LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. — Prudent Growth Partners LLC has acquired Douglas Square in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit for $11.6 million. The 59,451-square-foot shopping center was built in 1999 and is home to 18 local and national tenants. The property is situated on NE Douglas Street with proximity to I-470. Prudent Growth is a private equity real estate investment company based in Chapel Hill, N.C.
CHICAGO — BWE has arranged an $8 million loan for the refinancing of Mayfair Plaza in Chicago. The three-building, 28,771-square-foot retail strip center was fully leased at the time of loan closing. Tenants include Starbucks, T-Mobile, a dentist’s office and local Chicago restaurants. Ryan Morris of BWE arranged the five-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization period. The lender and borrower were not provided.
NEW YORK CITY AND ATLANTA — Global Net Lease Inc. (NYSE: GNL) has entered into a binding agreement to sell its multi-tenant retail portfolio of 100 non-core properties to a subsidiary of RCG Ventures Holdings LLC for approximately $1.8 billion. The transaction represents an 8.4 percent cash cap rate. GNL says the transaction would accelerate its deleveraging initiative and position the company as a pure-play, single-tenant net lease (STNL) company. GNL launched its disposition initiative in 2024, with the objectives of significantly reducing debt, enhancing financial flexibility and lowering its cost of capital. Following the completion of the multi-tenant portfolio sale, which would represent the most significant step in this initiative to date, GNL expects to have completed nearly $3 billion in dispositions between the start of 2024 and the end of 2025, inclusive of properties in its disposition pipeline. The company expects to use the net proceeds from the multi-tenant portfolio sale to significantly reduce the outstanding balance on its revolving credit facility. The board of directors has concurrently approved a share repurchase program authorizing the company to opportunistically repurchase up to $300 million of its outstanding common stock in accordance with typical practice for such programs. “We believe …
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. has sold a 2.2-acre outparcel at the Shoppes at Pelican Preserve, a 79,970-square-foot shopping center located at 10580 Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers that is anchored by Winn-Dixie. The buyer, Barclay Group, purchased the land for $2.2 million. The firm plans to develop a 42,000-square-foot freestanding building on the site that will be fully occupied by EoS Fitness. Barclay Group expects to deliver the new property by 2026. Blake Dickinson of Continental Realty Corp., as well as Bob Pekol and Jessica McEvoy of LQ Commercial Fort Myers, represented the seller in the land deal. Tyler McRae of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the buyer. EoS Fitness currently operates 13 gyms in Florida. Barclay Group has delivered 30 sites for the fitness concept across six states.
DANVILLE, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $6 million sale of a shopping center located at 143 and 153 Crown Drive in Danville, a city on the Virginia-North Carolina border. The 76,622-square-foot retail center is situated on 9.2 acres. Wyatt Poats of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, an entity doing business as GDC Properties I LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was a company doing business as BWDD LLC.
CELINA, TEXAS — The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) will open a new, 105,000-square-foot store in the North Texas city of Celina. The address was not disclosed, but local news outlet WFAA reports that the store will be located at the northwest corner of Ownsby Parkway and Preston Road, across from a future Lowe’s Home Improvement store and next to a planned Costco. The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer expects to obtain a certificate of occupancy by the end of July 2026 and to commence operations shortly thereafter.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Beechnut Village, a 62,990-square-foot shopping center in West Houston. Ethnic grocer La Michoacana anchors the center, which was fully leased to 15 tenants at the time of sale. Scott Abeel and Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Jamie Safier of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TEXAS — Poag Development Group has welcomed four new tenants to The Shops at Highland Village, a retail center located about 15 miles north of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The tenants — Aspen Gift House (2,784 square feet), Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming (1,965 square feet), Drybar (1,429 square feet) and iCRYO (2,587 square feet) — all plan to open this spring. JLL leases The Shops at Highland Village on behalf of Memphis-based Poag.
MILWAUKE, ORE. — Northmarq has brokered the $39 million sale of Milwaukie Marketplace, a multi-tenant retail center located in Milwaukie, approximately six miles outside Portland. Built in 1989, the center comprises four buildings across nine parcels and totals 185,760 square feet. New Seasons Market anchors the center. Additional tenants at the property include Planet Fitness, Ace Hardware, Dollar Tree, Pietro’s Pizza, UPS, Subway, Taco Bell and Starbucks Coffee. Multiple Letters of Intent (LOI) have been signed on the vacant tenant spaces. Kevin Adatto, Sean Tufts, Scott Frank and Joe Dugoni of Northmarq’s Pacific Northwest Commercial Investment Sales team represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
WENTZVILLE, MO. — A Block & Co. Inc. Realtors-headed investment group comprised of investors from Kansas City and St. Louis has purchased 18 acres of land at Wentzville Parkway and Will Ron Drive in Wentzville, a suburb of St. Louis. Wentzville Parkway serves as a major commercial corridor and is located near General Motors’ $2 billion manufacturing campus and Mercy’s new $650 million hospital. The development plan calls for a retail project, with over 10 acres available for ground lease or build-to-suit opportunities. Zach Albrecht and David Block of Block & Co., along with Eddie Cherry of Manor Real Estate will co-list the development. The trio also negotiated the sale on behalf of the buyer, while Danny Wappelhorst of Cissell Mueller represented the undisclosed seller.
