LYNNWOOD, WASH. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Alderwood Towne Center, a retail center in Lynnwood. Bellevue-based Tri-Western Syndicated Investments, a private holding company controlled by the Radford family, acquired the asset from Alderwood Shopping Center 04 E LLC, a private investor, for $32.7 million. Dino Christophilis and Daniel Tibeau of CBRE’s National Retail Partners represented the seller in the deal. Jack Standeford with CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance group arranged acquisition financing for the buyer. Located at 3105-3225 Alderwood Mall Blvd., Alderwood Towne Center features 105,357 square feet of retail space leased to 20 businesses, including anchor tenants Marshalls and Michaels. Other retailers include Almost Golf, Mattress Depot, Pure Hockey and Precor Fitness. The property was constructed in 1986.
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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $3.3M Sale of Walgreens-Occupied Retail Property in Mesa, Arizona
by Amy Works
MESA, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 1158 S. Crismon Road in Mesa. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $3.3 million. Walgreens occupies the 14,992-square-foot retail building, which was built in 2001, on a triple-net corporate lease with more than four years remaining. Chris Land and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — JLL has brokered the $16 million sale of Village Oaks, a 166,245-square-foot shopping center located at 6241 N. Davis Highway in Pensacola. A South Florida-based family office purchased Village Oaks from an affiliate of Atlanta-based RCG Ventures. Brad Peterson and Whitaker Leonhardt of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2014, the property’s tenant roster includes Bealls, PetSmart, Planet Fitness, Party City, Breeze Nutrition, Cato, Once Upon a Child, Thai 54 and Pensacola ATA Martial Arts.
Carson Development Plans 200-Acre Ledge Rock Center Mixed-Use Community in Johnstown, Colorado
by Amy Works
JOHNSTOWN, COLO. — Carson Development is developing Ledge Rock Center, a 200-acre, master-planned, mixed-use community in Johnstown, approximately 25 miles southeast of Fort Collins. At full build out, Ledge Rock Center will offer more than 1 million square feet of retail space, 1,200 apartments and 200 single-family residences. Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply has already committed to one anchor tenant space, pre-leasing 85,000 square feet. Phase I of the retail development is slated for completion at the end of 2022 or first-quarter 2023. Michael Kendall, Daniel Miller and Cameron Flint of CBRE will handle retail leasing efforts for the development.
WILMETTE, ILL. — Massachusetts-based developer WS Development has purchased Plaza del Lago in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette for an undisclosed price. The roughly 100,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center is situated along the shore of Lake Michigan. The property was originally built in the 1920s and is the nation’s second-oldest shopping destination, according to WS, which purchased the center in partnership with CrossHarbor Capital Partners. Joe Girardi of Mid-America Real Estate brokered the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
WESTMONT, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of a 47,000-square-foot property occupied by LA Fitness in the Chicago suburb of Westmont. The sales price was undisclosed. LA Fitness recently executed a new 15-year lease. Joe Girardi and Matt McParland of Mid-America represented the sellers, Kensington Development and IM Properties Plc. A 1031 exchange investor was the buyer.
Prologis Buys California’s Great America Amusement Park Site in Silicon Valley from Cedar Fair for $310M
by John Nelson
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Cedar Fair LP (NYSE: FUN), an amusement and water parks owner and operator based in Sandusky, Ohio, has sold the land at California’s Great America amusement park in the Silicon Valley town of Santa Clara. Prologis (NYSE: PLD), an industrial REIT based in San Francisco, purchased the 112 acres for $310 million and executed a lease with Cedar Fair to continue operating the park. Cedar Fair plans to eventually close Great America, which was built in 1976 by Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR). The park features more than 60 rides and rollercoasters, as well as the Planet Snoopy children’s park and South Bay Shores waterpark, according to the property website. Cedar Fair will continue to operate the park for a period of up to 11 years and then will close existing park operations at the end of the lease term. After 40 years of leasing Great America, Cedar Fair purchased the land from the City of Santa Clara in 2019 per an order from the State of California. The city purchased the park from Marriott in 1985. Following company-wide park closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedar Fair explored options to raise revenue within its existing portfolio. …
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Gaitherstowne Plaza, a 71,329-square-foot shopping center in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Gaithersburg. Manhasset, N.Y.-based Millbrook Properties purchased the center from an affiliate of the U.S. division of Israel-based BIG Shopping Centers Ltd., BIG Shopping Centers USA, for $24.5 million. Dean Zang, David Crotts and Josh Ein of IPA represented the seller in the transaction. According to IPA, the property was fully leased at the time of sale and the average tenure of tenants is over 10 years, with the tenant roster including national brands Gabe’s, AutoZone, Sherwin-Williams and IHOP on an outparcel.
TAMPA, FLA. — Northmarq’s Tampa office has arranged four loans totaling approximately $16.7 million for the refinancing of a retail portfolio in the metro Tampa area. The four assets include Carrollwood Regency Plaza and The Pointe at Tampa Palms in Tampa, North Tampa Shores in Oldsmar and Triple Crown Plaza in Ocala. Together the centers span 115,309 square feet of retail space. Robert Hernandez of Northmarq arranged the loans, each of which were underwritten with 10-year terms and 30-year amortization schedules. An unnamed life insurance company provided the loans on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
Faris Lee Negotiates $5.7M Sale of Sherwin Williams-Anchored Retail Center in El Centro, California
by Amy Works
EL CENTRO, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a retail strip center in El Centro. A Los Angeles-based family office sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $5.7 million. Sherwin-Williams anchors the property, which is located at 1950 S. 4th St. Matt Brooks and Joe Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and sourced the buyer in the deal.