THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $6 million refinancing of Skyline Center, a 36,900-square-foot retail property located in Thousand Oaks. The 10-year, non-recourse loan features a 30-year amortization schedule and a seven-year fixed rate that will switch to floating for the last three years. Joe Giordani of NorthMarq’s Los Angeles office secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
PLACENTIA AND SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — Vestar has been selected to two retail properties in Placentia and San Diego. In the first assignment, Vestar will manage Placentia Square, a community retail center in Placentia. Located at the corner of Yorba Linda and Kraemer boulevards, Wells Fargo, Walgreens, Supercuts, Pick Up Stix, Subway and Rubios occupy the 27,930-square-foot center. In the second assignment, Clarion Partners selected Vestar to manage Courtyard at Carmel Mountain Ranch, a community retail center at 11134 Rancho Carmel Drive in San Diego. Best Buy, TJ Maxx, Staples, Petco and The Vitamin Shoppe occupy the 128,000-square-foot property. With these assignments, Vestar now manages more than 26 million square feet of retail space throughout the West Coast.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has arranged the lease of 1,270 square feet of space at Bressi Village, located at 2623 Gateway Road in Carlsbad. Cravory Holdings LLC signed a five-year lease with a consideration of $364,100 for the space where it plans to open a bakery. Stewart Keith and Bill Thaxton of Flocke & Avoyer represented the lessor, while Greg Bowman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the lessee in the deal.
SAVANNAH, GA. — The Southeastern Investment Sales Team has brokered the $49 million sale of Market Walk, a 255,000-square-foot shopping center in Savannah. Built in 2015, the center was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Kroger Marketplace, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Buffalo Wild Wing, Jason’s Deli, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Edwin Watts and West Marine. Ryan McArdle, Steve Collins and David Rivers of Southeastern represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Cordish Cos. has signed a lease with celebrity chef Guy Fieri for his new dining concept, Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse. The new barbecue restaurant will open to the public in September at Fourth Street Live!, a 350,000-square-foot dining and entertainment destination in downtown Louisville. Designed by Boston-based Niemitz Design Group and Louisville-based Bravura Architects, the restaurant will feature 6,700 square feet of dining space, 117 interior seats, 79 outdoor patio seats, two large meat smokers and an indoor/outdoor bar. Other dining concepts at Fourth Street Live! include Birracibo by Junior Bridgeman, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, Bourbon Raw, Goose Island Beer Bridge, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Brazeiros Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse and Eddie Merlot’s.
Grocery stores are always getting a better understanding of the priorities of their core customers. Convenience, value and service are the top reasons people shop where they shop. However, those priorities are expanding. The focus has shifted away from simply providing a “one size fits all” solution toward a customized strategy to attract a cross-section of customers — from the everyday shopper to experienced foodie. By doing so, retail spaces are successfully opening across the state at an elevated rate, addressing growing customer demand while navigating the ever-changing market. Here are five items impacting grocery stores in our state. Educated Customers Customers are becoming more educated about the products they buy. Their expectations are changing. Retailers are finding creative ways to successfully addressing them. To increase revenue and margins, drug stores are getting into the mix, with mixed results. Established chains like Walgreens and CVS/Pharmacy are renovating over 400 locations, with increased emphasis on rebranding their drug stores as health/wellness retailers and expanding the grocery items kept in stock. Big box stores, like Walmart, are also making changes as they try to refine their market strategies. The company announced that approximately 102 of its smaller Walmart Express stores will be …
HANOVER, PA. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 61 Wilson Ave. in Hanover. The asset sold for $2.5 million, with a cap rate of 4.95 percent. Situated on 1.1 acres, the 3,950-square-foot freestanding property is absolute NNN fully-leased to Fulton Bank. Larry Kostelac, William Aiello, George Lulos of Colliers’ Harrisburg, Pa., office were the sole brokers in the transaction. The names of the buyer and seller were not released.
LOS GATOS, CALIF. — Donahue Schriber has acquired Los Gatos Village Square, a 46,235-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center located in the San Francisco Bay area community of Los Gatos. Trader Joe’s anchors the fully occupied center. Nicholas Bicardo, Danny Reddin and Brandon Rogoff of HFF represented the undisclosed institutional seller in the transaction.
GRANITE BAY, CALIF. — Vestar has acquired Sierra Oaks Plaza, a neighborhood shopping center located in Granite Bay in the Sacramento metropolitan area. The asset, which is situated at the intersection of Douglas and Sierra College boulevards, sold for $28.1 million. Walmart Neighborhood Market, Chick-Fil-A, Crunch Fitness, Tri Counties Bank and Habit Burger occupy the 105,555-square-foot property. Over the past 12 months, Vestar has acquired six retail centers valued at $700 million throughout the Western states.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors LLC has arranged the sale of Centennial Corners, an 18,719-square-foot shopping center located in the Denver suburb of Centennial. Kevin Calame and Matt Lewallen of Pinnacle represented the buyer, Centennial Corners LLC, and Tom Ethington and Robert Edwards of Pinnacle represented the seller, Woodbury Corp., in the transaction. Walmart shadow-anchors the center, which is home to tenants including Anytime Fitness, Bawarchi Biryani Point, Domino’s, Anytime Lab, Game Stop and Qdoba.
