DENVER — NAI Shames Makovsky has arranged the sale of a retail property, located at 2903 Larimer St. in Denver. Michio Iwahashi sold the asset to 2093 Larimer LLC for $3 million. The property features a 12,528-square-foot land parcel with two existing structures. Evan Makovsky and Todd Snyder of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller in the deal.
GRANDVIEW, MO. — Rainier Realty Investments LP, along with institutional investor CIL2 REIT LLC, has acquired Truman’s Marketplace, a 308,200-square-foot retail center in Grandview near Kansas City. The property is 98 percent leased by tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, TJ Maxx, Burlington, Petco and Price Chopper. Metropolitan Capital Advisors arranged acquisition financing. CIL2 is managed by Continuum Investments LLC. This is the sixth retail acquisition for Rainier and CIL2 in the past 20 months.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West has brokered the sale of Anaheim GardenWalk, a mixed-use entertainment center located at 400 Disney Way in Anaheim. A partnership between New York City-based Arcturus and two private equity investors sold the property to Whittier, Calif.-based STC Management, on behalf of a partnership between local and Taiwanese investors, for $80 million. Situated within walking distance of Anaheim’s Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center, the three-story, open-air project features 430,000 square feet of leasable space. Current tenants include House of Blues Anaheim, Bowlmor Bowling Center, AMC Theatres, 24 Hour Fitness, The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and California Pizza Kitchen. The asset was designed by Callison Architects, in collaboration with Lyons Warren Engineers + Architects, in 2007. It currently features an under-construction, 466-key J.W. Marriott (not part of the sale) abutting GardenWalk. The property is also designed to accommodate 399 timeshare units atop its 2,900-stall parking garage and another 400-key hotel, which is planned to be built at the northwest corner of Katella Avenue and Clementine Street. Jimmy Slusher, Kirk Brummer, Sean Heitzler and Philip Voorhees of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. “Landmark properties such as GardenWalk only exist around …
HAGERSTOWN, MD. — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has redeveloped Valley Mall in Hagerstown. Three department stores are being replaced by four tenants that are expected to open within two years. Dick’s Sporting Goods will occupy 59,000 square feet within a former Sears. Onelife Fitness and Tilt Studio will occupy 118,000 square feet of a former Macy’s. Belk will occupy 123,000 square feet of a former Bon-Ton. In addition, Regal Cinemas will be remodeled. PREIT upgraded dining amenities at the mall with the addition of BJ’s Brewhouse and the recently executed Black Rock Bar & Grill, joining Primanti Bros., Mission BBQ and Red Robin.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — HFF has secured a $17.6 million acquisition loan for a mixed-use building, located at 1404-1408 Third St. in Santa Monica. The borrower is Blatteis & Schnur. Marc Schillinger and Paul Brindley of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan with a debt fund as the lender. Upon expiration of existing leasing and attainment of entitlements Blatteis & Schnur has plans to develop a new building on the site. The mixed-use building totals 14,584 square feet of two-story creative office space and ground-floor retail space, which is occupied by Lush and Chilli Beans.
HOLLAND, MICH. — Martin Commercial Properties has negotiated three retail leases totaling 6,300 square feet at Holland Town Center. The tenants include Michigan Pantry, MBH Stores and Art as a Lifestyle. Robert Lotzar of Martin represented the undisclosed landlord in each of the lease transactions. The retail center, located at 12330 James St., was recently renovated.
FOREST HILLS, TEXAS — Dallas-based retail brokerage firm STRIVE has negotiated the sale of Forest Hills Village, a 69,651-square-foot retail center located on the southern outskirts of Fort Worth. Anchored by a Foodland Markets grocery store, the property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jennifer Pierson of STRIVE represented the seller, a California-based investor, in the deal. A Dallas-area investor acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Pacific Retail Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Asset Management have announced a $20 million renovation program for Paseo Nuevo, a 458,000-square-foot outdoor shopping destination in Santa Barbara. Slated to begin in early 2019, the first phase of redevelopment will include revamping existing portions of the center, creating districts within the property’s footprint and working closing with the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture to implement an art program. Upon completion, the community will include upgraded shopping and entertainment areas, as well as interactive community spaces featuring group games, charging stations and gathering spots. The second phase involves the repurposing of the newly appointed Ortega Building — previously home to Macy’s. The adaptive reuse project will convert the former department store into a vibrant complex supporting community and commerce.
Over the course of the last decade, we have seen a major evolution in retail real estate. Super regional malls and enclosed shopping centers, which once dominated the landscape, are being replaced by immersive, open-air centers that provide visitors with more than just a place to shop. Successful retail centers today are a destination — they provide excellent food and dining, aesthetically pleasing environments with open public space, and entertainment tenants and events that engage shoppers to stay longer, come back frequently and use the center as a hub for creating memories with friends and family. At the fifth annual Entertainment Experience Evolution conference, which took place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 12 and 13, the industry gathered together to take a closer look at the keys to success when embracing and implementing this trend at existing centers and new developments across the country. Does Entertainment Really Drive Foot Traffic? The conference opened with a keynote speech centered on an imperative question that many might be asking — does adding an entertainment element actually drive success and greater foot traffic to a center? And — more importantly — are there statistics to back this up? …
In the greater Boston area, over just the past decade, a whole new kind of neighborhood has been popping up. From Ink Block in the South End to the Seaport of Boston and Assembly Row in Somerville, it’s no secret that retail developers are evolving with the times by shifting their focus from traditional shopping malls to integrating retail into new and dynamic mixed-use developments offering housing, retail, entertainment, office space, parking and more. But no two cities are alike. Successful developers are in the business of staying ahead of the trends in how and where people want to shop, which in turn maps them back to how people want to live, work and play. A number of major players in the area, including Wilder, have deconstructed the key elements unique to Boston that converged into the making of these new greater Boston neighborhoods. Reinventing Malls Across the country, there’s a great deal of retail space that’s become available as a result of brick and mortar store closings. Most of these old centers have desirable locations, so it really comes down to a matter of them needing to be repurposed. There’s tremendous opportunity to recreate neighborhoods and bring in housing, office space and hotels …