SYLVANIA, OHIO — Eidi Properties is redeveloping a 2.3-acre property into a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Sylvania, along the Michigan border. The property, located at 6636 W. Central Ave., will be Chick-fil-A’s fourth freestanding location in the Toledo market and the first location in the Sylvania market. Demolition of the retail building currently at the site is slated for mid-March, and the restaurant is set to open in the summer of 2017.
CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of a 7,441-square-foot Olive Garden located in Casa Grande. Jamie Medress, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
SEGUIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a restaurant property located at 498 N. Highway 123 Bypass in Seguin. Wendy’s net leases the 2,864-square-foot property, which was built in 2003. Geoff Ficke and Collin Kraft of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a fast-casual restaurant, signed franchise agreements to develop more than 160 new cafes in the United States in 2016, closing out the year with 86 new restaurant openings. The company expanded the brand’s presence most notably in Albuquerque, Charleston, S.C., Dallas and Houston. In 2017, the franchise plans to open 100 restaurants nationwide. By 2020, Tropical Smoothie Cafe aims to have 1,000 stores open across the U.S. Tropical Smoothie Cafe’s franchise growth is backed by BIP Franchise Accelerator, a division of venture capital firm BIP Capital, which invested in the brand in 2010. Founded in 1997, Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a fast-casual restaurant with more than 540 locations nationwide.
HOUSTON — EDGE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a restaurant property located at 13740 East Freeway in Houston. Montgomery Land Co. acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Whataburger occupies the site on a long-term, triple-net corporate ground lease. Burdette Huffman and Kevin Holland of EDGE represented the undisclosed seller.
WATERTOWN, MASS. — The Watertown Planning Board unanimously approved the development of Arsenal Yards, a mixed-use project at the former Arsenal Mall in Watertown. Developers Boylston Properties and The Wilder Cos. plan to add a mixed-use project featuring 350,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space and 500 residences to the existing 100,000 square feet of office space. Construction is slated to begin in six to eight months. The project will feature chef-driven restaurants, a specialty grocery, a wine superstore, a cinema, market-rate and affordable apartments, and a combination of boutiques and national retailers.
ROWLETT, TEXAS — Bayside Land Partners, a partnership between Kent Donahue and Wilks Development, is developing Bayside, a $1 billion master-planned project encompassing 262 acres and featuring a variety of retail, restaurants, residential units and a resort hotel in the Lake Ray Hubbard area of Rowlett. Designed as a pedestrian-friendly, open-air resort, Bayside will feature more than 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, 3,000 residential units, a 1,000-slip marina and 700 hotel rooms. Lifescapes International will provide landscape design services for the project, including the development of the first-ever Crystal Lagoon in Texas. A Crystal Lagoon is a new technology that creates man-made lagoons with crystal-clear, turquoise waters in order to create a beachfront property. Additionally, Lifescapes will design a 116-acre peninsula, including 25 acres of parks, a variety of retail rooftop gardens and beach zones and the perimeter of the eight-acre Crystal Lagoon. Construction on the lagoon is slated to start this March and the project is scheduled to open by spring 2019.
HOUSTON — Baker Katz has completed two leases for Snooze, an A.M Eatery, at Town & Country Village and Houston Heights Lowell Street Market in Houston. A 3,185-square-foot eatery is slated to open this summer at Town & Country Village, and a 3,785-square-foot second location is scheduled to open in late summer at Houston Heights Lowell Street Market. Since opening its first restaurant in 2006, the Denver-based eatery has grown to 17 locations across Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas. Snooze delivers a menu creative twists on breakfast dishes, as well as a selection of local craft beers and morning cocktails.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Maverick Commercial Mortage Inc. has arranged a $1.7 million first mortgage loan for a to-be built Portillo’s restaurant in Champaign in central Illinois. The restaurant will be constructed on a 1.4-acre site. The restaurant is expected to open shortly after demolition of the current Home Town Buffet. The six-month loan has two three-month extension options. The fixed-rate, recourse loan is interest only and was funded by a national bridge lender. Jeffrey B. Gurian of BeckerGurian represented the borrower, Berkshire Partners. Bryan Segal of Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum and Nagelberg LLP represented the lender.
SAN FRANCISCO — Buckhorn Grill has signed a 10-year lease for a restaurant space located at 619 Market St. in San Francisco. The tenant plans to open a 6,571-square-foot restaurant at the space, which was formerly occupied by Boudin Bakery, in May 2017. Andrew Lindsey of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the tenant, while Mary Kate Banchero and Courtney Griffin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, CPF 33 New LLC, in the transaction. Buckhorn Grill currently operates 10 restaurants in Northern California.
