HOUSTON — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $5.5 million sale of a newly built retail property located at 10803 Westheimer Road in Houston’s Westchase District. Regions Bank occupies the 2,140-square-foot property on a 20-year triple-net ground lease. Joseph Nelson and Gary Chou of Matthews represented the seller, an unnamed developer, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a high-net-worth individual who purchased the bank branch at a 4.4 percent cap rate, the lowest cap rate for a Regions Bank retail branch on record, according to Matthews. The company also says the purchase price was the highest for a Regions location at $2,547 per square foot.
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SHERMAN, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 25,000-square-foot retail center located at 5629 Texoma Parkway in Sherman. As of October 2018, the shopping center’s tenants included Allstate, Chef Angel, TTS E-Cig & Vape and Mac’s Tax & Bookkeeping Service. Matt Thompson and Phil Rosenfeld of Lee & Associates Dallas/Fort Worth represented the buyer, Bemisal Enterprises, in the transaction. Sangha Enterprises LLC sold the center for an undisclosed price.
Levey Group Signs Victory Wine to 23,000 SF Lease at Northwest Place Industrial Park in Houston
by John Nelson
HOUSTON — Levey Group has signed Victory Wine Group to a 23,000-square-foot lease at Northwest Place Industrial Park, Levey’s seven-acre business park in Houston’s Northwest submarket. Victory Wine is a wholesale wine distributor with locations in Houston, Dallas and Austin. The company’s newest location at Northwest Place features a storefront entrance and an air-conditioned warehouse. David Lester of Lester & Lester Realty Advisors represented Victory Wine Group in the lease transaction, and Carlton Anderson and Joseph Smith of CBRE represented Levey Group.
BROADVIEW, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Broadview Village Square, a 193,536-square-foot retail center in the Chicago-area community of Broadview. The sales price was undisclosed. Tenants include Ross Dress for Less, Subway, Marshalls, PetSmart, GNC and Sally Beauty. The property sits on 15.9 acres at 700 Broadview Village Square. Amy Sands, Clinton Mitchell and Janice Sellis of JLL represented the undisclosed seller. Bridge33 Capital LLC purchased the asset.
BURBANK, CALIF. — SBH Real Estate Group has purchased a single-tenant building located 1750 W. Olive Ave. in Burbank for an undisclosed price. Built in 1974, the asset features a 5,324-square-foot building situated on a 22,406-square-foot land parcel with 24 parking stalls. Formerly occupied by US Bank, the drive-thru building was delivered vacant. Lee Shapiro of Kennedy Wilson handled the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
JLL Arranges $30M Sale of Wendover Commons Shopping Center in Greensboro, North Carolina
by Alex Tostado
GREENSBORO, N.C. — JLL has brokered the sale of Wendover Commons, a new 151,016-square-foot retail center in Greensboro. JLL’s Thomas Kolarczyk, Ryan Eklund, Travis Anderson and Cory Fowler represented the seller, Hammerford Development Co. CRS Realty purchased the asset. Although the sales price was not disclosed, Triad Business Journal reports that the shopping center sold for nearly $30 million. Situated on approximately 20 acres at 4526 W. Wendover Ave., Wendover Commons is in the western part of Greensboro between Interstates 73 and 40. Constructed between 2017 and 2018, the property was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Academy Sports + Outdoors, Havertys Furniture, Cost Plus World Market, First Watch and Outback Steakhouse, as well as medical tenants. Moseley Real Estate Advisors manages Wendover Commons.
Procida Provides $10M Construction Loan for Amusement Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Procida Funding has provided a $10 million construction loan to The Mabie Group to finance the reconstruction of the Belle-Freeman Amusement Pier in Seaside Heights. The coastal city is located about 65 miles east of Philadelphia. Dating back to the early 1920s, the pier was previously home to a number of small eateries, arcades, amusement games and rides but was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and finally destroyed by a fire in 2013. Proposed plans call for the transformation of the currently vacant boardwalk into an entertainment destination featuring a 17,500-square-foot multi-tier bar and restaurant, a concert venue and several small retail buildings. The construction schedule has not been disclosed.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Linear Retail Properties LLC has acquired a 6,291-square-foot retail store property comprising three adjacent buildings in the Porter Square Neighborhood of Cambridge, a northwestern suburb of Boston, for $3.6 million. Located at 1755-1761 Massachusetts Ave., the property is fully leased to The Abbey Irish Pub, One Ramen & Sushi, The Laundry Room and Judy Jetson hair salon. Anthony Bruno and Kerry Dowlin of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty brokered the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Resolute RE has brokered the sale of Bull Creek Market, a 27,040-square-foot shopping center located at 6203 N. Capital of Texas Highway in Austin’s Northwest Hills submarket. The property was listed for sale at $6.3 million, which would represent an 8.5 percent cap rate. Bull Creek Market was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Sherwin Williams, Waterloo Ice House, Siente Ristorante Toscana, Chase Flooring, 360 Pizza and Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids. The three-building retail center was built in 1999 and 2004 on a seven-acre site, according to LoopNet Inc. Janice Landers of Resolute RE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Sara Foskitt of Floyd Real Estate represented the unnamed buyer.
LYNNWOOD, WASH. — Vestar has purchased a six-property, 297,599-square-foot retail portfolio in Lynnwood for $95 million. The seller was the original developer of the properties, which were built between 1997 and 2002. The six properties are Alderwood Parkway Place, Alderwood Parkway Plaza, Alderwood Parkway Plaza II, Golde Creek Plaza, Golde Creek Plaza II and Golde Creek Plaza III. The properties are all located at the northeast and northwest corners of Alderwood Mall Parkway and 196th Street SW, near Alderwood Mall 17 miles north of downtown Seattle. At the time of sale, the portfolio was fully leased a variety of tenants including Best Buy, Ulta, Nordstrom Rack, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Barnes & Noble and Old Navy. Paul Sleeth and Billy Sleeth of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.