MONTGOMERY, ILL — Chicago-based Quantum Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $2.7 million sale of the 11,188-square-foot Blackberry Creek Shopping Center located on Orchard Road in Montgomery, about 44 miles west of Chicago. The building is fully occupied by both national and regional tenants, which include: Jimmy John’s, T-Mobile, Sports Clips and Rosati’s Pizza. Chad Firsel, president of Quantum Real Estate Advisors, represented the seller, a developer based in Chicago. Daniel Waszak, senior vice president of Quantum, represented the private buyer.
Retail
PALATINE, ILL — Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of an 14,388-square-foot retail property in Palatine for $1.5 million. The net-leased property, Baldwin Plaza, is located at 1625 North Baldwin road and is fully leased to eight tenants. Four tenants have occupied the retail center for more than 10 years. Sean R. Sharko, Ryan D. Engle, Adrian Mendoza, Austin Weisenbeck and Adam Fortino, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Oak Brook office represented the seller, a private investor. The buyer, a private investor, was represented by Adrian Mendoza, Sean R. Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck.
HOUSTON, DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO — Global Fund Investments, in a joint venture with Israeli-based The Phoenix, has acquired a 49 percent interest in a 22-property retail portfolio located in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. The portfolio spans approximately 2.4 million square feet and is predominantly grocery-anchored shopping centers. Investcorp International will retain a 51 percent majority interest in the portfolio, which is 92.5 percent occupied to tenants such as H-E-B, Kroger, Walmart, Tom Thumb and Albertsons.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. — A single-tenant restaurant space that sits adjacent to the West Covina Mall has sold to Olympic Harbor Investment Corporation for $4.2 million. It resides at 1360 W. Garvey Ave. in West Covina. The unnamed seller was represented by Patrick Barnes and Peter Spragg of Colliers International.
VALPARAISO, ILL — Inland Real Estate Corp. has acquired the 137,509-square-foot Valparaiso Walk shopping center located at Silhavy Road and LaPorte Avenue in Valparaiso fo $21.9 million . The center is 100 percent leased, and anchored by Bed Bath & Beyond, Marshalls, Best Buy and Michaels and shadow-anchored by Aldi and Menards. Houston based CBRE Capital Markets represented the seller, IBT Group LLC in Chicago.
KOKOMO, IND. — Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of an 1,800-square-foot Starbucks in Kokomo. The net-leased property is located at 512 East Alto Road on the corner of U.S. Highway 31. Philip Levy and Alvin Mansour of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer, a private investor.
HOUSTON AND ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Hunington Properties has arranged the sale of two 13,905-square-foot Walgreens stores, located at the intersection of Highway 6 and Bissonnet in Houston and the intersection of New York Avenue and Green Oaks Boulevard in Arlington. Todd Carlson and Sandy Aron of Hunington Properties represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The seller purchased the properties from Hunington more than 10 years ago.
MIAMI — MMG Equity Partners, a privately owned real estate company, has acquired two grocery-anchored shopping centers in Miami-Dade County in two separate transactions for undisclosed prices. MMG Equity Partners acquired the 64,000-square-foot Colonial Shopping Center, located at 450 N.E. 125th St. in North Miami. It is anchored by a Presidente Supermarket. The firm also acquired Tropical Shopping Center, which is located at 8100 N. Miami Ave. and anchored by a Tropical Supermarket.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Agree Realty has purchased the Landmark building on the University of Michigan campus in downtown Ann Arbor for $5.8 million. Built in 1937, the 18,000-square-foot building was formerly occupied by Kresge’s department store and later Michigan Book & Supply.
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE — Nordstorm plans to open a 30,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack this spring at the Maine Crossing Shopping Center in South Portland. The store, which will carry merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com at 50 to 60 percent off original prices, will be the retailer's first location in the state. The new Nordstrom Rack will join tenants such as Target, Bed Bath & Beyond and A.C. Moore.