DETROIT — The Roasting Plant, a New York-based coffee retailer, will open its first store outside of Manhattan this fall in Detroit's First National Building. Located at 660 Woodward, the first-floor shop will include on-site roasting and both indoor and outdoor seating. The Roasting Plant will offer 11 bean choices daily and use its Javabot system to individually create each customer's drink. Rock Ventures LLC, a real estate company owned by Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, purchased the 800,000-square-foot First National Building in August 2011. Bedrock Real Estate Services represented both parties in the lease transaction.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Morningstar Equity LLC has acquired a 32,700-square-foot retail building at 2200 Goshen Rd. in Fort Wayne. Bill Drinkall of NAI Harding Dahm represented the seller, Key Lanes, in the transaction. Mike Dahm, also of NAI Harding Dahm, represented the buyer.
DOVER, DEL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.3 million sale of a double net-leased Walgreens Pharmacy, located at 1205 S. State St. in Dover. Walgreens has 11 years remaining on its lease at the 12,000-square-foot property. Laurie Ann Drinkwater and Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Derrick Dougherty, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer.
FLOWER MOUND — Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy plans to open a 59,000-square-foot Tom Thumb store in the 140,000-square-foot Cross Timbers Village, a mixed-use shopping center located at the southwest corner of Bruton Orand Boulevard and FM 1171 in Flower Mound. The new location will be Tom Thumb's fourth location in Flower Mound. The property will feature a drive thru pharmacy, fuel station and a Starbucks. Cross Timbers Village is owned by Direct Development.
WYLIE — Ross Stores will open a new, 22,000-square-foot facility, located at Woodbridge Crossing Shopping Center in Wylie. The shopping center is anchored by Super Target and Kohl's and includes retailers such as Rue 21 and Rack Room Shoes. Direct Development is handling the property's development.
DALLAS — Stream Realty Partners is planning to lease 40,000 square feet of office space at Trammell Crow Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot office tower located in Dallas' Art District. The 50-story tower's tenants include Vinson & Elkins, Baker Botts and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Stream Realty will move into the tower in fall 2012. The firm is expanding its Dallas office to the tower due its 30 percent growth since January 2011. Stream Realty was recently awarded the tower's leasing and management duties.
LAS VEGAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $27.8 million sale of a 16,016-square-foot Walgreens, located at 3025 S. Law Vegas Blvd. on the Las Vegas strip. At a sale price of $1,736 per square foot, it is the most valuable single-tenant drugstore to ever trade in the U.S. Ray Germain of Marcus & Millichap's Las Vegas office represented the seller, a local real estate investment partnership, in the transaction. Sean Shahar Ziv of the firm's San Diego office represented the buyer, a foreign fund. Walgreens was in the 11th year of a 20-year, triple-net lease and prior to the close of escrow Germain negotiated an additional 10-year extension.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A 10,125-square-foot CVS/pharmacy, located in Winston-Salem, has sold for $3.45 million. The freestanding building is leased to CVS/pharmacy through Jan. 31, 2023. Terry Marks of New Hope, Pa.-based National Net Lease Investors represented the buyer, a Pennsylvania-based investor, in the all-cash transaction. The seller was a North Carolina-based developer.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The 42,370-square-foot, 433-unit Ironclad Self Storage, located at 102 Vickers Rd. in Chapel Hill, has sold for $3.11 million. Joy Godbold of Percival McGuire Commercial Real Estate and Argus Self Storage Sales Network represented the seller, W. Mitchell, in the transaction. Phoenix-based Amerco Real Estate, the buyer, also purchased an additional 5 acres for future expansion.
LARGO, FLA. — Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Integra Real Estate Corp. has acquired a 10,300-square-foot shopping center, located at U.S. 19 and East Bay Drive in Largo. Tenants include FedEx Kinko's and Einstein Bros. Bagels. Joe Tyszko of Insite Real Estate represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented by Michael Rechter.