LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Launch Entertainment, a concept centered on indoor trampolines, has signed a 46,039-square-foot retail lease in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The space is located within the Lakepointe Crossing shopping center that is anchored by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Conn’s HomePlus and Northern Tool + Equipment. Matt Luedtke and Taylor Black of Weitzman represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Venture Commercial represented Launch Entertainment.
MINNEAPOLIS — Gray Fox Coffee has opened at The Dayton’s Project, a 1.2 million-square-foot office and retail property located at 700 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Owned by 601W Cos., The Dayton’s Project was originally built as the Dayton’s department store. The building now features amenities such as a gym, private lounges and rooftop terrace. Gray Fox Coffee occupies the building’s skyway level after six years of vacancy. The coffee shop, which marks the fourth location for the company, is open to tenants and the public, and features coffee, breakfast items and smoothies.
LOS ANGELES — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 612 S. Broadway, a landmark building in downtown Los Angeles’ historic core. The six-story creative office and retail property traded for $16 million. Terms of the transaction were not released. Mike Condon Jr., Erica Finck, Reid Gratsch, Brittany Winn, Kylie Rawn and Mark Zakarian of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. Originally built in 1924 as Desmond’s Department Store and designed by A.C. Martin, the 80,000-square-foot building underwent a redevelopment transforming it into creative office building. Omgivning oversaw the redevelopment, which included adding two floors atop the original structure.
NAPLES, FLA. — WMG Development has broken ground on The Shoppes at Orange Blossom, a new retail center in Naples. Publix will anchor the shopping center, which will total more than 60,000 square feet at the corner of Oil Well Road and Big Corkscrew Drive. Other committed tenants at the center include Great Clips and Le Nail Salon. Scheduled for completion in late-summer 2025, the project will be situated at the entrance to Big Corkscrew Island Regional Park, a 150-acre outdoor park and entertainment destination, and adjacent to apartment community Emblem at Orange Blossom.
MONTICELLO, ARK. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.1 million sale of Northpark Shopping Center, a 71,068-square-foot retail center located at 120-155 Northpark Drive in Monticello, about 90 miles south of Little Rock. Tenants at the property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale, include Cato, Hibbett Sports, It’s Fashion Metro, Pizza Hut and Rent-A-Center. Eric Abbott and Zach Taylor of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Timber Development, in the transaction. A DST (Delaware Statutory Trust) fund based in California acquired the property. “Investor appetite for secondary market shopping center inventory remains robust,” says Abbott. “The buyer was drawn to the dominant nature and regional trade area of the Walmart, with no major competing shopping centers in the area.”
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Victory Shops at Heritage Trace IV, an 11,492-square-foot retail strip center in Fort Worth. Tenants at the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale, include Just Love Coffee Café, RevFit, Flossophy Dental Studio and Big Chicken. All tenants operate on triple-net leases. Chris Gainey and Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — ROIC has completed the disposition of Marketplace del Rio, a neighborhood shopping center in Oceanside, approximately midway between Los Angeles and San Diego. A Southern California-based high-net-worth investor acquired the asset for $56.6 million. Situated on more than 20 acres at 3762-3774 Mission Ave., the 183,292-square-foot center is anchored by Stater Bros. Market, which recently signed a long-term lease extension and expansion. The buyer hired 1st Commercial Management Group – San Diego Inc., a subsidiary of West Coast Retail Management, headed by Roberta Degener, to provide management services. Phil Lyons and Chad Iafrate of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, while Jimmy Slusher, James Tyrell and Preston Fetrow of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
GERMANTOWN, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has negotiated the sale of Germantown Plaza in the Milwaukee suburb of Germantown for an undisclosed price. The 63,750-square-foot shopping center is home to Aldi, Petco and Michaels, which have all operated at the property since 2003. Rick Drogosz, George Ghattas and Dan Rosenfeld of Mid-America represented the seller, Crown Group. HJ Development was the buyer.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a Target-shadowed retail strip center in Rochester for $4.2 million. Located at 3801 Marketplace Drive NW just off Highway 52, the 8,780-square-foot property is fully occupied by Spectrum, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Leann Chin and Infinity Nails. Jared Shapiro, Craig Fuller, Erin Patton and Scott Wiles of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed buyer and seller.
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Red Oak Capital Holdings has funded an $8.6 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Irondequoit Plaza, a 205,000-square-foot shopping center located near Rochester. Built on 21 acres in 1980 and last renovated in 2005, the center was roughly 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Citizens Bank, Dollar Tree, Dunkin’ and Big Lots. Polaris Funding arranged the debt through Red Oak on behalf of the sponsor, Sky Capital Group, which also purchased the adjacent Wegmans supermarket. That property is not collateralized by the loan, which was structured with a three-year term and a 65.6 percent loan-to-value ratio. Michael Cleeman of Cleeman Realty Group represented Sky Capital Group in the purchase of the Wegmans store, which totals 102,337 square feet. Sam Seelenfreund, also with Cleeman Realty, represented the undisclosed seller in the Wegmans deal. The combined purchase price was $16.5 million.