HICKSVILLE, N.Y. — Michaels has opened a 20,000-square-foot store in Hicksville, located on Long Island. The arts and crafts and home décor retailer is backfilling a space previously occupied by T.J. Maxx at the newly renovated Woodbury Shopping Center. Robert Delavale of Breslin Realty represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. RIPCO Real Estate represented Michaels.
CORONA, CALIF. — Castle & Cooke has received $140 million in financing for Crossings at Corona, a Class A retail power center in Corona. John Marshall, Spencer Seibring and Nick Englhard of JLL Capital Market’s Debt Advisory arranged the balance sheet loan through Deutsche Bank AG for the borrower. Completed in 2005, Crossings at Corona offers 833,995 square feet of retail space. The retail and entertainment destination shopping center is shadow anchored by Target and includes sub-anchors Marshalls, Kohl’s, HomeGoods, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Burlington, Edward’s Theatre and other national retail and restaurant tenants.
DACULA, GA. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $25 million sale of Publix at Harbins 316, a grocery-anchored shopping center located at 952 Harbins Road in Dacula, an Atlanta suburb in Gwinnett County. Built in 2023, the 69,807-square-foot shopping center is situated near the new Ga. Highway 316 and U.S. Highway 29 intersection. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix, Great Clips, Starbucks Coffee, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Wingstop, The UPS Store and Heartland Dental. Ed Hanley and Kevin Fryman of Hanley, along with ParaSell Inc., represented the buyer, a 1031 exchange investor based in San Diego, in the transaction. Chris Decouflé, Kevin Hurley and Matt Karempelis of CBRE represented the seller, Atlanta-based Watkins Real Estate Group.
ORLANDO, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $3.4 million sale of a new retail property located at 7555 Narcoossee Road in Orlando. Pacific Dental Services has a 10-year, corporate-guaranteed lease in place at the 4,000-square-foot property. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based private developer, in the transaction. A private investment firm based in Colorado purchased the retail building at a 5.85 percent cap rate, according to SRS.
DENVER — KPR Centers has received $33.9 million in financing for the acquisition of University Hills, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Denver. The name of the seller and final sales price were not released. Sunny Sajnani and Travis Headapohl of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) Capital Markets arranged the five-year life company financing, which includes fixed-rate, full-term interest-only payments and prepayment open at par for the last year. Tom Lagos of IPA retail investment sales procured the buyer in the sales transaction. At the time of sale, University Hills was fully occupied. Tenants include King Soopers, Michaels, Marshalls, Office Depot and Ulta.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $3.9 million sale of a roughly 94,000-square-foot shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove. At the time of sale, the property on West Dundee Road was 51 percent leased to tenants such as Aldi, Dollar Tree and AutoZone. Brett Berlin of Quantum represented the buyer, a private developer based in Illinois that plans to redevelop the center. The previous owner lost the asset to its lender.
MOUNT JULIET, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. and Robinson Properties have announced plans for Everett Downs, a mixed-use development in Mount Juliet, roughly 20 miles east of Nashville. GBT Realty will develop the retail portion of the project, which will comprise a 41,255-square-foot retail center. A 23,256-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market will anchor the shopping center, which will also feature approximately 18,000 square feet of small shop and outparcel retail space. Completion of the retail component, which is currently 75 percent preleased, is scheduled for October 2025. Robinson Properties will develop Phase II of Everett Downs, which include a multifamily component.
GROTON, CONN. — Atlantic Capital Partners, a regional brokerage firm and division of Atlantic Retail, has arranged the $15.1 million sale of Groton Shopper Mart, a 171,858-square-foot retail property in southern coastal Connecticut. Big Y Supermarket anchors the center, which was 77 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Starbucks, CVS and Chase Bank. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Danielle Donovan of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Stephen Joseph and Stephen Hassenflu, also with Atlantic Capital Partners, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Four new tenants have signed leases at Bergen Town Center in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. Bath & Body Works (4,157 square feet) and Crumbl Cookies (2,138 square feet) are now open. Food-and-beverage concepts First Watch (4,790 square feet) and Tacoria (1,654 square feet) will open in 2025. Taryn Brandes, Emily Green and Alexandra Yanoff of Brand Urban LLC represented the landlord, Urban Edge Properties, in the lease negotiations with Crumbl, First Watch and Tacoria. Paul Schiffer represented Urban Edge in negotiations with Bath & Body Works on an internal basis. Amy Staats of Katz & Associates represented First Watch; William Cafero of Charter Realty represented Crumbl; and Joe Brendel of Newmark represented Tacoria.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Bubble Island Playground will open a 5,975-square-foot indoor gym at The Shoppes at North Brunswick, a 147,054-square-foot lifestyle shopping center in Central New Jersey. The location will be the company’s first overall. Kevin Pelio of Azarian Realty Co. represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Jim Cheng of eXp Realty represented the tenant. A tentative opening date was not announced.