NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has acquired a retail development site at 108 Chambers St. in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. sold the property for $17 million. Located on the corner of Church and Chambers streets, the site features a 2,000-square-foot building with ground-floor retail space and approximately 12,000 square feet of air rights.
LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, PA. — The Goldenberg Group and TCH Development have started construction on Hamilton Crossings Shopping Center in Lower Macungie Township. Situated on 70 acres of commercial property, the 565,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center will be anchored by Target, as well as the area’s first Costco Wholesale Club and first Whole Foods Market. Additional retailers will include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, Rally House, Five Below, Designer Shoe Warehouse, Pier 1 Imports and Ulta Cosmetics. The development, which is slated to open in July 2016.
CANTON, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.5 million sale of a Texas Roadhouse ground lease, an 8,000-square foot net-leased restaurant in Canton. The asset is an out parcel to a T.J. Maxx and Burlington Coat Factory-anchored shopping center. Craig Fuller, Erin Patton and Scott Wiles of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland and Columbus offices listed the property on behalf of the seller, a New York-based investment group. Fuller, Patton and Wiles also represented the buyer, a California-based investor.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19.5 million sale of The George Buildings, two adjacent corner retail assets totaling nearly 20,000 square feet in Delray Beach. The buildings are located on the southeast and southwest corners of Atlantic Avenue and S.E. 4th Street. Howard Bregman of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, a family corporation based in South Florida, and the buyer, a developer based in Palm Beach, Fla.
SAN DIEGO – Solana Beach Pho Bar & Grill has leased 2,881 square feet of restaurant space in San Diego. The space is located at 1005 Rosecrans Street. The 10-year lease is valued at $1.1 million. The pho restaurant was represented by Jose Bravo of Vanguard Resource Group. The landlord, Oliver McMillian Rosecrans, was represented by Steve Avoyer, Matt Peckham and Michael Stuhmer of Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate.
SAN ANTONIO — Austin-based fast casual restaurant Vertskebap will open two locations in San Antonio, with a third location in the works. This is the chain’s first expansion into San Antonio after successful expansions into Dallas and Houston and growth in Austin in 2014. The first location will open in May in the Park North Shopping Center at the southwest corner of Loop 410 and San Pedro Avenue. The second location will open this fall in Alamo Ranch Culebra Market, located at the intersection of Loop 1604 and Culebra Road. Vertskebap is built around döner kebap, a European street food, and is one of the first restaurants to bring döner kebap to the United States. Vertskebap restaurants are designed by Austin-based architect Michael Hsu. CBRE represented Vertskebap on site selection and lease negotiations in San Antonio. John Heffington of CBRE’s Austin office is the master broker for Vertskebap.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH. — Agree Realty Corp. has acquired 10 retail properties for $17.5 million. Located in seven states, the properties are net leased to five different tenants operating in three retail sectors. The transactions were completed at a weighted-average cap rate of 8.3 percent and have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 17.8 years. The recently closed transactions include sale-leaseback transactions involving multiple Taco Bell and Wendy’s locations, as well the acquisition of a Jiffy Lube service center, a KFC restaurant and a Dollar General store. Bloomfield, Mich.-based Agree Realty currently owns and operates a portfolio of 233 properties located in 39 states and containing 4.7 million square feet of gross leasable space.
SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Vornado Realty Trust has completed the previously announced $465 million sale of the redeveloped Springfield Town Center in Springfield to Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT). The approximately 1.4 million-square-foot mall is comprised of 642,000 square feet of anchor space and 703,000 square feet of non-anchor space. Target, Macy’s and JC Penney anchor the mall. Other notable retailers include Michael Kors, H&M, Chico’s, Pandora, Francesca’s Collection, Maggiano’s Little Italy, Yard House Restaurant, Wood Ranch BBQ, LA Fitness, Regal Cinema, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Topshop. The sales price comprises $340 million in cash and 6.25 million operating partnership units of PREIT, granted at $20 per unit. Vornado’s 8.07 percent ownership interest in PREIT will be accounted for under the equity method. Vornado has treated the $19 million of tenant improvements and allowances as a closing adjustment.
BEDFORD, N.H. — HFF has brokered the sale of The Shoppes at Bedford Mall, a shopping center located at 73 South River Road in Bedford. Emmes Asset Management Co. sold the 277,289-square-foot center to an undisclosed buyer for $46.1 million. HFF represented the seller, and placed a 10-year, fixed-rate $30 million loan with Guggenheim Commercial Real Estate Finance LLC for the buyer. Renovated in 2012, the property is 98.6 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Kohl’s, The Fresh Market, Marshalls, Staples, Weight Watchers, Pet Supplies Plus, Bob’s Store, Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle and Outback Steakhouse. James Koury and Xave Jacoby of HFF represented the seller, and Porter Terry, also of HFF, placed the financing for the buyer in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES – The San Fernando Valley is set to receive its first Dunkin’ Donuts. The donut chain will open a new outpost at the corner of Ventura Boulevard at Balboa Boulevard in the Los Angeles submarket of Encino. The transaction was executed by Illi Commercial Real Estate.