TOLEDO AND WATERVILLE, OHIO — Devonshire REIT Inc., a private real estate investment trust, has acquired five retail properties in Ohio for $31 million. Four of the properties are located on Monroe Street in Toledo. These properties include Monroe Street Square Shopping Center, a 124,904-square-foot, Hobby Lobby-anchored center; Bed, Bath & Beyond Plaza, a fully leased, 55,139-square-foot retail property; the 45,594-square-foot Office Depot Plaza; and a 9,860-square-foot property fully occupied by Pier 1 Imports. Devonshire also acquired 125 acres of the 350-acre, mixed-use Villages at Waterville Landing development in Waterville. The 125 acres are zoned for retail and currently include a new 80,000-square-foot Kroger, a Farmers & Merchants State Bank branch and a Speedway fuel center that is under construction. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company provided financing for the Monroe Street acquisitions and for the refinancing of the first phase at Franklin Place. The financing package totaled $24 million. The properties were purchased from local real estate developers and investors, Tom Helberg and Thomas Schlachter.
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