WESTWOOD AND NEWTON, MASS. ¬— The Boston office of Colliers International has arranged two commercial land sales totaling $20.8 million. In Westwood, Prime Auto Group acquired 12 acres at 375 Providence Highway for $16.3 million. The buyer plans to develop three car dealerships on the site. In Newton, Dinosaur Capital Partners purchased three acres at 70 Rowe St. for $4.5 million. The buyer plans to develop a Verizon facility on the site. James Elcock of Colliers facilitated both transactions. The names of the sellers were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Silvershore Properties has completed the sale of a mixed-use building located at 19 Howard St. in Manhattan’s SoHo Cast Iron Historic District. The three-story, 4,415-square-foot property sold for $9.6 million, or $2,174 per square foot. The property features additional air rights and was delivered vacant to the undisclosed buyer. Robert Burton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Irvine Co. Retail Properties has announced the opening of new restaurants across its Orange County portfolio, including Fashion Island, Irvine Spectrum Center, The Market Place and several other community centers. Openings include Sushi Roku, American Tea Room and Hopdoddy Burger Bar at Fashion Island in Newport Beach; Kona Grill and Habana, a Cuban restaurant and bar, at Irvine Spectrum Center; TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Famous Dave’s Barbeque, Miguel’s Jr. Homestyle Mexican Food and Piadina Italian Market at The Market Place in Irvine; Mendocino Farms at University Center; California Pizza Kitchen at Alton Square; and Burntzilla Modern Eats at Walnut Village Center.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Colliers International has arranged the $6 million sale of Arrowhead Lakes Marketplace, a 22,280-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located in Glendale. Steve Gonzalez, Marcus Muirhead and Greg Guglielmino of Colliers represented the buyer, DCL Investments LLC, in the transaction. The seller was self-represented. The center was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale.
LOS ANGELES — Carthay Pacific LLC has purchased a 6,789-square-foot retail property in Los Angeles for $3.1 million. The building is located at 6001-6011 W. Pico Blvd. The buyer plans to turn this space into a new multifamily development. The two retail tenants are on short-term leases. Michel Hibbert of Charles Dunn Company represented Carthay. David Aschkenasy of Commercial Asset Group represented the seller, 6001-6011 W. Pico Boulevard LLC.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — SRS Real Estate Partners (SRS) has brokered three new leases at Gateway, a 21-acre, 121,071-square-foot mixed-use development in Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta. The development project, owned by Core Property Capital, consists of 630 apartment units, a 20,000-square-foot office component and 100,000 square feet of retail space. New stores will include a 1,530-square-foot Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop, an 850-square-foot Kale Me Crazy and a 2,765-square-foot flagship BLAST fitness studio. Adrienne Crawford and Lily Heimburger of SRS represented Core Property Capital in all three transactions. Steve Shuler of Shuler Properties LLC represented Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop, Shaun Weinstock of Weinstock Realty & Development represented Kale Me Crazy and Jenna Schulten of Richard Bowers & Co. represented BLAST Fitness.
HASTINGS, NEB. — Namdar Realty Group has purchased Imperial Mall in Hastings. The purchase price was not disclosed, but The Grand Island Independent, a local newspaper, reports the property sold for $1.05 million. A Kmart and Herberger’s anchor the 340,000-square-foot retail center. Napoli’s restaurant is also located at the mall. All the tenants at Imperial Mall have short-term leases, according to Namdar Realty. Imperial Mall is situated directly across from Hastings Municipal Airport off West 12th St. Namdar Realty will seek regional and national tenants to stabilize the center. The property was put up for auction on June 1 with a starting bid of $750,000 and was sold through the online auction platform of auction.com. Joel Gorjian represented Namdar Realty in the transaction.
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — CBRE Group has arranged $7.7 million in first mortgage refinancing secured by Monroe Town Center in Monroe Township. Located at the intersection of Applegarth and Prospect Plains roads, the 32,205-square-foot retail center is anchored by Wawa. James Gunning, Donna Falzarano and Evan Kleppe of CBRE’s Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing for the borrower, Monroe Center Associates LLC. The financing is a CMBS loan with a 10-year term from UBS Real Estate Securities Inc.
NEW YORK CITY — EagleBridge Capital has arranged $6 million in permanent mortgage financing for a retail building located at 7821 Third Ave. in Brooklyn. Rite Aid Pharmacy and Tutor Time occupy the 19,200-square-foot property. Brian Sheehan and Ted Sidel of EagleBridge secured the financing provided by a leading financial institution.
HOUSTON — Transwestern has represented MOD Pizza in five leases totaling 13,662 square feet for new locations in the Houston area. Grant Walker and Chris Reyes of Transwestern served as advisors for MOD Pizza in the Houston market, and represented the retailer in the transactions. MOD will be operating over 100 stores across the U.S. by the end of 2015, with plans to open more than 30 additional locations in Houston within the next four to five years. MOD Pizza’s newest Houston locations include 3,175 square feet at 19820 Southwest Freeway in Sugar Land, 2,797 square feet at 5777 San Felipe St. in Houston, 2,744 square feet at 2682 Pearland Parkway in Pearland, 2,446 square feet at 10123 Louetta Road in Houston and 2,500 square feet at 14555 Memorial Drive in Houston.