LOS ANGELES – A 36,000–square-foot Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market has opened at Thousand Oaks Marketplace. The retail center is located on the northeast corner of Ventu Park Road and Highway 101 in the Los Angeles submarket of Thousand Oaks. Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market is designed as a smaller footprint with a pharmacy, health and beauty products, affordable groceries and merchandise. Thousand Oaks Marketplace is owned by NewMark Merrill Companies.
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MANSFIELD, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.7 million sale of a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Mansfield. The 2,240-square-foot property is located at 2470 O'Possum Run Road. The asset sold based on a 5.45 percent cap rate. The property is on a long-term, absolute triple-net lease with Chipotle Corp. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company as well as the undisclosed buyer.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4 million sale of a 10,236-square-foot retail property in Chicago. James Court | Lincoln Park is located at 1315-1325 W. Diversey Parkway. The property is fully leased to three tenants, including Athletico, Jenny Craig and Lincoln Park Family Physicians. All three tenants occupy space on a net-lease basis. Sean Sharko, Austin Weisenbeck and Adrian Mendoza of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a developer. Mendoza, Weisenbeck and Sharko also represented the buyer, a private investor.
CARROLLTON, GA. — The SRS Investment Sales team in Atlanta has brokered the sale of First Tuesday Mall, a 180,145-square-foot shopping center located at 1004 Veterans Memorial Highway in Carrollton. The property’s tenant roster includes Food Depot, Citi Trends, Farmers Home Furniture and Fred’s Super Dollar. The asset sold for approximately $4.4 million. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller, Mimms Enterprises, in the transaction. The buyer, RCG Ventures, was represented in-house by Scott Tarbet.
ELLSWORTH, WIS. —The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.3 million sale of a 32,100-square-foot, single-tenant, net-leased retail building in Ellsworth. The property is located at 598 West Lucas Lane. Shopko Hometown is the sole occupant of the building. The retailer has 10 years remaining on the lease, which features three five-year renewal option periods. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. The buyer was a private investor from Wisconsin completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Shopko is a privately held company with annual sales of approximately $3 billion. The retail brand operates approximately 330 stores located in 21 states.
LOMBARD, ILL. — CBRE has arranged the lease of a 5,300-square-foot retail space for Troika Brewing Co. in Lombard, a western suburb of Chicago. The brewing company will occupy space at 800 E. Roosevelt Road in Lombard Square, a 60,843-square-foot shopping center. Lynne Brackett and Marisa Roussel of CBRE represented the landlord. Chris Schramko of Schramko Real Estate Corp. represented the tenant in the transaction.
BOSTON, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT — HFF has closed the sale of a 24-property, 1.4 million-square-foot retail portfolio with properties located in the greater Boston area, New Jersey and Connecticut. Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) purchased the portfolio for $270 million, including the assumption of approximately $121 million of debt, from G.P.B. Holdings LLC. The portfolio was 96 occupied at the time of sale and anchored by a variety of national and regional tenants, including Walmart, Kohl’s, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Petco, Pier 1 Imports, Walgreens and CVS/pharmacy, as well as Kings and Aldi supermarkets. Twenty-one properties are located in Massachusetts, two in New Jersey and one in Connecticut. Jim Koury and John Fowler led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller.
SAN FRANCISCO — Christian Dior has announced it will open a 10,000-square-foot flagship store in San Francisco. The international fashion house will be located on three floors at 185 Post Street in the Union Square shopping district. It is scheduled to open in 2016. Grosvenor Americas purchased the building in 2005. Originally built in 1908, Grosvenor set about to preserve the building’s brick exterior by encapsulating it in layers of translucent and frosted glass. The firm also upgraded all of its building systems, including seismic protection. Grosvenor owns nearby properties at 251 and 180 Post Street, which are leased to notable tenants like Coach, The North Face, Ghurka and Facconable, among others.
MIAMI — Koniver Stern Group has arranged the $10.1 million sale of Eureka Plaza, a 66,142-square-foot shopping center located at 18300 S.W. 137 St. in Miami. The shopping center is comprised of a 52,450-square-foot Winn-Dixie, a 3,367-square-foot McDonald’s, a 3,500-square-foot Pollo Tropical and three free-standing retailers. Larry Soroka of Koniver Stern Group represented the buyer, Eureka Plaza Group LLC.
WOODBURY, MINN. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.3 million sale of a single tenant Chuck E. Cheese’s ground lease in Woodbury. The newly constructed 15,762-square-foot retail building is located at 445 Commerce Drive on a 2.3-acre parcel. The new building is adjacent to a SuperTarget and is the most recent addition to the Commerce Hill Shopping Center, which also includes a McDonald’s, Bruegger’s Bagels, European Wax, Great Clips and CorTrust Bank. Chuck E. Cheese’s is the sole occupant of the building and has 15 years remaining on the ground lease, which features 10 percent rental escalations every five years. The entertainment franchise operates a system of 567 stores located in 47 states and nine foreign territories. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor from the West Coast.