NEWPORT, KY. — Inland Real Estate Corp., in a joint venture arrangement with Dutch pension advisor PGGM, has acquired Phase II of Newport Pavilion, a shopping center located in Newport, part of the Cincinnati MSA. Inland and PGGM purchased the 115,000-square-foot asset for $23.6 million. Phase II’s tenant roster includes Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J. Maxx, Buffalo Wild Wings, Panera Bread, Chipotle Mexican Grill, T-Mobile and Sport Clips. The Inland-PGGM joint venture purchased Phase I of Newport Pavilion earlier this year. The entire 337,300-square-foot power center is currently 96 percent leased.
Southeast
ORLANDO AND CLERMONT, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has brokered the sale of two shopping centers in the greater Orlando area. The properties include Phillips Village in Orlando and East Towne Center in Clermont. The 66,218-square-foot Phillips Village was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Mattress Firm, GameStop, Sally Beauty, Ideal Image and Sprint. Portland Investment Co. of America purchased the asset from Weingarten Realty Investors for roughly $18.8 million. The 69,840-square-foot East Towne Center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Chase Bank, Pizza Hut, Hair Masters and The UPS Store. Publix Supermarkets purchased the property from Regency Centers for an undisclosed sales price. Jim Michalak, Mike Cvetetic and Nick Castellano of Plaza Advisors represented the sellers in both transactions. Plaza Advisors was the only brokerage firm involved in both deals.
True Food Kitchen Leases Space on Ground Floor of Upscale Bethesda Apartment Building
by John Nelson
BETHESDA, MD. — Washington Property Co. has signed True Food Kitchen to occupy street-level space at Solaire Bethesda, an upscale apartment building located at the corner of Wisconsin and Woodmont avenues in Bethesda. Solaire Bethesda broke ground this summer and is expected to open in 2016. The 6,400-square-foot restaurant will be True Food Kitchen’s second property in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Lee Engle of Streetsense and Joshua Gurland of WPC represented WPC in the lease transaction. Tom Papadopoulos of Papadopoulos Properties represented Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts in the transaction.
Lincoln Property, Lincoln Harris Broker $35.3M Sale of Shopping Center in North Carolina
by John Nelson
PINEVILLE, N.C. — Lincoln Property Co. and its affiliate Lincoln Harris have arranged the $35.3 million sale of The Centrum Shopping Center, a 270,747-square-foot retail center located at 10500 Centrum Parkway in Pineville. The asset is 99 percent leased to 17 tenants, including Kmart, Stein Mart and T.J. Maxx. Chris Cotten of Lincoln Property Co., along with Chris Vasbinder and Johno Harris of Lincoln Harris, represented the buyer, American Realty Capital-Retail Centers of America, in the transaction. Rob Carter of Berkeley Capital Advisors LLC represented the seller, Pineville Centrum LP, an entity comprised of DRA Advisors LLC and Kimco Realty Corp.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $19.1 million sale of Whole Foods Market Centre, a multi-tenanted, 59,341-square-foot shopping center located at 1451 1st St. in downtown Sarasota. Whole Foods Market anchors the center. Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. purchased the shopping center from Casto-Zenith Venture LLC. Mike Milano, Ron Schultz, Cynthia Shelton and Kane Morris-Webster of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction.
NASHVILLE AND CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC has placed two Freddie Mac loans totaling $23.5 million on two garden-style apartment complexes in Tennessee. The communities include a 312-unit property at 5242 Edmondson Pike in Nashville and a 248-unit property at 2190 Memorial Drive in Clarksville. Fred Stahl and Sheldon Stahl of Houlihan-Parnes arranged a $14 million loan for the Nashville asset with a fixed 3.96 percent interest rate and a $9.5 million loan for the Clarksville asset with a fixed 4.14 percent interest rate. Fred and Sheldon arranged the loans through Walker & Dunlop’s Atlanta office. Both multifamily communities are more than 95 percent occupied.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.1 million sale of a 42,296-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market located at the corner of Mobile and Pine Forest roads in Pensacola. Don McMinn and Zachary Taylor of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a Tennessee-based developer, in the transaction. Patrick Furlong of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the buyer, a private 1031 investor. Kirk Felici of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office is the firm’s broker of record in Florida. Walmart has a 20-year triple-net lease on the asset, which opened for business in July 2014.
ATLANTA — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the sale of the Sheraton Atlanta Airport Hotel, a 395-room property located one mile from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Monty Levy, Bill Murney and Scott Stephens of HREC represented the seller, FelCor Lodging Trust Inc., in the transaction. The buyer, an affiliate of Hotel Capital LLC, has selected Expotel Hospitality to manage the hotel.
MIAMI — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has acquired Airport Corporate Center, a 45-acre, 11-building office park located adjacent to Miami International Airport. The campus is located at 7200-7665 Corporate Center Drive and includes more than 1 million square feet of space, which was 78.6 percent leased at the time of sale. CBRE Global Investors plans to upgrade the campus with the firm’s 5-Star Worldwide service and amenity program, including the addition of conference centers and a fitness center. The buyer is also planning to renovate building interiors and exteriors and upgrade the property’s landscaping.
CALIFORNIA, MD. — Finmarc Management has purchased Wildewood Shopping Center, a 292,000-square-foot regional shopping center located in California in St. Mary’s County, for $28.4 million. The shopping center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bed Bath & Beyond, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Outback Steakhouse, JC Penney and Belk. Sandra Hunt of Scheer Partners represented the seller, SJS Wildewood LP based in New Jersey, in the transaction.