Retail

DALLAS — Northwood Retail, an affiliate of national investment advisory firm Northwood Investors, has begun the renovation of Hillside Village, a 169,229-square-foot shopping center in Dallas. Northwood is upgrading the facades, lighting and roofs of the spaces, as well as delivering a new parking and sidewalk system. The renovation project is expected to be complete by year’s end. New tenants joining the property, which was built in 1954, include Session Pilates, Villa Nail Spa and Hillside Tavern.

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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Sutton Properties has signed Publix to anchor Latitude Landings, the 200,000-square-foot retail portion of Latitude Margaritaville Daytona Beach, an active adult community. Margaritaville Holdings and Minto Properties are developing the community, and Sutton Properties is developing and leasing the project’s retail portion, dubbed Latitude Landings. Publix will occupy 48,000 square feet at the shopping center, which will be located on LPGA Boulevard, adjacent to the development’s residential community and accessible by golf cart. Slated to open in the second quarter of 2019, the new grocery store will include grab-and-go prepared meals, an in-store café and a Publix Liquors store. The first phase of Latitude Margaritaville includes 378 home sites. Current plans call for 3,000 homes, with the possibility to expand to a total of 6,000 homes at full build-out. The community is designed for adults ages 55 and older.

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PALATINE, ILL. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a former Jaguar car dealership in Palatine, located about 35 miles northwest of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed, but the asking price was $3.3 million. Studio 41, a kitchen and bath plumbing fixtures manufacturer, purchased the 30,000-square-foot property with plans to convert it into a home design showroom. Upon completion, the property will be open to homeowners, contractors, designers and architects. Anne Dempsey of Colliers represented the seller, Morries Automotive Group.

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CASTLE ROCK, COLO. – Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail property located at 1341 New Beale St. in Castle Rock. A Colorado-based developer sold the property to a California-based private investor for $5 million, or $601 per square foot, in a 1031 exchange. The newly built property features 8,318 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied by Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Smoothie King, European Wax Center, Fine Nails and Beau Thai.

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MECHANICSBURG, PA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Silver Spring Square, a 342,600-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Mechanicsburg, eight miles west of Harrisburg. CBRE represented the seller, DDR Corp. The buyer was The Wilder Companies. The sales price was not disclosed. Built in 2007, the shopping center is anchored by a 126,240-square-foot Wegmans supermarket and includes a 139,377-square-foot Target as well as an 87,000-square-foot Kohl’s. Other retail tenants include Best Buy, Ross, Bed Bath & Beyond, Petco, Lane Bryant and Ulta. The property was 98 percent occupied at the time of closing.

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MURPHY AND WATAUGA, TEXAS — Venture Commercial has brokered the sale of Albertsons grocery stores totaling 123,737 square feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metros of Murphy and Watauga. The 62,322-square-foot Murphy store anchors the Shops of Murphy retail center, and the 61,415-square-foot Watauga store anchors the Shops of Watauga retail center. John Zikos and Charlotte Cooper of Venture Commercial represented Albertsons LLC, which owns the stores, in the transaction. Sean Porter of Capstone Commercial Real Estate Group represented the buyer, 356 Development LLC.

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JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $7.7 million construction loan for Jeffersonville Town Center in southern Indiana. The 64,855-square-foot retail property will be located at 1450 Veterans Parkway. The project is the first phase of a 160-acre mixed-use development. Randall Waddell of NorthMarq arranged the three-year loan with a local bank. The borrower was not disclosed.

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The pace of evolution in the retail sector is accelerating in a manner that few would have anticipated even five years ago. E-commerce has proven to be a very powerful disruptor, affecting both retailers and property owners alike. For some who have had the foresight and financial resources to adapt to this change, the disruption has brought opportunities for growth and increased market share. Clearly, not all have been able to adapt — some due to lack of execution and others seemingly caught in circumstances beyond their control. Despite the turbulence within the retail category, overall U.S. retail sales grew a very respectable 4.2 percent during 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The growth is attributed to continuing gains in employment and a marked improvement in economic growth during the second half of the year. On the local level, the Omaha retail market exhibited moderate improvement during 2017, following a year of weak performance in 2016. The market absorbed just over 364,000 square feet during the year (see chart), slightly under the average annual rate of 378,000 square feet for the past five years. The overall vacancy rate decreased from 11.2 percent to 10.5 percent during the year as …

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SYRACUSE, ROCHESTER, BUFFALO, N.Y. — Speedway LLC has signed an agreement to purchase 78 Express Mart store locations held by Petr-All Petroleum Consulting Corp. The stores are located primarily in the Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo markets. Following the acquisition, the stores will be rebranded as Speedway locations. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter. Speedway, headquartered in Enon, Ohio, is the nation’s second largest company-owned and operated convenience store chain with approximately 2,740 stores located in 21 states. Speedway is a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corp.

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SEVIERVILLE, TENN. — Time Equities Inc. (TEI) has acquired Governor’s Crossing, a 140,568-square-foot shopping center in Sevierville, for $13.9 million. The center is located 24 miles southeast of downtown Knoxville. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS’ Investment Properties Group arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, RCG Ventures Sevierville SPE LLC. Ami Ziff and Adam Levitt represented Time Equities internally in the deal. Governor’s Crossing is home to tenants such as Books-A-Million, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Vanity Fair Outlet, Shoe Carnival, Catherine’s, Workout Anytime and CATO.

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