DENVER – Lincoln Meadows, a 10,010-square-foot retail property in the Denver submarket of Parker, has sold to Prime Management LLC for $2.1 million. The center is located at 18366 Lincoln Ave. The four-tenant community shopping center is part of a retail development anchored by Lowe’s. Its current tenants include Sports Clips, Jersey Mike’s, Opa Grill and Pho Vy. Cory Gross of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented both the buyer and the seller, Lee & Park, in this transaction.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Cinépolis USA has signed on to open a luxury 12-screen, 1,200-seat hybrid theater at Steelpointe Harbor, a mixed-use development in Bridgeport. The 50,000-square-foot theater will offer five Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas auditoriums with fully reclining leather seats and in-theater waiter service and dining with a full bar, and seven Cinépolis auditoriums with comfortable seating and access to a gourmet menu and full bar in the lobby. The theater, which is slated to open in 2017, will be the company’s first location in Connecticut. Bridgeport Landing Development LLC, a subsidiary of The RCI Group, is developing Steelpointe Harbor, a two million-square-foot waterfront project. The first phase of the development is slated to open this year and construction on the second phase scheduled to begin in 2016.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged sale of a Save-A-Lot grocery retail center, a 37,909-square-foot property in Texarkana. Jason Vitorino and Michael Austry of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. The shopping center is located at 2808 New Boston Road, less than two miles from I-369. Built in 2005, the asset is situated on approximately four acres in Bowie County. The shopping center was 70 percent occupied at the time of sale.
CENTERVILLE, IOWA — The Boulder Group has brokered the $2 million sale of a single-tenant Orscheln Farm & Home property in Centerville. The 26,710-square-foot property is located at 23680 Highway 5 Orscheln. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based private real estate company,. The buyer was a Midwest-based private investor that purchased the property in a 1031 exchange. Orscheln Farm & Home has approximately 18 years remaining on its lease that features 9.5 percent rental escalations every five years. This recently constructed property is a relocation of a previous Orscheln store. Orscheln Farm & Home has 172 locations across the United States and supplies agricultural goods for farm, home, ranch and suburban customers.
DULUTH, GA. — Atlanta-based Fuqua Development and The Worthing Cos. have begun construction on Sugarloaf Market, a 31-acre mixed-use development located at the intersection of Sugarloaf Parkway and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth, an eastern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Upon completion, Sugarloaf Market will feature 75,000 square feet of retail space and 330 upscale apartment residences. Fuqua Development is the master developer of the project and is developing the retail portion, and The Worthing Cos. is developing the residential component, named The Heights at Sugarloaf. Anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, the retail portion of the development will be leased to Chipotle Mexican Grill, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Orangetheory Fitness, Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Zoe’s Kitchen, RaceTrac, Waffle House, Panda Express, Banfield Pet Hospital, Supercuts, Luxury Nail, Pie Five Pizza and AT&T. The retailers are expected to open for business in spring 2016. The Heights at Sugarloaf will offer apartment homes featuring high-end finishes, designer-inspired appointments and appliances, along with onsite amenities such as a resort-style swimming pool and deck with Wi-Fi, grilling areas, a fitness club and other lifestyle services. Preliminary site work is currently underway with vertical construction set to commence by July. Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects …
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — GBT Realty Corp. has acquired a 15-acre site on US Highway 401/Skibo Road and Richwood Court in Fayetteville that will house The Shoppes of Fayetteville. The $25 million, 126,500-square-foot center will be anchored by Fayetteville’s first Burlington Coat Factory and an unnamed sporting goods retailer. The shopping center will be located adjacent to The Home Depot and Target. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based developer plans to deliver the shopping center in summer 2016, with the 50,000-square-foot Burlington opening in spring 2016.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $16 million sale of University Place, a 168,212-square-foot shopping center located at 6125 University Drive in Huntsville. The center was 37 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as 88 Kitchen, United States Armed Forces, Cheddar’s Casual Café, Panda Express, Phil’s Restaurant and Zaxby’s. The anchor tenant, Burlington Coat Factory, was not part of the sale. Joseph French Jr., Schuyler Boylan and Eddie Greenhalgh of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private firm based in New York. The buyer is a private investment firm based in Canada.
EASLEY, S.C. AND LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — The Shopping Center Group has finalized the sales of The Shops at Easley Town Center in the Greenville submarket of Easley and Westgate Shopping Center in northwest Little Rock. A private investor based in California purchased the 21,300-square-foot Shops at Easley Town Center from Akron, Ohio-based Cedarwood Development for an undisclosed price. Built in 2012, the unanchored shopping center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Five Guys Burgers and Fries, GameStop, AT&T Mobility, Aspen Dental, Jersey Mike’s, Sprint and GNC. An affiliate of Denver-based Baceline Investments purchased Westgate Shopping Center from Weingarten Realty for $6.7 million. Built in 1965, the center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Stein Mart, Dunkin’ Donuts, Top Nails, Tanglewood Drug Store, All Aboard, Subway and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. Anthony Blanco, Lenard Williams and Mallory Ham of The Shopping Center Group represented the sellers in both transactions. The team partnered with Flake & Kelley Commercial in the Westgate sale.
FREDERICK, MD. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $5.3 million refinance of Festival at Frederick, a 90,359-square-foot shopping center located at 430-490 Prospect Blvd. in Frederick. Todd Crouse of NorthMarq Capital’s Raleigh office arranged the 10-year loan with a 15-year amortization schedule through an unnamed life insurance company.
Statistically speaking, retail real estate market conditions have remained relatively stable in St. Louis throughout 2014 and early 2015. Close to 88,000 square feet of new retail space was delivered in the first quarter of this year, resulting in a slight uptick in vacancies. At the end of the first quarter, the overall vacancy rate stood at 7.3 percent, up 10 basis points from the prior quarter, according to CoStar Group. The pace of new development is expected to escalate this year, with several new projects on the drawing board: • Pace Properties is under contract in Midtown — across from the IKEA that will soon open — to develop Midtown Station. The project will include 150,000 square feet of retail space. • Summit Development Group is under contract in Richmond Heights to develop a mixed-use project totaling 120,000 square feet that will feature a combination of restaurant and retail space — possibly even a grocer — and a hotel. The project will be known as The Crossings at Richmond Heights. • The city of Kirkwood has approved plans to redevelop the southeast and southwest corners of Lindbergh Boulevard and Manchester Road to make way for a Fresh Thyme Farmers …
