MENTOR, OHIO — Baceline Investments has purchased Trask Towers, a 16,232-square-foot shopping center in Mentor, about 25 miles northeast of Cleveland. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property is fully leased to tenants such as Noosa Bistro and Guilliano Pizza. Trask Towers marks Baceline’s fifth property in the state of Ohio and 71st in its core income portfolio, which owns and operates necessity-based, multi-tenant shopping centers in 27 different metros. Baceline is based in Denver.
NEW YORK CITY — ShopRite has opened a 70,000-square-foot grocery store at The Boulevard, a $200 million retail redevelopment project on Staten Island. Kimco Realty Corp. is leading the redevelopment of the 400,000-square-foot, open-air center, which will add retailers such as Marshalls, Ulta and PetSmart to its roster in 2021. The new ShopRite features specialty prepared foods from Valducci’s pizza, Loon Chuan Asian cuisine, Saladworks, Juice Press and Dunkin’ coffee, as well as onsite access to a registered dietitian and beauty consultant.
BOSTON — An affiliate of The Bulfinch Companies has purchased a 7,200-square-foot retail building in Boston’s Harvard Square neighborhood with plans to reposition the asset as a medical office or life sciences property complete with a rooftop deck. The building has two stories above grade and one below, with floor–to–ceiling windows on the street providing high visibility and ample daylighting. Kellie Coveney and Michael Restivo of JLL represented the seller, a private entity advised by Ella Properties LLC, in the transaction.This acquisition further strengthens Bulfinch’s portfolio in the Cambridge market. Earlier this year, Bulfinch completed a 280,000-square-foot lab building at Cambridge Discovery Park in the Alewife life sciences cluster. Bulfinch is also the manager of Osborn Triangle, a three-property life sciences and biotech development in Cambridge’s Kendall Square neighborhood,
GREER, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.4 million sale of Orangetheory Fitness Strip Center, an outparcel to Riverside Crossing Shopping Center, in Greer. The 6,500-square-foot outparcel is leased to Orangetheory Fitness, Greenfield’s Bagels & Deli and Stevenson Tax & Accounting. The sale is the final piece of the Riverside Crossing Shopping Center portfolio, which comprises a Lowe’s Foods grocery-anchored shopping center and two outparcels totaling 58,358 square feet. The asset is located at 870 E. Suber Road, 10 miles east of downtown Greenville. Zach Taylor and Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Group represented the seller, EA Riverside OP3 LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, VLH Hiawatha LLC, was completing a 1031 exchange. “When evaluating the sale, we concluded the best way to maximize proceeds was to sell the center as three separate offerings to three separate investors,” says Taylor. “By taking this parcelization approach, we achieved a blended cap rate that was 25 basis points lower and netted the seller an additional $600,000 in value.” The three parcels sold for a total of $17.4 million.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Foothill Village, a retail center located at 14755 Foothill Blvd. in Fontana. A Los Angeles-based private investor sold the property to a Los Angeles-based investor for $5.3 million in an all-cash transaction. Built in 2006, Foothill Village features 24,985 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to 13 tenants. Greg Bedell and Albert Lopez of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Bedell also represented the buyer in the transaction.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS — Coldwell Banker Commercial has arranged the sale of the former Sears department store at the Valle Vista Mall, a 739,000-square-foot retail property located in the Rio Grande Valley city of Harlingen. Sears, which had been one of the mall’s anchor tenants without owning the space since its construction in 1984, vacated the 90,000-square-foot space in 2018 as part of a larger series of store closures. New York-based Valle Vista Mall Holdings LLC sold the asset to ZE Valle Vista Realty LLC for an undisclosed price. The new ownership will redevelop the space but did not release specific plans.
RIVER OAKS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of River Oaks Shopping Center, a 23,380-square-foot retail property located on the western outskirts of Fort Worth in River Oaks. Dollar Tree and grocer La Michoacana anchor the center, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Philip Levy and Chris Gainey of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a developer, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a private investor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — An undisclosed, locally based investment firm has purchased a 1,922-square-foot retail property in the South Lamar neighborhood of Austin that is occupied by Maria’s Taco Xpress. Brad Bailey and Adam Rabin of CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of Maria Corbalan, the owner of the restaurant, which has been open since 1997. Weitzman is working with the new ownership to re-tenant the building.
CORTLAND, N.Y. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Tops Plaza, a 133,849-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Cortland, located south of Syracuse in the Finger Lakes region. Regional grocer Tops anchors the center, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. Jose Cruz, J.B. Bruno, Kevin O’Hearn, Andrew Scandalios, Michael Oliver and Steve Simonelli of JLL represented the seller, an undisclosed CMBS trust. Jonathan Abda represented the buyer, Namdar Realty Group, on an internal basis. The property was built in 1994 and renovated in 1999.
ORLAND PARK, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a 15,120-square-foot retail property occupied by Walgreens in Orland Park for $6.8 million. The single-tenant building is situated at 14680 S. La Grange Road in suburban Chicago. The Walgreens lease expires in September 2032. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate developer. A West Coast-based investor purchased the asset.