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JLL Arranges $21.1M Sale of Levee District Shopping Center in East Peoria, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

EAST PEORIA, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $21.1 million sale of The Levee District, a 137,304-square-foot open-air shopping center in East Peoria. Michael Nieder and Brian Page of JLL represented the seller, Cullinan Properties Ltd., and procured the buyer, Chase Properties. Developed in 2013, the retail power center consists of three buildings that are 94 percent leased. Anchor tenants include Ulta, Best Buy, Ross Dress for Less and Boot Barn. The Levee District is the most trafficked shopping center in a 50-mile radius with more than 4 million annual visitors, according to JLL.

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JLL Brokers $118.5M Sale of Whole Foods-Anchored Shopping Center in Boca Raton, Florida

by John Nelson

BOCA RATON, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $118.5 million sale of Uptown Boca, a 194,927-square-foot shopping center located at 9536-9704 Glades Road in Boca Raton. Whole Foods Market anchors the property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale to tenants including Life Time Fitness, REI, HomeSense and Sephora. Danny Finkle, Jorge Portela and Kim Flores of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Schmier Property Group, Giles Capital Group, Rosemurgy Properties and Wheelock Street Capital. The buyer was Stockbridge Capital Group. Uptown Boca also features 456 luxury apartment units that were not included in the transaction.

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 3,251 SF Retail Property in Downtown San Diego

by Amy Works

SAN DIEGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale a retail property located at 1631 Sixth Ave. in downtown San Diego’s Cortez Hill submarket. Mills at Cortez LLC sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $1.9 million. 7-Eleven and Barber Craft Retail Condo occupy the 3,251-square-foot property. Reed Hamilton, Bill Rose and Parker Wada of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.

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LMC Welcomes Four New Tenants to Blue Star Shopping Center in Watchung, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

WATCHUNG, N.J. — On behalf of an undisclosed landlord, Levin Management Corp. (LMC) has welcomed four new tenants to the 420,000-square-foot Blue Star Shopping Center in the Northern New Jersey community of Watchung. The leases with Burlington, Taco Bell, Nail Spa & Beyond and Marshalls total roughly 62,200 square feet. Marshalls will relocate to a 27,000-square-foot portion of a building formerly occupied by ShopRite, which is also being redeveloped to accommodate Burlington. Additionally, Taco Bell has opened a 2,900-square-foot restaurant, while Nail Spa & Beyond will operate a 5,800-square-foot salon. E.J. Moawad of LMC represented ownership in the lease negotiations. Cliff Simon of CNS represented Burlington, while Jerry Welkis and Stephan Miller of Welco Realty represented Marshalls. Bob Delia of Summit Realty represented Taco Bell.

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EōS Fitness to Open 48,248 SF Gym at Village at Summit in Northwest San Antonio

by Taylor Williams

SAN ANTONIO —  EōS Fitness will open a 48,248-square-foot gym in northwest San Antonio. The Dallas-based operator will backfill a space formerly leased to Conn’s HomePlus at The Village at Summit shopping center. Rise Commercial Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Summit Income Partners LP. The opening is set for 2027.

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CenterSquare Buys 21,777 SF Retail Strip Center in The Woodlands, Texas

by Taylor Williams

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Metro Philadelphia-based CenterSquare Investment Management has purchased Commons at Harper’s Preserve, a 21,777-square-foot retail strip center located north of Houston in The Woodlands. The center was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Five Guys, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, Little Caesar’s, Dunkin’ and Next Level Urgent Care. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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CORE Acquires 260,000 SF Cortez Plaza Shopping Center in Bradenton, Florida

by John Nelson

BRADENTON, FLA. — An affiliate of Miami-based CORE Investment Management has acquired Cortez Plaza, a 260,000-square-foot shopping center in Bradenton. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but the Business Observer reported that an affiliate of Richmond-based Hackney Real Estate Partners sold the property for $39.4 million. Cortez Plaza’s tenant roster includes LA Fitness, Sprouts Farmers Market and Burlington, along with newly developed outparcels occupied by Chick-fil-A and Starbucks Coffee.

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Bear Creek Partners Divests of 189,670 SF Shopping Center in Medford, Oregon

by Amy Works

MEDFORD, ORE. — Bear Creek Partners I LLC has completed the disposition of Bear Creek Plaza, a shopping center in Medford. Bear Creek CV LLC acquired the asset for $25.2 million. Built in 1977 on nearly 17 acres, Bear Creek Plaza offers 189,670 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Bi-Mart, Dollar Tree, Crunch Fitness, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Carl’s Jr., First Interstate Bank, OneMain Financial, Metro PCS, Papa Murphy’s and Sally Beauty Supply. Clayton Brown and Ruthanne Loar of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. David Tabata of Marcus & Millichap served as broker of record in Oregon.

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Prime Pizza to Open Five New Restaurants in Southern California

by Amy Works

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based Prime Pizza, a rapidly expanding New York-style pizza restaurant, has signed leases for five new locations in Southern California. The locations are at Alicia Landing Shopping Center in Mission Viejo; Gaslight Square in Brea; Farmers & Merchants Bank Center in Torrance; and two freestanding locations, one in Thousand Oaks and another in Valley Village, Calif. Mark Seferian of RCI Brokerage represented Prime Pizza in the transactions, which ranged from 1,256 to 1,951 square feet. The Mission Viejo and Brea locations are slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2025, while the Valley Village, Thousand Oaks and Torrance locations will open during the second quarter of 2026.

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Why Texas Remains a Prime Market for Retail Redevelopment

by Taylor Williams

By Kenneth Katz, principal at Baker Katz Growth and innovation opportunities remain strong in Texas, despite ongoing changes in the retail sector. True potential often emerges not just from redeveloping individual buildings, but also from reimagining the future of entire communities. Identifying underutilized retail assets where others see stagnation — and meticulously transforming them into vibrant, value-generating destinations — is key to successful retail redevelopment projects. At its core, redevelopment is a response to change. When commercial properties are first built, they are typically developed to meet a market’s needs in terms of an appropriate tenant mix, functional layouts, attractive aesthetics and other key attributes. Over time, however, as communities evolve, populations shift, infrastructure expands and tenant preferences and tastes change, previously optimized projects can gradually underperform. These shifts create opportunities for thoughtful redevelopment. Identifying Strong Candidates Properties that no longer meet the desires or needs of a community are often the strongest candidates for redevelopment. These can include projects with outdated configurations, limited accessibility due to changes in roadways or high vacancy rates from tenant relocations or bankruptcies. Other high-potential properties may suffer from deferred maintenance that has reduced occupancy and rents or from aesthetic obsolescence that discourages both …

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