ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Realty has purchased Midway Marketplace in St. Paul for an undisclosed price. Built in 1994, the 324,430-square-foot retail center includes anchor tenants Cub Foods, Walmart, TJ Maxx, LA Fitness and Dollar Tree. Other tenants at the property include Sprint, Leann Chin, The UPS Store, Mother Nature’s Vitamins and Midway Tobacco & Cigar Place. Beachwood, Ohio-based RVI sold the asset.
SOUTH GATE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has negotiated the $29.5 million sale of The Crossroads at Firestone, a 53,262-square-foot, ALDI-anchored shopping center in South Gate. The property is located on six acres at 5802-5840 Firestone Blvd., 11 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The Crossroads was built in in 2017 and was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants including ALDI, AT&T, Bank of America, The Buffalo Spot, Burgerim, Churroholic, Fast 5 Express Car Wash, Flame Broiler, Hiccups Restaurant & Tea House, Jersey Mike’s Subs, La Michoacana Premium, Panera Bread, Pizza Studio, Sherwin-Williams and Tacos El Gavilan. Ed Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented both the seller, Catellus Development Corp., and the buyer, SAFCO Capital Corp., in the transaction.
CYPRESS, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group has arranged the sale of Cypress Village Shopping Center, a three-building retail asset located at 9515-9575 Valley View St. in Cypress. A Southern California-based private investor acquired the property from Cypress Village Partners LLC for $14.9 million, or $910 per square foot. Situated on 2.4 acres, a variety of restaurants and retailers occupy the 16,433-square-foot property. Current tenants include Pieology Pizzeria, 85°C Bakery Café, Burger Boss, WaBa Grill, Urban Cup and Churned Creamery. Rich Walter, Pat Kent and Parker Walter of SRS Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction.
Being in tune with one’s self is always a positive thing — and San Diego seems to thrive at this. The county has such a keen sense of awareness that it even boasts a Self-Realization Center up in Encinitas. Knowing one’s identity extends beyond the spiritual world in this part of California, however. It is also a prudent retail strategy, as panelists at InterFace Conference Group’s San Diego Retail Conference, held March 19 at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina, attested. For retailers and shopping center owners, self-realization centers around your brand’s message. What’s your history? What are your core values? What story are you trying to tell, and what lifestyle are you trying to sell? These answers are important, as they will likely determine your physical location and potential success with that San Diego consumer. This, naturally, also means that retailers and shopping center owners must be just as knowledgeable about their consumer and submarkets as the consumers are about themselves. “We have to go back to the fundamentals that every property is different, every submarket is different,” said Pat Donahue, chairman and CEO of Donahue Schriber and a developer panelist. “We’re in a world where mall operators wanted to …
NEW YORK CITY —Tommy Hilfiger has closed its flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and the apparel retailer also plans to shutter its store on Collins Avenue in Miami on April 28. These moves mark the closing of the only two full-price Tommy Hilfiger stores in North America. According to executives, the closures will enable the company to direct resources and capital toward experimentation with new retail concepts and experiences, with an emphasis on appealing to younger customers. The four-story flagship store originally opened in 2009. Tommy Hilfiger is the latest apparel retailer to shutter a store on Fifth Avenue, following the likes of Lord & Taylor, Gap and Abercrombie & Fitch.
MILWAUKEE — North Wells Capital LLC has received a $26.6 million loan for the ongoing renovation and redevelopment of the former Bon-Ton headquarters in Milwaukee. Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan with A10 Capital. North Wells acquired the 429,000-square-foot property in May 2017 and renamed it HUB640 after its address at 640 N. 4th St. North Wells is gutting and renovating the building to provide offices for multiple companies, and is marketing the first floor to new retailers. The $26.6 million loan provides long-term financing for the company’s purchase of the property and secures money to build out interior spaces for future tenants. The 120-year-old building served as the corporate headquarters for The Bon-Ton Stores, and as the flagship site of one of its retail brands, The Boston Store, since completion. Bon-Ton filed for bankruptcy in 2018 and was sold and liquidated.
ST. JOSEPH, MO. — Berengaria has acquired The Shoppes at North Village, a 226,000-square-foot retail power center in St. Joseph, about 55 miles north of Kansas City. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 98 percent-leased property is home to 25 tenants, including TJ Maxx, Best Buy, Michaels, Old Navy and Regal Cinema’s Hollywood Theaters. Berengaria partnered with the Africk Family Office on the transaction. This is the third asset the two groups have purchased together. Berengaria is the real estate platform of Marcus Investments.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores has purchased 20 acres from Hunt Midwest for its first Kansas City location. Love’s plans to build a 12,000-square-foot building, eight gas pumps, eight diesel bays and a Speedco service center. The property will have room for 80 cars, five RVs and 125 trucks. McDonald’s is expected to be the food concept. The property is expected to open in 2020.
RENO, NEV. — Albertsons Cos. has closed escrow on a 5.4-acre land site at the Damonte Ranch Town Center In Reno. Kelly Bland of NAI Alliance assisted in the sale of the property. The seller and terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The buyer plans to build a 63,000-square-foot Safeway store on the site by 2021. The store will be the fourth anchor tenant in the 50-acre shopping center. Other tenants include The Home Depot, RC Willey and Office Depot. Safeway Northern California is a division of Albertsons Cos., which operates more than 280 stores across northern California, Nevada and Hawaii under four banners: Andronico’s, Safeway, Safeway Community Markets and Vons.
SIERRA VISTA, CALIF. — SVN Desert Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of Shoppes at Sierra Vista, a shopping center located at 439/465 N. Highway 90 in Sierra Vista. Pennsylvania-based Kwang Lee of INU Real Estate Management acquired the property for $2.4 million. The seller was Barry Roth with Roth Partnership. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Rommie Mojahed and Beau Flahart of SVN Desert Commercial represented the seller in the deal.
