MABLETON AND CONYERS, GA. — BayView Advisors has arranged the $9.2 million sale of a two-property portfolio of Pak-It-Inn self storage facilities in the Atlanta suburbs of Mableton and Conyers. The portfolio includes 155 climate controlled units, 727 non-climate controlled units and one retail unit. Jay Crotty and Thomas Doyle of BayView Advisors represented the seller, Pak-It-Inn Self Storage Inc., and the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a mixed-use development site located at 622 Myrtle Ave. in Brooklyn. The asset sold for $2.6 million, or $277 per buildable square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The site offers approximately 9,384 buildable square feet. The site is currently improved by a 5,188-square-foot mixed-use building consisting of two residential units and one retail unit. Michael Amirkhanian of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA. — Cost Plus World Market has opened its first store in Montgomeryville, a suburb of Philadelphia. Located at 751 Horsham Road within the Water Tower Square Shopping Center, the store will feature an eclectic assortment of unique and authentic home furniture, décor, tabletop items, jewelry and accessories, and gourmet food. The store’s grand opening celebration will be held on Thursday, Jan. 28. Cost Plus World Market operates 279 stores in 35 states under the World Market and Cost Plus World Market trademarks.
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. — Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $43.5 million in permanent financing for a 122,523-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center located in the Woodland Hills submarket of Los Angeles. The center is anchored by Ralphs and located adjacent to Warner Center. George Mitsanas and Doug Tisdale of Newmark’s Los Angeles office arranged the fixed-rate, non-recourse financing on behalf of the borrower. The 10-year loan was placed with a life insurance company and provides interest-only payments during the first five years, followed by a 30-year amortization.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLO. — NorthMarq has arranged the $28 million refinance of Glenwood Meadows, a 145,000-square-foot shopping center located in Glenwood Springs, approximately 150 miles west of Denver. Tenants at the center include Chili’s, Petco, Vitamin Cottage, Bed Bath & Beyond and Ulta Beauty. Target and Lowe’s anchor the center, neither of which are part of the subject collateral. Paul Bruder and Conor McCahill of NorthMarq arranged the refinancing for the borrower through a life insurance company.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Terramont Village Shopping Center, a 24,794-square-foot retail property located in Village of Sterling Ridge in The Woodlands. Jerry Goldstein of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office, along with and Nate Newman of the firm’s The Woodland’s office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, EDENS, a retail REIT based in Columbia, S.C. Goldstein and Newman also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. Terramont Village Shopping Center is located at 30340 FM 2978 Road, just south of its intersection with Woodlands Parkway.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — An affiliate of Delray Beach, Fla.-based Menin Development has sold Shoppes at St. Lucie West, a 265,000-square-foot shopping center in Port St. Lucie, to an institutional investor group for $77 million. The center’s anchor tenants include Publix, LA Fitness, Home Goods and Burlington Coat Factory. In addition to the retail space, the sale includes 13 acres of undeveloped land that is entitled for 120,000 square feet of retail space. Menin has now sold more than $300 million of its shopping center portfolio over the past 14 months, shifting its focus toward acquiring single-tenant and high-street retail and mixed-use properties across South Florida and the West Coast.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. AND HAGERSTOWN, MD. — Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) has acquired a two-property portfolio of shopping centers in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. corridor for a combined purchase price of $72.7 million. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based shopping center REIT purchased the 138,000-square-foot Merrifield Town Center II in Falls Church for $45.7 million and the 113,000-square-foot Shoppes at Hagerstown in Hagerstown for $27 million. RPAI owns both Merrifield Town Center I and II and plans to redevelop Merrifield II into a mixed-use project that will complement Merrifield I. Shoppes at Hagerstown was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Best Buy, Party City, Dollar Tree, Five Below and Starbucks Coffee.
POMPANO BEACH AND LAUDERHILL, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sales of two shopping centers in Broward County totaling $14.2 million. The properties include the 74,575-square-foot Palm Plaza in Pompano Beach and the 66,103-square-foot Oakbrook Plaza in Lauderhill. Palm Plaza comprises two retail buildings, an Enterprise outparcel, a four-pump gas station and an industrial/flex building. Oakbrook Plaza is leased to a mix of local retailers and Dunkin’ Donuts. A partnership based in Plantation, Fla., purchased Palm Plaza for $7.5 million and Oakbrook Plaza for $6.7 million. Douglas Mandel of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers in both transactions, and Adam Duncan and Joseph Thomas of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the Palm Plaza transaction.
Economic indicators that support the retail market in Atlanta, like unemployment and the addition of non-farm payroll jobs, show positive signs that the sector has recovered from the economic downturn. Unemployment dropped to 6.1 percent in July 2015, compared with 7.6 percent a year earlier, and companies are showing no signs of slowing down on the hiring process. Non-farm payroll jobs in July reached 2.58 million, an increase of 85,000 jobs, or 3.4 percent, from a year ago. Atlanta’s vacancy rate continues to fall, dropping from 8.1 percent earlier this year to 7.9 percent in the second quarter, according to CoStar. While space is hard to come by, the good news is that some developments are popping up. In fact, during the second quarter, 12 buildings were completed totaling 208,524 square feet. Mixed-use projects featuring multifamily units are still active, particularly when a grocery store anchor is involved. Fuqua Development is building a six-acre project on Piedmont Road near Cheshire Bridge Road that will feature 300 apartment units, as well as 34,000 square feet of retail space. Sprouts Farmers Market will anchor the retail space with a 26,000-square-foot store. Fuqua Development also broke ground on Kennesaw Marketplace in June. Academy …
