DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $12.8 million sale of the Shoppes of Hillsboro, a 61,465-square-foot retail center located at 2201-2265 W. Hillsboro Blvd. in Deerfield Beach, roughly 18 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. Douglas Mandel and Elon Gerberg of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction on behalf of the sellers, BREF Hillsboro LLC, managed by Butters Construction and Development Partners, and Dhanya of Miami, managed by Sukrit Agrawal. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in Hallandale Beach, Fla. At the time of sale, the Shoppes of Hillsboro was leased to tenants including Bank United, Sage Dental, Optimum Bank and JByrd’s Muddy Waters.
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LAKEMOOR, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Walgreens in Lakemoor, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, for $7.2 million. The 14,820-square-foot property is located at 28895 W. Highway 120. Walgreens has over 21 years remaining on its lease, which expires in October 2038. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate investment firm. An East Coast-based private investment group purchased the property in a 1031 exchange.
HOUSTON — Houston-based retail developer Greatland Investments Inc. will develop a 4,000-square-foot, Class A retail property at 3215 White Oak Drive in Houston’s The Heights neighborhood. The property currently houses a car wash, the lease of which will expire at year’s end, as well as a multifamily rental complex and a single-family home. NewQuest Properties is handling leasing of the development, construction of which is slated to begin during the first quarter of 2018.
SELMA, TEXAS — Austin-based restaurant chain Pluckers Wing Bar will open a 7,400-square-foot location within Forum Pointe Shopping in Selma, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. Whit Jordan of CBRE represented Pluckers in the site search and lease negotiations. The new location, which will be the company’s 23rd overall, is expected to open in 2018.
WAYNE, N.J. — Toys ”R” Us Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, Sept. 18. The company’s Canadian subsidiary also plans to seek protection in parallel proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. No store closings have yet been announced in conjunction with the filing. The Wayne, N.J.-based toy retailer’s approximately 1,600 Toys ”R” Us and Babies ”R” Us locations will continue to operate through at least the holiday season. Customers may also continue to shop on the company’s newly launched web stores. “Together with our investors, our objective is to work with our debtholders and other creditors to restructure the $5 billion of long-term debt on our balance sheet, which will provide us with greater financial flexibility to invest in our business, continue to improve the customer experience in our physical stores and online, and strengthen our competitive position in an increasingly challenging and rapidly changing retail marketplace worldwide,” says Dave Brandon, chairman and CEO of Toys ”R” Us Inc. The company’s debt largely stems from a $6.6 billion buyout in 2005 led by KKR & Co. LP, Bain Capital LP and Vornado Realty Trust. Toys ”R” Us has …
Stellar Management Refinances 13-Property Portfolio in New York City with $105M Loan Package
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Stellar Management has refinanced a 13-property portfolio with a $105 million loan package from Capital One. The deal, brokered by GCP Capital Group, includes a five-year term. The portfolio includes properties at 11-15 W. 123rd St., 1061-1071 St. Nicholas Ave., 604 W. 162nd St., 601-609 W. 175th St., 3480-3496 Broadway and 12 E. 32nd St. The refinancing includes more than 600 residential units and as well as commercial and retail space in New York City. Stellar has owned the properties for more than 20 years. Loan proceeds will be used to fund upgrades to the properties, including lobby and elevator cab renovations, amenity space upgrades and landscaping improvements.
New England Retail Properties Sells Tractor Supply and O’Reilly Auto Property in Rhode Island for $7M
by Amy Works
JOHNSTON, R.I. — Wethersfield, Conn.-based New England Retail Properties (NERP) has completed the sale of a retail property located at 2750 Hartford Ave. in Johnston. A combination of groups led by the Columbia Delaware Trust acquired the Tractor Supply/O’Reilly Auto property for slightly more than $7 million. NERP acquired and developed the Tractor Supply store in 2013 and constructed the O’Reilly Auto property in 2016. Matthew Darling of New England Retail Properties represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
DENVER — Chipotle Mexican Grill has reopened its doors to the first-ever Chipotle restaurant in its hometown of Denver following a summer-long renovation. The original Chipotle location opened in the former Dolly Madison ice cream shop on East Evans Avenue across from the University of Denver, where founder, chairman and CEO Steve Ells prepared the food and served the very first Chipotle customers. Chipotle expanded the basement of the 850-square-foot restaurant to create additional storage and food prep space, allowing the small open kitchen — still a hallmark design element of all Chipotle locations — to be more efficient. Work in the dining room updated the style of the space, while preserving features of the first restaurant. Ells opened the second Chipotle in 1995 and the third in 1996. Today, Chipotle has more than 2,300 locations worldwide.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Newmark Grubb Zimmer (NGZ) and Gasperi Group Commercial Real Estate LLC have brokered the sale of Parallel Parkway Center in Kansas City along Parallel Parkway. The sales price was not disclosed. Anchored by AutoZone, the 23,652-square-foot retail center was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to five tenants. Originally built in 1971, the property was fully renovated in 2014. Michael VanBuskirk and Chris Robertson of NGZ, along with Steve Gasperi of Gasperi Group, brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. A private West Coast-based investor purchased the property.
HAMPSHIRE, ILL. — Realty Metrix Commercial has arranged the sale of the 4,122-square-foot retail property formerly occupied by Corkshire Pub in Hampshire, located in northern Illinois. The sales price was not disclosed. The 4,122-square-foot retail property, built in 1930, is located at 172 S. State St. The buyer, K&M Village Inc., plans to renovate the property and rename it Copper Barrel on State, which will offer modern cuisine as well as some of the old Corkshire Pub favorites. Completion is slated for January 2018. Linda Kost and Dave Schmidt of Realty Metrix Commercial represented both the buyer and the seller, Gayle Cork Trust.