FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Weitzman has brokered the sale of a 95,488-square-foot building formerly occupied by Atlanta-based furniture retailer Haverty’s in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The building offers a second-generation showroom/warehouse with highway frontage and visibility, as well as a mezzanine level for showroom and office space. David Zoller of Weitzman represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited partnership, in the transaction. Joe Doye of Westin Co. represented the buyer.
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NEW YORK CITY — The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has signed a 120,000-square-foot lease extension at its retail space at 28-40 W. 23rd St. in between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The lease keeps the Atlanta-based retailer in its location for at least 15 more years. Williams Equities owns the two-building, 561,000-square-foot property that houses the store. Michael Cohen, Andrew Roos, and Mac Roos of Colliers International represented Williams Equities in the lease negotiations. Peter Ripka of Ripco Real Estate represented Home Depot, which also signed a 20-year lease in late October to open a 120,000-square-foot store at 401 E. 61st St.
Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors Negotiates $5.1M Sale of Single-Tenant, Net-Leased Property in Colorado
by Amy Works
THORNTON, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a single-tenant, net-leased asset located at 16255 Washington St. in Thornton. WashCo LLC sold the retail property for $5.1 million, or $669.41 per square foot. The name of the buyer was not released. Cory Sandberg of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the deal .
SELMA, CALIF. — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a retail property located in Selma. Astrolabe Enterprises acquired the asset from Selma High Street LLC for $2.3 million. Citibank occupies the property, which is located at 2121 High St. Brian Quinn of Flocke & Avoyer and David Malloy of Colliers International represented the seller, while Peter Svidler, Dario Svidler and Lee Mintz of Compass represented the buyer in the deal.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) reports that its comparable sales, which includes store sales and e-commerce sales, decreased 8.9 percent in the third quarter on a year-over-year basis. The cosmetics retailer’s third quarter ended Oct. 31. Bolingbrook-based Ulta says the drop is due to the impact of COVID-19. This quarter, Ulta opened 17 new stores, compared with 31 new stores in third-quarter 2019. Net income was $74.8 million compared with $129.7 million for the same period last year. “We know guests are changing how they shop beauty, but importantly, their engagement with the category remains strong,” says Mary Dillon, CEO. Early holiday sales trends in November were encouraging, according to Dillon, but the retailer anticipates that comparable store sales will decline in the range of 12 to 14 percent in the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $14.1 million sale of a 37,412-square-foot retail building located at 531 86th St. in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. Stephen Palmese, Ethan Stanton, Michael Mazzara, Winfield Clifford and Brendan Maddigan of JLL represented the seller, Developer’s Realty Corp., in the transaction. A&H Acquisitions Corp. purchased the building, which is leased to Modell’s Sporting Goods.
Progressive Real Estate Partners Arranges $2.5M Sale of Sunrise Preschool Property in Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a single-tenant property located at 5801 W. Mohawk Lane in Glendale. An Arizona-based private investor sold the building to a California-based private investor for $2.5 million. Sunrise Preschool occupies the 8,500-square-foot property on a triple-net-lease basis. The building was built in 1999 for the preschool, which Childcare Network owns. The daycare center caters to children six weeks to 12 years of age and offers a variety of programs for infants, toddlers and preschool students, as well as before- and after-school care. Brad Umansky and Mike Lin of Progressive Real Estate Partners, in cooperation with Ginger Orsi of S.J. Fowler Real Estate, represented the seller. John Eppers of Central Valley Properties represented the buyer in the deal.
PLANO, TEXAS — At Home Group Inc. (NYSE: HOME) reported a 47.5 percent increase in net sales for its third fiscal quarter that ended on Oct. 24 relative to its fiscal third quarter in 2019. At Home has now achieved 21.5 percent growth in net sales on a year-to-date basis. The Plano-based home improvement retailer also reported $47.1 million in net income for its third quarter, a substantial increase from the $14.6 million net loss posted in the third quarter of 2019. The company currently operates 219 stores in 40 states. In a call with shareholders, At Home CEO Lee Bird noted the company was currently enjoying its lowest leverage ratio since going public. In addition, Bird said that At Home’s “real estate opportunities are only getting stronger,” and that the company had “the potential to grow our store base nearly three times larger.” At Home’s stock price opened at $18.86 per share on Thursday, Dec. 3, up from $8.24 per share a year ago.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage has arranged the sale of a 24,833-square-foot retail building located at 2551 Ephriham Ave. in northwest Fort Worth. Shawn Ackerman of Henry S. Miller represented the seller, Fallas Borrower IV LLC, in the transaction. Troy Morgan of Structure Commercial represented the buyer, Savcorp Ltd., doing business as Savers Cost Plus Supermarket.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Upland Real Estate Group Inc. has brokered the sale of a 6,375-square-foot retail property occupied by PPG Paints in Fort Wayne for $1.2 million. PPG Paints, which supplies paints, coating and specialty materials, has approximately four years remaining on its lease. The company has operated at the location for more than 20 years. Keith Sturm, Amanda Leathers and Deb Vannelli of Upland represented the seller in the transaction. Buyer and seller information was undisclosed.