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Whole Foods Opens 35,000 SF Store at Saltillo in East Austin

by Taylor Williams

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Whole Foods Market has opened its 35,000-square-foot store at Saltillo, a mixed-use development in East Austin by Endeavor Real Estate Group. The store has served as a fulfillment center for other regional stores during most of the COVID-19 pandemic. The store now offers fresh produce from 75 different growers, full-service meat and seafood departments, a bakery, coffee kiosk and more than 1,000 different wines and 280 different beers, including 150 selections from local alcoholic beverage suppliers.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club to Open 90,000 SF Store in Seabrook, New Hampshire

by Alex Patton

SEABROOK, N.H. — BJ’s Wholesale Club will open a 90,000-square-foot store in Seabrook, approximately 50 miles north of Boston. The newly constructed building will be located on a 20-acre site on the crossroads of Interstate 95 and State Routes 107 and 1. The store will anchor several nearby parcels planned for future commercial development. Slated for delivery in 2021, the new store will be BJ’s seventh in the state. Waterstone Properties owns the development site.

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Muinzer, T2 Capital Acquire Ownership Stake in Chauncey Hill Mall Next to Purdue University

by Kristin Harlow

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — Muinzer, together with T2 Capital Management, has acquired a 50 percent stake in the ownership of Chauncey Hill Mall and Chauncey Hill Annex in West Lafayette. Trinitas Ventures was the seller. The purchase price was undisclosed. The properties are located next to Purdue University. The acquisition makes Muinzer the largest residential, retail and land owner near the university, according to the company.

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Principle Construction Completes Conversion of Auto Dealership into Brewery in Huntley, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

HUNTLEY, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has completed the conversion of a former Chevrolet auto dealership in Huntley into a brewing facility and full-service restaurant for More Brewing. The property is located at 13980 Automall Drive within metro Chicago. The 25,302-square-foot building includes 11,302 square feet of beer production space and a 14,000-square-foot restaurant with two private dining rooms that will double as barrel-aging rooms. Guests dining at the restaurant will be able to view the brewing area through 12-foot glass walls. The property features four drive-in doors for the distribution of More’s products and 114 car parking spaces for customers and employees. Harris Architects provided architectural services. Dominic Carbonari of JLL provided brokerage services on behalf of More. A timeline for opening was not disclosed.

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SRS Negotiates $9.2M Sale of Wigwam Creek Shopping Center Near Phoenix

by Amy Works

LITCHFIELD PARK, ARIZ. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a large portion of Wigwam Creek Shopping Center, located at 13000 and 12958 W. Indian School Road in Litchfield Park. A Colorado-based family office sold the asset to a California-based private investor for $9.2 million. Built in 2002, Wigwam Creek Shopping Center totals 33,792 square feet. Anytime Fitness, Baskin Robbins, Subway, Fantastic Sams and Leslie’s Poolmart are among the 17 tenants that fully occupy the property. The center also includes Albertsons, McDonalds, BBVA Bank, Circle K and KFC, which were not part of the transaction. John Redfield, Ed Beeh and Alan Houston of SRS’ National Net Lease Group, along with Eric Diesch and Peter Sengelmann of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors, represented the seller. Ninos Lazar of Investar Real Estate Specialists represented the buyer in the deal.

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Kislak Brokers Sale of 40,000 SF Office, Retail Property in Parsippany, New Jersey

by Alex Patton

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The Kislak Company Inc. has brokered the $4.3 sale of Colony Plaza, a 40,000-square-foot office and retail property in Parsippany, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The site is located on a 3.2-acre site at 1180-1220 Route 46 near State Routes 10 and 287 and currently houses three buildings. Tom Scatuorchio and Matt Weilheimer of Kislak represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.

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Judge Orders Simon, Taubman to be Trial-Ready by Mid-November

by Kristin Harlow

OAKLAND COUNTY, MICH. — The dispute between Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) and Taubman Centers Inc. (NYSE: TCO) over a planned merger will move to a mediation phase. James Alexander, a circuit court judge with the state of Michigan, has ordered that the mediation phase be completed by July 31 and that the companies must be ready for a trial by mid-November. On Thursday, Taubman shareholders voted to approve and adopt the previously announced merger agreement dated Feb. 9 and says the company is “ready, willing and able to close the transactions with Simon.” As previously announced, Simon delivered a notice purporting to terminate the merger agreement, which was valued at $3.6 billion, on June 10. The mall owner also commenced a lawsuit in Michigan state court on the grounds that Taubman hadn’t responded effectively to the coronavirus pandemic. Taubman says it continues to believe that Simon’s termination is “invalid and without merit.” On June 17, Taubman filed a counterclaim in the lawsuit, rejecting Simon’s allegations. Given the pending litigation, “it appears Simon will not consummate the transactions on June 30, despite its contractual obligation to do so,” according to a statement from Taubman.

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Brad Umansky Takes Reins of Retail Brokers Network During Interesting Times for Retail

by Jeff Shaw

As Brad Umansky assumed the volunteer role of president of the Retail Brokers Network in May, the nation — and the retail real estate industry — was in the throes of dealing with closures and stay-in-place orders brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Umansky is president of Rancho Cucamonga, California-based Progressive Real Estate Partners, and spoke with REBusinessOnline’s sister magazine California Centers about assuming his role for the network at this time, and how its members are helping each other cope with the changes that the pandemic has brought to their businesses and their clients’ businesses. CC: How did you get started in the commercial real estate business? Umansky: I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. I had a short stint in the luxury hotel business; I quickly realized that wasn’t for me. My girlfriend at the time — now my wife — was from Southern California, so I moved here. I started doing retail leasing for a small brokerage. I learned the market. I went to Grubb & Ellis, where I was for four years, followed by four years at Lee & Associates. I then moved to investment sales, spending seven years at Sperry Van Ness. In 2007, I decided …

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TSCG Negotiates $7.1M Sale of Newly Built Retail Center in Metro Charlotte

by Alex Tostado

CONCORD, N.C. — TSCG has negotiated the $7.1 million sale of The Shops at Christenbury, an 11,350-square-foot retail property in Concord. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Aspen Dental, First Watch, Atrium Health and Brownlee Jewelers. A Kohl’s store, McDonald’s outparcel and an Andy’s Frozen Custard outparcel sit on the property but were not part of the sale. The seller, Thompson Thrift Development, delivered the property in 2019. The Shops at Christenbury is located at 8825 Christenbury Parkway, 15 miles north of downtown Charlotte. Anthony Blanco of TSCG represented the Indianapolis-based seller in the transaction. Erin Patton of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, an affiliate of Ohio-based Deville Developments.

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