BELLEVILLE, N.J. — First Bank has provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for a retail expansion project that will be located in the Northern New Jersey community of Belleville. The site spans 18.7 acres at 11 Franklin Ave. The first building opened in October 2022 and is fully leased to Starbucks. The second building will house three restaurant tenants, one of which will be Chipotle Mexican Grill. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula, Ryan Carroll and Kevin Badger of JLL arranged the floating-rate debt on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between two New Jersey-based developers, Tulfra Real Estate and The Hampshire Cos.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — EDENS has begun the overhaul of Shadowood Square, a shopping center located at 9887 Glades Road in Boca Raton. The development firm is demolishing a portion of the center, now rebranded as Shadowood, that once housed a movie theater to make way for five new retail buildings totaling 49,330 square feet. The new buildings will be connected by a 25-foot-wide promenade and public green space. Additionally, three existing retail buildings totaling 60,557 square feet will be fully renovated, and placemaking elements including brightened facades, signage and wayfinding, paseos, public art and outdoor seating will be installed. EDENS has signed lease agreements with J. Crew Factory, Joe and the Juice and Maman to join the tenant roster. Blo Blow Dry Bar, Dave’s Hot Chicken are Nomu Sushi & Pub recently opened at Shadowood. The construction phase is expected to last between 18 and 24 months, with the last phase of new retail opening in late 2027.
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA AND SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — BWE has arranged $49.5 million for the refinancing of East Viking Plaza in Cedar Falls and Morganton Park South in Southern Pines. Dan Rosenberg, Logan Petersmeyer and Isabella Barrios of BWE arranged the financing on behalf of Cincinnati-based Midland Atlantic Properties. Both nonrecourse loans feature multiple years of interest-only payments. East Viking Plaza totals 147,659 square feet and is leased to tenants such as Target, Scheels, Michaels, Old Navy and Ulta. Morganton Park South totals 267,021 square feet and is nearly fully leased. Constructed in 2024, the shopping center is anchored by Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and HomeGoods.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Sport Clips will open at the Kroger-anchored shopping center at the southeast corner of 25 Mile and Dequindre roads in Shelby Township, a northern suburb of Detroit. Bill McLeod and Tjader Gerdom of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the tenant in the lease for the 1,200-square-foot space, which was formerly home to Supercuts. Adams Commercial Real Estate Group manages the property.
— By Sam Meredith of Colliers — After a slow and uncertain start to 2025, the retail market in Reno and Sparks is finally finding its stride. The first half of the year saw many tenants hit pause on leasing decisions as economic jitters made retailers cautious. By the third quarter, however, the mood had shifted. Leasing activity picked up noticeably, and tenants are now back in the market, actively looking for space. That momentum is expected to carry through the fourth quarter and into 2026, with healthy absorption on the horizon. This turnaround is backed by solid market indicators. Net absorption turned positive in the second quarter, while asking rents rose quarter over quarter. Vacancies nudged upward due to big-box closures, including three Big Lots and a Joann store early in the year, but the overall retail vacancy still sits at a manageable 5.4 percent. In fact, several submarkets, including North Valleys, Northwest Reno, South Reno and Southwest Reno, are reporting vacancy rates below 2 percent, showing strong demand in key areas. Retailers are clearly taking notice. Trader Joe’s, which once considered Northern Nevada a one-store market, has now opened two additional locations in Spanish Springs and South Reno. …
SHARPSBURG, GA. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $26.9 million sale of Fischer Marketplace, a newly constructed, 70,134-square-foot shopping center in Sharpsburg, approximately 38 miles southwest of Atlanta. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix, Jersey Mike’s, Dave’s Hot Chicken, Nothing Bundt Cakes and Great Clips. The sale also features three outparcels leased to Gusto!, Heartland Dental and Andy’s Frozen Custard. Publix occupies approximately 69 percent of the property on a long-term lease. Kevin Fryman and Ed Hanley of Hanley Investment Group, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the 1031 exchange buyer, an unnamed private investor based in Southern California. Hunter Steffien, Tyler Strauss, Scott DeYoung and Jeff Conover of Faris Lee Investments, as well as Bryan Belk and John Tennant of Franklin Street’s Atlanta office, represented the sellers, ForCAST Real Estate Development LLC and Fayetteville, Ga.-based Brent Holdings, in the off-market transaction.
KINGSPORT, TENN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Shoppes at East Stone, a 23,876-square-foot retail center located at 2637 E. Stone Drive in Kingsport, a city near the Tennessee-Virginia border. Built in 2011, Shoppes at East Stone was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Jersey Mike’s Subs, Stanton Optical, East Coast Wings + Grill, Lendmark Financial Services, Lumber Liquidators and Polish Nail Bar. Target shadow-anchors the center. Michael Early of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Maryland-based family office, in the transaction. Jody McKibben was Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Tennessee. The sales price and buyer were not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Partners Capital, the investment platform of Partners Real Estate, has completed a partial renovation of Westcliff Shopping Center, a 134,750-square-foot grocery-anchored center in Fort Worth. The project revitalized a 22,000-square-foot portion of the retail center’s facade, restoring its original character while introducing modern updates. Originally built in 1955 on 10 acres, Westcliff Shopping Center is home to tenants such as Albertsons, Ace Hardware, HOTWORX, Dollar General and Café Bella.
OTTAWA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.4 million sale of a 10-suite, two-building retail center in Ottawa. Aldi shadow-anchors the property, which is home to Dollar Tree, Sherwin-Williams, Athletico Physical Therapy, Hibbett Sports and World Finance Corp. Adrian Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private Chicagoland investment group. Sharko and Weisenbeck, along with the brokerage’s Phoebe Klein, represented the buyer, a private 1031 exchange investor based in New York. The sale closed at 99.4 percent of the list price, achieving the highest price per square foot for a shopping center in Ottawa in the past five years, according to Mendoza. The property also included a half-acre parcel of developable land suited for a single-tenant drive-thru.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) plans to develop Sagefield, a 100-acre mixed-use destination that will be located on the south side of Nashville. The construction timeline for the project was not released. Situated in the hills of Williamson County, the planned project will feature lifestyle shops, restaurants and service retail spaces, as well as a landmark hotel by Author & Edit Hospitality, a hotel brand helmed by restaurateur and hotelier Sam Fox of Fox Restaurant Concepts. “This exciting new development will set a new standard for quiet luxury in metro Nashville and beyond,” says Eric Sadi, co-president of Simon’s North American real estate division. Simon is collaborating on Sagefield with Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital), a Nashville-based firm that specializes in mixed-use and adaptive reuse development. Simon and AJ Capital are currently collaborating on Nashville Premium Outlets, a 325,000-square-foot outlet mall that will break ground next year in Thompson’s Station, Tenn. Plans for Sagefield also call for first-to-market boutique retailers, household-name operators, farm-to-table restaurants and cafés, an organic market, entertainment venues and health and wellness concepts. The development’s planned hotel will offer signature restaurants, a high-end spa, sports and a social members club. Simon says that …