LIBERTY, MO. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has completed the lease-up of Crossroads Shopping Center in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty. The most recent lease transactions were with Total Wireless and Frame It. Additional tenants include Savers, Curves, Sugar Kittens Cat Café & Cattery, Palen Music Center, Dollar General, Pizza Hut and Mi Hacienda. Daniel Brocato and Phil Peck of Block & Co. are the leasing agents for the property.
DOYLESTOWN, PA. — Whole Foods Market has opened a 43,617-square-foot store at 1745 S. Easton Road in Doylestown, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The store features full-service meat and seafood counters, a bakery, prepared foods section and a wellness and beauty section, as well as a selection of more than 750 wines and 280 craft beers. A grand opening celebration was held this morning.
NEW YORK CITY — Avis Budget Group has signed a 21,400-square-foot retail lease in The Bronx. The car rental agency has committed to the property at 4075-4077 Boston Road, which includes a 16,000-square-foot lot, for the next 20 years. Steve Lorenzo and Garry Steinberg of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Ariel Castellanos and Federico Mazzeo from Pinnacle Realty represented the landlord.
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JLL: U.S. Retail Sector Remains Optimistic as Market Conditions Shift
CHICAGO — Retail closures are at a cyclical high, totaling a whopping 9,900 business shutdowns in 2024, according to JLL’s fourth-quarter 2024 retail report entitled “United States Retail Market Dynamics.” For the first time in several years, store closures outpaced store openings in a calendar year. Fabric and crafts retailer JOANN, who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection twice within a year, is shuttering all 800 stores, while major department store chain Macy’s will close 150 stores over the next three years, with 66 closures anticipated in 2025 alone. The highest number of store closures resulted from discount and dollar stores like Family Dollar, CVS Health and Big Lots, as well as specialty retailers like Party City. Retail closures are represented across different size brackets, with more than 55 percent of announced closures identifying with footprints ranging from 5,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. Expanding retailers such as Dollar General, O’Reilly Automotive and Five Below align with these vacant boxes, while larger, major closures like Bed Bath & Beyond and Toys “R” Us occupy more “desirable” locations. On the flip side, between 2024 and 2025, there were roughly 7,700 new retail store openings announced. Nearly 3,000 of these openings …
TYLER, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of a 26,848-square-foot retail building in Tyler, located about 100 miles east of Dallas, that houses a showroom and dealership for tractor manufacturer John Deere. The building sits on a 9.2-acre site at 4630 State Highway 155. Bryan Meyer and Adam Gottschalk of STRIVE represented the Texas-based seller in the transaction and procured the Tennessee-based buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Tampa-based Franklin Street has arranged the sale of a six-property shopping center portfolio in Jacksonville for $86.3 million. Curbline Properties Corp. (CURB), a publicly traded firm and a former spinoff of SITE Centers Corp., was the buyer. The deal marks CURB’s largest acquisition to date. The portfolio totals 184,680 square feet and includes Carrie Plaza, Deerwood Station, Julington Square, Southlake Plaza, Roosevelt Plaza and Oakleaf Crossing. Bryan Belk and John Tennant of Franklin Street represented the seller, a local private investor, in the transaction.
FITCHBURG, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Hatchery Hill Towne Center in the Madison suburb of Fitchburg for an undisclosed price. Shadow anchored by Pick ‘n Save, the 85,880-square-foot shopping center was 80 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Panera Bread, Verizon, Cold Stone Creamery, MOD Pizza, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Anytime Fitness, Kim’s Nails and Tabby & Jack’s Pet Supplies. Rick Drogosz and Dan Rosenfeld of Mid-America represented the seller, Bridge33 Capital. Brar Investments was the buyer.
WESTLAKE, OHIO — New tenants are opening and existing tenants are expanding at Crocker Park lifestyle center in Westlake, a western suburb of Cleveland. New tenants include Color Me Mine, Garage, Océanne, State & Liberty, Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodle, Tradehome Shoes and Vera Bradley. Arhaus and Lucky Shoes are relocating to larger spaces. Additionally, CPL Architecture, Engineering & Planning will soon open an office, and Palmer Holland is expanding its footprint, now occupying a ground-floor space in addition to its third-floor office space. Crocker Park features more than 4.5 million square feet with over 130 local and national retailers and dining options as well as office buildings, luxury apartments and an event venue. Cleveland-based Stark Enterprises is the owner.
SPRING ARBOR, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.5 million sale of Village Crossing, a 17-suite retail center in Spring Arbor, about 46 miles west of Ann Arbor. The multi-tenant property totals 53,900 square feet and is situated on Spring Arbor Road. The asset consists of two buildings that are 94.4 percent leased. The anchor tenant is Henry Ford Health, which recently extended its lease for five years with annual rent increases. Darin Gross, Seth Haron and Ashish Vakhariya of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer. The deal closed at 97.3 percent of the asking price.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has negotiated the sale of The District at Freedom Town Center, a 40,733-square-foot retail center located at 2707-2737 Freedom Parkway Drive in Fayetteville. The buyer, an affiliate of Serota Properties doing business as Serota Islip NC II LLC, purchased the property from Greenville, S.C.-based developer RealtyLink for an undisclosed price. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews brokered the transaction. The District at Freedom Town Center is adjacent to Phases I and II of the adjacent Freedom Town Center that includes tenants including Sprouts Farmers Market, HomeGoods, Hobby Lobby, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Burke’s Outlet, Five Below, World Market, DSW and Petco.