CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Konover South LLC has acquired a six-acre parcel for $4.8 million with plans to develop a 32,000-square-foot retail center. Located near Charlotte Premium Outlets, Freeman Retail Crossing will include a national steak restaurant, banking, mobile services and healthcare tenants. Konover South plans to break ground in early 2020 and expects to deliver Freeman Retail Crossing in the second quarter of 2021. The land is located on Steele Creek Road near I-485 in southwestern Charlotte.
CAPE CORAL, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $14.3 million sale of Towers I and Towers II, a 72,453-square-foot retail property in Cape Coral. The asset, located at 2612-2708 Santa Barbara Blvd., was 89 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Firehouse Subs, Sylvan Learning of Cape Coral, Anytime Fitness, Sumaq Peruvian Cuisine Bar & Grill and Tony’s Jewelry. Jim Shiebler, James Garner and James Medefind of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer, a private investor, and the seller, a personal trust, in the transaction.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group has arranged the sale of Glendale Galleria, a neighborhood shopping center located at 5880 W. Peoria Ave. in Glendale. Brixmor Property Group sold the asset to a Florida-based private investor for an undisclosed price in a 1031 exchange. Built in 1989/1990 and renovated in 2018, the 119,525-square-foot property is situated on 12.7 acres. At the time of sale, the shopping center was 87 percent occupied by major tenants including LA Fitness, Sears Outlet, Synergy Gymnastics and TitleMax Title Loans. Additionally, the asset has four outparcels, which were not part of the sale. Outparcel tenants include Applebee’s, Arby’s, a car wash and Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant. Chris Tramontano and John Redfield of SRS represented the seller in the deal.
PHILADELPHIA — Cedar Realty Trust is underway on construction of Fishtown Crossing, a retail redevelopment project in the Olde Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. The project will convert a shopping center formerly known as Port Richmond Village into an 18,000-square-foot neighborhood center. The property currently houses more than 20 tenants, including grocer IGA, vitamin and supplement retailer GNC and footwear retailer Kicks USA, while tenants that have preleased space at the new center will include Starbucks and ‘50s-themed diner Nifty Fifty’s. Construction of Fishtown Crossing is slated for completion by early 2021.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Park Shops, a grocery-anchored retail center in Chicago, for $3.9 million. The 47,069-square-foot property is located at 6400 W. 63rd St. Fair Share Super Market has operated at the location for 27 years and recently extended its lease for 10 years. Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. A Chicago-based private investor purchased the asset.
As retailers rise and fall in the age of Amazon, property taxes remain one of retailers’ largest operating expenses. That makes it critical to monitor assessments of retail properties and be ready to contest unfairly high taxable valuations. Assessors — and property owners attempting to educate those assessors — must understand how the changes taking place in the retail sector affect property value. Assessors must adjust their models to reflect new market realities, and property owners or their representatives must be able to explain why previously held valuation assumptions could no longer be valid. No Going Back Changing consumer tastes have always required retailers to adapt in order to survive, but traditional retailers are facing a different kind of challenge today. The increasing role of e-commerce in overall sales reflects a fundamental change in consumer behavior that will not reverse course with the whims of fashion. The ability to shop online is resetting consumer expectations, and retailers are struggling to adapt and stay competitive. This struggle is evident in store closings that in 2019 are outpacing closings from the prior year. In addition to the threat of e-commerce, some economists believe a recession is coming in 2020. Falling retail sales, …
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — San Diego-based SENTRE Inc. has purchased San Marcos Village, a neighborhood retail center located in San Marcos. A San Diego-based joint venture partnership sold the property for $19.2 million. At the time of sale, the grocery-anchored center was 92 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Grocery Outlet, 99 Cents Only Store and AutoZone. Philip Voorhees, Reg Kobzi, Preston Fetrow and Eric Shain of CBRE National Retail Partners-West represented both parties in the transaction. Scott Peterson, Bill Chiles, Brian Cruz and Morgon Fraser of CBRE’s San Diego Debt & Structured Finance team arranged an $11.6 million, seven-year, fixed-rate loan through a regional bank for the buyer.
SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF. — An out-of-state family trust has sold the ground lease of a parking lot adjacent to a Rite Aid store located at 900 S. Fair Oaks Ave. in South Pasadena. A Southern California-based private investment company acquired the approximately 27,000-square-foot site for $7.2 million. Dan Elliott, Sean Lutz, Ara Rostamian, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Brandon Burns and Brandon Gill of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 58,515-square-foot retail property formerly occupied by Albertson’s grocery store in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. John Zikos and Charlotte Cooper represented the seller in the transaction. Sean Porter with Capstone Commercial Real Estate Group Inc. represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. has acquired Maple Street Biscuit Co. for $36 million in an all-cash deal. Maple Street’s portfolio comprised 28 company-owned and five franchise-owned restaurants in seven states at the time of sale. The company plans to convert its Holler & Dash Biscuit House into Maple Street Biscuit locations. Scott Moore and Gus Johnson founded Maple Street in Jacksonville in 2012. Moore will stay on as CEO and will report to Sandra Cochran, president and CEO of Cracker Barrel.