WESTFIELD, IND. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a Burger King ground lease in suburban Indianapolis for $2.4 million. The newly constructed, 3,245-square-foot building is located at 819 East State Road 32 in the northern suburb of Westfield. The property sits on 1.3 acres and is part of the larger Monon Crossing retail development. Burger King is scheduled to open this month. Franchisee Carrols Restaurant Group will operate the restaurant. Dylan Mallory of Hanley represented the seller and developer, Midland Atlantic Properties. Ryan Chakroff of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a Denver-based private investor. The sales price represents a cap rate of 5 percent, the lowest cap rate for a single-tenant Burger King in the state of Indiana, according to Hanley.
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EUGENE, ORE. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a restaurant property located at 950 Seneca Road in Eugene. A limited liability company sold the net-leased asset to an undisclosed buyer for $1.9 million. Since the building delivery in 2003, Izzy’s Pizza has occupied the 6,000-square-foot property and has 10 years remaining on its lease. The Albany, Ore.-based franchise currently operates 10 locations throughout Oregon and Washington. Scott Logan of Marcus & Millichap’s Portland office represented the seller in the transaction.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — Tutto USA has purchased a six-tenant restaurant asset located at 11604 Amargosa Road in Victorville. A California-based developer sold the asset for $9.5 million, or $841 per square foot. Constructed in 2017, the 11,300-square-foot property was fully occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Starbucks Coffee, Nekter Juice Bar, Which Wich, Pieology, Ono Hawaiian BBQ and Café Rio. Jeff Conover and Chris DePierro of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and procured the buyer, which was represented by an undisclosed Los Angeles-based broker, in the deal.
TC Restaurant Group Lays Off 411 Employees at Five Honky-Tonks in Nashville Due to Coronavirus Closures
by Alex Tostado
NASHVILLE, TENN. — TC Restaurant Group has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development to notify the agency of 411 employee layoffs stemming from closures due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Ohio-based company operates five honky-tonks in downtown Nashville, including Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar, Luke’s 32Bridge Food + Drink, Luigi’s City Pizza, Tequila Cowboy and FGL House. TC Restaurant Group says the employees were laid off in mid-March, when the company temporarily closed the doors to those establishments due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As of this writing, there have been 888 confirmed cases and nine deaths due to COVID-19 in Davidson County, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the ground lease sale of a freestanding restaurant building located at 11321 Talbert Ave. in Fountain Valley. A private investor acquired the property from a Southern California-based investor for $4 million. McDonald’s occupies the 3,500-square-foot, drive-thru building on a corporate-guaranteed, triple-net lease with 12 years remaining. Michael Walseth of SRS’ National Net Lease group represented the seller, while Chris Nikchevich of TNG Real Estate Services represented the all-cash, 1031-exchange buyer in the deal.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 3,414-square-foot property occupied by Steak ’N Shake in Plainfield for $1.4 million. Built in 1996, the restaurant is located at 6208 Cambridge Way. There are approximately five years left on the corporate-guaranteed lease. Matthew Spear and Hayden Eaves of Avison Young represented the California-based buyer, which completed a 1031 exchange. An Indiana-based private investor was the seller.
CONROE, TEXAS — Houston-based developer Gordon Partners is nearing completion of its expansion of Waterpoint Center, a lifestyle center that fronts Lake Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. The project will add roughly 40,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space, as well as 60 new boat slips. Restaurants that have signed new leases at the property include Akashi Asian Bistro and Kenz Mediterranean. Several office users, Gary Greene Realtors and Optimus Med Spa have also signed leases. Construction is scheduled to be complete in August.
Hanley Investment Group Arranges $3.1M Sale of Starbucks-Occupied Asset in Twentynine Palms
by Amy Works
TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a newly built retail property located at 73690 Twentynine Palms Highway in Twentynine Palms. Fountainhead Development sold the asset to a Los Angeles-based private investor for $3.1 million, or $1,722 per square foot. Starbucks Coffee occupies the1,800-square-foot drive-thru property, which was built in this year. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Taesoo Eo and Shirley Kim of RE/MAX Commercial’s Los Angeles office represented the buyer in the deal.
KENOSHA, WIS. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a 4,500-square-foot, single-tenant retail building net leased to Giordano’s restaurant in Kenosha. Completed in late 2019, the property is located at 7060 Green Bay Road. It is the first Giordano’s location in Wisconsin. Chicago-based Giordano’s, famous for deep dish pizza, opened in 1974 and operates nearly 70 locations. Alex Sharrin, Nicholas Kanich and Larry Kilduff of JLL represented the seller, Speedwagon Properties. JLL also procured the buyer, a Chicago-based family.
GLEN ELLYN, ILL. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property net leased to Andy’s Frozen Custard in Glen Ellyn, a western suburb of Chicago. Although the sales price was undisclosed, the property was listed at $2.75 million. Constructed in 2019, the 1,255-square-foot building is located at 415 Roosevelt Road. Mack Wolfgram, Tom Fritz, Brandon Duff and Matt Spangenberg of Stan Johnson represented the seller, Illinois-based LM Commercial Real Estate. A New York-based private investor purchased the asset in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.