NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between developers Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and Cain International has begun leasing a 260,000-square-foot speculative office and retail project located at 125 W. 57th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative, the 30-story building houses 180,000 square feet of office space starting on the 14th floor, with an average of 10,300 square feet of rentable space per floor. Most suites will have access to private terraces. Gensler designed the office amenity deck, which includes a conference center, tenant lounge, event space with catering facilities and private meeting rooms. Office tenant build-outs are scheduled to begin this fall, and the development team expects move-ins to begin during the first quarter of 2025. JLL is the leasing agent.
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BRANDON AND TAMARAC, FLA. — A joint venture between ShopOne Centers REIT, Pantheon and a global institutional investor has acquired two shopping centers in Florida totaling 287,407 square feet. Located in Tamarac, Midway Plaza comprises 218,400 square feet. Publix anchors the property, which was 84 percent occupied at the time of sale. Walmart anchors Lithia Square in Brandon. The 69,007-square-foot property was 79 percent occupied at the time of sale. The sellers and sales price were not disclosed. This acquisition brings the joint venture’s portfolio to 1.8 million square feet of grocery-anchored retail space.
MANITOWOC, WIS. — Axiom Realty has acquired Park Plaza, a 110,266-square-foot shopping center in Manitowoc, an eastern Wisconsin city along Lake Michigan. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property was 71.6 percent occupied at the time of sale. Erin Patton of Institutional Property Advisors brokered the sale. Time Equities Inc. was the seller. Prior to closing, Axiom negotiated a long-term lease extension with Hobby Lobby and completed lease negotiations with a national outlet provider for 28,894 square feet, bringing overall occupancy to 97.9 percent. Some of the other tenants include Community First Credit Union, Family Dollar and Cricket Wireless.
Progressive Real Estate Arranges $3.6M Sale of Retail Strip Center in Riverside, California
by Amy Works
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of a retail strip center located at 3948-3964 University Ave. in the Inland Empire city of Riverside. A Los Angeles-based seller sold the asset to an Orange County-based private investor for $3.6 million, or $503 per square foot. Fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale, the 7,250-square-foot property offers suites ranging from 750 square feet to 1,750 square feet. The asset was recently remodeled. Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Girges Gad of Pacific Realty & Finance represented the buyer in the transaction.
CLEARWATER, FLA. — Colliers has arranged the $23 million sale of a 111,694-square-foot retail property in the Tampa Bay area. Located at 2495 Gulf to Bay Blvd. in Clearwater, the store has been leased to The Home Depot for the past 25 years, and the home improvement retailer has several years remaining on its current lease term. Eric Carlton and Jereme Snyder of Colliers represented the seller, a private institutional investor, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed individual investor.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Dominion Real Estate Advisors LLC has negotiated the sale of a 0.78-acre retail development site located at 56166 Van Dyke Road in Shelby Township for an undisclosed price. Andrew Boncore of Dominion represented the seller. Steven Murphy of Century 21 Campbell Realty represented the buyer, a local business owner who plans on redeveloping the site into a retail center to expand his existing business.
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OHIO — Passov Group has brokered the $1.8 million sale of Som Center Plaza in Willoughby Hills, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. The retail center is located at 2804 SOM Center Road. Passov Group represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was also not provided.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged an $8.7 million loan for the refinancing of a retail and hospitality portfolio in Manhattan’s Theater District. The fully occupied portfolio consists of two properties, both of which feature bars/restaurants that are owned and operated by the undisclosed borrower. In addition, the second property has a boutique hotel occupying floors three through six that is leased to a third-party operator. The direct lender and addresses of the property were also not disclosed. Ben Schlegel, Matt Swerdlow, Christoffer Brodhead and Rhea Vivek of Ariel originated the three-year loan.
NEW YORK CITY — State of Play Hospitality, an entertainment retail operator, has signed a 10,700-square-foot retail lease at 31 Union Square West in Manhattan with plans to open a Flight Club venue. Spanning the ground floor and basement of the property, the facility will offer darts-focused games with food-and-beverage options. Scheduled to open in 2025, this marks the ninth North America location for the brand. Blue Water Grill restaurant previously occupied the space.
Keystone Mortgage Arranges $25.7M Bridge Loan for Neighborhood Retail Center in Upland, California
by Amy Works
UPLAND, CALIF. — Keystone Mortgage Corp. has arranged a $25.7 million fixed-rate bridge loan to fund the repositioning of a 140,000-square-foot neighborhood retail center in Upland, approximately 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Amazon Fresh, Ross Dress for Less and Burlington are tenants at the property, which is situated on 12.3 acres. Tim Winton of Keystone’s Orange County office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a private real estate investor. One of Keystone’s correspondent life company lenders provided the 36-month, high-leverage, nonrecourse loan.