LEXINGTON, KY. — SVN | Stone Commercial Real Estate has brokered the $17.4 million sale of Mist Lake Plaza, a 217,292-square-foot shopping center in Lexington. Matt Stone, Justin Ryder and Nathan Dilly of SVN | Stone represented the seller, DF Lexington Properties LLC. Jim Powell of The Gibson Co. represented the buyer, S & P Holdings LLC. The center will be the future home of Lexington Motorsports, a motorcycle dealer in Kentucky. Mist Lake Plaza is located near Man O’ War Boulevard, Saint Joseph East Hospital and Hamburg Pavilion. The City Council of Lexington approved the lifting of a deed restriction that would allow Lexington Motorsports to operate on the site. Lexington Motorsports will occupy about 125,442 square feet of the facility. Built in 1992, Mist Lake Plaza is 89 percent occupied. The other tenants at the property include Nay’s Hair Braiding, Gabe’s, Hibbett Sports, Texas Roadhouse, Check Advance, H&R Block, Pro Nail Salon and Rent-A-Center.
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Urban Catalyst has revealed plans to build the Icon/Echo mixed-use project, which will include office, residential and retail components in downtown San Jose. The development will cost around $600 million to build, according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The construction timeline for the project has not been disclosed. The Icon/Echo towers will feature 300 apartment units and 420,000 square feet of Class A office space. The office tower portion of the project will be 282 feet tall, while the apartment complex will be 267 feet tall. The apartment units will sit above 8,500 square feet of ground-floor retail. The project’s two towers will include over 50,000 square feet of outdoor amenities, including rooftop gardens, as well as interior common areas. Additionally, the towers will have four levels of parking that will hold up to 1,134 cars. Located at 147 E Santa Clara St., Icon/Echo encompasses about two acres of land and is located close to City Hall and a future Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station. The Icon/Echo towers will be located half a mile from the San Jose Museum of Art and about 0.4 miles from San Jose State University. One of the sites …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newport Capital Partners, a retail investment and management firm with offices in Chicago and Dallas, has purchased Stassney Heights, a 103,030-square-foot shopping center located about seven miles south of downtown Austin. Anchored by Houston-based ethnic grocer Fiesta Mart, Stassney Heights was 93 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Umi Sushi, Castle Dental, T-Mobile and Clinica Hispana. CBRE represented the undisclosed, Northeast-based seller in the transaction. Newmark arranged acquisition financing through Wintrust Bank on behalf of Newport Capital Partners.
HOUSTON — Puttshack, an entertainment concept that combines tech-infused minigolf with food and beverage offerings, will open a new, 26,000-square-foot venue at The Shops at Houston Center in the city’s downtown area. Puttshack recently opened its first venue in Atlanta and has plans to open additional facilities in Chicago, Miami, Boston and Nashville. The opening of the Houston facility is slated for late 2022. Brookfield Properties owns The Shops at Houston Center in partnership with Spear Street Capital.
AURORA AND LOMBARD, ILL. — Old Second Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: OSBC) and West Suburban Bancorp Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Aurora-based Old Second will acquire Lombard-based West Suburban in a cash and stock transaction valued at $297 million. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Old Second will pay 65 percent of the purchase price in stock and the remainder in cash. According to a news release, the merged company will have approximately $6.2 billion in assets with 70 branches and will create the largest community bank under $10 billion in assets in the Chicago market. The merger is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.
By Jonathan Fishman, co-founder, Bizydev Every business-oriented publication for the last 18 months has almost certainly churned out dozens, if not hundreds, of articles detailing how they believe COVID-19 will or has or might affect their market or industry. Real estate publications have exhaustively covered the deceleration of commercial office leasing, the population outflow in urban cities and corresponding battering of the multifamily market and the lack of business travel and tourism resulting in catastrophic conditions for the hotel sector. And of course, analysts and experts have been quick to note the sharp decline in physical retail space success thanks to the onslaught of e-commerce, further fueled by social distancing measures. Facing these challenges, many retail landlords have been forced to ask themselves what advantage they provide for their tenants. Given the realities of the commercial real estate market, landlords must explore ways to create value for their tenants and seek common ground with them to keep afloat. It’s no longer acceptable for landlords to just provide a storefront, a door and a raw space if they expect to be competitive in the retail leasing market today. They need to find new ways to market their spaces and highlight their …
ATHENS, GA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of Athens West, a 178,930-square-foot shopping center in Athens. SomeraRoad, a New York-based commercial real estate investment and development firm, sold the property for $16 million to an entity doing business as Trinity Apex LLC. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller, and the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. Athens West is anchored by Big Lots, America’s Thrift, American Freight, BioLife and Citi Trends. Additional tenants at the property include Anytime Fitness, CiCi’s Pizza, Metro PCS, H&R Block, Direct Insurance and Domino’s Pizza. Roughly 42,000 square feet of new tenants have joined the center since 2019. The shopping center is located at 3190 Atlanta Highway, about 7.2 miles from the University of Georgia’s campus.
NICHOLASVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 82,982-square-foot retail property located at 150 Kohls Drive in Nicholasville, about 12 miles away from Lexington. The freestanding store is net-leased to department store retailer Kohl’s, which has nearly nine years remaining on the lease. The transaction, which includes the Kohl’s and an outparcel, was totaled $9.4 million. Jesse Limon of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, an entity doing business as Man O’War Development LLC No 3. Limon also secured and represented the buyer, InCommercial Inc., a private real estate brokerage based in Chicago. Colby Haugness of Marcus & Millichap’s Kentucky office assisted in closing this transaction.
Transnational Management Buys Hazel Dell Towne Center Retail Asset in Vancouver, Washington for $28.8M
by Amy Works
VANCOUVER, WASH. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Hazel Dell Towne Center, a 264,000-square-foot retail power center located at 8801 N.E. Hazel Dell Ave. Transnational Management acquired the property from a partnership managed by Pine Tree for $28.8 million. Built between 2005 and 2007 on 23 acres, Hazel Dell Towne Center is occupied by 21 local and national retailers. At the time of sale, the property was 87 percent leased. Tenants include Kohl’s, Office Depot, Petco, Party City, Gold’s Gym, Craft Warehouse, America’s Best and Massage Envy. Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher and James Tyrrell of CBRE’s National Retail Partners (West), along with Dino Christophilis and Daniel Tibeau of CBRE’s National Retail Partners (Northwest), represented the seller in the deal.
Hanley Investment Group Arranges $3.3M Purchase of PetSmart-Occupied Retail Property in Union Gap, Washington
by Amy Works
UNION GAP, WASH. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the acquisition of a single-tenant retail building located at 1403 E. Washington Ave. in Union Gap. A Florida-based private investor sold the property to a Southern California-based buyer for $3.3 million. PetSmart occupies the 19,677-square-foot property, which was built in 2000, on a net-lease basis. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment, in association with ParaSell, represented the buyer in the deal.