KANSAS CITY, MO. — Tierra Encantada, a Spanish immersion early education company, has signed a 14,440-square-foot retail lease at 114 W. Gregory Blvd. in Kansas City. The former home of Reece Nichols, the Brookside location offers a newly remodeled roof, mechanical equipment and interior. Tierra Encantada currently has 17 locations in the U.S., and the new lease marks its second in the greater Kansas City area. Marshal Blount of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors represented the undisclosed landlord, while CBRE represented the tenant.
Boulder Group Brokers $4.2M Sale of Restaurant Property Leased to Uncle Julio’s in Lombard, Illinois
LOMBARD, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $4.2 million sale of a 10,682-square-foot restaurant property occupied by Uncle Julio’s in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. The single-tenant building is located at 2360 Fountain Square Drive. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. The buyer was a private investor from Illinois. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Uncle Julio’s is a chain of Mexican restaurants.
HOUSTON — CBRE has brokered the sale of Woodlake Square, a 157,465-square-foot shopping center in Houston’s Westchase District. Woodlake Square was 80 percent leased to 21 tenants at the time of sale. Grocer Randalls and Walgreens have jointly anchored the center, which was redeveloped in 2010, since the 1970s. Mark Witcher, Jolie Duhon, Chris Cozby, Jim Batjer and Harrison Tye of CBRE represented the seller, Edens, in the transaction. Houston-based investment firm Wu Properties purchased the center for an undisclosed price.
ASHLAND, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has negotiated the $21.2 million sale of a 99,601-square-foot shopping center located in the western Boston suburb of Ashland. Shaw’s Supermarket anchors the center, which was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Danielle Donovan of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
WYCKOFF, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.3 million sale of a 10,912-square-foot retail center in Wyckoff, located near the New York-New Jersey border. Built in 1990 and renovated in 2020, the property at 403-411 Goffle Road is home to JAG-ONE Physical Therapy and several local service-oriented tenants. Alan Cafiero, David Cafiero and John Moroz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Los Angeles-based New Age Ko Olina has acquired two oceanfront lots near the Ko Olina master-planned development in Honolulu from Oceanwide Resort HI LLC for an undisclosed price. CBRE’s Matt Bittick and Henry Bose represented the seller, while Powell & Aucello represented the buyer in the deal. The first lot, adjacent to Aulani Resort, is entitled for up to 1.5 million square feet of developable area and up to 1,400 units. The seller had proposed a 1,383-key Atlantis Resort & Residence Ko Olina (subject to design review), which would feature 37,500 square feet of retail space, 1,200-seating restaurant options, an aquarium and pools, and open to two of Ko Olina’s beach lagoons. The second lot is entitled for up to 990,000 square feet of developable area with no more than 850 units and opens to two beach lagoons and the Pacific Ocean. The approvals for the lot provide for a hotel, branded residential and timeshare. Ko Olina is an oceanfront master-planned development on the west coast of Oahu. Situated on more than 642 acres, the property offers four beach lagoons connected by more than a mile-and-a-half of seaside paths, the Ko Olina Golf Club and Ko Olina Marina, …
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Specialty candy retailer IT’SUGAR has relocated its store at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg to a 5,600-square-foot storefront, nearly double the size of its previous location. The Woodfield Mall location is the retailer’s fifth store in the Chicago market and offers more than 300 candy bins. Alongside its candy offerings, IT’SUGAR also features immersive candy displays from brands such as Sour Patch Kids, OREO, Nerds, Skittles, Reese’s and Starburst.
SHORT PUMP, VA. — Wafra Inc. has sold Short Pump Station, a 91,369-square-foot shopping center in Short Pump, located roughly 10 miles northwest of Richmond. Nuveen Real Estate acquired the property for nearly $55 million, making the center the investor’s second acquisition in the Richmond metro area. Situated on 147 acres, the retail development is anchored by Trader Joe’s. Other tenants at the property include Ulta Beauty and Petco. John Owendoff of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Catharine Spangler of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented Wafra in the transaction. The New York City-based investor has owned Short Pump Station since acquiring it from a joint venture affiliate of AmCap in 2021. Nuveen has retained Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer to lease and manage the shopping center.
LAS VEGAS — Remington Nevada has completed the sale of Mountain’s Edge Marketplace, a neighborhood shopping center in Mountain’s Edge, a master-planned community in Las Vegas. An out-of-state investor acquired the asset for $50.3 million, or $37 per square foot. Roy Fritz and Preston Fetrow of CBRE’s National Retail Investment Partners-West represented the seller, a Las Vegas-based private investment firm. The purchase includes the assumption of a $33 million CMBS loan requiring the new borrower to engage a loan expeditor to facilitate the process. Situated on 14.7 acres at 7975 Blue Diamond Road, Mountain’s Edge Marketplace offers 115,037 square feet of retail space, which is 98 percent leased to 40 national and local retailers. Current tenants include Ross Dress for Less, Planet Fitness, Starbucks Coffee, Supercuts, The UPS Store, China A Go Go and T-Mobile. The property is shadow anchored by an Albertsons-occupied property, which was not included in the sale.
BUFORD, GA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a newly built restaurant located at 4996 Lanier Parkway in Buford, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Built in 2024, the 3,318-square-foot restaurant is ground-leased to Whataburger and sits on a nearly 1.5-acre site at the entrance of a 1.1 million-square-foot Amazon logistics center. The popular quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain has a 15-year ground lease in place at the restaurant with scheduled rent increases and extension options. Whataburger is based in Texas and only recently began opening restaurants in Georgia, the first of which opened in Kennesaw in 2022. Don McMinn of Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, an unnamed developer, in the 1031 transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed. “This is our third Whataburger closing in fourth-quarter 2024 and will be bring more to market in 2025,” says McMinn. “Whataburger continues to garner strong demand and attractive pricing from investors and is one of the more desirable QSR options in the market today.”