Retail

CINCINNATI — New York-based DLC Management Corp. has acquired the 133,631-square-foot Skytop Pavilion located at Beechmont Ave. S R-125 in Cincinnati. The retail center is anchored by Bigg’s Supermarket, which occupies more than 50 percent of the development. Skytop Pavilion is the only grocery-anchored shopping center in the immediate trade area, which has a 3-mile radius population of more than 48,000. The acquisition price and the seller were not disclosed.

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Nationwide Realty Investors has announced that The Big Bang Rock and Roll Piano Bar will open a 6,000-square-foot location within the $750 million Arena District in downtown Columbus. The bar will feature nightly shows performed by two entertainers facing off on grand pianos. Located at 401 North Front St., The Big Bang will be open this fall. Nationwide Realty Investors is developing the 75-acre mixed-use development, which includes more than 1.5 million square feet of office, restaurants, entertainment and residential use.

NOBLESVILLE, IND. — Verus Partners has completed leasing Building 100 within the company’s 180,000-square-foot Saxony Corporate Campus in Noblesville, and has begun construction for Building 200. Located at 14470 Bergen Blvd., Building 100 is a 90,400-square-foot office/warehouse facility. Weaver Popcorn Co., Rock Tops Inc. and Ambassador Medical have signed leases at the property, which features offices-to-suit, docks and drive-in doors. Weaver Popcorn Co. was represented in its transaction by Paul Dick of Resource Commercial Real Estate, Rock Tops was represented by Fritz Kauffman of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, and Ambassador Medical was represented by Todd Vannatta and John Crisp also of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker; Verus Partners was represented in the transaction by Jeremy Woods and Brad Williams of Summit Realty. Currently under construction on the same campus is the 89,600-square-foot Building 200. Upon completion, the building will feature 20-foot clear-height ceilings, offices-to-suit and drive-in doors. The multi-tenant property, which is also being developed by Verus Partners, will be available for occupancy in October.

CHICAGO — Chicago-based Baum Realty Group has negotiated a lease agreement between First Elysian Properties and Marc Jacobs International to open a Marc Jacobs Collection boutique at the Elysian Chicago, which is located on Rush and Walton streets in Chicago. As the first property developed for Elysian Hotels & Resorts, Elysian Chicago is scheduled to open in early 2009. Marc Jacobs’ 10-year lease stipulates that the new boutique will occupy 2,700 square feet of retail space within the facility. Adam Secher and Janika Brenner of Baum represented First Elysian Properties in the transaction. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.