Retail

— By Roy Fritz, First Vice President, CBRE Retail Investment Properties – West — Las Vegas’s retail investment market continues to hit the jackpot, mirroring the lucky winners that visit the city every week. The Valley remains a magnet for growth, attracting new investors who would never have considered Las Vegas in the past.  High-profile recent additions like the state-of-the-art, 70,000-seat Allegiant Stadium, Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race, MSG Sphere and the Fontainebleau luxury resort and casino have retailers and investors drawn to the city’s bright lights as they seek out that next big win.  Major League Baseball is also making its mark in Las Vegas with the Oakland Athletics’ planned move to the city. The new stadium, set to open in 2028, will feature a 33,000-seat capacity and state-of-the-art amenities. It will also further cement Las Vegas as a premier sports and entertainment destination. This growth is supported by strong underlying fundamentals and economic diversification. The sentiment across the Valley’s business landscape is that the area has clearly transitioned from a tertiary market, which was highly dependent on Southern California capital just a few years ago, to a solid secondary market. This transformation has attracted investments from all …

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NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Ace Pickleball Club will open a 26,000-square-foot venue in North Brunswick, located roughly midway between Trenton and Newark. The space is located within the 288,000-square-foot Brunswick Shopping Center. Fred Younkin of Levin Management Corp. represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Marta Villa of CBRE represented the tenant. An opening date has not yet been announced.

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BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Walmart has debuted its new 350-acre home office campus in Bentonville that features 12 office buildings. The campus also includes the 8th & Plate food hall that will be occupied by Bentonville Bicycle Co., Flyway Brewing, Gearhead Outfitters, The Gents Place, Hatch Early Mood Food, Jamba Juice, Riserva Bar + Tapas, Swig, Walmart Pharmacy, Wright’s BBQ and Yokozuna Sushi. The campus also offers Little Squiggles onsite childcare and Onyx Coffee Lab, as well as seven miles of walking and biking paths, more than 1,000 bike parking spots, rentable bikes, 300 electric vehicle charging stations and Walton Family Whole Health & Fitness.

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DOTHAN, ALA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $7.7 million ground lease sale of a retail property located on 10.4 acres at 3489 Ross Clark Circle in Dothan. The Home Depot occupies the 128,517-square-foot retail store, which was delivered in 2004 adjacent to Northside Mall. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS represented the seller, a Texas-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investment firm based on the East Coast. Both parties requested anonymity.

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SAN DIEGO — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of a 9.3-acre redevelopment site consisting of a 185,051-square-foot former department store in San Diego. A joint venture between Jofa Capital and BLT Enterprises acquired the asset from a private seller for an undisclosed price. Located at 1555 Camino De La Reina, the redevelopment site is adjacent to the Mission Valley Mall. Daniel Tyner, Gleb Lvovich and Geoff Tranchina of JLL Capital Markets Investment and Sales Advisory team represented the seller in the deal.

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COLTON, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the $5.2 million sale of a single-tenant retail property located in Southern California’s Inland Empire occupied by a Mobil Gas Station. Victor Buendia of Progressive represented both the undisclosed seller and buyer, an Inland Empire-based private investor, in the transaction. The buyer plans to renovate the convenience store.

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SOLON, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $7.1 million sale of Kruse Commons in Solon, a suburb of Cleveland. The two-building retail property is anchored by Panera Bread and ice cream shop Mitchell’s Homemade. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a private investment group out of the Cleveland area. A Midwest-based fund purchased the asset at full price, representing a cap rate of 6.75 percent and $276 per square foot. Kruse Commons was 78 percent leased at the time of sale.

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BARRINGTON, ILL. — Fortec has sold an early childhood education facility on nearly 2 acres in the Chicago suburb of Barrington for $4.9 million. The developer purchased the property at 310 E. James St. in early 2024 for $695,000. Previously serving as the headquarters of the Barrington School District from the early 1970s until 2019, the property was redeveloped for The Nest Schools, an early childhood education operator with over 50 locations nationwide. At the time, Fortec signed a 17-year lease with The Nest Schools. The 12,413-square-foot building serves approximately 200 students from ages six weeks to 12 years old. As part of the project, Fortec invested $2.8 million to extensively renovate the existing structure and construct an adjacent playground. The lease will transition to the buyer, Autumn Ridge LLC. Milo Spector of Northmarq represented Fortec in the sale.

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In the summer of 2012, fresh out of college and starting my career in retail brokerage at KLNB, a seasoned retail broker-turned-developer warned me to consider other careers.  “Retail is dying,” he said. “Why would people go to stores when it’s so easy to order online?” Well, it’s been 12 years since that moment, and I’m still waiting for the retail boogeyman to appear. As I write this, I’m happy to report he hasn’t arrived — and the data suggests he’s nowhere in sight. The Washington, D.C., metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is now in its tightest fundamental position on record due to limited new supply and continued demand from national, regional and franchised concepts.  In the Washington, D.C. market, we have the second-lowest retail square footage per capita among major MSAs, with new retail supply representing just 0.4 percent of total inventory. This places the Capital Region in the bottom quartile of retail real estate inventory growth among national MSAs that have more than 100 million square feet of existing inventory. The result? Retail availability in the D.C. metro has decreased to 4.8 percent (compared to the national average of 4.7 percent), down from 5.1 percent year-over-year and 5.3 percent …

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GLEN BURNIE, MD — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has sold Governors Commons, a 129,242-square-foot shopping center in suburban Baltimore, for $9.6 million. The center is situated in the Baltimore suburb of Glen Burnie at 7311 Governor Richie Highway. Dean Zang and David Crotts of Marcus & Millichap represented CRC in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. CRC previously sold off three outparcels at Governors Crossing, giving the total gross sales price of the shopping center $20.6 million. CRC originally acquired the property in 2019 via its Continental Realty Fund V LP for $16.2 million. Founded in 1960, CRC currently owns and manages more than 8 million square feet of retail space across 13 states.

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