STRONGSVILLE, OHIO — Berkadia has arranged a $19 million loan for Royalton Collection, a 74,000-square-foot retail development in Strongsville. HomeGoods will anchor the property, along with Panera Bread and Outback Steakhouse outparcels. Dan Geuther of Berkadia arranged the loan with CIBC Bank on behalf of the borrower, New York-based Somera Road Inc. The three-year loan represents a 73 percent loan-to-cost ratio.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO. — QuikTrip Corp. has purchased 2.9 acres at the southwest corner of I-35 and Amour Road in North Kansas City. QuikTrip plans to build a new facility at 1401 Armour Road to replace its existing store at 1010 Armour Road. Construction on the new store will begin soon and is a redevelopment of an old office building. David Block and Jody Minder of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors brokered the transaction.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Dallas-based Main Event will open a 48,000-square-foot entertainment venue at 3102 S. Highway 161 in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The venue, which will be the company’s seventh in the metroplex, will feature 22 bowling lanes, laser tag, a ropes course and zip line and more than 130 interactive and virtual video games. The opening is slated for this winter.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — The Cheesecake Factory is coming to Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids as part of the repositioning of the shopping center, according to PREIT, the mall’s owner. This is the second location in the state of Michigan for The Cheesecake Factory. The first location in the state was in Novi. The restaurant will occupy 8,500 square feet at Woodland Mall and is expected to open in late October. Other new tenants include Black Rock Bar & Grill, Von Maur, Urban Outfitters, REI and Tricho Salon. Von Maur is set to open this fall in the former Sears space. As the second largest redevelopment underway in PREIT’s portfolio, Woodland Mall is expected to generate nearly 20 percent growth in net operating income (NOI) in 2020, according to the company.
INDIANAPOLIS — FM Capital has provided a $6 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a retail center in Indianapolis. The 182,056-square-foot property is comprised of two buildings and an outparcel. The asset is approximately 89 percent occupied. Tenants include Shoppers World, Dollar Tree and Dollar General. The borrower was not disclosed.
The Raleigh and overall Triangle retail markets ended 2018 in a strong position with several large sites changing hands, urban growth booming in the downtowns, numerous suburban ground-up projects in the pipeline and traditional malls undergoing major transitions. The market is poised to see retail construction activity grow with a healthy balance of supply and demand, despite national brick-and-mortar retail industry challenges. The Triangle vacancy rate ended the year with a vacancy rate below 7 percent, which represents strong improvement from the end of 2017, even with accounting for the large-scale closing and downsizings in the Triangle. Positive absorption over the past year has included re-leasing 12 Kroger stores, two Gander Mountains, five hhgregg stores and several other significant box vacancies. Fierce grocery competition and continued pressure on “in-store” sales have caused retailers, owners and developers to rethink and recreate the retail experience and development landscape. Downtown urban centers Rapid multifamily and housing gentrification in the downtowns of Raleigh and Durham continue to push mixed-use and high-street retail. With residential and employment densification occurring, Raleigh has experienced several first-time retail events in 2018. Morgan Street Food Hall and Urban Outfitters opened in the Warehouse District, Publix is under construction on …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — HFF has brokered the sale of The Village at Camp Bowie, an 180,000-square-foot retail center in Fort Worth. Anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, the property was 89 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Verizon Wireless, Keller Williams Realty, Tuesday Morning and Orangetheory Fitness. Jim Batjer, Barry Brown, Ryan Shore and Aaron Johnson of HFF represented the seller, a joint venture between Lincoln Property Co. and Boston-based Long Wharf Capital. The buyer was brokerage and investment firm Dunhill Partners Inc.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $2.7 million acquisition loan for a 12,980-square-foot retail building in Marlborough. Located in Middlesex County, the property currently houses four tenants with Starbucks as its anchor. Spaces at the property range from 1,500 to 7,466 square feet. Cornerstone delivered a fixed-rate financing structure with a 30-year amortization schedule to the undisclosed borrower. The lender was a local community bank.
GROVELAND, FLA. — The Kroger Co. and Ocado, an online grocery retailer based in England, have selected Groveland as the second city to house the partnership’s customer fulfillment center (CFC). Kroger has committed to build 20 CFCs in partnership with Ocado. In November, the partnership announced that Monroe, Ohio will be the site of the first CFC. The Groveland center will consist of an automated warehouse facility with digital and robotic capabilities. The CFC will span 375,000 square feet at American Way near U.S. Highway 27, about 31 miles west of Orlando. The partnership is scheduled to break ground later this year and open the center in 2021.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Ready Capital has closed a $20.1 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of Back Bay Center, a mixed-use retail and office property located in the Eastside submarket of Costa Mesa. The asset features 52,000 square feet of Class B retail and office space. Ready Capital National Bridge Originations Team closed the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan that features an 84-month term, 48 months of interest-only payments and flexible pre-payment options.