ALCOA, TENN. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Hamilton Crossing, a 175,464-square-foot shopping center located in the Knoxville suburb of Alcoa. The property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ross Dress for Less, Michaels, PetSmart, Old Navy, Shoe Carnival, Buffalo Wild Wings, AT&T and Five Guys. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson and Steve Miskew of SRS represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and terms of the sale were also not disclosed.
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CHICO, CALIF. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of Chico Mall, a regional mall located off Highway 99 and East 20th Street in Chico. Ethan Conrad Properties acquired the 503,710-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Situated on nearly 39 acres, the mall features more than 30 tenants, including Dick’s Sporting Goods, JCPenney and Forever 21. Nicholas Bicardo, Thomas Dobrowski and Brandon Rogoff of NKF represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Madison Marquette has sold University Place, a 372,190-square-foot shopping center in Chapel Hill, for $51.5 million. Harris Teeter, SilverSpot Cinema, Planet Fitness and Southern Season anchor the 39.5-acre property. Other tenants include Burlington Shoes, City Kitchen, Chick-fil-A, Bath & Body Works, AT&T, Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill and Bartaco. University Place was originally built in 1973 and most recently renovated in 2013. Daniel Finkle, Richard Reid, John Owendoff, Jordan Lex, Tom Kolarczyk and Kim Flores of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Ram Realty Advisors purchased the asset.
Hendricks Commercial Sells Kohl’s-Anchored Shopping Center in North Carolina for $29M
by John Nelson
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Hendricks Commercial Properties has sold Southern Pines Village, a 179,276-square-foot shopping center in Southern Pines, for $29 million. Kohl’s, Hobby Lobby, Ulta Beauty, Dollar Tree and LongHorn Steakhouse anchor the shopping center. Julia Evinger, Nathan Whalen, Jeremie Johnson and Damien Yoder of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Ashish Vakhariya and Seth Haron, also of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a Midwest-based private investor.
ST. LOUIS — Lawrence Group, the developer for City Foundry STL, has unveiled that the 30,000-square-foot food hall at the mixed-use project is now 50 percent preleased. The lineup of food vendors is exclusive to the development and St. Louis. Tenants include CropCircle, serving country fair-type foods; Good Day, offering crepes and breakfast sandwiches; Hello Poke, serving fresh poke and seafood; Lost & Found, a burger and pizza joint; Juice Box Central, a drink station with juices and smoothies; Mokyu Mokyu, selling ice cream with a Japanese and Korean flair; Press Waffle Co.; serving made-to-order waffles; Sumax, known for its Middle Eastern hummus and wraps; and UKraft; offering breakfast bowls, sandwiches, and soups. City Foundry STL is the adaptive reuse of the former 10-acre Century Electric Foundry complex in St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood. The $210 million first phase will include 122,000 square feet of restaurant and entertainment space, 105,000 square feet of shops and 107,000 square feet of office space. Additional tenants will be announced this spring. Phase I is slated to begin opening in mid-2019.
Retail real estate in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) is nearing its cyclical peak, and users that want to continue expanding in the metroplex are being hamstrung by a lack of quality space and surging rents. According to CoStar Group, DFW’s retail vacancy rate currently stands at 4.4 percent, a record low that the research firm expects to hold steady or even improve in the coming years. Rents have grown by more than 3 percent annually over the last five years, and are now 15 percent higher than their pre-recession peaks. Put simply, DFW is a landlord’s market. As such, retailers that have had success in the metroplex over the last decade and want to keep opening new stores should be considering other markets. One of the ideal landing spots for these users lies a mere 200 miles up Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City. According to CoStar, Oklahoma City’s retail vacancy has grown by approximately 100 basis points over the last two years, currently clocking in at 6.1 percent. There is very little new product under construction — less than half a million square feet — but asking rents in Oklahoma City average $14.40 per square foot, compared to $18.89 per square …
HALETHORPE, MD. — Klein Enterprises has sold Patapsco Village, a 154,229-square-foot shopping center in Halethorpe. MegaMart, an owner and operator of nine Latin American-focused grocery stores in the Mid-Atlantic, purchased the property for an undisclosed price. MegaMart will open a location in the former King Food space. Other tenants include Roses Discount Store, M&T Bank, Rainbow and Shoe City. Klein Enterprises has owned Patapsco Village since developing the center in 1983. The shopping center is situated about four miles south of downtown Baltimore.
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — Vanguard-Fine has brokered the $3.6 million sale of a 15,000-square-foot retail property in Clifton Park. Located at 1617 Route 9, the property was built in 2017 and is currently occupied by discount tool and equipment retailer Harbor Freight Tools. Ken Brownell & Barry Feinman of Vanguard-Fine represented the seller, Cliftonparkwood LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Agree Realty.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.4 million sale of Gessner Plaza, a 51,400-square-foot retail center located at 8703 W. Bellfort St. in southwest Houston. Derek Hargrove and Riley Sharman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Houston-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES — Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Weiss Development has completed the sale of a four-property retail portfolio located in Los Angeles’ Northridge and South Bay neighborhoods. A mix of private and institutional investors acquired the portfolio for $35 million. Totaling more than 65,400 square feet, the properties include a Petco-occupied asset in Northridge and a Petco-occupied, an Office Depot-occupied and a multi-tenant property in South Bay. Tenants at the multi-tenant property include Starbucks Coffee, Subway, Flame Broiler and Sushi Boy. Bill Bauman, Kyle Miller and Dan Samulski of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.