COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Evergreen Devco has broken ground for a Starbucks Coffee property located at 2457 N. Marksheffel Road in Colorado Springs. Situated within Claremont Ranch Marketplace, the 2,200-square-foot, single-tenant building will feature a drive-thru lane. The coffee shop is expected to open in early 2019. Denver-based G3 Architecture designed the property, while Longmont-based Golden Triangle Construction is serving as contractor for the project.
SAN ANTONIO — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of two restaurant properties in San Antonio for $4.4 million. Both assets were built in 2012, feature drive-thru lanes and are triple net leased for 15 years to Bush’s Chicken, a Waco-based restaurant chain. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS, along with Chris Mueller of San Antonio-based Mueller Ventures, represented the single seller of both assets. The buyers were undisclosed, individual private investors.
QUINCY, ILL. — Quincy Medical Group plans to open a new surgery and cancer treatment center at Quincy Mall in central western Illinois. The healthcare provider will occupy about half of the approximately 105,000 square feet on two floors of the former Bergner’s space. Quincy Medical Group will also have the opportunity for expansion on both first and second floors. Cullinan Properties Ltd. owns and manages the mall. The firm continues to identify new national retail tenants for the mall. Three new restaurants opened at the property within the last year.
ATLANTA — State Farm Arena, located at 1 State Farm Drive in downtown Atlanta, has opened its doors following a $192 million renovation program, the second largest renovation in NBA history. The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club committed to an 18-year lease extension to remain in downtown Atlanta at the city-owned arena through 2046. The former Philips Arena features the NBA’s third-largest center-hung scoreboard and fan-friendly food pricing. Restaurant and entertainment options include Zac Brown’s Social Club, Topgolf Swing Suites, Killer Mike’s Swag Shop and a baseline bar and club known as Courtside Club. The Atlanta Hawks celebrated the arena with its home opener against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, Oct. 24. With a sold-out crowd, the Hawks beat the Mavericks 111 to 104. The arena hosts approximately 200 events and nearly 2 million guests annually.
NORTH PORT, FLA. — A joint venture between West Villages and The Sembler Co. has broken ground on West Villages Marketplace, a grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center at the corner of West Villages Parkway and U.S. 41 in North Port, a city in south Sarasota County. A 47,000-square-foot Publix will anchor the 105,000-square-foot retail plaza, which is slated to open in fall 2019. Additional tenants will include a mix of services and restaurants. The shopping center is the first retail node to be integrated into the West Villages Florida, a master-planned community that features single-family neighborhoods, schools, State College of Florida-Venice, a wastewater treatment plant and the new $125 million spring training facility for the Atlanta Braves.
WASHINGTON, N.J. — HFF has brokered the $16.2 million sale of The Village Shoppes at Hawk Pointe and Hunterdon Medical Office Building in Washington. The Village Shoppes at Hawk Pointe comprises an 81,415-square-foot, fully leased, ShopRite-anchored retail center. Other tenants at the retail property include Anytime Fitness and Visions Federal Credit Union. Built in 2016, the Hunterdon Medical Office Building is a 25,000-square-foot, single-tenant property occupied by Hunterdon Healthcare. HFF represented the seller, Asbury Farms, in the transaction. The buyer was Larken Associates.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Orr Commercial has sold Memorial Thicket Corner, an 8,729-square-foot retail strip center in Houston’s Energy Corridor. Completed in 2014, the center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Mattress Firm, Vision Source and USA Nails. Ryan West and John Indelli of HFF marketed the property on behalf of Orr Commercial. The buyer was not disclosed.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Stockbridge, on behalf of its Smart Markets Fund, has purchased Edinger Plaza, a power shopping center located at 7490-7664 Edinger Ave. in Huntington Beach. Santa Monica-based Watt Cos. sold the property for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1976 and redeveloped in 2012, the 155,275-square-foot shopping center is situated on 13.4 acres. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Nordstrom Rack, Dick’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Michaels. Megan Wood, Jimmy Slusher, Sean Heitzler and Philip Voorhees of CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West team represented the seller and buyer in the deal, which was the highest priced retail property transaction in Orange County this year, according to the brokers.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale the Artistry Theater Building, located at 600 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena’s Playhouse District. Colorado Creative LLC sold the property to Morton Development Group for $5.3 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the long-vacant property into a retail and office asset. Built in 1931 as a United Artists theatre, the 15,060-square-foot property was first renovated in 1960, but the property has fallen into a long state of disrepair and neglect. Its tenant of more than a decade, Angels School Supply, vacated the building more than three years ago, and the property has been empty ever since. Andrew Berk and Chase Gordon of Avison Young represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Away Travel has signed a 1,200-square-foot retail lease at the corner of State and Cedar streets in Chicago. The travel and lifestyle brand offers high-quality luggage at affordable prices. Expected to open in time for the holiday shopping season, this will be the seventh retail storefront for Away Travel. The brand originally started as an online-only concept. Founded by two Warby Parker alumni, Away Travel will be located adjacent to a Warby Parker store. Janika Brenner and Adam Secher of Baum Realty Group LLC, along with Peter Block of Colliers International, represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease transaction. Jason Trombley of JLL represented Away Travel.
