SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Texas-based Partners Real Estate has brokered the purchase of a retail store located at 11552 S. District Drive in South Jordan, a suburb of Salt Lake City. JCPenney occupies the 99,215-square-foot property. Dimitri Jordan of Partners Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal. No further details were disclosed.
MIIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Younger Partners has acquired Midlothian Towne Crossing, a 147,161-square-foot shopping center located on the southern outskirts of Dallas. The center sits on 34 acres and was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Burkes Outlet, JoAnn Fabrics, Petco, Ulta Beauty and Famous Footwear. Chris Cozby, Harrison Tye and Jim Batjer of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Kathy Permenter and Micah Ashford represented Younger Partners on an internal basis.
NORCROSS, GA. — Ackerman Retail, a division of Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co., has facilitated the sale of a 4,200-square-foot absolute triple-net Chick-fil-A ground lease located in Norcross, roughly 20 miles outside Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Constructed in 1998, the property was renovated in 2018. Sean Patrick of Ackerman Retail represented the seller, an entity doing business as WB Holdings-Jimmy Carter Boulevard, in the transaction. A local private buyer acquired the ground lease.
PHOENIX — Phoenix Commercial Advisors has arranged the sale of Laveen Commons, a 12.1-acre retail center located at the corner of 35th Avenue and Baseline Road in Phoenix. The asset traded for $20.5 million, or $201 per square foot. Totaling 102,083 square feet, the four-building property was fully leased at the time of sale. Current tenants include Big Lots, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Ace Hardware and 99 Cents Only. John Schweikert and Chad Tiedeman of Phoenix Commercial Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco-based City Center Realty Partners has acquired a freestanding, multi-tenant retail and office building in San Francisco’s Marina District for an undisclosed price. Tri Counties Bank currently occupies the ground-floor space of the two-story, 4,500-square-foot building, which is located at 2197 Chestnut St. and originally built in 1907. Kazuko Morgan and Heather Trimble of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, while David Klein and Elijah Hodges of Lee & Associates represented the seller in the deal.
LENEXA, KAN. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Oak Park Commons, a 348,983-square-foot shopping center in Lenexa. The sales price was undisclosed. Tenants at the property include Ross Dress for Less, Hobby Lobby, Ulta, Verizon, Dollar Tree, Petco, K&G Fashion Superstore, Northern Tool + Equipment, Shoe Carnival, Chipotle, Panda Express and Aspen Dental. Oak Park Mall is situated across the street. Ben Wineman of Mid-America, in cooperation with Eric Gonsher of The R.H. Johnson Co., represented the seller, DRA Advisors. The asset sold to a joint venture between Lormax Stern and Time Equities Inc.
FAIRFIELD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Angel Commercial has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a 4,500-square-foot retail property in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Fairfield. The property at 1610 Post Road is located in the downtown area and is fully leased to tenants such as Greek restaurant Lantern Point Taverna, confectionary Bonkers Cupcakes and boutique clothing store BoHo Prep. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Six new tenants are slated to open at Hawthorn, a regional shopping center undergoing redevelopment in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. Sephora, Anthropologie, FP Movement and The Lovesac Co. will open this year at the new Hawthorn Row outdoor streetscape. Also this year, Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will open on an outparcel along Milwaukee Avenue. In 2025, Dom’s Kitchen & Market will open along Townline Road next to the Sleep Number store. The Domaine, a 311-unit luxury apartment complex, recently opened on the east side of the Hawthorn property. The next phase of development calls for another 250 apartment units and a three-acre amenitized plaza, a new food gallery on the upper level, and the addition of curated food and beverage tenants for the center’s ring road outparcels. Hawthorn originally opened 50 years ago.
LAGRANGE, GA. — Zach Taylor of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $16 million sale of a newly built shopping center located in LaGrange, a Georgia city near the Georgia-Alabama border along I-85. The center’s anchor, Publix, has a 10-year lease on the store. Taylor represented the seller, a developer based in Atlanta, as well as sourced the 1031 exchange buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. “This sale faced the market headwinds of increasing interest rates and low transactional velocity,” says Taylor. “Thankfully, we found a 1031 buyer attracted to the quality of the tenant mix and the growth of the submarket. We were able to clear the market at a very attractive cap rate.”
CARY, N.C. — Two new retailers and five office users have signed on to join the tenant roster at Fenton, a 92-acre mixed-use development in the Raleigh suburb of Cary. The nearly $1 billion development is co-owned by Hines and Columbia Development. The new retailers, Brewery Bhavana and Vega Vitality, plan to open their locations at Fenton before the end of the year. Two other retailers opened in late 2023: Johnny Was and Rejuvenation. Bruce Koniver of Odyssey Retail Advisors is leading Fenton’s retail leasing, which is currently 94 percent committed. The five companies that signed office leases at Fenton include Cushman & Wakefield, IPS, Prologis, AIMA and Surety Systems. The property’s office component currently spans 200,000 square feet, with future phases allowing up to 1 million square feet.
