CHICAGO — Velvet Taco, a Texas-based fast casual restaurant, will open its second Chicago location at Lincoln Common, a mixed-use project located in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The restaurant will occupy 2,572 square feet beginning in mid- to late-2019. Lincoln Common, currently under development by McCaffery Brokerage and Hines, will feature residential, office, dining, fitness and retail space. Previously announced tenants include Kohler Waters Spa and Equinox Fitness.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Valore Ventures has closed on fee simple interest in four brand-name restaurants in Garden Grove for $13.1 million. The restaurants include Oggi’s Pizza & Brewery, Outback Steakhouse, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews, and Joe’s Crab Shack. The assets are all subject to ground leases and were built between 2001 and 2008 in conjunction with surrounding development that includes three high-rise hotels in Garden Grove. The properties also feature a 2.8-acre parking lot, which is owned by the nearby Sheraton, Marriott and Delta hotels, but is exclusively for restaurant use. Valore Ventures purchased the site as one large parcel, which the company plans to spilt into four individual parcels for sale. Tom Fazekas of Fazekas Retail Group in San Francisco represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW MEXICO — Mill Valley, Calif.-based Four Corners Property Trust has purchased a restaurant property located in New Mexico for $3.9 million. The asset was acquired through a sale-leaseback transaction and will operate under a new triple-net lease with Cerca Trova Restaurant Concepts, the largest domestic franchisee in the Bloomin’ Brands system. Outback Steakhouse occupies the property under a lease with 20 years of the initial term and rent increases of 10 percent every five years during the initial term.
CLARKSTON, MICH. — Crispelli’s Bakery & Pizzeria has signed a 3,892-square-foot lease in Clarkston. This will be the restaurant’s fourth location in Michigan. Crispelli’s will join T-Mobile, Great Clips and Jersey Mike’s at the new Shoppes of Clarkston development. Tjader Gerdom and Michael Murphy of Gerdom Realty represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Chris Jonna of CMP Real Estate Group represented the undisclosed landlord.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. — DWS Group has broken ground on Village Shops, the next phase of its $180 million Manhattan Village redevelopment in Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Village is 44-acre, 573,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor mixed-use dining and retail property. Village Shops will feature 60,942 square feet of retail/restaurant space, 30,744 square feet in South Village and 30,198 square feet in North Village; two parking decks encompassing 956 spaces in South Deck, North Deck and surface lots; a water feature; clock tower; and seating areas and lush landscaping. Completion for Village Shops is scheduled for November 2020. Currently signed tenants at Manhattan Village include ROC, Mercado Manhattan Beach, California Pizza Kitchen, Joey Manhattan Beach, Urban Plates, MAC, Origins, Holly and Hudson Nail Lounge, Macy’s, Apple, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Sephora, Victoria’s Secret, Tommy Bahama and Kiehl’s. Manhattan Village is being developed in phases and slated for full completion in 2020. JLL is managing and handling leasing at Manhattan Village.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Orion Investment Real Estate has arranged the sale of a restaurant property, located at 590 E. 16th St. in Yuma. Edwards Corral LLC sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $4.1 million, or $413 per square foot. Golden Corral Buffet & Grill has occupied the 10,015-square-foot property since mid-2004. Judi Butterworth of Orion represented the seller in the transaction.
SEATTLE — HFF has arranged $32.5 million in financing for the acquisition of the Original Rainier Brewery, a mixed-use campus located at 5624-6004 Airport Way South in Seattle’s historic Georgetown neighborhood. Tom Wilson and Zachary Kersten of HFF secured a three-year, floating-rate loan with two one-year extension options with a debt fund for the borrower, ScanlanKemperBard. The borrower plans to make improvements to the property. Originally built in the early 1990s as a brewery for Seattle Brewing and Malting Co., the property eventually housed Rainier Beer and is a designated landmark. The campus encompasses four separate buildings — the Bottling Plant, the Malt House, the Warehouse and the General Office — and two land parcels. The assets feature natural light, exposed brick, original flooring, historical detailing and unique layouts. At the time of financing, the property was 92 percent leased to 55 tenants, including REI, Patagonia, Keen, Elysian Brewing Co., Frans Chocolate and Kyoto Art and Antiques.
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 16810 Lakeshore Drive in Lake Elsinore. A partnership specializing in the ownership of net-lease properties sold the asset to an undisclosed Southern California buyer for $3 million, or $1,957 per square foot. Del Taco occupies the 1,558-square-foot building with 12.5 years remaining on its corporate-guaranteed, 15-year, absolute triple-net lease. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Chris Itule of Itule Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the all-cash transaction.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a new single-tenant building occupied by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Coon Rapids for $5 million. The 2,780-square-foot building is located at 13001 Round Lake Blvd. Raising Cane’s has a new 15-year lease term. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley represented the seller, OneCore Global. Mehdi Star of Colliers International represented the buyer, a San Francisco-based private investor. The sales price represents a cap rate of 6 percent. This was the highest-priced Raising Cane’s to trade in the Midwest, according to Hanley.
ATLANTA — Selig Enterprises has added two new food and beverage tenants at The Works, a $1 billion mixed-use development underway on 80 acres in Atlanta’s Upper Westside neighborhood. The Atlanta-based developer has announced a new food hall known as Chattahoochee Food Works. Headed by Robert Montwaid of Gansevoort Consulting, the new food hall will occupy 16,000 square feet of space within The Makers Building, which will front a quarter-mile linear park known as The Spur. The food hall will feature vendors, a test kitchen, artisanal market shops, space for events and tables that double as charging stations. Selig will also add a new 9,000-square-foot taproom and macrobrewery for Scofflaw Brewing Co., an Atlanta brewery founded in 2016 by Matt Shirah and Travis Herman. The new location will serve as Scofflaw’s main research and development facility and will feature a programmed outdoor area with games and gathering places. Situated off Chattahoochee Avenue, The Works will span 350,000 square feet of retail and entertainment, 500,000 square feet of office space, 500 residences, 200 hotel rooms and 13 acres of green space. The 27-acre Phase I is currently under construction and scheduled for openings in early 2020.
