LAS VEGAS — Houston-based Weingarten Realty Investors has completed the sale of Westland Fair, a shopping center in west Las Vegas. Southern California-based Cannon Commercial acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. The transaction included seven parcels totaling 214,127 square feet of retail space. Rob Ippolito and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal. Located at 1251 S. Decatur Blvd., Westland Fair is anchored by regional and national tenants, including Smart & Final Extra!, Michaels and PetSmart. Additional tenants include Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Freddy’s Frozen Custard, Applebee’s, Panda Express, Jamba Juice and Office Depot.
Retail
Pacific Castle Management Sells Strawberry Creek Shopping Center in Sacramento for $20.9M
by Amy Works
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Irvine, Calif.-based Pacific Castle Management has completed the sale of Strawberry Creek, a shopping center in Sacramento. A local private investment group acquired the property for $20.9 million. Constructed in 2007 on 7.4 acres, the four-building property features 57,373 square feet of retail space. Edward Nelson and Nicholas Scelsa of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Mountain Vista Plaza, a retail center located in Surprise. An entity formed by Boarder Capital sold the asset to Canada-based MIRAJH LLP for $14.1 million. Located at the southwest corner of Bell and Reems roads in Surprise, Mountain Vista Plaza features 64,071 square feet of retail space. Built in 2006, the fully redeveloped property is 93.5 percent occupied. Planet Fitness is the anchor tenant. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
ST. LOUIS — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a single-tenant property occupied by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in St. Louis for $5 million. The 2,913-square-foot restaurant, located at 805 S. Vandeventer Ave., opened in August. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley, along with John Shuff of Pace Properties, represented the seller, Creve Coeur-based Noles Properties. A Newport Beach, Calif.-based private investor purchased the asset. The property sold at a cap rate of 5.97 percent.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Galactic Toys & Collectibles has opened its second location at 4174 Alpine Ave. NW in the Comstock Park area of Grand Rapids. The store spans 3,862 square feet. The Grand Rapids-based retailer’s first location is on 28th Street near Woodland Mall. Galactic sells toys, board games, action figures and other collectibles. Jon Greenen of Colliers International handled leasing on behalf of Galactic.
STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Jodeco 158 LLC, a newly formed firm headed by local developers Jeff Grant and David Hughes, will develop Bridges at Jodeco, a $400 million mixed-use project near Interstate 75 in Stockbridge, a southeastern suburb of Atlanta. According to the development team, Bridges at Jodeco will be built on the largest remaining tract of undeveloped land adjacent to I-75 in Henry County. The development will also offer convenient access to the Atlanta Motor Speedway and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The residential component of the 158-acre project currently calls for 300 high-end apartments, 90 single-family attached townhomes and 176 detached single-family homes that may be used for senior living. More than 65 acres have been zoned for retail, dining and entertainment uses. In addition, the development team is seeking to include hotel, fitness and theater users, as well as other service providers for the retail component. About 20 acres of green space will be reserved for walking paths and trails and pocket parks. “Our intention is to create an amenity-rich, live-work-shop-dine-play destination where people can engage and relax in a comforting, family-centered setting,” says Grant, who serves as principal of Jodeco 158. “We believe Bridges at Jodeco will offer …
MEMPHIS, TENN. — SunTrust Bank and BB&T have agreed to sell 30 SunTrust branches in Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina to First Horizon National Corp. As part of the agreement, Memphis-based First Horizon will assume approximately $2.4 billion in deposits and will purchase approximately $410 million in loans. SunTrust and BB&T are selling the banking locations to satisfy regulatory requirements in connection with the previously announced “merger of equals” between SunTrust and BB&T. The transaction is expected to close in early 2020. There are nine branch locations in the Winston-Salem area; 11 in the Raleigh-Durham area; two near Roanoke, Va.; three near Martinsville, Va.; two near Eastern Shore, Va.; one in South Boston, Va.; and two in north Georgia. All 30 branches will operate under the First Horizon flag. First Horizon operates about 270 bank locations across the Southeast. The acquisition also includes all the employee teams at the locations.
HOUSTON — Weingarten Realty Investors has purchased The Shops at Hilshire Village, a 117,893-square-foot, Kroger-anchored shopping center in Houston. Located adjacent to Memorial Villages, the property is situated in a trade area that has 135,000 people within a three-mile radius of the center and an average household income of $117,000. Other tenants include Walgreens, Petco, Starbucks and Domino’s Pizza. The seller was not disclosed.
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Adelphia Properties has arranged the sale of an 8,020-square-foot retail building in Morton Grove for an undisclosed price. The property is situated on one acre at 9300 Waukegan Road near Skokie. Gail’s Carriage Grove, a restaurant and pancake house, is a tenant at the property. George Spirrison and Simeon Spirrison of Adelphia represented the seller, a private Chicago-based real estate investor. A local private buyer purchased the asset.
VALPARAISO, IND. — Baum Realty Group LLC has brokered the sale of a 3,600-square-foot retail property leased to Starbucks and Rosati’s Pizza in Valparaiso for $1.4 million. The asset serves as an outparcel to a shopping center anchored by grocer Strack & Van Til. Starbucks recently extended its lease for an additional 10 years. Patrick Forkin of Baum represented the seller, a private regional investor. The buyer was not disclosed.