KATY, TEXAS — Inland Real Estate Income Trust Inc. has acquired the 147,658-square-foot Green Tree Shopping Center in Katy. Sharon Anderson-Cox and Matthew Tice of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions arranged the purchase of the property on behalf of Inland Income Trust. Located at 231 S. Fry Road, Green Tree Shopping Center is 99.1 percent leased to tenants including T.J. Maxx, PetSmart, Ulta and Party City. The property is shadow-anchored by a Target.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Japan-based Daiso will open at NewQuest Properties’ development of Carrollton Town Center. The 11,000-square-foot location will be Daiso’s first store in Texas and will carry dining, kitchen, living, bath and stationery merchandise, 99 percent of which is developed in-house. Daiso operates 3,300 stores worldwide with a total of 44 stores in the United States, and plans to open 20 stores throughout Texas. The Carrollton store is scheduled to open this summer. Carrollton Town Center is located at the intersection of President George Bush Turnpike and Old Denton Road. Carrollton Town Center is undergoing a $7 million facelift and will be anchored by a new 99 Ranch Market. The development will feature Asian restaurants and retailers such as Gen Korean, Kung Fu Tea and Dan Sung Sa.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty has brokered the sale of 5.6 acres in Lewisville in the Castle Hills area. The company owned 19 acres of SH 121 frontage road property adjacent to Nebraska Furniture Mart and has sold the final acreage to Unser Racing for an indoor go-cart racing and events center. Tim McNutt and Britton Lankford of Bright Realty brokered the sale for Bright Realty. Forshey Hoobler and Craig Phelps of JLL represented the buyer.
NAPLES, FLA. — Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has purchased the office and retail portion of The Mercato, a 456,359-square-foot mixed-use development in Naples, on behalf of institutional investors. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mercato’s retail portion is anchored by Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom Rack, a 12-screen Silverspot Theatre, The Capital Grille, McCormick & Schmick’s, Sur La Table and The Paper Source. The office portion is leased to tenants such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and regional law and financial service firms. PREI has retained Madison Marquette to manage and lease the office and retail portions of Mercato. Daniel Finkle, Manuel De Zárraga, Luis Castillo and Kim Flores of HFF marketed The Mercato on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Madison Marquette, Barron Collier Cos. and The Lutgert Cos. In late November 2013, GE Capital Real Estate provided a $145 million refinance for The Mercato.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, a new national destination experience located in downtown Memphis, is now open to the public. Located inside a massive transformed sports arena, the project includes a wilderness hotel called Big Cypress Lodge, nearly 600,000 gallons of water features, a cypress swamp with 100-foot-tall trees, the interactive Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage Center and The Lookout, a glass-floored cantilevering observation deck at the top of the steel Pyramid. Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid represents the largest investment in size and scope that Bass Pro Shops has ever made outside of its national headquarters in Springfield, Mo., and includes a number of amenities and attractions including the first hotel located inside a Bass Pro Shops store. Standing 32 stories tall along the banks of the Mississippi River, the Pyramid is an icon of the Memphis skyline. First envisioned as a sports and entertainment venue, the complex opened in 1991 and hosted professional sports and concerts until it closed in 2004. After years of uncertainty about the Pyramid’s future, the city of Memphis invited Bass Pro Shops to establish an innovative retail destination that could revitalize the building. After four years of design and …
WESTPORT, CONN. — HK Group has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 44 Main St. in Westport. An affiliate of Westport-based Paragon Realty Group, in partnership with Clarion Partners, purchased the property for $22.5 million from 44 Main Street Inc. Built in 1909, the 22,873-square-foot three-story property is currently occupied by Banana Republic and The Nail Spa Bless Corp. The property is zoned BCD – Business Center District. Matthew Keefe, David Lindland and Franco Fellah of HK Group were the sole brokers in the transaction. Steven Siegelaub of Berkowitz, Trager & Trager and David Godfrey of Gunn Godfrey Allison provided legal counsel for the seller.
LOS ANGELES — JLL has acquired Wilson Retail Group, a Los Angeles-based independent retail brokerage and capital markets firm, for an undisclosed sum. The merger will bring 16 Wilson associates to JLL. It will allow JLL to provide a broader range of brokerage and investment sales services to retailers and investors in a core urban gateway. Chris Wilson will now serve as executive vice president, Southwest brokerage lead at JLL Retail; Scott Burns will serve as executive vice president, retail brokerage lead for JLL’s Los Angeles office; and Geoff Tranchina will serve as executive vice president of investment sales. The new Wilson executive team will report to Peter Belisle, market director for JLL’s Southwest region. They will work closely with Naveen Jaggi, president of JLL’s Americas Retail Brokerage business. JLL’s Retail Group is the largest third-party retail property manager in the United States. JLL’s retail portfolio has more than 500 centers totaling 69 million square feet under management. The portfolio includes regional malls, lifestyle centers, grocery-anchored centers, power centers, central business districts, transportation facilities and mixed-use projects.
GRANDVILLE, MICH. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $7.2 million sale of the Rivertown Center, a 60,876-square-foot, multi-tenant retail center in Grandville. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the seller, an Ohio-based private investment group, and the Illinois-based buyer. The property, which was built in 2000, is 93 percent occupied. Some tenants include Planet Fitness, Qdoba, Noodles & Co., Hallmark, Family Christian Stores, Chicago Title and Plato’s Closet.
SAINT PAUL AND ROSEVILLE, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $850,000 sale of two Kindercare Learning Centers located in Minnesota. The properties are located at 1541 Humboldt Ave. in Saint Paul and 2186 Fairview Ave. N. in Roseville. Reed Fenton and Tammy Saia of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller and the buyer, both private investors. Craig Patterson of the firm assisted in closing the transaction. The property at 1541 Humboldt Ave. was built-to-suit for Kindercare in 1977. The building spans approximately 4,950 square feet. The property at 2186 Fairview Ave. N. was built-to-suit for Kindercare in 1976 and also spans approximately 4,950 square feet.
PLEASANTON, TEXAS — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has arranged STL Retail Properties’ $3.2 million purchase of Pleasanton Plaza, a 70,466-square-foot, Bealls-anchored center located in Pleasanton. Bryan Belk of Franklin Street’s Atlanta office represented the buyer in the transaction. Pleasanton Plaza, located at 1715 W. Oaklawn Road, is fully occupied by Bealls and Tractor Supply. The buyer plans to hold the property long-term.
