GILBERT, ARIZ. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 805 S. Val Vista Drive in Gilbert. An Arizona-based private investor sold the asset to a San Diego-based fund for $2.2 million. Walgreens occupies the 13,905-square-foot property, which was built in 1999 and features a drive-thru and two monument signs. The tenant recently signed a corporate-guaranteed lease extension. Patrick Luther, Britt Raymond and Matthew Mousavi of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Jan Fincham of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
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CYPRESS, TEXAS — Cinemark Holdings will open an eight-screen CUT! by Cinemark movie theater in Cypress, a northwestern suburb of Houston. The theater will feature wall-to-wall screens, enhanced sound systems, a full-service food menu and bar and an outdoor patio with a fireplace and games. Washington Prime Group will develop the theater, with construction scheduled to begin in November and the opening slated for July 2020.
LINCOLNWOOD, ILL. — The RoomPlace, an Illinois-based furniture store, has opened at Lincolnwood Town Center in northern Illinois. The retailer replaces a former Carson’s store. The 84,000-square-foot space incorporates three brands — The RoomPlace, The MattressPlace and RP Outlet. The location marks The RoomPlace’s largest store to date. Washington Prime Group Inc. owns Lincolnwood Town Center. Other retailers at the shopping mall include Kohl’s, Old Navy, Bath & Body Works, Foot Locker, Express and Champs Sports.
DAYTON, OHIO — NorthMarq has arranged a $7 million loan for the acquisition of Southland 75 Shopping Center in Dayton. The 117,410-square-foot retail center is located at 8265-8361 Springboro Pike. Major tenants include Dollar Tree, Hobby Lobby and Get Air Trampoline Park. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan, which features a 25-year amortization schedule. A regional bank provided the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
FEDERAL WAY, WASH. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a newly constructed retail building located at 164 SW Campus Drive in Federal Way. A Kirkland, Wash.-based buyer acquired the property from an affiliate of Henderson, Nev.-based Covenant Real Estate Group for $3.7 million. Situated on 1.2 acres, the 4,980-square-foot freestanding building is located at the signalized entrance to the WinCo Foods-anchored shopping center. The two-tenant building is occupied by a 2,104-square-foot Starbucks Coffee and a 2,876-square-foot Pacific Dental Services-supported dental office. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Scott Clements of Seattle-based Orion Commercial Partners represented the buyer in the deal.
Retail leasing activity across New York City accelerated during the second quarter of 2019, but the market continues to see vast discrepancies in supply-demand balances across various submarkets. In certain parts of Manhattan, year-over-year asking rents declined by double-digit percentages, according to the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Spring 2019 Report. Midtown East, for example, saw its average asking rent drop by 22 percent from $3,900 per square foot to $3,050 per square foot during this time period. The corridor between 42nd and 49th streets experienced similar activity, sliding 20 percent from an average asking rent of $1,000 per square foot to $800 per square foot. Historically high vacancy and low absorption rates are behind the negative rent growth. Due to the high cost of doing business in New York, landlords have also struggled to backfill spaces vacated by tenants that were victims of the e-commerce world. As a result, property owners are being forced to bring down their tenant improvement allowances and integrate more flexibility into their leases, primarily in the form of shorter lease terms to stimulate cash flows. Midtown East had approximately 100 vacant retail spaces totaling more than 500,000 square feet at the end …
PHILADELPHIA — PMC Property Group, a Philadelphia-based developer, has broken ground on a 65,000-square-foot flagship store for GIANT Food Stores in Philadelphia. Located within the Gensler-designed Riverwalk mixed-use project, the store will offer more than 600 varieties of fresh and local produce, as well as curbside pickup and delivery services. The store is slated to open by fall 2020.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Korean fashion retailer ALAND has signed a 10,000-square-foot lease at American Dream, an upcoming mixed-use development in East Rutherford, a western suburb of New York City. The store will be ALAND’s second location in the United States after its Brooklyn store opened in 2018. Canadian developer Triple Five Group will open over 3 million square feet of retail, entertainment and food destinations at American Dream in October 2019.
PACE, FLA. — Blackwater Resources has sold Pace Crossroads, a 75,904-square-foot shopping center in Pace. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to Dick’s Sporting Goods, Michael’s and Ulta Beauty. Pace Crossroads was built in 2018 and is located 15 miles northeast of Pensacola. Mark Joines, Drew Fleming and Henry Kushner of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was a private company based in the Mid-Atlantic. The sales price was not disclosed.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Michelle Kidd has joined Crossman & Co. as its new director of client services. Kidd has lived and worked in Orlando since 1997, most recently as a partner at TSCG. Crossman specializes in commercial property management, leasing and investment sales. “I feel a responsibility to make our team stronger through hands-on training and support,” says Kidd. “My goal is to build a concierge service that’s extended to all of our clients as we continue to strengthen the relationships, by identifying individual goals and manage the asset with that objective in mind.” Kidd is on the Legislative Committee for the Orlando Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and is seeking the organization’s Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation. Kidd is also an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), serving on the Special Events Committee.