Retail

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HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of Market Square at Eldridge, a 262,556-square-foot retail power center located near the Energy Corridor area in West Houston. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent leased to tenants such as Burlington, Michaels, Party City, PetSmart, Dollar Tree, HomeGoods, Bath & Body Works, Ulta Beauty, Cato, Old Navy and Office Depot. Chris Gerard, Ryan West, Erin Lazarus and Megan Babovec of JLL represented the seller, Walton Street Capital, in the transaction. Locally based investment firm Wu Properties purchased the center for an undisclosed price.

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NEW YORK CITY — German discount grocer Lidl will open a 35,000-square-foot grocery store at Queens Place Mall, located in the borough’s Elmhurst neighborhood. The grocer will backfill a space previously occupied by Designer Shoe Warehouse, whose lease expires in August. Diana Boutross, Ian Lerner and Alan Schmerzler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Madison International Realty, in the lease negotiations. Kenneth Schuckman of Schuckman Realty represented Lidl, which plans to open its store within the 440,000-square-foot mall in the first quarter of 2024.

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METAIRIE, LA. — The Richards family has begun construction of The Commons of Clearview City Center, a new 10,476-square-foot retail project in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. The property will be situated within the 100-acre Clearview City Center, which is a redevelopment of the former Clearview Mall. Set to come on line in March 2023, The Commons will house a 4,000-square-foot restaurant occupied by brunch eatery Ruby Slipper, as well as other concepts that have not yet been announced. The project includes the demolition of the existing structure at 4236 Veterans Blvd. In addition to The Commons, projects underway at Clearview City Center include Target’s renovation of its 160,000-square-foot store; Ochsner Health’s new Super Clinic set to open in October; and The Metro at Clearview, a five-story apartment community set for completion in October 2023. Other uses at Clearview City Center include a new branch of Regions Bank, Bed Bath & Beyond and Walk On’s Sports Bistreaux, among other stores and restaurants. Kirsten Early of SRSA Commercial Real Estate is handling the leasing assignment on behalf of the Richards family, which has owned the site since 1968.

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ALTOONA, IOWA — New England Development has secured nine new retail tenants at the Outlets of Des Moines, which is located in Altoona. Now open are J. Crew Factory Outlet and Bizzy’s Boutique, a local retailer specializing in women’s, children’s and baby apparel. Opening this summer are Puma, Nautica, Aeropostale, Windsor, Forever 21 and rue21. Victoria’s Secret is scheduled to open this fall. New England Development completed Outlets of Des Moines in fall 2017.

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CHESTERTON, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.3 million sale of a 12,400-square-foot retail property in Chesterton, a city in Northwest Indiana. The newly constructed asset is located at 600 Gateway Blvd. and is leased to several local restaurants. Mitchell Kiven of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property for sale on behalf of the seller, a developer. Damien Yoder and Madison Harman of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a Georgia-based limited liability company. The sales price was above the asking price.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Made in KC, a local retailer offering gifts and apparel, has signed a lease to open its 11th brick-and-mortar location at Red Bridge Shopping Center in Kansas City. The roughly 1,000-square-foot space is situated next to China Dragon and Cookies and Creamery. Made in KC expects to open by September. No two Made in KC locations are alike. The Red Bridge location will feature the work of more than 200 local artists. The shopping center owner, LANE4 Property Group, redeveloped the asset in 2016.

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LOS ANGELES — Bolour Associates has purchased a two-story, mixed-use building located at 6432 Santa Monica Blvd. in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles for $13.7 million, or $421 per square foot. Totaling 32,500 square feet, the property features 17,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 15,000 square feet of second-story office space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied by tenants ranging from creative management and casting to production equipment rentals and photography studios. Brandon Michaels, Matthew Luchs and Andrew Leff of Marcush & Millichap represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.

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HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Highlands Ranch Marketplace, a neighborhood retail center in Highlands Ranch. Sidford Capital acquired the asset for $6.1 million. Located at 9385 S. Colorado Blvd., Highland Ranch Marketplace was fully leased to 10 tenants at the time of sale. Ryan Bowlby and Drew Isaac of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, a Colorado-based private investor, and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Virginia Beach, Va.-based Armada Hoffler Properties has sold two single-tenant retail properties in Durham for a combined $23.9 million. The assets include a 120,000-square-foot store at 1700 N. Pointe Drive that is leased to The Home Depot and a 148,663-square-foot store at 1510 N. Pointe Drive leased to Costco. The adjacent, triple-net-leased stores are situated within two miles of Duke University and downtown Durham. Alex Sharrin, Alex Geanakos and Michael Roberts of JLL represented Armada Hoffler in the transaction. An unnamed investment firm based in New York City purchased both stores.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $10.7 million sale of Cherrydale Market, a newly built, 70,635-square-foot shopping center in Greenville. The property houses three tenants: Burlington, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. Zach Taylor of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, an entity doing business as Cherrydale 245 LLC. The buyer was Agree Realty, a net lease retail REIT based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “We procured the equity for the developer to get the property out of the ground and sourced an active REIT willing to commit to a pre-sale during construction,” says Taylor.

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