ENCINITAS, CALIF. — West Village has completed the disposition of Rancho Santa Fe Plaza, a shopping center located at 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road in Encinitas, a northern suburb of San Diego. Corona del Mar-based Space Investment Partners acquired the asset for $26 million. Harvest Ranch Market anchors the 60,492-square-foot retail center. The new owners are planning major enhancements and aesthetic improvements to the property. Mike Moser of Retail Insite represented the seller in the deal.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a ground lease at SWC Loop 101 and Northern Avenue in Glendale. A limited liability company sold the asset to a limited liability company for $2.3 million. The asset includes a 3,200-square-foot Slim Chickens location, which has an absolute triple-net ground lease with 20 years remaining. Nick Christifulli, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
MANDEVILLE, LA. — National retailers Five Below and Ross Dress for Less have joined Northlake Shopping Center, a 166,371-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Louisiana Highway 22 and U.S. Route 190 in Mandeville. Situated across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, Northlake’s tenant roster also includes Fresh Market, Total Wine & More, Office Depot and PetSmart. The landlord, Epic Real Estate Partners, has recently completed exterior renovations to the shopping center. Jonathan Fawer and Austin Lavin of Corporate Realty represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
RICHLANDS, VA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.4 million sale of Brickyard Shopping Center, an 86,246-square-foot retail center located at 114 Kents Ridge Road in Richlands, a city in western Virginia. Zachary Taylor and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, an unnamed developer, in the transaction. Dean Zang and David Crotts of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office procured the buyer, a private investor. Brian Hosey served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Virginia for the transaction. Built in 1989, Brickyard was 75 percent leased at the time of sale to its original anchor tenants, Food Lion and Big Lots. Food Lion is the sole national grocery store in Richlands, and there is only one other anchored shopping center in the area, according to Marcus & Millichap.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has entered the California market with the acquisition of South Coast Collection (SoCo), a lifestyle retail center focused on home furnishing and design in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa. CRC purchased SoCo with funds from Continental Realty Opportunistic Retail Fund I, a closed-end fund for which $261 million has been raised since 2021. Constructed in 2007 on 20 acres, SoCo features 292,000 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased to 60 tenants. Current tenants include COCO Republic, Design Within Reach, Roche Bobois, Pirch, Paul Mitchell the School, Brown Jordan, Natuzzi Italia, Room & Board, Arc Food and Libations, Butcher’s House, Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails, Moulin, Paragon and Portola Coffee. SoCo also features The OC Mix, a 15,000-square-foot shopping and dining space with more than 20 sit-down restaurants, coffee shops and quick-service restaurants, as well as a fine cheese retailer and an art gallery. Christopher Hoffman, Mark Damiani of Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Terms of the transaction were not released.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a 21,918-square-foot retail property located at 10582 Foothill Blvd. in the Inland Empire city of Rancho Cucamonga. A Michigan-based private investor sold the asset to a San Gabriel Valley-based private investor for $7.4 million in an all-cash transaction. Part of the 645,000-square-foot Terra Vista Town Center, the nine-tenant retail building was fully occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include multiple beauty service providers, a jeweler, an escape room and a children’s indoor playground. All leases are triple net with staggered lease expirations, embedded annual rent increases and below-market rents. Greg Bedell and Paul Su of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Raymond Ho with GE Property represented the buyer in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of West Side Village, a 51,392-square-foot retail property located along West 6th Street near downtown Austin. The building, which was constructed on 1.7 acres in 1951, is currently vacant and has redevelopment potential, according to the brokerage team. Brad Bailey and Logan Reichle of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Stonelake Capital Partners and Schlosser Development, in the transaction. The buyer was Austin-based investment firm Riverside.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — X Development and Midloch Investment Partners have acquired Highbury at Lake Park, a Class A retail center in West Valley City, a suburb approximately 10 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $30 million. Located at 5600 West, Highbury at Lake Park features 119,366 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Target, Bank of America, Xfinity, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Marshalls and Café Rio. Kip Paul of Cushman & Wakefield facilitated the transaction. The buyers financed the transaction with a fixed-rate loan from America First Credit Union. Midloch is a preferred equity investor in the property, which is the firm’s first investment in the Salt Lake City market.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $3.7 million sale of a car wash property currently under construction in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita. The building, which is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024, will total 4,263 square feet. BLISS Car Wash will occupy the property on a triple-net lease upon completion. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley represented the developer and seller, Fountainhead Development, in the transaction. Jenny Eng of CBRE represented the undisclosed buyer.
CHICAGO — NewMark Merrill Cos. Inc. has acquired Pulaski Promenade and Midway Square in Chicago for undisclosed prices. Pulaski Promenade totals 122,710 square feet and is situated on 10.5 acres along Pulaski Road. The center is fully leased to tenants such as Marshalls, Shoe Carnival, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, Ulta and Carter’s. DRA/Pine Tree was the seller. Midway Square totals 55,332 square feet and is located at the corner of Pulaski Road and South Archer Avenue. The center is 92 percent leased to tenants such as Dollar Tree, Chase Bank, T-Mobile and Sally’s Beauty. TRC Retail was the seller. With these two acquisitions, NewMark Merrill now owns and operates six properties in metro Chicago representing more than 1.5 million square feet and over $220 million in value. The company plans to make various upgrades to both Pulaski Promenade and Midway Square. Sandy Sigal, Jim Patton, Brad Pearl, Sandra Kist and Susan Rorison represented NewMark Merrill on an internal basis. Rick Drogosz of Mid-America and Danny Spitz and Jason St. John of Greenstone Partners represented the sellers.
