HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale a restaurant property located at 7001 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. A private real estate investor and developer acquired the asset from a private family trust for $8 million. The half-acre site features a 5,410-square-foot restaurant occupied by Shakey’s Pizza Parlor. Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade and Fred Aframian of CBRE represented the seller and the buyers in the deal.
SANTEE, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale-leaseback of a 21,500-square-foot property occupied by Chuze Fitness in the San Diego suburb of Santee. The price was not disclosed. Paragon Properties acquired the property, located within Santee Town Center, from Chuze Fitness. Chad Lafrate and Kevin Held of Cushman & Wakefield represented Chuze Fitness in both the sale and lease transactions.
DEL MAR, CALIF. — GLL Real Estate Partners’ Del Mar Plaza has reached 90 percent occupancy following a joint repositioning effort with JLL. The 74,631-square-foot open-air center is located at 1555 Camino Del Mar in Del Mar. New tenants include Salon Republic, Union Bank, Del Mar Rendezvous, Momma’s Medi Spa, Del Mar Nails, PS Platinum, Kitchell Development and Fine Magazine. Each new tenant is slated to open by summer 2017. Craig Killman and Corinna Gattasso of JLL are handling leasing at the center.
PLANO, TEXAS — Kodiak Capital Advisors has acquired a newly constructed retail property located at the southeast corner of West Plano Parkway and West Park Boulevard in Plano. The company purchased the property by utilizing the Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) 1031 exchange structure. Hobby Lobby occupies the 54,370-square-foot property. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. This transaction is one of North Texas’ first DST acquisitions by a Dallas-based sponsor. A DST is an ownership structure that is created for business purposes, which can also be referred to as an unincorporated business trust. It is offered as a 1031 exchange replacement property for accredited investors seeking to defer capital gains taxes and as a straight cash investment for investors wishing to diversify real estate holdings.
HOUSTON — Baker Katz has brokered two leases on behalf of San Francisco-based The Melt, a fast-casual restaurant, for the company’s first-to-market locations in Texas. The restaurant chain will open its first location at The Lawn at Houston’s Baybrook Mall on Nov. 21, and the second location is slated to open in spring 2017 at the Vintage Marketplace Restaurant Village. The locations in Texas mark The Melt’s third market expansion. The restaurant currently has locations in California and Colorado.
PALATINE, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the sale of a 42,588-square-foot retail center in Palatine, a northwestern suburb of Chicago, for $4.5 million. The multi-tenant center is located at 801-861 N. Quentin Road., and includes tenants such as Anytime Fitness, Papa John’s Pizza and H&R Block. A commercial real estate fund based in Denver was the buyer. Chad Firsel of Quantum Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, a Chicago-based investment group.
DEERFIELD, ILL. — Novak Construction has completed the construction of a 9,000-square-foot Portillo’s restaurant in Deerfield, approximately 25 miles north of Chicago. The building is located at 700 Lake Cook Road. Novak’s work on the development included the demolition of an existing building, new site utilities, curbs and asphalt paving. The restaurant opened on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Angel’s Envy, a Kentucky bourbon distiller that’s part of the Bacardi Limited portfolio, plans to open its new distillery and visitor center to the public tomorrow. The facility is located at 500 E. Main St. at Jackson, the first full-production whiskey distillery in downtown Louisville. Following a $27 million renovation since breaking ground in 2013, the distillery will house the Angel’s Envy operations, including the milling of grains, blending and bottling on-site. The property is the former Vermont American and Baer Fabrics Warehouse and features the original exterior walls, vaulted ceilings and arched windows. The facility will also feature a visitor center and gift shop. Louisville-based Vendome Copper & Brass Works fashioned a 35-foot-tall column still, pot still and doubler for the distilling process at the property.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Lidl, a German grocery retailer that has been expanding recently in Virginia, has purchased 6.3 acres of land on Warrenton Road in Fredericksburg for $2.6 million. Lidl plans to develop a new grocery store at the site, which is situated near the Stafford Lakes Super Walmart. The site is the third parcel that the grocer has purchased in the greater Fredericksburg area and roughly the 20th in the state. The other two Fredericksburg stores are underway at 5455 Plank Road and 10110 Southpoint Parkway. Brian Cunningham of Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite represented the former land owner in the sale, and the firm’s Jonathan Gardner assisted Lidl in the site selection process and negotiating the transaction. Lidl is also underway on its $125 million, 1 million-square-foot distribution facility at 6120 Smith Station Road, which is expected to create 200 local jobs.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — The Shopping Center Group has arranged the $7.9 million sale of Duluth Highway Shops, a 17,500-square-foot, unanchored retail center located on eight acres at State Route 120 and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road in Lawrenceville. The Gwinnett County property was fully leased prior to construction to tenants such as Jason’s Deli, Pacific Dental Services, Willy’s Mexican Grill, AT&T Wireless, Penn Station East Coast Subs, Sport Clips Haircuts and BurgerFi. Neal Pringle and the late Mark Cooley of The Shopping Center Group secured the buyer, a private, West Coast-based investor. The seller was NLA Lawrenceville Inc. The Shopping Center Group also secured construction and equity financing for Duluth Highway Shops.