MESQUITE AND FRISCO, TEXAS — Venture Commercial has brokered the sale of two retail properties previously leased by Albertsons totaling 117,693 square feet in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburbs of Mesquite and Frisco. Dallas Retail Associates sold the properties. The 61,395-square-foot Mesquite property is located at 2106 N. Galloway Road, in proximity to Town East Mall. John Zikos, Charlotte Cooper, Chris Corbin and Chris Booras of Venture represented the seller in this transaction. The buyer, Paso Vista Properties, represented itself. The 55,728-square-foot Frisco property, partially occupied by an Aldi grocery store, is located at 6951 Preston Road. Zikos, Booras and Tonya Hagood of Venture represented the seller in this transaction. The buyer, The Tana Group, represented itself.
LOS ANGELES — Knollwood Plaza, a 23,922-square-foot shopping center in the Los Angeles submarket of Granada Hills, has sold to a private Los Angeles investor for $10.5 million. The center is located at 11846-11862 Balboa Blvd. It is fully occupied by tenants like Starbucks, Curves, Pacific Dental, State Farm Insurance, The UPS Store and a Bank of America ATM. The buyer was represented by Alex Needleman of Rosano Partners. The seller, Knollwood Balboa L.P., was represented by Edward B. Hanley and William B. Asher of Hanley Investment Group.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Sierra Crossings, a 17,955-square-foot retail property in Scottsdale, has sold to a limited liability company for $5.5 million. The center is located at 11300 East Via Linda Road. It contains one single-tenant retail building that is occupied by Tutor Time and one multi-tenant retail building that includes four other tenants. The buyer was represented by Doug Fielding of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office. The seller, another LLC, was represented by Mark Ruble and Jamie Medress of the same office.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Big 5 Plaza, a 15,568-square-foot retail center in Cerritos, has sold to a private Vernon investor for $4.6 million. The plaza is located at 11310-11360 183rd Street. It is anchored by Big 5 Sporting Goods. The fully leased center is also home to Subway, Castlehead Escrow and Providence Speech and Hearing. Edward B. Hanley and Jeremy McChesney of Hanley Investment Group represented both the buyer and seller, a private Los Angeles investor, in this transaction.
GRIFFIN, GA. — Equity One, a shopping center developer and owner, has sold Spalding Village, a 235,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center located in Griffin, approximately 40 miles south of Atlanta, for an undisclosed price. Mark Joines and Drew Fleming of Cassidy Turley’s Southeast retail group represented Equity One in the transaction. RCG Ventures LLC, a privately funded real estate investment group, purchased the center. Spalding Village’s tenants include Goodwill, Fred’s Stores, GNC and T-Mobile.
FISHERS, IND. — Viking Partners, a Cincinnati-based private equity real estate firm, has sold Fishers Crossing shopping center in metro Indianapolis to a private California investor for $4.1 million. Located on 1.2 acres at 7235-7220 Fishers Crossing Drive, the 29,569-square-foot center is shadow-anchored by a Kroger. Other tenants include Advance America, Pet Supplies Plus, Papa John’s Pizza, Elegant Nails, Café Korea, and Krav Maga. Marcus & Millichap brokered the center sale, while Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild provided legal counsel to Viking.
WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — CBRE/New England’s capital markets team has arranged the $14.3 million sale of Elmwood Plaza located at 176-178 Newington Road in West Hartford. Stop & Shop Supermarket anchors the approximately 80,000-square-foot shopping center. Chris Angelone, Bill Moylan, Nat Heald, Bruce Lusa, Jeff Dunne and David Gavin of CBRE, represented the seller, Winstanley Enterprises LLC, and procured the buyer, Inland Real Estate, in the transaction.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — McRoberts & Co. has brokered the sale of a 75,127-square-foot tract in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie. The buyer, QuikTrip Corp., will construct a 5,900-square-foot store at the site, which is located at the northeast corner of Interstate 30 and Beltline Road. David Tarrant of McRoberts & Co. represented the seller, 1111 Beltline. QuikTrip Corp. was internally represented.
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. – A 46,449-square-foot property in Yorba Linda that is net leased to Best Buy has sold to a Midwest-based corporation for $6.6 million. The retail building is located at 23000 Savi Ranch Parkway near Costco, Kohl’s, HomeDepot, Target and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Best Buy has four years remaining on its current lease, with three, five-year renewal options. The seller, a high-net-worth individual from the Midwest, was represented by Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group.
ATLANTA — Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has acquired the Shops Around Lenox, a 120,000-square-foot retail center located adjacent to Lenox Mall in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket. Deutsche purchased the property from a joint venture between Alex Brown Realty Inc. and Heather Weatherholtz Properties for approximately $71.8 million, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle. The seller purchased the retail center in 2009 and invested approximately $20 million to reposition the asset. Tenants of Shops Around Lenox include Crate and Barrel, Paper Source, lululemon athletica, Cosabella and Suit Supply.