BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Modesto-based Retail Equities has completed the disposition of East Hills Malls, a vacant shopping center situated on 38 acres in Bakersfield. A partnership between Steve Zimmerman of ZDI and Michael Heslov of Soboroff Partners acquired the asset for $7.2 million. Located at 2800-3200 Mall View Road, the 352,666-square-foot property was initially developed by the Hahn Co. in 1988. The property was formerly called City Lights at East Hills. Orbell Ovaness, Ara Rostamian and Aren Ohanian of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office represented the seller in the deal. Vincent Roche of Cushman & Wakefield/Pacific consulted on the transaction.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of a medical office and retail building located at 13063 Rosecrans Ave. in Santa Fe Springs, a suburb of Los Angeles. The property traded hands for $5.4 million. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Fresenius Medical Care and TNV International, a wholesale distributor of bulk ingredients for the nutritional supplement industry, occupy the property. Jake Linksy and Simon Assaf of Matthews brokered the transaction.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has purchased South Plains Crossing, a 144,241-square-foot retail center in Lubbock, for $18.2 million. Anchor tenants at the property, which was built on 12 acres in 1996, include Hobby Lobby (70,000 square feet), alcoholic beverage providers Spec’s Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods (33,000 square feet) and Vision Mart (10,000 square feet). The seller was a partnership between Atlanta-based RCG Ventures, LLC and New York City-based DRA Advisors LLC. South Plains Crossing was 94 percent leased to 11 tenants at the time of sale.
HANOVER, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI) has sold Wegmans Retail Center, a 133,276-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located about 30 miles west of New York City in Hanover. The sales price was $46 million. The property was built in phases between 2017 and 2020 and was fully leased to regional grocer Wegmans and Panera Bread at the time of sale. The sale also included two newly developed restaurant buildings that are leased to Capital Grille and Seasons 52. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, J.B. Bruno and Nicholas Stefans of JLL represented Mack-Cali in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $21.6 million sale of Cottage Plaza, an 84,455-square-foot retail center in Pawtucket. Regional grocer Stop & Shop anchors the property, which was built on 14.6 acres between 2004 and 2005. Jim Koury, Dean Zang and David Crotts of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, AAG Management Inc., in the transaction.
QUAKERTOWN, PA. — New Jersey-based Dunhill Auto Group has acquired a 10,000-square-foot retail property at 840 S. West End Blvd. in Quakertown, located north of Philadelphia in Bucks County. Rich Weitzman of Colliers International represented the seller, Peruzzi Auto Group, in the transaction. A Mitsubishi dealership currently occupies the three-acre site.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Bloomingdale’s has announced plans to open its first Bloomie’s store at the Mosaic District shopping center in Fairfax on August 26. Bloomingdale’s is the latest retailer to unveil an updated store concept designed to reflect the changing wants and needs of shoppers following the COVID-19 pandemic. The new, smaller-footprint concept will span 22,000 square feet and feature an evolving mix of merchandise from top brands alongside tech-enabled stylist services and a restaurant. A standard Bloomingdale’s location spans approximately 200,000 square feet. Fresh deliveries from a mix of designers already featured in Bloomingdale’s stores and emerging labels will come in multiple times per week. These goods will be displayed in rotating carts, allowing for new products to be seen by customers on each visit. Bloomie’s stores will offer men’s and women’s apparel; denim; activewear; intimates; shoes; handbags; beauty products; and accessories, including eyewear and fine jewelry. Brands set for inclusion at Bloomie’s include Rag & Bone, Stella McCartney, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Dior, Prada, Marc Jacobs, See by Chloe, and more. The new concept will feature a returns dropbox; curbside pick-up; online shopping; and product customization, personalization and alteration services at a centralized front desk. Bloomie’s will also offer stylist services. …
By Chris Irwin, Colliers International As we begin to lower our masks, breathe fresh air and see smiles on everyone’s faces, there are strong signs that better than pre-COVID retail activity in Chicago is here. With the expanded vaccine rollout, a decrease in unemployment plus the added boost of stimulus checks, the surge in retail sales in the city and surrounding areas has been measurable. The demand for retail space increased in fourth-quarter 2020 and first-quarter 2021 significantly, with the first quarter recording a 650,000-square-foot increase in overall absorption, which pushed the trailing 12-month absorption back to positive territory — and its highest level since 2017. Increased leasing activity continued to drive new demand as net absorption totaled almost 1 million square feet in the first quarter. Vacancy in Chicago retail has flattened and currently is holding at 6.1 percent over the past year compared with a rate of 5.1 percent nationally. Leasing activity was driven by the expansion of essential retailers throughout the first quarter, similar to first-quarter activity levels registered in 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, the most important step toward recovery happened June 11 when the State of Illinois moved its Coronavirus response from Phase 4 to …
CINCINNATI — Phillips Edison & Co. Inc. (PECO), an internally managed REIT, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 17 million shares of its common stock to the public. The Cincinnati-based shopping center owner also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2.5 million shares of its common stock. The initial public offering (IPO) price is expected to be between $28 and $31 per share. Adjusting for the one-for-three reverse stock split that was executed on July 2, the IPO price would be expected to be between $9.33 and $10.33 per share. PECO expects to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “PECO.” The company says it will use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to pay off its $375 million unsecured term loan, fund external growth with property acquisitions and fund other general corporate uses. As of March 31, PECO owned equity interests in 300 shopping centers comprising 31 million square feet across 31 states.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Pinstripes, an entertainment concept that combines bowling and bocce ball with food and beverages, will open a new venue at Westfield Garden State Plaza in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The opening is scheduled for late 2022. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield owns the 2.1 million-square-foot property.