VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Berkeley Capital Advisors has arranged the $102 million sale of Landstown Commons Shopping Center, a 408,851-square-foot, open-air retail center located in Virginia Beach. Kohl’s, Ross Dress for Less, Best Buy, Old Navy and Ulta Beauty anchor the center. Other tenants include Bath & Body Works, Carter’s, Burlington, Five Below, Dollar Tree and PetSmart. Rob Carter of Berkeley Capital Advisors represented the seller, Rye, N.Y.-based Acadia Realty Trust, in the transaction. Moritt Hock & Hamroff represented the buyer, an affiliate of Yale Realty Services. Additionally, The Bank of Montreal provided $73.4 million in acquisition financing for the deal.
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ROGERS, ARK. — Whole Foods Market plans to open a new 39,500-square-foot grocery store in Rogers on Feb. 18. The store will be located at 1801 S. 46th St. and will represent the third Arkansas location for the Austin-based grocer. The new Whole Foods will offer more than 120 different products sourced from Arkansas and its surrounding states, including coffee from Onyx Coffee Lab and craft beer from Ozark Beer Co. The Whole Foods will anchor Summit Marketplace, a mixed-use development by Atlanta-based SJC Ventures that also features the Vista at Summit apartments. Other tenants at Summit Marketplace include Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming, Dave’s Hot Chicken, Serotonin, Veterinary Emergency Group, Chase Bank, E’lan Nails and PJ’s Coffee.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Orange County-based DJM has sold Gateway Shopping Center, a 79,001-square-foot shopping center located in Mission Viejo. An institutional buyer purchased the property for $51 million. JLL represented DJM in the all-cash transaction. Completed in 1979 on 7.4 acres, Gateway Shopping Center features a mix of tenants including Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Saddleback Family & Urgent Care and Chase, among others. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. DJM acquired Gateway Center in December 2021 from Gerrity Group for $39.5 million. Following the acquisition, DJM completed a repositioning strategy that featured new leases with Pacific Dental and several restaurant and fitness tenants, as well as enhanced landscaping, refreshed paint and the addition of a weekly farmers market.
Vestar Signs H Mart as Anchor Tenant at Pacific Commons Shopping Center in Fremont, California
by Amy Works
FREMONT, CALIF. — Asian supermarket chain H Mart will open a 100,000-square-foot flagship store at Pacific Commons Shopping Center, a 1.1 million-square-foot super-regional power center located on the southeastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Fremont. The new store will introduce H Mart’s multi-level prototype, which will include a food hall with fast-casual eateries, full-service dine-in restaurants, a bar and entertainment offerings. Construction on the development is expected to begin in late 2026. Owned by Heitman and managed by Vestar, Pacific Commons Shopping Center is home to more than 55 retailers and restaurants such as Target, T.J. Maxx, Costco, Nordstrom Rack and Sephora.
NEW LENOX, ILL. — Greenstone Partners has arranged the $2.6 million sale of The Sherwin-Williams Center, a two-tenant retail property on Lincoln Highway in New Lenox, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The asset is home to Sherwin-Williams and Don Jose’s, a local Mexican restaurant. Jason St. John of Greenstone represented the seller, a Chicago-based developer, and procured the buyer, a Georgia-based investment group.
WEBSTER, TEXAS — Cinemark will undertake a $16 million renovation of its 18-screen theater in Webster, a southeastern suburb of Houston. Plans call for installing a branded Gamescape entertainment space with bowling, arcade games, laser tag and flexible event space, as well as a full-service bar and restaurant. The project will also upgrade the theater’s concession areas and auditoriums. Work is set to begin in February and to be complete in November.
OLD LYME, CONN. — A partnership between Zelco Properties & Development, Grossman Development Group and The McDevitt Co. has acquired a 102,500-square-foot shopping center in Old Lyme, located in southern coastal Connecticut. Anchored by Big Y World Class Market, Old Lyme Marketplace is also home to tenants such as Walgreens, Grand Wine & Spirits and The Bowerbird Gift Shop. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BALTIMORE — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Highlandtown Village, a 57,524-square-foot shopping center located at 3800 E. Lombard St. in Baltimore. Built in 1987, the retail center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Hazlo International Foods, Dollar Tree, Baltimore Bark House, Fishtail Wine and Song’s Beauty Supplies. The average tenant occupancy at Highlandtown Village exceeds 14 years, according to IPA. David Crotts and Dean Zang of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
THE DALLES, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has brokered the sale of retail property located at 3560 W. 6th St. in The Dalles. Robert N. Magid sold the property to Northstar Market LLC for $2.3 million. Constructed in 2007, the 11,335-square-foot freestanding retail building features showroom space, restrooms, break rooms, a security room, an overhead grade door and 19 parking spaces. The property was formerly occupied by Aaron’s. Doug Carter of Portland, Ore.-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while Jessica Kaur of Knipe Realty EA Powered represented the buyer in the deal.
ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has unveiled plans to open a first-of-its-kind retail store in the southern Chicago suburb of Orland Park. The planned brick-and-mortar store will occupy the long-vacant site of the former Petey’s II restaurant at the southwest corner of 159th Street and LaGrange Road. The Orland Park Village Board approved the project at its Jan. 19 meeting. Amazon’s plans call for a one-story building of approximately 230,000 square feet that will offer groceries, household essentials and general merchandise. The store would function similarly to a large-format retailer such as a Walmart Supercenter. The commercial retail store would be open to the public and is not a warehouse or distribution center. Both the Orland Park Plan Commission and the Board of Trustees have reviewed and approved the plan. The village is not providing any financial incentives to Amazon as part of this project. “When a global retailer of this scale considers investment in Orland Park, it sends a strong signal about the vitality of our community and the strategic importance of this corridor,” says Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge. According to a release, Amazon’s proposed multimillion-dollar investment in Orland Park would generate millions in sales and …