or multi-tenant buildings and up to three outparcels. Sleiman is planning a grand opening for spring 2022. The shopping center will serve as a retail component within Wildlight, a master-planned development in Nassau County by Raydient Places + Properties. Other recent uses to open at Wildlight include its second neighborhood, Forest Park, as well as UF Health Wildlight and a YMCA.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Branch Properties and Carter USA will develop an 87,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in the south Atlanta neighborhood of Summerhill. The center will be anchored by a 50,000-square-foot Publix grocery store and will feature a two-level parking deck. Leasing at the development, which is scheduled for completion in fall 2022, is currently underway with roughly 37,000 square feet of space available for a variety of retail or service tenants. Carter is currently redeveloping the surrounding 19-block area into a hub for retail, dining, housing and office space alongside Georgia State University’s (GSU) athletic facilities, namely Center Parc Credit Union Stadium (formerly Turner Field). Adjacent to the future Publix shopping center is the recently redeveloped Georgia Avenue, which features restaurants and bars, such as Wood’s Chapel BBQ, Maepole, Hero Doughnuts, Halfway Crooks Beer, Little Tart Bakeshop, Junior’s Pizza and Big Softie. Summerhill is an 80-acre project south of downtown Atlanta. Following the Atlanta Braves’ move away from Turner Field to Truist Park in Cobb County, Carter, in partnership with GSU, purchased 80 acres of land in the community, with the vision of creating a walkable district within close proximity to transportation options and downtown Atlanta. In …
OCALA, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a Heather Island Plaza, a 70,970-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Ocala. Built in 2000, the property is located at 7878 SE Maricamp Road, and was 85 percent leased at the time of sale. CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Madison International Realty and SITE Centers Corp., in the transaction. The seller, New Bandera Ventures, sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Three Palms Retail Center, a 26,318-square-foot property in Texas City, located south of Houston. Gus Lagos, Alex Wolansky, Jacob Starr and Zuhare Rizvon of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Riley Sharman, also with Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Locally based retail brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Shops on Custer, a 15,690-square-foot retail strip center located in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. Jason Vitorino of STRIVE represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. Hudson Lambert, also with STRIVE, represented the Texas-based buyer. The property was fully leased to seven tenants at the time of sale.
LINCOLN, NEB. — MAG Capital Partners LLC has sold an approximately 88,000-square-foot athletic and tennis facility in Lincoln to the property’s tenant, Genesis Health Clubs. The sales price was undisclosed. MAG Capital Partners purchased the property, located at 5300 Old Cheney Road, in 2017 and leased it to Genesis. The property offers tennis, racquetball, aquatics, youth programs, tanning, massage therapy, a café and pro shop. Plans for a major remodel are underway. Fort Worth, Texas-based MAG Capital Partners is led by principals Dax T.S. Mitchell and Andrew Gi. Genesis operates 57 locations across six states.
By Tory Glossip, Managing Director, Colliers Puget Sound has 553,566 square feet of retail under construction, comprising 0.4 percent of existing inventory. The market dynamic will keep retail property values in the Pacific Northwest higher than most U.S. markets that are overbuilt. Puget Sound’s retail market posts rents 30 percent above the national average at $20.71 per square foot. Pricing is traditionally a function of supply and demand. In the retail world, that demand relies partially on income. The most expensive markets to lease retail space also happen to have the highest incomes…by far. Despite ideas in some circles that retail is dead, physical footprints will continue to be an important part of the retail landscape, although less so in downtown areas until workers return to the office. Most consumers have retreated to submarkets, leaving retailers to explore alternative options to use their property more effectively. Brands are expanding their reach with small-format stores and cross-promoting their products and services in showrooms. Many are leveraging smaller footprints into touch-and-feel locations that seamlessly blend online browsing and in-store purchasing. The shopping mall as we know it will have a different look and feel post-COVID. With big box retail reallocating existing space into localized …
SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — Bay Country Estates has purchased a 34,484-square-foot retail property in Shepherdsville that is ground-leased to Burger King. An entity doing business as Dixie Hwy Development #3 LLC sold the property for $1.6 million. Carrols Corp. operates the Burger King location, which has 18.5 years remaining on its lease. The property is located at 315 Keystone Crossing Drive, about 20 miles south of Louisville. Jesse Limon of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller in the transaction. Jesse Limon and Colby Haugness of Marcus & Millichap’s Kentucky office represented the buyer.