PORTLAND, ORE. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., on behalf of its managed fund U.S. Real Estate Investment Fund, has acquired the 72,130-square-foot office and retail portion of the Heartline Condominium. The price was not disclosed. Located at 1241 NW Johnson St., Heartline is part of a master-planned, mixed-use residential and commercial development within Portland’s Pearl District. Completed in 2018, the property features 61,659 square feet of office space and 10,471 square feet of retail space. Vacasa, a company that manages vacation homes, occupies the entire office portion of the project in a long-term basis. Ground-floor retail tenants include Kure Juice Bar, Little Bean and QuickFish Poke Bar. Nick Kucha, James Childress and Bill DeLacy of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, Security Properties Development Co., in the deal.
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ASHWAUBENON, WIS. — Shopko, a Wisconsin-based retailer, has announced the commencement of its liquidation sale. The company will close all of its stores. In January, Shopko filed for bankruptcy protection, but was unable to secure a buyer. Gordon Brothers will oversee the liquidation process, which is expected to conclude 10 to 12 weeks from now. The vast majority of Shopko’s stores are located in the Midwest, but the company also operates a number of locations in the western portion of the country. Shopko is evaluating a strategy for its optical business. The first Shopko store opened in Green Bay in 1962.
ST. CHARLES, MO. — Several new retail tenants are slated to open this spring and summer at The Streets of St. Charles, a mixed-use community near St. Louis owned and managed by Cullinan Properties Ltd. Cherry Blow Dry Bar opened on Wednesday, March 6. Next on the list is Play Street Museum, an interactive play environment set to open on Monday, March 25. Also scheduled to open this spring and summer are Narwhal’s Crafted, a frozen cocktail bar, and YogaSix. Cullinan Properties previously announced the addition of Elekta as the newest office tenant. The Streets of St. Charles is a 27-acre mixed-use development.
MANSFIELD, OHIO — Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $2.3 million sale of Mansfield Plaza in central Ohio. Tenants include Save-a-Lot, Family Dollar and AutoZone. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a California-based private investment group. An Ohio-based investor purchased the asset at a cap rate of 7.8 percent.
DENVILLE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.8 million sale of a 12,770-square-foot retail property in Denville. Located at 424 W. Main St., the fully occupied property is situated on 1.4 acres. Michael Lombardi and Scott Plasky of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Safco Capital Corp. has purchased a retail parcel, located at 8330 W. Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. Mayfair Realty sold the asset for $25.2 million. A 17,833-square-foot Gelson’s Market, a gourmet grocery store, occupies the building situated on the 1.25-acre site. David Swartz of Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson represented the buyer in the deal, which was structured as a sale-leaseback transaction.
HomeGoods, Rack Room Shoes to Anchor Phase II of New Bern Marketplace in Coastal North Carolina
by Alex Tostado
NEW BERN, N.C. — Columbia Development has signed leases with HomeGoods and Rack Room Shoes to anchor Phase II of New Bern Marketplace in New Bern, a town situated along the Neuse River near the Atlantic Ocean. HomeGoods will occupy 22,000 square feet of space while Rack Room Shoes will occupy 6,139 square feet. Phase II is underway with both stores expected to open in early 2020. Columbia Development is developing the 330,000-square-foot neighborhood center and recently opened the nation’s largest Harris Teeter, as well as other tenants including Academy Sports + Outdoors, Hobby Lobby, Ross Dress for Less and Ulta Beauty. Located at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Glenburnie Road, New Bern Marketplace is 90 percent leased. The Shopping Center Group represented the landlord in the lease transactions.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lincoln Harris will invest $50 million over the next five years to renovate and expand Phillips Place in Charlotte’s SouthPark district, according to Charlotte Business Journal. The renovation will include expanding RH’s current 8,850-square-foot location to a 41,000-square-foot gallery space. RH Charlotte, The Gallery at Phillips Place will also include a rooftop restaurant, one of seven RH locations in the world to have one. Other renovations for Phillips Place will include indoor and outdoor gathering places, reconfigured traffic and parking patterns and a pedestrian walkway that will connect Phillips Place to surrounding neighborhoods. Additionally, Lincoln Harris has taken over full ownership of Phillips Place by buying an interest from Regency Centers. According to Charlotte Business Journals, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers bought its 50 percent stake in the property in 2013 from Peter Pappas and Pat Clayton, who were key members of the Lincoln Harris-led ownership group known as Phillips Place Partners. Current tenants at Phillips Place include The Palm, Wolfgang Puck, P.F. Chang’s, Taylor Richards & Conger, Brooks Brothers, Orvis, J. McLaughlin, Eileen Fisher and Paper Source. The property also includes a 10-screen Regal Cinemas and Hampton Inn & Suites. RH offers furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, bathware, décor and outdoor, as …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Cinemark Holdings Inc. will open a 14-screen theater in summer 2020 as part of Phase II of Sleiman Enterprises’ Atlantic North shopping center. Each theater will feature electric-powered, oversized recliners with footrests and cupholders, reserved seating and wall-to-wall screens with enhanced sound systems. Belk, Earth Fare, Academy Sports + Outdoors and LA Fitness anchor Atlantic North. Phase II will also include 300,000 square feet of additional retail and restaurant space. As of Dec. 31, 2018, Cinemark operates 546 theaters in North and South America.
HOUSTON — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) will launch its autonomous grocery delivery service at two of its Houston stores, serving customers in four local ZIP codes. One store is located at 10306 S. Post Oak Road on the city’s southwest side, and the other is located at 5150 Buffalo Speedway in the Greenway area. Kroger has partnered with California-based robotics company Nuro to unroll the new service, which first debuted in Scottsdale, Ariz., in August 2018.