MIAMI — Swire Properties Inc. and its retail co-developers Whitman Family Development and Simon Property Group have inked a lease for a 38,000-square-foot Italian indoor food hall concept at Brickell City Centre in Miami’s Brickell district. The three-level dining space and market will anchor the 500,000-square-foot open-air shopping center at the 5.4 million-square-foot development. The food hall will offer several eateries, market fare such as produce and artisanal cheeses, gifts, live cooking demonstrations, cooking classes with Italian chefs and educational programming on wine pairings and other topics. Other dining and entertainment retailers already signed on at Brickell City Centre include Cinemex, Pubbelly Sushi, Pasion del Cielo, Quinto La Huella and Sugar, a rooftop bar that will be situated at the Brickell City Centre’s upscale hotel — EAST, Miami.
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DUBLIN, OHIO — Crawford Hoying has arranged a 3,531-square-foot lease for 3 Palms Pizzeria and Bakery in Dublin, approximately 18 miles northwest of Columbus. 3 Palms is the latest tenant announced at Bridge Park, a $350 million, 30-acre mixed-use project. Other tenants include The Avenue, The RAM Restaurant and Brewery and Mesh Fitness. The Bridge Park restaurant will be 3 Palms’ third location and will be able to seat 100 guests.
DALLAS — RED Development has begun construction on The Union Dallas, an 800,000-square-foot office, residential and retail project scheduled for completion in 2018. First announced in May 2014, the two-tower mixed-use project will offer 417,000 square feet of Class A office space, 309 residential units and 87,000 square feet of retail. StreetLights Residential is leading design and development for the 23-floor residential tower, which will be known as The Christopher. The development will also include a 10,ooo-square-foot restaurant known as The Henry, which will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tenants in the office portion of the development will include Vinson & Elkins, which will lease 82,000 square feet across three floors beginning in 2018. Weaver, the largest independent accounting firm in the Southwest, will move its Dallas office to a 58,000-square-foot space within two floors in the office tower. Located at Field Street and Cedar Springs Road, the mixed-use project is within walking distance of many sports, entertainment, museum and outdoor park venues. Designed by Dallas-based architect HKS Inc., and with DPR as the general contractor, the project will include a 60,000-square-foot Tom Thumb grocery store on the ground floor. Landscape designer Office of James Burnett will design a 21,000-square-foot …
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — On April 25, fast-casual restaurant chain Newk’s Eatery will open its first location in San Marcos. The brand serves salads, pizzas, sandwiches, soups and desserts seven days a week. Located at 1285 S. I-35 Frontage Road, the restaurant will offer indoor dining for 142 guests and patio dining for 42 more in a 4,405-square-foot space. The San Marcos restaurant will employ about 70 and is the first of five locations planned to open in the Austin metro area by 2019.
BENBROOK, TEXAS — The Silver Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant Dairy Queen restaurant located at 8636 Benbrook Blvd. in the southwest Fort Worth suburb of Benbrook. The property consists of the newly constructed, 3,000-square-foot restaurant on a 1.1-acre parcel. The tenant, Vasari LLC, operates several Dairy Queen locations. The property is situated between Panda Express and Jack in the Box and is one block from CVS/pharmacy, Walgreens, Walmart and McDonald’s. The triple net lease had a new 20-year term commencing on the closing date. Greg Cunha of The Silver Group represented the family trust, which bought the property utilizing a tax-deferred exchange.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Pierson Retail Advisors (PRA) has negotiated the sale of a 1,935-square-foot, single-tenant Starbucks located in Wichita Falls. PRA represented the seller, Truity Capital LLC. An out-of-state buyer purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Starbucks recently expanded its footprint by 40 percent and renewed its lease for 10 years. Starbucks has been at the location on the southeast corner of Kemp and Kell boulevards since 2003. The entire team at PRA in Dallas handled the sale.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — American Threads, Alton Lane and Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar have leased space at Edgehill Village, a 56,000-square-foot retail hub in Nashville. American Threads, a women’s fashion retailer, will lease 1,529 square feet; Alton Lane, a custom menswear shop, will lease 883 square feet; and Barcelona, a Spanish tapas restaurant and wine bar, will lease 5,887 square feet, becoming the largest retail tenant at the property. Edgehill Village comprises eight masonry buildings situated near Music Row at Edgehill Avenue and Villa Place. The property formerly housed Whiteway Cleaners in the 1920s. The national tenants will move into the historic mixed-use property by the end of the year. Existing tenants at Edgehill Village include retailers Warby Parker and J. Crew Mens Shop; restaurants Old Glory and Edgehill; and major entertainment companies such as Live Nation, AEG and AC Entertainment. Edgehill Village is owned by Edgehill Village Partners, an entity including real estate developers Rob Lowe, Elliott Kyle, McClain Towery of Towery Development and Jay Weaver of Atlanta-based Weaver Capital Partners.
Brown-Forman Unveils Design Plans for Old Forester Distillery Along ‘Whiskey Row’ in Louisville
by John Nelson
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Brown-Forman Corp., a Louisville-based spirits and wine company, has released 11 new renderings that detail its design for the new Old Forester Distillery, a 60,000-square-foot bourbon distilling operation and visitor experience located at 117 and 119 Main St. along Louisville’s historic “Whiskey Row.” Brown-Forman expects to produce 100,000 cases of Old Forester, a 146-year-old bourbon brand, annually at the new operation. Old Forester Distillery is scheduled to be complete by late 2017.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has signed two leases with restaurateur Deedee Mills for two new dining concepts at 500 East Morehead, a seven-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. The 178,000-square-foot property is currently under construction. The two new dining concepts include The Packhouse, a Southern-themed restaurant, and Joe and Nosh, a quick service breakfast and lunch destination and coffee shop. Charles Thrift of Collett & Associates represented Beacon Partners in the lease transaction.
LANSING, MICH. — Chick-fil-A will break ground next week on a freestanding store in Lansing, kicking off the restaurant chain’s expansion across the state. Chick-fil-A will open 15 to 20 new stores within the next five years. The first building, to be located at 5617 W. Saginaw Highway in Lansing, is slated for completion this fall. The 4,971-square-foot restaurant will feature seating for 132 people with additional patio seating. The building will also include two drive-thru lanes. The second store is expected to open at Troy’s Somerset Collection by the end of the year. The remainder of the stores in the expansion will open at a rate of approximately three to four stores per year, and the franchise is considering additional locations in Kalamazoo, metro Detroit and Grand Rapids. Chick-fil-A currently operates two stores in the state of Michigan, one at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and one on the Oakland University campus in Rochester.