BARRINGTON, ILL. — An affiliate of Next Realty LLC has completed development of a 2,460-square-foot retail property occupied by Chipotle in the northwest Chicago suburb of Barrington. Next acquired the site at 550 Hough St. in 2022 when it was a former Bank of America property. The newly reconfigured outlot has parking for 25 cars and a Chipotlane for mobile order pickups. Buildtech was the general contractor. Sarah Norlander and Elizabeth Sweeney of Mid-America Real Estate represented Next, while Steve Fishman of Mid-America represented Chipotle.
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Shops at The Grove, a 9,422-square-foot retail strip center located in the southern Dallas suburb of Waxahachie. Tenants at the property include Bahama Bucks, Mint Exteriors, Mi Casa Mexican Cuisine and Fat Tuesday. Parker Tims and Hudson Lambert of STRIVE represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. Hudson Springer, also with STRIVE, represented the buyer, a local investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
DALLAS — Apparel and accessories retailer Pink Sundays has opened a 2,933-square-foot store at Hillside Village, a grocery-anchored shopping center in northeast Dallas. A grand opening event took place on Saturday, June 15 and featured a DJ, door prizes, giveaway, a charm bar and permanent jewelry station hosted by local jeweler Nikki Smith. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations. Northwood Retail owns Hillside Village.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Branch Properties and Columbia Properties have purchased a 16.7-acre development site in Fayetteville, a city in south-central North Carolina. The Atlanta-based developers plan to break ground on Rockfish Village, a grocery-anchored shopping center that will span 76,237 square feet, including a 48,387-square-foot Publix store. Situated at the signalized intersection of Rockfish and King roads, the property will also feature 27,850 square feet of inline retail space and 2.4 acres of outparcels. Branch and Columbia plan to break ground on the development early next year and deliver the center by the end of 2025. In addition to Kingfish Village, Branch is underway on five other Publix-anchored shopping centers across the Southeast, including One Nexton in the Charleston suburb of Summerville, S.C.
Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Brokers Sale of 107,000 SF Shopping Center in Manchester, Tennessee
MANCHESTER, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of Whispering Pines, a 107,000-square-foot shopping center in Manchester, a city in Tennessee midway between Nashville and Chattanooga via I-24. Located at 2161 Hillsboro Blvd., the property was fully leased at the time of sale. Landon Williams and Katie Hargett of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors represented the buyer, an entity doing business as BAG3 Holding LLC, in the transaction. Lane Breedlove and Margaret Jones of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Core Whispering Pines LLC. The sales price was not disclosed.
BARRINGTON, ILL. — An affiliate of Next Realty LLC has sold The Shops at Flint Creek in the northwest Chicago suburb of Barrington for an undisclosed price. Heinen’s grocery store anchors the 60,000-square-foot retail center. Additional tenants include Athletico, Ascension Medical Group Illinois, Epic Burger and Club Pilates. Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented Next, which purchased the property in 2014. A private investor was the buyer.
MURRIETA, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $6.1 million ground lease sale of a restaurant property at 27960 Clinton Keith Road in the Inland Empire city of Murrieta. Chick-fil-A occupies the 5,000-square-foot property, which opened for business in March and has a 15-year ground lease in place. Winston Guest, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller and developer, Newport Beach-based Sage Investco, and the buyer, a California-based private family trust, in the all-cash transaction. The Chick-fil-A property sale is part of a break-up strategy valued in excess of $20 million for the Class A pads at The Vineyard Shopping Center, a 26.3-acre retail project anchored by Costco and ALDI.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail strip center in West Covina, approximately 20 miles east of Los Angeles. A San Bernardino County-based private investor sold the asset to a West Covina-based investor for $2.4 million in an all-cash transaction. Located at 532-540 N. Azusa Ave., the 7,760-square-foot property was fully occupied at the time of sale by five service-oriented tenants ranging in size from 1,300 square feet to 2,000 square feet. Current tenants include a nail salon, hair salon, martial arts school, massage studio and Friar Tux. Greg Bedell and Roxanne Klein of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the deal.
LAREDO, TEXAS — Dallas-based Kobalt Investment Co. has purchased the 222,291-square-foot Rio Norte Shopping Center in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. Ross Dress for Less anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Michael’s, Petco, Dollar Tree, Shoe Carnival and Five Below. Adam Howells and Matthew Barge of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Kobalt purchased the property in partnership with Dallas-based Stonefield Investment Advisors and San Antonio-based Espada Real Estate.
FORESTVILLE, MD. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.4 million sale of Penn Forest Shopping Center, a 37,425-square-foot retail center located in Forestville, about 14 miles east of Washington, D.C. Tenants at the property include Dollar General and CSL Plasma. Dean Zang, David Crotts and Jeffrey Pensak of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an affiliate of Woodmont Properties, in the transaction. Eastern Union and an undisclosed bank lender provided acquisition financing to the buyer.