BURLESON, TEXAS — Texas Land Group LLC has purchased two-thirds of an acre at Burleson Commons shopping center for a proposed Golden Chick Restaurant. The popular fast food chain, which specializes in fried chicken, has grown to more than 120 stores. The property is located at Highway 174 and FM 731 in Burleson, approximately 16 miles south of Fort Worth. The sellers were Cullinan Properties Ltd. and Burleson Commons LP. Golden Chick will join a future Kroger Marketplace, which is under construction and slated to open later this year, along with Qdoba Mexican Grill, Smashburger, Panda Express, and Roscoe’s BBQ. Neighboring tenants at the intersection include Target, Home Depot, H-E-B and Premier Cinema. Mark Reeder and Tyler Isbell with SRS Real Estate Partners represented Cullinan Properties in the transaction. Cody Lee with Wilco Realtors LLC represented Texas Land Group.
CLINTON, ILL. — Matanky Realty Group has arranged the sale of Clinton Plaza, a shopping center in Clinton. A private investor purchased the property for an undisclosed sales price. The CVS-anchored plaza is composed of four retail units totaling 17,776 square feet and two outlots totaling 101,929 square feet. The property is located on Illinois Route 54, a half mile from US-51 S and across the street from Clinton High School and Richland Community College Extension Center. Terri Cox of Matanky Realty Group represented the seller, a private Chicago-based real estate corporation.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has negotiated a $15.5 million mortgage for the refinancing of an office and retail property located in First Avenue in New York City. The borrower is First Broadway Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of Himmel + Meringoff Properties. The seven-year loan, provided by a local commercial bank, features a 3.75 percent fixed-rate and one year of interest-only payments. Allan Lieberman, Jeffrey Berkes and Asher Half of Meridian Capital Group arranged the financing. Located at 1114 First Ave., the 45,000-square-foot building is occupied by Hartstrings, a children’s apparel store, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged a new retail lease at 4718 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. First Ascent Climbing and Fitness will occupy 14,000 square feet on the second floor of the former Borders Bookstore building. The space will feature 10,000 square feet of bouldering walls, which range from 15 to 18 feet in height. The gym will feature yoga, weights and other fitness equipment. First Ascent is a Chicago-based community-focused climbing gym. This will be First Ascent’s second location. The other location is currently under construction in Avondale, Ill. Both facilities are expected to open this summer. Paul Bryant and Andrew Becker of Mid-America represented the landlord, Josh Mintzer of Saxony Capital, in the transaction. The tenant was self-represented.
EDISON, N.J. — The Goldstein Group has brokered five new leases, totaling 10,400 square feet, at Inman Grove Shopping Center, which is located at 1083 Inman Ave. in Edison. With these leases, the 112,404-square-foot retail center, which is anchored by a Stop & Shop, is fully occupied. The new leases include Allstate Insurance (1,600 square feet), Planet Wings (1,600 square feet), Discovery Christian Montessori (3,200 square feet), Nala Bheeman Indian Restaurant (2,400 square feet) and W.S. Rich & Son (1,600 square feet). Matthew Flath of The Goldstein Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the transactions.
DENVER AND ALBUQUERQUE — Gary Hines and Ray Ubieta have sold their 19 Twisters restaurants, the Twisters concept and its intellectual property to Rajiv Grover of VKC Group. The Southwestern fast-casual concept is located throughout Denver and Albuquerque. The restaurant gained notoriety when one of its locations served as the setting for “Los Pollos Hermanos,” a fictional Mexican restaurant in AMC’s Breaking Bad. The transaction was brokered by National Restaurant Brokers and its affiliate National Convenience Store Brokers.
MONROVIA, CALIF. – A 17,000-square-foot building in Monrovia that is triple-net leased to 24 Hour Fitness has sold to HREH LLC for $5.5 million. The building is located at 715 East Huntington Drive, within the East Huntington Drive technology corridor. It was built in 1995. 24 Hour Fitness has occupied the property for 19 years. The gym recently signed a 10-year lease extension. The seller, Monrovia Fitness LLC, was represented by Jeff Conover of Faris Lee Investments. The all-cash buyer represented itself.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — Carmike Cinemas Inc. has opened Ovation 10 featuring Carmike Cinemas’ new cinematic dining experience in Bloomington. The new movie theater is located at 415 Detroit Drive. The dine-in entertainment complex features 10 large, wall-to-wall screens, all-new stadium seating with accessible service buttons, a projection system, which delivers crystal-clear 2D and 3D images, as well as special services for visually and hearing-impaired guests. The complex also provides kiosks and guest services and a cocktail lounge with a full service bar.
MINNEAPOLIS — Shorenstein Properties LLC has arranged the lease of 21,877 square feet of space for Sports Authority at the Minneapolis City Center. Sports Authority will occupy the ground-floor retail space on the Nicollet Mall and 7th Street side of the property. Sports Authority’s lease of space brings the total retail occupancy at Minneapolis City Center to 86 percent. Additionally, Shorenstein recently signed a lease for more than 40,000 square feet with discount luxury apparel retailer Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH for a store that is slated to open in April 2016. The Sports Authority store is expected to open this fall. Shorenstein Properties acquired Minneapolis City Center in 2012. Minneapolis City Center is the two-story retail portion of a 1.6 million-square-foot mixed-use development.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Bierbrier Development has purchased South Shore Plaza, a shopping center located at the corner of Routes 128 and 37 in Braintree. Carpenter & Co. sold the property for $41.5 million. The 45,000-square-foot retail property is fully occupied by a variety of local and national tenants, including Legal Sea Foods, Starbucks, AT&T, Jos. A. Bank and TGI Friday. Brian Corcoran of Ackman-Ziff arranged $29.6 million in acquisition financing through Wells Fargo for the transaction. Ben Sayles and Coleman Benedict of HFF represented the seller in the deal.