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Conn’s Opens 100th Store in Las Vegas

by Nellie Day November 17, 2015

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Conn’s Inc., a Houston-based furniture and specialty home goods retailer, has opened its 100th store. The new, 52,000-square-foot centennial Conn’s HomePlus store is located in North Las Vegas. The company is on schedule to open between 15 and 18 stores in its current fiscal year, which ends on Jan. 31. Conn’s plans to open as many as 25 stores in its 2017 fiscal year. Conn’s is a furniture and specialty retailer currently operating 100 retail locations in 12 states: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

November 17, 2015

Retail Washington Western

Amazon Opens First Bookstore in Seattle

by Nellie Day November 17, 2015

SEATTLE — Online retail giant Amazon has opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore, Amazon Books, at University Village in north Seattle. The store opens 20 years after Amazon began selling books — severely discounted compared to traditional retailers — over the Internet. The 5,500-square-foot store, which offers as many as 6,000 titles and an additional 2,000 square feet of storage, is a physical extension of the company website, combining the benefits of online pricing with traditional book shopping, the company told the Associated Press in a statement. Inside the store, shoppers will find book displays that contain cards with ratings and reviews. Shoppers can buy the book now, or save the review card and purchase the book online later. The store will not be a location to pick up Amazon orders. While the store will showcase Amazon’s Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and Fire TV streaming-media devices, it will focus first on being a bookstore. All books will face outward, displaying their entire covers rather than only the spines showing.

November 17, 2015

California Retail Western

Ross Appoints President & Chief Merchandising Officer of dd’s Discounts

by Nellie Day November 17, 2015

DUBLIN, CALIF. — Ross Stores, Inc. has appointed Brian Morrow as president and chief merchandising officer of dd’s Discounts, effective Dec. 7. Morrow will report directly to Barbara Rentler, the company’s CEO, and be responsible for directing all aspects of merchandising at dd’s Discounts. Morrow has more than 30 years of merchandising management experience including roles with Macy’s West, Mervyn’s, Macy’s North/Marshall Field’s and May Company. Most recently, he served as president and chief merchandising officer for Stein Mart Inc.

November 17, 2015

Arizona Retail Western

Lee & Associates Arranges Sale of Two Shopping Centers in Arizona for $16.4M

by Nellie Day November 16, 2015

GLENDALE AND TEMPE, ARIZ. — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of two Arizona shopping centers for a combined $16.4 million. Properties include 51st & Olive Square, an 88,225-square-foot shopping center located in Glendale; and Playa Del Norte, an 11,499-square-foot shopping center located in Tempe. Patrick Dempsey and Jan Fincham of Lee & Associates worked on behalf of both the buyer, 51st & Olive Station LLC, and the undisclosed seller in the 51st & Olive Square transaction. Dempsey, Fincham, Chris McClurg and Matt Frederick of Lee & Associates co-listed and secured the buyer, Crow Holdings Capital Real Estate, in the Playa Del Norte transaction.

November 16, 2015

California Retail Western

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Facilitates Purchases of Two Shopping Centers in California

by Nellie Day November 16, 2015

TURLOCK AND FRESNO, CALIF. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. has facilitated the acquisitions of two shopping centers in Turlock and Fresno. In the first transaction, Inland Real Estate Income Trust Inc. acquired Blossom Valley Plaza, a shopping center located at 2900 Geer Road in Turlock, for an undisclosed sum. Constructed in 1988, the 111,558-square-foot shopping center was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to a variety of tenants, including Raley’s grocery store, Wells Fargo, Supercuts, Subway, Papa John’s, GameStop and Jay’s Tires. Matthew Tice of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. facilitated the purchase on behalf of Inland Real Estate Income Trust. The name of the seller was not released. Additionally, Inland Real Estate Acquisitions facilitated the purchase of Marketplace at El Paseo, a 224,683-square-foot shopping center in Fresno, for an Inland-related party. Terms of the acquisition, including seller and purchase price, were not released.

November 16, 2015

California Loans Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Lancaster Pollard Refinances $13.3M Loan for Seniors Community in California

by Nellie Day November 16, 2015

MADERA, CALIF. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged the refinancing of an $11.3 million bridge loan into a $13.3 million, non-recourse FHA permanent loan for Cedar Creek Senior Living, a 112-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Madera, a small town between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Woodset Partners LLC owns the property, which Integral Senior Living operates. The property opened in 2005 and in 2010 was the winner of the Assisted Living Federation of America’s (ALFA) Best of the Best Award. Lancaster originally arranged the bridge loan in 2013 to ensure Woodset retained ownership of the community. The intent was to refinance the loan into permanent financing through FHA. The new loan structure removed many covenants, paid off the $11.3 million bridge loan and $900,000 in mezzanine debt, and provides debt service savings. In addition, the financing funds repairs to the property and a $445,000 deposit to the replacement reserve account. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.

November 16, 2015

New Mexico Retail Western

Q10 Realty Arranges $2.5M Financing for Alameda Retail Center in New Mexico

by Nellie Day November 16, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Q10 Realty Mortgage & Investment Co. has arranged $2.5 million in financing for Alameda Retail Center, a 16,391-square-foot shopping center located in Albuquerque. Michael Kelly and Michael Stordahl of Q10 secured the 15-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company.

November 16, 2015

California Multifamily Student Housing Western

Capstone On-Campus Awarded Third-Party Management of Student Housing at CSU San Marcos

by Nellie Day November 16, 2015

SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Capstone On-Campus Management (COCM) has been selected to assume management of University Village Apartments and The QUAD student housing communities, both serving students on the campus of California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). The two student communities provide housing for a total of 1,527 CSUSM students. University Village Apartments, providing 638 beds, is located directly on the CSUSM campus and is owned by an auxiliary organization of CSUSM. Living arrangements are two- and four-bedroom apartments, all fully furnished. The QUAD, providing 889 beds on a site adjoining the campus, is a privately owned, CSUSM-affiliated community. Living arrangements are private and shared bedrooms, within two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments, all fully furnished.

November 16, 2015

Arizona Retail Western

VEREIT Sells $204M Red Lobster Pool, Enters Partnership to Sell Additional $400M

by Nellie Day November 13, 2015

PHOENIX — Phoenix-based VEREIT Inc. has sold a $204 million pool of Red Lobster properties to San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital. Additionally, the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership where VEREIT will opportunistically divest an additional $400 million of properties by executing single- or multi-unit dispositions at accretive valuations. The Red Lobster restaurants that are part of this transaction will continue to operate without change or disruption.

November 13, 2015

California Retail Western

CBRE Negotiates $15.7M Sale of Retail Building in Buena Park

by Nellie Day November 13, 2015

BUENA PARK, CALIF. — CBRE Group has brokered the sale of a retail building, located at 8030 Dale St. in Buena Park. Oshdale LLC acquired the 44,100-square-foot property from Village Properties for $15.7 million. Orchard Supply Hardware recently signed a 20-year, triple-net lease for the property and plans to open later this year. Dan Riley, Arthur Flores and Austin Wolitarsky of CBRE represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. Barclay Harty, also of CBRE, was the leasing agent at the time of sale.

November 13, 2015

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