IRVINE, CALIF. — BWE has arranged a $45.5 million loan for the financing of a Circle K portfolio across six states in the Sun Belt. Located in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina, the portfolio comprises 104 single-tenant convenience store and gas station properties. Tom Kenny and Josh Boehling of BWE’s Irvine, Calif., office arranged the loan through a life insurance company on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The five-year, fixed-rate financing features interest-only payments and a five-year extension option.
LINDEN, N.J. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $14.3 million sale of a 41,000-square-foot retail building in the Northern New Jersey community of Linden that is leased to LA Fitness. The building sits on a five-acre site within Legacy Square Shopping Center, and the gym opened last November. Kyle Fant, Britt Raymond, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a partnership between Dallas-based Cypress Equities and San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Group, in the transaction. Josh Kanter and Tony D’Ambrosia of NNN Pro represented the undisclosed buyer. Chris Marks and Steve Filippo of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged an $8 million acquisition loan for the deal that carried a five-year term and 7.73 percent interest rate.
MADISON, N.J. — Locally based intermediary G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $5.4 million loan for the refinancing of a 28,645-square-foot retail property in the Northern New Jersey community of Madison. The property is fully leased to an undisclosed national grocer. Bridget Wilcox and Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox arranged the loan, which carried a 15-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule, through an undisclosed life insurance company.
EL MONTE, CALIF. — PSRS has secured $10.8 million in refinancing for an owner-user Nissan dealership in El Monte. The 65,000-square-foot property consists of three buildings across individual parcels, housing a showroom, parts and service departments and corporate offices. Grady Seldin and Thomas Rudinsky of PSRS arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
DENVER — CenterSquare has purchased Shops at Highpointe, an essential service retail (ESR) shopping center in Denver. Terms of the transaction and the name of the seller were not released. Located at the northeast corner of Grant Street and 97th Avenue, Shops at Highpointe offers 18,938 square feet of retail space that was 88 percent occupied at the time of sale. T-Mobile, Dickey’s BBQ and Red Wing Shoes, along with several long-term local tenants, occupy the property, which was built in 2008.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Live Nation plans to open a 3,500-seat entertainment venue at Westcourt Sports and Entertainment District, a 900,000-square-foot mixed-use project currently underway in downtown Orlando. Construction on the facility is scheduled to begin early next year, with an anticipated opening in 2027. SED Development, JMA Ventures and Machete Group are developing Westcourt, which will feature a 261-room Kimpton hotel, 265 residential units, 300,000 square feet of office space and 125,000 square feet of entertainment and dining-focused retail space. Westcourt will also feature 1.5 acres of flexible green space that will host programming including yoga classes, farmer’s markets, live music, food festivals and movie nights.
DURHAM, N.C. — Crosland Southeast has broken ground on Latta Park, a planned mixed-use community located on the north end of Durham. The first phase spans 10 acres and will include a 42,240-square-foot Publix grocery store and 12,580 square feet of shop space. Phase I will also comprise a food truck terrace, walking trails, green space and public art installations. Crosland Southeast has tapped Chip Lanier and Jenn Olevitch-Roberson of Lee & Associates to oversee retail leasing at Latta Park, which is slated for a spring 2026 completion. The developer is investing $2 million in infrastructural improvements at the intersection of Guess and Latta roads to make way for the development. Future phases of the 30-acre mixed-use community will include 176 townhomes built by Tri Pointe Homes.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has brokered the $4.7 million sale of Bay Pines, a 9,110-square-foot retail strip center located along Bay Pines Boulevard in St. Petersburg. The property serves as an outparcel to a Walmart Supercenter and was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Starbucks Coffee, Supercuts and Jimmy Johns. Jeff Berkezchuk and Jim Michalak of Plaza Advisors represented the seller, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Kitson & Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed REIT. The transaction completes a three-property disposition that Plaza Advisors brokered on behalf of Kitson & Partners that includes adjacent Texas Roadhouse and Village Inn properties, which were sold to separate 1031 investors.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Archway Capital has provided a $22.8 million loan for the purchase of Simi Valley Town Center, a 637,728-square-foot, open-air retail center situated on more than 42 acres in Simi Valley. Archway closed the non-recourse, two-year loan within 30 days of origination on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, Studio Movie Grill, Five Below, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Robin, Verizon Wireless, Corner Bakery and Starbucks Coffee are tenants at the center, which is located at 1403-1685 Simi Town Center Way and was built in 2005. According to Archway Capital, the new ownership has a strategic plan to reposition the property to lifestyle retail over the next 12 months.
DENVER — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 6,233-square-foot commercial boutique building at 1532 Emerson St. in Denver. The three-story property traded for $1.3 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property, informally known as The Gargoyle Building, was originally built in 1937. Nick Schill of Pinnacle represented the seller, an entity doing business as FILROSS 1328 LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.