FRISCO, TEXAS — American Newland Communities and joint venture partner North America Sekisui House (NASH) have acquired 729 acres for a master-planned community in Frisco. The property is located north of the Sam Rayburn Tollway, about 30 miles north of downtown Dallas and five miles east of the Dallas North Tollway. Newland and NASH have completed a due-diligence period with the previous landowners and closed on the purchase June 15. When fully complete, the community will include 1,800 single-family homes and up to 1,400 apartment units, along with retail and office space. Construction will begin later this year, with plans to make the first 253 home sites available for purchase by builders in 2017 with a grand opening in 2018.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Simon has launched the expansion of Allen Premium Outlets, a shopping destination in the Dallas suburb of Allen. The expansion is expected to include an estimated 30 new specialty retailers that will be added at the heart of the shopping center near Neiman Marcus Last Call. Simon will also renovate Allen Premium Outlets with new features and amenities including updated seating, a new play area, Wi-Fi, landscaping and architectural adornments to match the new structures. In addition, a 22-acre plot northeast of the current shopping center has been rezoned to allow for the future inclusion of restaurants and hotels. Allen Premium Outlets currently includes retailers such as Kate Spade New York, Michael Kors, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren and Under Armour. The expansion is expected to be complete by fall 2017.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Baker Katz has redeveloped a fully leased retail site in Beaumont. The company demolished a building that had been located on the property to create five new spaces for retail tenants. Starbucks, Mattress One and Wingstop will occupy a 6,100-square-foot building at the site, and T-Mobile and Access Dental will each lease 2,800 square feet in the second building. The property is located at the northeast corner of I-10 and College Street.
HENDERSON, NEV. — LBG Real Estate Cos. LLC, in partnership with Aviva Investors Real Estate Capital Partners I-A LP, has sold a single-tenant, net-leased Home Depot location in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson for $23 million. Chris Kostanecki and Dave Lucas of Capital Pacific brokered the sale of the property, located within the Sunset Plaza Shopping Center at 1030 W. Sunset Road. The buyer of the 102,370-square-foot Home Depot was undisclosed.
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — Arroyo & Co. has arranged the sale of a 90,348-square-foot retail building connected to Santa Rosa Plaza in downtown Santa Rosa. The deal was through Ten-X, and terms of the transaction were not released. Pedro Arroyo and David Kram of San Francisco-based Arroyo & Co. represented the undisclosed buyer. Situated on 3.4 acres, the building is partially leased to Forever 21 and has 47,289 square feet of retail space available for lease. The connected Santa Rosa Plaza is occupied by 120 specialty stores, including Apple, Abercrombie & Fitch, Forever 21, Macy’s, Sears, Eddie Bauer, Gap, Gymboree and Victoria’s Secret, as well as 16 eateries.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — REI, a specialty outdoor retailer, has teamed with Blue Oak Energy to complete a 2.2 megawatt rooftop solar installation atop REI’s new distribution center in Goodyear, a western suburb of Phoenix. The system is expected to offset all of the facility’s annual electricity consumption. REI and Blue Oak have worked together on solar projects for eight years. The partnership has resulted in a 5.4 megawatt solar portfolio for REI. Blue Oak Energy was founded in 2003 in Davis, Calif. In 2015, Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company and Coronal Group LLC invested in the company. REI is headquartered near Seattle and has 144 stores in 35 states.
ST. LOUIS — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the $15.2 million sale of Southtown Centre, an 88,364-square-foot retail property in St. Louis. Newport Capital Partners acquired the property on behalf of Newport Capital Partners Fund II. Southtown Centre is comprised of five buildings located at the northwest corner of Chippewa Street and Kingshighway Boulevard in the Tower Grove South neighborhood. Tenants at the center include Walgreens, PetSmart, OfficeMax, Athletico and Starbucks. Ben Wineman of Mid-America was the sole broker in the transaction and represented the seller, a publicly traded REIT.
OMAHA, NEB. — Omaha-based Scooter’s Coffee has acquired Coffeesmiths, a coffee company with three locations in the Cedar Rapids metro area. Scooter’s will own and operate the three locations at 7037 C Ave. NE, 2300 Edgewood Road SW and 690 Marion Blvd. Scooter’s will rebrand the coffee shops throughout the summer and began offering its menu items June 13. Scooter’s operates more than 135 stores in 15 states and plans to open 40 new locations by the end of the year.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.5 million sale of Sabina Plaza, a 51,044-square-foot shopping center located at 4001 S.W. 152nd Ave. in Miami’s West Kendall submarket. Built in 2007, the property is fully leased to tenants such as Dollar Tree, two restaurants, a cross-fit gym, nail salon, martial arts studio, nail salon, beauty salon, dental office and a daycare. Walgreens and Bank of America are outparcels to the property but were not included in the sale. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, Sabina 40 Street LLC, an affiliate of North Miami-based IMC Equity Group and headed by Yoram Izhak, who purchased the property out of foreclosure in 2012 for $5.4 million.
CANTON, GA. — The Home Depot has sold a 1.9-acre tract of land located at the intersection of Sixes Road and Holly Springs Parkway in Canton, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Cherokee County. Keith Valentine of Atlanta-based Corporate Property Dispositions represented The Home Depot in the sale. The buyer, Ferber Development, plans to build a retail strip center at the site that is pre-leased to AT&T and Starbucks Coffee, as well as an outparcel pre-leased to Taco Bell. The new project will be located near The Home Depot and Northside Hospital’s offices.