AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based RAMROCK Real Estate LLC has purchased West Creek, a 53,338-square-foot neighborhood retail center situated on 9.3 acres near MoPac Expressway in southwest Austin. Anchored by Gold’s Gym, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Great Clips, Palm Beach Tan, Cypress Grill and West Creek Dental. Chris Gerard, Ryan Shore, Drew Fuller and Josh Villarreal of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Warby Parker, a retailer of prescription glasses and sunglasses, has signed a 1,350-square-foot retail lease in Brooklyn. The two-story building is located on North 6th Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood, and the store is the retailer’s second location in the borough. The store is open now. Brian Katz and Scott Sher of Katz & Associates represented Warby Parker in the lease negotiations. Hank O’Donnell of Good Space represented the landlord, RedSky Capital LLC.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Springfield Plaza for an undisclosed price. The 156,630-square-foot shopping center is located at 1510-1608 Upper Valley Pike in Springfield, about 25 miles northeast of Dayton. Dunham’s Sports and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet anchor the property. Other tenants include JoAnn Fabrics, Sherwin-Williams, CosmoProof and The Reserves Network. The center was 70 percent leased at the time of sale. Scott Wiles, Erin Patton and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the Illinois-based private seller. The team also procured the buyer, a Maryland-based private investment group.
LOS ANGELES — The four F’s may need to move over: there’s a new consonant in town. While fun, food, fitness and fashion are still category staples in shopping centers, retailers at ICSC’s Western Conference & Deal Making event, held Sept. 16 to 18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, are now interested in courting the two L’s: laptops and lattes. “We do really well with the laptops and lattes crowd,” said Felicia Alexander, a Health & Wellness panelist and co-founder and co-owner of BoxUnion boxing studio. “We look at daytime population, but residential density is also really important to us.” Alexander’s sentiments were reiterated throughout the three-day conference as retailers began to prioritize what the customer is lacking above what they’re selling. “Shopping center owners and retailers alike are forced to acknowledge that time has become consumers’ most important commodity, even perhaps more so than money,” said Dan Villalpando, attendee and partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson. “Getting the consumer to part with their time has become paramount to the success of a shopping center.” Putting Time On Your Side For BoxUnion, prioritizing a member’s time means keeping the workout to 45 minutes, publishing extremely detailed instructions on parking on …
COCOA, FLA. — Generation Income Properties Inc. (GIP) has acquired a Walgreens-occupied retail building in Cocoa for $4.5 million. The 15,000-square-foot building is located at 1106 Clearlake Road, 19 miles west of the Kennedy Space Center. American Momentum Bank provided acquisition financing. The seller was not disclosed.
DALLAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 14-property, 431,902-square-foot retail portfolio located throughout Texas. The seller was Dallas-based Rainier Cos., which disposed of the assets as part of the sale of a 677,979-square-foot portfolio of 27 retail properties in seven states. The larger portfolio was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Michael Austry and Jared Aubrey of CBRE handled the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Inked Magazine, a tattoo lifestyle publication and a division of Quadra Media, has signed an 8,500-square-foot retail lease at 150 West 22nd St. in Manhattan. The new location will house a tattoo studio, art gallery, photography studio and retail store offering apparel, branded merchandise and art. The store will be Inked Magazine’s first retail property. Eli Someck of and Justin Myers of Redwood Property Group represented Inked Magazine in the lease negotiations. Someck also represented the landlord, M. Rapaport Co.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Locally based shopping center developer River Oaks Properties has broken ground on Eastlake Marketplace, a 252,000-square-foot retail power center that will be located at the corner of Interstate 10 and Eastlake Boulevard in El Paso. The opening is scheduled for late 2020.
LOS ANGELES — CalBay Development has purchased the fee interest in a premier retail box in Porter Ranch Town Center in the Porter Ranch/Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles. A private partnership led by Raider Hill sold the property for an undisclosed price. Situated on four acres, the asset is a 47,000-square-foot space formerly occupied and owned by Toys R Us. Spirit Halloween currently occupies the property on a short-term lease. The asset sits as its own fee parcel within the 560,000-square-foot Porter Ranch Town Center anchored by Walmart, Ralphs, CVS/pharmacy, Best Buy and others.
CODY, WYOMING — Marcus & Millichap has directed the sale of a retail property located at 324 Yellowstone Ave. in Cody. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $4.8 million. The 22,064-square-foot property was constructed as a build-to-suit in 2014 for Tractor Supply, which occupies the building on a net-leased basis. Brett Winger and Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook, Ill., office represented the seller, a private investor. Neville Rustomjee, also of Marcus & Millichap, served as the broker of record in Wyoming.
