Retail

Bluebonnet Parc

BATON ROUGE, LA. — Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of Bluebonnet Parc, a four-building mixed-use center in Baton Rouge. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial Investment Group represented the seller, Viking Partners Bluebonnet LLC. Brannon 230 LLC purchased the property for $17.2 million. Located at 5915 Bluebonnet Blvd., Bluebonnet Parc is located close to Interstate 10 and is about 9.8 miles from downtown Baton Rouge. Additionally, the property is about 7.7 miles from Louisiana State University. The 135,367-square-foot property is anchored by Best Buy, buybuy Baby and Havertys, with other tenants including Men’s Wearhouse, David’s Bridal and Richport Technical College.

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811-SE-Everett-Mall-Way-Everett-WA

EVERETT, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail center located at 811 S.E. Everett Mall Way in Everett. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $5.8 million. Trader Joe’s, Dollar Tree, T-Mobile and Olympic Hot Tub occupy the 24,800-square retail property. Trader Joe’s has been at this location for more than 25 years and recently extended its lease. Clayton Brown and Ruthanne Romero of Brown Retail Group of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller in the deal.

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2620-Fisher-Blvd-Barstow-CA

BARSTOW, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group (NNLG) has arranged the $5.5 million ground-lease sale of a retail building located at 2620 Fisher Blvd. in Barstow. Starboard Realty Advisors sold the asset to a Los Angeles-based private investor. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers occupies the property, which is situated on 1.25 acres and features a double drive thru. The building was constructed in 2020 and the restaurant opened for business in May 2021. The asset has a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed ground lease in place, providing the buyer with a stabilized investment and no landlord responsibilities. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS NNLG represented the seller, while Pablo Rodriguez of Newmark represented the buyer in the deal.

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EUCLID, OHIO — First National Realty Partners has acquired Shore Center Plaza in Euclid near Cleveland for an undisclosed price. The 111,152-square-foot shopping center is 94 percent occupied and anchored by a 47,348-square-foot Dave’s Supermarket. Other tenants include Dollar Tree, Citi Trends, Aaron’s, Little Caesar’s and Burger King. Seller and broker information was not provided.

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SAN ANTONIO — JLL has negotiated the sale of Shops at Potranco, an 18,344-square-foot retail center in San Antonio. Tim Allen of JLL represented the seller, CSW Development, in the transaction. C.W. Sheehan and Matt Ctvrtlik, also with JLL, arranged a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Bank of Austin on behalf of the buyer, an affiliate of Austin-based Door Capital Partners. The property was built in 2019 and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Orangetheory Fitness, Jersey Mike’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and Supercuts.

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WELLESLEY, MASS. — SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston has brokered the $6 million sale of an 8,900-square-foot retail center in Wellesley, a western suburb of Boston. Marilyn Santiago of SVN represented the seller, an entity doing business as STMC LLC, in the transaction. Arlon Brown, also with SVN, represented the buyer, AlpCentral LLC. The property was 83 percent leased at the time of sale.

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Riverside Place

DALLAS — Industry professionals believe the commercial real estate values for industrial, office and suburban multifamily properties across the United States are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels or remain stable, hinting at a potential full recovery for the rest of 2021, according to a CBRE Group Inc. survey released on Aug. 31. CBRE’s survey looked at capitalization rates for stabilized assets and investment sentiment on market conditions. Capitalization rates measure a property’s value by dividing its net operating income by its sale price and a lower cap rate generally shows a higher value. In the survey, investors predicted cap rate movement will vary across different property types for the second half of 2021. For example, cap rates for industrial and multifamily properties are expected to compress in most markets, while the cap rates for office, retail and hotel properties are expected to stay steady. The survey also found that investors were willing to purchase industrial and multifamily properties at a premium or higher price than other property types. Additionally, investors looked mainly for small to moderate pricing discounts for office properties, and moderate to large discounts for retail properties and hotels. More than 75 percent of real estate investors …

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BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Walmart Inc. plans to hire 20,000 more supply chain employees in order to keep up with the retailer’s recent growth. Walmart released a statement a few weeks ago saying that the company saw an increase in revenue by 2.4 percent year-over-year in its fiscal second quarter of 2021, which ended on July 31. The new employees will be hired across more than 250 Walmart and Sam’s Club distribution centers, fulfillment centers and transportation offices. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer will offer job roles including order fillers, freight handlers, lift drivers, technicians and management positions. The roles will be on a permanent basis and the new employees will be hired for both full-time and part-time positions. The average wage for the supply chain positions is $20.37 per hour. For new employees, Walmart has opened six new Walmart Academies, which have been established to train associates with both classroom and floor training in specialized supply chain skills, as well as soft skills such as leadership and communications. During the company’s fiscal year in 2021, 5,900 employees were trained via the Walmart U.S. Supply Chain Academy. In July 2021, the national discount retailer also announced that it will invest about $1 …

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Conns

MONTGOMERY, ALA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has arranged the $4.7 million sale of a 43,441-square-foot, single-tenant retail property occupied by Conn’s HomePlus in Montgomery. Conn’s Inc., a Texas-based furniture, mattress, electronics and appliance retailer, has eight years left on its lease at the Montgomery location. Located at 2424 Eastern Blvd., the store was built in 1997 and renovated in 2019. The property is situated on 5.3 acres within the Promenade Montgomery and Promenade Montgomery North community centers, which feature more than 270,000 square feet of retail space. Retailers at these centers include The Home Depot, Harbor Freight Tools, Winn-Dixie and Dollar Tree. Matthew Mousavi, Patrick Luther, Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller, a Southeast-based shopping center owner and operator, as well as the buyer, a California-based private investor.

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FISHERS, IND. — Ziff Real Estate Partners has purchased Fishers Crossing in the Indianapolis suburb of Fishers for an undisclosed price. The 29,569-square-foot retail center was fully occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Pet Supplies Plus, Great Clips and Papa John’s. A recently renovated Kroger store shadow-anchors the property. This is the second retail center that Ziff has acquired in the Indianapolis area.

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