SAN FRANCISCO — Westfield has made plans to pull out of San Francisco and surrender the San Francisco Centre mall to the property’s lender, reports CNN. The decision follows the closure of stores including Banana Republic and Nordstrom. A spokesperson for Westfield previously attributed the closure of the latter to “unsafe conditions for customers, retailers and employees.” According to SFGATE, Westfield and its partner, Brookfield Properties, have ceased loan payments on the mall. In a statement provided to the publication, Westfield noted that it has operated San Francisco Centre for more than 20 years and that it has “made the difficult decision to begin the process to transfer management of the shopping center to our lender,” citing “declines in sales, occupancy and foot traffic.” The company also stated that the property’s debt “is nonrecourse and this action has no impact on the rest of [Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s] debt.”
ALGONQUIN, ILL. — A joint venture between Chicago-based real estate developer Hubbard Street Group and athletic club owner and operator College Park Athletic Clubs is building Pickle Haus, a pickleball-themed sports and entertainment center in the Chicago suburb of Algonquin. The project will breathe new life into a vacant retail property. Pickleball has been the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. each of the last three years, according to the developers. Construction is currently underway on the 41,000-square-foot project, and completion is slated for November. Pickle Haus will feature 12 indoor pickleball courts, three golf simulators, a bar and event space and an outdoor patio. Sheamus Feeley of Family Is Food designed the restaurant and bar portion, including a custom menu. Hubbard Street Group has owned the vacant building since 2018. It was originally developed in 2008 for Dania Furniture. Prior to the pandemic, the building was leased to a national fitness center chain. However, the chain filed for bankruptcy and never occupied the building. The project team also includes Harken Interior Design, Hirsch MPG, William A. Randolph Construction, Greenberg Traurig and Phlox Partners.
TOLEDO, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 3,720-square-foot retail building in Toledo for $2.2 million. The property is home to Starbucks and Verizon. Both tenants have occupied the building since it was constructed in 2007. Suzanne Sharbek, Christopher Jackson, Erin Patton, Craig Fuller and Scott Wiles of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The all-cash buyer was a 1031 exchange investor based in California.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — RocaPoint Partners has signed Perch Kitchen & Tap to open a restaurant and brewery at Greenville County Square, a $1 billion mixed-use development in Greenville. Perch Kitchen & Tap is the first committed food-and-beverage tenant and will join Whole Foods Market in the development’s first phase. Charleston-based Palmetto Brewing Co. is partnering with Perch to operate the restaurant’s brewery portion. Perch is based in Chicago and is part of the 4 Star Restaurant Group. The new restaurant and brewery will feature 7,200 square feet of indoor dining and kitchen space and a 2,100-square-foot outdoor patio. Additionally, the new 250,000-square-foot Greenville County administrative building is set to open soon at the development.
HOUSTON — Source Vital, a provider of beauty and cosmetics products, has signed a 7,892-square-foot retail lease in Houston’s Post Oak district. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 1291 N. Post Oak Road was built in 1983 and totals 58,050 square feet. Ryan Hartsell of Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kyle Whieldon represented the landlord, Prologis, on an internal basis.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Citivas Capital Group has provided a senior construction loan for the development of a mixed-use project at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Upon completion, the space, which will include retail and office space, will feature floor-to-ceiling windows and a 4,000-square-foot outdoor roof terrace. Blatteis & Schnur was the borrower. Jorge Adler of Citivas arranged the financing.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — NAI Capital Commercial has arranged three leases totaling 6,049 square feet for Total by Verizon, a wireless phone service provider formerly called Total Wireless. Tina LaMonica and Patrick Ortiz of NAI represented the landlords in the leasing negotiations. In Los Angeles, Total by Verizon will open a 2,234-square-foot store within a space formerly occupied by AT&T and a 2,000-square-foot store at Martin Luther King Jr. Shopping Center. Additionally, the tenant will occupy a 1,815-square-foot space in Inglewood, roughly 12 miles outside Los Angeles.
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $8.1 million sale of Pine Plaza, an 87,093-square-foot shopping center located in the upstate New York community of Niagara Falls. Anchored by Office Depot and Planet Fitness, the center was 83 percent leased at the time of sale. Craig Fuller, Erin Patton and Scott Wiles of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an Atlanta-based private fund, in the transaction. The trio also procured a locally based private investor as the buyer.
INDIANAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Meridian Marketplace in Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. Located at 8923 S. Meridian St., the 41,645-square-foot retail strip center was fully occupied at the time of sale. Dollar Tree is the anchor tenant. Additional tenants include Play It Again Sports, Pizza Hut, a dentist, nail salon, Asian grocery store, barbershop, escape room, indoor golf concept and e-sports gaming lounge. Scott Wiles, Erin Patton and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a New York-based private investment firm. The team also procured the buyer, a Washington-based investor. The buyer received an acquisition loan with a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Fairgrounds World’s Fair, a café and food concept from Fairgrounds Craft Coffee and Tea, has opened at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. The café features 137 seats as well as an outdoor patio with an additional 45 seats. The 5,743-square-foot space is equipped with a full-service kitchen, food and bakery program, cocktail bar and grab-and-go offerings. Fairgrounds offers a selection of craft coffee, tea varieties, cold brews, lattes and sparkling beverages. Designed by Barker/Nestor Architecture and Design with input from Wight & Co. Architects and npz studio+, the space also features a foosball table and other games. Fairgrounds, which maintains 10 locations across the country, is operated and managed by Infuse Hospitality. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T corporate campus undertaken by Inspired by Somerset Development.