HENDERSON, TEXAS — Inroads Realty, a Dallas-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of a 39,797-square-foot retail property previously leased to Brookshire’s Grocery Store in Henderson, a city roughly two hours east of Dallas. Thad Beckner of Inroads represented the buyer, Brandywine Financial, a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment and management firm, in the transaction
CHICAGO — Vapiano has unveiled plans to open a 9,188-square-foot restaurant inside the AC Hotel Marriott in Chicago. The property is located at 630 N. Rush St. Spread over two floors, the new restaurant will serve Vapiano’s trademark pasta, pizza and salad by chefs from an open kitchen. The company has an established location at 44 S. Wabash Ave. and more than 181 locations in 31 countries. Matt Alexander and John Skalla of Bradford Allen represented Vapiano in the lease transaction. Todd Siegel and Phil Golding of CBRE, along with Bruce Westling of NAI MLG Commercial, represented the landlord. The restaurant is slated to open this fall.
SOLANA BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $33.3 million sale of BeackWalk, a 54,973-square-foot shopping center located in Solana Beach. Tenants at the center include California Pizza Kitchen, Alfonso’s of La Jolla, Rubio’s Coastal Grill and Banfield Pet Hospital. John Read, Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher and Kirk Brummer of CBRE represented the buyer, a fund manager based in Chicago. The same team from CBRE, alongside Reg Kobzi of CBRE’s San Diego office, represented the seller, a partnership managed by The Muller Company.
NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has secured a $5.8 million construction loan for a mixed-use development in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The site is located directly above an L train subway stop and within walking distance to the JMZ trains. The developer obtained approval from the MTA for the project. The property will feature five condo units and one ground-floor retail space.
PASADENA, SPRING AND ALVIN, TEXAS — Dirt Cheap, a Mississippi-based extreme value retailer, has signed leases at three locations in the greater Houston area. Among the new deals are a 24,000-square-foot lease at 4801 Fairmont Parkway in the eastern suburb of Pasadena; a 27,927-square-foot lease at Westfield Shopping Center in the northern suburb of Spring; and a 25,843-square-foot lease at Meadow Park Shopping Center in the southern suburb of Alvin. Matt Parsons, Mark Raines and Chris Burns of JLL represented Dirt Cheap in all three transactions.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has closed the sale of a 9,014-square-foot retail property located at 5468 College St. near Interstate 10 in Beaumont. The single-tenant building, which was built in 2007, is leased exclusively to Dollar General. Geoff Ficke and Chris Adams of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Other terms of the sale were not disclosed
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — TH Real Estate, an affiliate of Nuveen (the investment management arm of TIAA), has acquired the Promenade Shopping Plaza, a 202,696-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Palm Beach Gardens. The seller and sales price were undisclosed, but the South Florida Business Journal reports that TH Real Estate purchased the shopping center from Boca Raton, Fla.-based Woolbright Development for $49.3 million. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Bealls Outlet, Planet Fitness, Club Outlet Store and CVS. First developed in 1972 and redeveloped in 2015, Promenade Shopping Plaza is the first deal closed by TH Real Estate’s new Miami office, which opened in January. The regional office currently manages a total of $10.5 billion of real estate investments spanning 36 million square feet of office, retail, industrial and multifamily space in the Southeast and Latin America.
BRISBANE, CALIF. — Women’s retailer Bebe has announced it will close all 168 of its remaining stores. The company plans to move to an online-only model. Bebe entered into an agreement with Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group to sell all its merchandise and inventory, as well as certain of its subsidiaries located in its existing retail stores. The store closures should be complete by the end of May, according to a recent SEC filing. Bebe was founded in 1976. It operates Bebe, BebeSport and Bebe Outlet.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a 1,850-square-foot Starbucks Coffee location in Bakersfield. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley represented the seller, Evergreen Development. Joe Bolognese of Major Properties Real Estate represented the buyer, a Los Angeles-based private investor.
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS — Gunn Automotive Group, a San Antonio-based car dealer, has purchased a 10.4-acre tract in western Fort Worth suburb of Weatherford for the development of a Honda dealership. The $10 million project, which includes a 30,000-square-foot building and showroom, will break ground in June. Colton Wallis and Nick Talley of Bradford Commercial represented the sellers, two private investors, in the transaction. Jack Huff of Transwestern represented the undisclosed buyer.