CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Idaho-based discount grocer WinCo Foods will open an 82,077-square-foot grocery store within Trinity Valley Shopping Center in Carrollton on March 29. The store will occupy an anchor space that was previously leased to Target and was redeveloped following that store’s closing in 2015. For WinCo Foods, an employee-owned grocer, the Trinity Valley location will be its 120th overall.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Dave & Buster’s will open an 18,000-square-foot restaurant and gaming center within La Palmera, a 1 million-square-foot regional shopping mall currently being redeveloped by Trademark Property Co. in Corpus Christi. The venue, which will be the first Dave & Buster’s on Texas’ Coastal Bend, is scheduled to open in time for the 2018 holiday season. Other tenants that have recently taken space at La Palmera include jeweler Kendra Scott, Perfect Brow & Relaxology salon and Steak n’ Shake.
HOUSTON — BK Kirby LP, an entity of Houston-based Baker Katz, has acquired a 9,190-square-foot shopping center located at 5802 Kirby Drive in southwest Houston. The center is home to tenants such as Papa John’s, Creative Blinds, RadioShack and Sprint. Jim Bayne of Investar Real Estate Services Inc. represented the seller, Kirby Shopping Center LP, in the sale.
LEESBURG, FLA. — Phillips Edison & Co. has acquired Shoppes of Lake Village, a 135,437-square-foot shopping center in the Central Florida community of Leesburg. The name of the seller and sales price were not disclosed. Publix anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Advance Auto Parts, Dollar Tree, H&R Block, Bon Worth, Wells Fargo Bank and Wireless Unlimited.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — HFF has arranged the sale of Jefferson Pointe in Fort Wayne for an undisclosed price. The 407,363-square-foot retail center is situated on 50 acres at 4110 W. Jefferson Blvd. Tenants at the property, built in 2000, include Carmike Cinemas, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble, Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, Old Navy, White House Black Market, Vera Bradley, Michaels and Tucanos Brazilian Grill. A separately owned Von Maur shadow anchors the property. The vacancy rate is around 20 percent, according to The Journal Gazette. Amy Sands, Clinton Mitchell, Barry Brown, Dave Keller and Claudia Steeb of HFF represented the seller, Institutional Mall Investors LLC, which was advised by Miller Capital Advisory Inc. Jefferson Pointe Center SPE LLC purchased the asset.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — DPC Cos. has purchased 7 Thousand Shea, a mixed-use property located at the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale. An undisclosed company sold the property for $16 million, or $110 per square foot. Situated on 8.3 acres, the property features 145,000 square feet of mixed-use space. DPC Cos. plans to upgrade the property to include high-end dining, retail and creative office space. ORION Investment Real Estate facilitated the transaction.
HOUSTON — Salata, a Houston-based fast casual salad restaurant, is aiming to open an additional 130 restaurants by 2020, including 30 during the remainder of this year. Additional restaurants will be opening in Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Oklahoma City, and the company will be rolling out new locations in Florida as well. CBRE will represent Salata in its site selection process and lease negotiations.
PRESCOTT, ARIZ. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Prescott Gateway Mall, located at 3250 Gateway Blvd. in Prescott. T. Prescott AZ LLC sold the property to Prescott Gateway Mall Realty Holding for $8.8 million. Situated on 37.9 acres, the 318,503-square-foot property was approximately 75 percent occupied at the time of sale. Dillards, JCPenney, Sears, Bed Bath & Beyond, Michaels, Cost Plus World Market, Pier 1 Imports, Texas Roadhouse, Wild Flower Bread Co., Buckle, Chico’s, Maurie’s, Rue 21 and Victoria’s Secret are tenants at the mall. Thomas Dobrowski and David Guido of NKF aided the buyer and seller in the transaction.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets has purchased a portfolio of nine Publix-anchored shopping centers from Madison International Realty and DDRM Properties, an affiliate of DDR Corp. The sales price was not disclosed. The portfolio totals 732,000 square feet, with eight shopping centers located throughout Florida and one located in McDonough, Ga. In 2017, Madison and DDR recapitalized a 52-property portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers that DDR Corp. previously owned with other partners for $1.05 billion. Following the nine-property sale, DDRM Properties now has 43 assets spanning 6.3 million square feet left from the original portfolio.
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Lexington, Ky.-based BC Wood Properties has acquired Memorial Commons, a 111,022-square-foot shopping center located at the corner of Highway 13 and Wayne Memorial Drive in Goldsboro, a city in Wayne County. Harris Teeter anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Office Depot, Starbucks Coffee, Anytime Fitness, Subway and Coldwell Banker. The name of the seller and the sales price were not disclosed. With this acquisition, BC Wood Properties owns and operates six shopping centers in North Carolina.
