KOKOMO, IND. — Lamb Net Lease LLC has negotiated the sale of a 14,592-square-foot building net leased to Gerber Collision & Glass in Kokomo, 60 miles north of Indianapolis. The sales price was not disclosed. Gerber Collision & Glass is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boyd Group Income Fund. A Midwest-based REIT purchased the property, which is located at 418 Kentucky Drive. Mike Lamb of Lamb Net Lease negotiated the transaction between both parties. David Bickell of SVN represented the private equity seller.
LAS VEGAS — Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) has agreed to purchase fellow gaming property owner Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: PNK) in a cash and stock transaction valued at $2.8 billion. The deal has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close in the second half of 2018 following an approvals process involving the two companies’ shareholders and applicable gaming authorities. Pinnacle employs roughly 16,000 team members and owns and operates 16 gaming and entertainment facilities located in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Las Vegas-based company is also a manager and majority owner of Retama Park Racetrack near San Antonio. As part of the transaction, Wyomissing, Pa.-based Penn National will sell four of the newly acquired assets to Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD) for $575 million. The properties include Ameristar St. Charles and Ameristar Kansas City in Missouri; Belterra Casino Resort in Florence, Ind.; and Belterra Park in Cincinnati. Penn National has also negotiated with Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ: GLPI), the landlord for Penn National and Pinnacle’s master lease agreements, to sell and lease back the real estate associated with Belterra Park and …
DENTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has closed the sale of Elm Street Center, a 9,600-square-foot retail property located at 1803 Elm St. in Denton. Built in 1975, the property was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Musician’s Hub, Orbit Press and Guatelinda Café. Lisa Estrada and Austin DiCambio of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the all-cash transaction. The property sold to an out-of-state buyer.
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. — Belk | Lucy, a Charleston-based real estate firm, has arranged the $3.6 million sale of Bees Ferry Landing, a 15,159-square-foot shopping center located at 3750 Savannah Highway on Johns Island, a suburb of Charleston. Chris Dion of Belk | Lucy arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, El Cid Alpha LLC. Genco Olive Oil Co. LLC sold the asset. The center currently houses tenants such as Domino’s Pizza, Chucktown Fitness and Subway.
Take a look at the current retail landscape, not only in New Orleans, but far beyond the Big Easy, and you will find this sector has changed drastically over the past decade. Some argue retail is dead, while others cling to the notion that every market goes through cycles, and this has been going on long before the dawn of any Tricentennial festivities. Somewhere between these two extremes is the confluence of trends, data, outliers, gossip and pontificating cries, that when carefully dissected, should provide the necessary context to obtain an understanding of the current retail market in New Orleans, as well as the opportunities that exist in the future. Make no mistake, retail in New Orleans is changing, but the restaurant sector is a bedrock, creating fresh concepts, diversifying the city’s food offering and strengthening the overall retail market. It’s futile to deny the impact technology has had on the overall retail market, and New Orleans is no exception. Retailers that derive a large portion of revenues from the sale of goods that can be purchased online are finding it difficult to compete due to the cost of operating a brick and mortar location. Of course, this is only …
PERRIS, CALIF. — HFF has arranged the sale of Perris Plaza, a 150,148-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in the Inland Empire community of Perris. Gleb Lvovich and Bryan Ley of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Condures Family LP. Nuevo Perris LLC, a joint venture between Wood Investments, Joel Farkas and SandTree Holdings, acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, Perris Plaza was 97.6 percent leased to tenants including Food 4 Less, Regency Theatres, Burger King, IHOP, Del Taco and Starbucks Coffee. The sale also included two entitled land pads that would allow the development of additional retail space. The new owners plan to expand the shopping center to approximately 300,000 square feet with the addition of new retailers and restaurants.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Fitness Connection has opened a 55,000-square-foot gym at Shops at Tech Ridge, a 504,153-square-foot shopping center on Austin’s north side. The club will offer a kids’ club with a movie theater, a women’s-only workout area, a sauna and a variety of group fitness classes. This is the second location that Fitness Connection has opened in Austin in the past year.
PALATINE, ILL. — Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPC) has sold a 71,324-square-foot retail building occupied by Mariano’s Fresh Market in Palatine, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, for $29 million. The property sits on 6.5 acres at 545 N. Hicks Road. The building, constructed in 2011, is 100 percent leased to Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., which is owned by Kroger Co. IPC facilitated the sale of the property on behalf of one of its 1031 exchange investment programs. Christian Williams and Michael Kaider of CBRE represented IPC in the sale. The buyer was a private investor.
MADISON, WIS. — Baceline Investments LLC has acquired Meadowood Retail Center in Madison for $3.2 million. The 45,319-square-foot retail center is located at 5759 Raymond Road. The property is 90 percent leased to tenants including Old National Bank, Madison Community Center and the Madison Library. Baceline purchased the property from an affiliate of MLG Capital. This is Baceline’s third asset in Wisconsin. The Denver-based privately held real estate investment and management company specializes in the acquisition, management and sale of neighborhood shopping centers in secondary markets across the Midwest.
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — As part of what DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) calls a “strategic transformation,” the shopping center REIT has approved a plan to spin off a portfolio of 50 assets — including 38 continental U.S. assets and all 12 of its properties in Puerto Rico — into a separate publicly traded REIT to be named Retail Value Trust (RVT). The gross book value of the assets in the RVT portfolio is approximately $3 billion. “We believe that these two distinct companies with two distinct business plans will appeal to a much broader pool of investors than the combined DDR today,” said David Lukes, president and CEO of Beachwood-based DDR, during an investor conference call late Thursday afternoon. “This strategy adds value for all of our stakeholders and maximizes both our growth and optionality well into the future.” Specifically, the RVT portfolio consists of 38 high-quality, lower-growth assets in the continental U.S. and all 12 assets in the Puerto Rico portfolio. The properties within the RVT portfolio in the continental U.S. are mostly located in suburbs outside metro areas. Common tenants include Bed Bath & Beyond, Michaels, Kohl’s and T.J. Maxx. The remaining company, known as the “New DDR,” will …