KATY, TEXAS — EōS Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot gym in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The Dallas-based operator will join tenants such as Target and Lowe’s Home Improvement at Texas Heritage Marketplace, a $400 million mixed-use development that fronts both I-10 and the newly completed Texas Heritage Parkway. NewQuest owns the property and also represented EōS Fitness in the lease negotiations. The opening is scheduled for 2027.
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PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Topgolf will open a new entertainment venue at 1269 U.S. Route 46 in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. The square footage was not disclosed. The three-level facility will feature 102 climate-controlled hitting bays, a full-service restaurant and bar, fire pits, private event space and a rooftop terrace. Construction of the venue, which will be the Dallas-based operator’s third in New Jersey and is expected to employ between 350 and 400 people, is now underway. The opening is slated for next summer.
PANAMA CITY, FLA. — Topgolf will open its newest outdoor venue at 15475 Topgolf Way in Panama City Beach tomorrow. The new Topgolf will be the Dallas-based operator’s 10th outdoor location in Florida and its first on the state’s Emerald Coast. The property is situated along Powell Adams Drive near Panama City Beach Parkway and adjacent to Pier Park. The venue will employ between 275 and 300 staffers and feature 74 outdoor climate-controlled hitting bays spanning two levels, each furnished with lounge-type couches or high-top tables. The Topgolf will also feature a full-service bar and restaurant, outdoor patio with lawn games and a 22-foot video wall with more than 140 HDTVs.
PREIT Obtains $150M Loan to Recapitalize Springfield Town Center in Northern Virginia
by John Nelson
SPRINGFIELD, VA. — PREIT has closed on a $150 million loan for Springfield Town Center, a mixed-use redevelopment of the former Springfield Mall in Northern Virginia. The property includes more than 1 million square feet of retail space, including a 32,000-square-foot LEGO Discovery Center that opened in 2023. Other tenants include Build-A-Bear, Burger King, Chuy’s, Dave & Buster’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Finish Line, Five Below, H&M, Hot Topic, JC Penney, LA Fitness, Macy’s, Maggiano’s, Nordstrom Rack, Regal Cinema, Sephora, Toys “R” Us and Target, among others. Springfield Town Center will also include a 460-unit apartment community that is underway, along with a hotel and public park. The property will also house another 400 apartments that are in the planning stages and expanded parking that will have skybridge connectivity between the development’s various components. Goldman Sachs and Barclays Bank were the lead lenders for the five-year loan, which features interest-only payments and a fixed interest rate of 7.1 percent. With the new financing, PREIT expects to realize more than $5.1 million in annual interest savings.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $6.8M Sale of Two-Property Retail Center Portfolio in North Carolina, Mississippi
by John Nelson
SPRING LAKE, N.C. AND JACKSON, MISS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6.8 million portfolio sale of two retail properties totaling 53,000 square feet in Spring Lake and Jackson. Walmart shadow-anchors both centers. Built in 2004, Spring Lake Town Center totals 29,841 square feet and was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dollar Tree, AT&T, GameStop, Cricket Wireless, Cato, Papa Murphy’s and OneMain Financial. The second property is a 24,069-square-foot retail center located at 4882-4898 Highway 18 W in Jackson. Tenants include Humana, It’s Fashion and Shoe Show. Zach Taylor and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private real estate company, and procured the buyer, a private 1031 exchange investor, in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. Donald Gilchrist served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in North Carolina, while Mickey Davis was the firm’s broker of record in Mississippi.
ORTONVILLE AND FLUSHING, MICH. — SPERRY Property Investment Counselors, an affiliate of SPERRY, has negotiated the sale of two grocery-anchored shopping centers in southeast Michigan. One property totals 73,253 square feet in Ortonville while the other spans 67,248 square feet in Flushing. Robert Pliska of SPERRY represented the seller, the Bueche family, who will continue to operate the grocery stores while selling the real estate. Laurencelle Properties was the buyer.
VALPARAISO, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.4 million sale of Coolwood Plaza in Valparaiso. Anchored by a Strack & Van Til grocery store, the property is home to 11 tenants. The center is also home to a separately leased commissary space operated by Strack & Van Til that supports food preparation and distribution for 21 regional locations. Mitchell Kiven and Nicolas Kanich of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an entity affiliated with Chicago-based developer Weiss Entities LLC. Kiven procured the buyer, BC Wood Properties.
OKLAHOMA CITY — A partnership between Boston-based Bain Capital Real Estate and New York City-based 11North Partners has purchased three open-air shopping centers in the Nichols Hills submarket of Oklahoma City for $212 million. Nichols Hills Plaza, The Triangle at Classen Curve and Classen Curve collectively comprise nearly 40 acres and have a combined occupancy rate of approximately 97 percent. Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe’s anchor the centers, which are also home to tenants such as Lululemon, Warby Parker, West Elm, Anthropologie, Sephora and Kendra Scott. The seller was not disclosed.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — Dallas-based EōS Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot gym in Texas City, located southeast of Houston in Galveston County. The space is located adjacent to I-45 within a site that will be anchored by an H-E-B grocery store in the near future. NewQuest represented EōS Fitness in the lease negotiations. The landlord, First Hartford Realty Corp., was self-represented. The opening is scheduled for 2027.
NEW ORLEANS — The Feil Organization plans to deliver a new Trader Joe’s grocery store at 2501 Tulane Ave. in New Orleans. The new 13,368-square-foot store will be the first location in New Orleans for the Monrovia, Calif.-based specialty grocer. Feil began assembling sites along Tulane Avenue in 2016 and executed the lease with Trader Joe’s in 2023. Colette Wharton and Katina Spera represented Feil internally in the lease negotiations, and Rich Lobkowicz of District Real Estate Advisors and Chris Ross of NAI Latter & Blum (now NAI Rampart) represented Trader Joe’s. The design-build team includes Sherman Strategies, SCNZ Architects and Landis Construction. Metairie Bank provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project. The new Trader Joe’s is set to this summer, according to NOLA.com.