SAN FRANCISCO — The Grove has signed a lease for 3,650 square feet of space at One Henry Adams, an apartment community located on Townsend Circle in Showplace Square in San Francisco. One Henry Adams and the new restaurant location are slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2016. Owned by Equity Residential, the 241-unit apartment community offers 8,600 square feet of retail space.
DALLAS — Bright Realty has brokered the lease for a new Wingstop in Dallas. The 1,781-square-foot restaurant will be located at the intersection of Preston Road and Frankford Road. Britton Lankford of Bright Realty represented the tenant in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Baker Katz has completed a 7,000-square-foot lease on behalf of Uncle Julio’s. Uncle Julio’s will be located near the intersection of I-10 West and Westgreen Boulevard. The restaurant serves Mexican food, and the opening is slated for Feb. 15, 2016. Jason Baker of Baker Katz represented Uncle Julio’s in the transaction. Vincent Giammalva of Giammalva Interests represented the undisclosed landlord. Founded in 1986, Uncle Julio’s has grown to include more than 20 locations in the U.S.
EAST PEORIA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 5,829-square-foot property net leased to Applebee’s for $2.5 million in East Peoria. The building is located at 900 Riverside Drive and was renovated in 2015. The property sits on an outparcel to a Walmart and Lowes. Matthew Wenger and Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap represented both undisclosed parties in the transaction.
RESTON, VA. — Comstock Partners LLC has signed a roughly 10,000-square-foot lease with Farmers Restaurant Group (FRG) for restaurant space at Reston Station, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Reston. FRG’s Founding Farmers, an American eatery serving farm-to-table food, plans to open its new restaurant at Reston Station in late 2016. Currently under construction, Reston Station will serve as the gateway to the Wiehle Reston-East Metro Station and the terminus of Phase I of Metro’s new Silver Line.
DALLAS — Mellow Mushroom is opening a new location at 2326 N. Henderson Ave. in Dallas. The 5,628-square-foot, freestanding pizza restaurant is anticipated to open in spring 2016. Sean Alkek of EDGE Realty Partners represented the tenant, and Drew Downs and Matt Heisley of Open Realty Advisors represented the landlord in the transaction. Founded in 2009, EDGE Realty Partners is a commercial real estate firm providing brokerage, development and investment sales services throughout the Southwest.
DALLAS —Shake Shack will open its first location in Dallas at the 11-acre office and retail complex The Crescent in 2016. Shake Shack at The Crescent will be located near a corner park. The Dallas location will also be situated near downtown Dallas, Klyde Warren Park and the Dallas Arts District. The Crescent has earned LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Dallas Shake Shack menu will include a selection of local beer and wine, along with and three localized frozen custard flavors starring local bakeries and food purveyors.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use loft building located at 9 E. 16th St. in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District of Manhattan. The seven-story, elevator-serviced building sold for $30 million, or $978 per square foot. The 30,680-square-foot property features 15 large loft units, of which 12 are fair market and three are rent stabilized, and one ground-floor commercial unit, which is currently occupied by a restaurant. Paul Smadbeck, John Ciraulo, Rob Stufano and Craig Waggner of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the all-cash transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary The Woodlands Development Co. have officially opened Restaurant Row at Hughes Landing, a mixed-use development including restaurants, retailers, multifamily residences, entertainment venues, office buildings and an Embassy Suites by Hilton hotel. California Pizza Kitchen, Del Frisco’s Grille, Escalante’s Fine Tex-Mex & Tequila and Local Pour are now open in Restaurant Row, with Truluck’s and Fogo de Chão under development. Retailers now open include Cadence Bank, CUPS Frozen Yogurt, KB Kasuals, Kriser’s Natural Pet, Pier 1 Imports, Starbucks, Venetian Nail Spa and Whole Foods Market. Other retails, including 18|8 Fine Men’s Salons, Macaron by Patisse and Willa Boutique, will open at Hughes Landing soon.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. is launching a micro-restaurant program dedicated to attracting unique restaurant concepts to Waterside, a 63-acre mixed-use development under construction at Bryant Irvin Road and Arborlawn Drive in Fort Worth. Trademark will lease three or four micro-restaurant spaces ranging between 600 and 1,000 square feet to local and regional businesses. The micro-restaurants will be located around The Grove, Waterside’s central public space. The Grove will serve as the heart of the development, featuring outdoor seating for restaurants, public art and the re-use of existing playground and amusement ride equipment. Waterside broke ground on its first phase of development in 2014 and later announced its first anchor tenant, a 45,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market, the first in Fort Worth. The Grove and the first 383 multifamily units will be substantially complete by spring 2016 when the retail and restaurants are projected to open.