INDIANAPOLIS — Books & Brews Used Bookstore and Taproom has signed a 4,600-square-foot retail lease at the University of Indianapolis. Redevelopment of the property, located at 3808 Shelby St., will begin this fall. Books & Brews will be the only restaurant and brewery on campus, according to a news release. Crystal Kennard, Scot Courtney and Richard King III of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Oakbridge Properties, in the lease transaction. Robb Day of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented the tenant.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based asset management firm, will open Crockett Street Food Hall, a 16,000-square-foot venue that will be situated within Crockett Row at West 7th, a mixed-use property in Fort Worth. Located at the corner of Crockett and Norwood streets, the venue will offer 100- to 1,000-square-foot spaces to fast-casual food vendors. Fourteen eateries are currently slated to operate within the food hall, which will feature a full bar, patio seating and music in the evenings.
HARTFORD, CONN. — RBH Group has acquired a long-vacant commercial building, located at 370 Asylum St. in Hartford, for $20 million. RBH Group plans to redevelop the building into Teachers Corner Hartford, a mixed-use space. The development will feature market-rate and affordable residential units, space for educational opportunities and cultural performances, as well as restaurant and retail components. Laurie Grasso and Douglas Hoffmann of Hunton & Williams advised in the acquisition. Teachers Corner Hartford represents the first transaction in RBH Group’s national rollout of its Teachers Village concept following the first Teachers Village project in Newark, N.J., a $150 million, 23-acre mixed-use community. Teachers Corner Hartford is a realization of RBH Group’s continued joint venture with the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and its partnering with Hartford’s Community Solutions and The Prudential Social Investment Group, with funding provided by the City of Hartford and various Connecticut state agencies.
DALLAS — Gather Kitchen, a fast casual restaurant specializing in locally sourced items, has opened its flagship location at Thanksgiving Tower in downtown Dallas. The 2,400-square-foot restaurant will feature a bakery, outdoor seating area and floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the CBD. Greg Pierce and Ryan May of CBRE represented Gather Kitchen in the lease negotiations. Jack Gosnell and Amy MacLaren, also of CBRE, represented the landlord, Woods Capital Management.
POMONA, CALIF. — Capital Realty Solutions has arranged the sale of a restaurant property located at 2098 S. Garey Ave. in Pomona. 6814 Lankershim Associates sold the property to an undisclosed private investor for $3.5 million. Jack in the Box occupies the 2,612-square-foot property on a 15-year triple-net lease term, which includes four five-year extension options for the tenant. Ash Joshi of Capital Realty Solutions represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino will debut a new restaurant concept called Café Hollywood. The redesigned space, in the former Planet Dailies location, will open as the hotel marks its 10-year anniversary this fall Created by the same team that created Planet Dailies, the 5,500-square-foot restaurant will offer a multimedia celebration of iconic Planet Hollywood moments. Open 24 hours, the Café Hollywood wine bar and lounge will offer over 40 different wine varietals. Café Hollywood also features a private dining room featuring bi-fold doors for complete privacy and the ability to accommodate up to 65 people. Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, which is located on the Las Vegas Strip, offering 2,500 guest rooms and suites, shopping, dining, entertainment and nightlife.
YUKON, OKLA. — Hooter’s, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen and Arby’s will join The Market at Czech Hall, a 160,000-square-foot retail center situated along Interstate 40 in Yukon, about 17 miles west of Oklahoma City. The restaurants will occupy three different pad sites totaling about 2.2 acres. Along with the restaurants, a Sleep Inn hotel will also open on the property, which is owned by GBT Realty Corp., at various times in 2018.
SELMA, TEXAS — Austin-based restaurant chain Pluckers Wing Bar will open a 7,400-square-foot location within Forum Pointe Shopping in Selma, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. Whit Jordan of CBRE represented Pluckers in the site search and lease negotiations. The new location, which will be the company’s 23rd overall, is expected to open in 2018.
DENVER — Chipotle Mexican Grill has reopened its doors to the first-ever Chipotle restaurant in its hometown of Denver following a summer-long renovation. The original Chipotle location opened in the former Dolly Madison ice cream shop on East Evans Avenue across from the University of Denver, where founder, chairman and CEO Steve Ells prepared the food and served the very first Chipotle customers. Chipotle expanded the basement of the 850-square-foot restaurant to create additional storage and food prep space, allowing the small open kitchen — still a hallmark design element of all Chipotle locations — to be more efficient. Work in the dining room updated the style of the space, while preserving features of the first restaurant. Ells opened the second Chipotle in 1995 and the third in 1996. Today, Chipotle has more than 2,300 locations worldwide.
HAMPSHIRE, ILL. — Realty Metrix Commercial has arranged the sale of the 4,122-square-foot retail property formerly occupied by Corkshire Pub in Hampshire, located in northern Illinois. The sales price was not disclosed. The 4,122-square-foot retail property, built in 1930, is located at 172 S. State St. The buyer, K&M Village Inc., plans to renovate the property and rename it Copper Barrel on State, which will offer modern cuisine as well as some of the old Corkshire Pub favorites. Completion is slated for January 2018. Linda Kost and Dave Schmidt of Realty Metrix Commercial represented both the buyer and the seller, Gayle Cork Trust.