ENCINITAS, CALIF. — Colliers International San Diego Region and JLL have negotiated the purchase of Encinitas Marketplace, a neighborhood retail center in Encinitas. An undisclosed seller sold the property to Encinitas Marketplace LLC for $43 million. Richard Lebert and Matt Zimsky of Colliers, along with Chris Ross of JLL, represented the buyer, while REZA Investment Group represented the seller in the deal. Located at 110-194 N. El Camino Real, Encinitas Marketplace features 124,411 square feet of retail space. Tenants include The Vitamin Shoppe, Five Guys, Firehouse Subs, Chick-fil-A, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phenix Salon Suites, My Sister’s Closet, Sylvan Learning Center, The Joint Chiropractic, Allstate and Pacific Dental.
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LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILL. — Brookline Real Estate & Investments has brokered the $2.6 million sale of a 6,584-square-foot retail building in Lake in the Hills, about 45 miles northwest of Chicago. The property, located at 280 N. Randall Road, is fully leased by Dunkin’ Donuts and Athletico. Brookline represented the buyer, while RN Realty represented the seller.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Loden Properties has sold a two-tenant shopping center adjacent to North Carolina State University in Raleigh for $7.4 million. The 24,656-square-foot asset is anchored by a 22,211-square-foot, urban-formatted Target and 2,445 square feet is leased to Guasaca, a fast-casual Venezuelan restaurant. San Francisco-based Stockbridge bought the property. Tom Kolarczyk, Justin Good and Warren Johnson of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Former Sears CEO Edward Lampert has won a bankruptcy auction for Sears Holdings Corp., according to The Wall Street Journal and other media reports. The billionaire hedge-fund manager upped his offer to about $5.3 billion from $4.4 billion. The offer, which will keep roughly 400 stores open, beat out a bid to close all the stores and sell the inventory. The plan must still be approved by the bankruptcy judge at a sale hearing set for Friday, Feb. 1. Last week, REBusinessOnline reported on Sears’ temporary deal to avoid liquidation.
LAS VEGAS — Lucescu Realty has negotiated the sale of Shadow Mountain Marketplace, a 359,103-square-foot community shopping center located in Las Vegas. Wynmark Co. sold the property to a private investor for $67.2 million. Developed in 2007 by the seller, Shadow Mountain Marketplace is anchored by Costco, Seafood City Marketplace, Walgreens, Best Buy and Ashley Furniture. Additional tenants include McDonald’s, Chili’s, Wells Fargo Bank, Panda Express, Subway, Sport Clips, Massage Envy, Wing Nutz, T-Mobile, Best Mattress, Café Rio, Pacific Dental, Kumon Learning Center, Scottrade, Great Harvest Bread Co., State Farm Insurance, H&R Block and Omega Studio Salons. At the time of sale, the property was 98.9 percent leased and more than 84 percent of the leased gross lease area is occupied by regional and national tenants. The 154,700-square-foot Costco, which features a full-size grocery department, was not included in the sale. Mark Lucescu of Lucescu Realty represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
DALLAS — Another Round, an entertainment concept that combines miniature golf and alcoholic beverages, will open a 5,500-square-foot venue at 660 Fort Worth Ave., a creative retail and dining space under construction in west Dallas. The venue is expected to open this spring. Construction of the property, which is being developed by Dallas-based Oaxaca Interests, began in December.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $12 million loan for the refinancing of River Square in Naperville. The 58,677-square-foot retail property, located at 22 E. Chicago Ave., is 96 percent leased. Jeffrey Cohen of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the fixed-rate loan on behalf of Clarion Partners and a large overseas pension fund. Voya Investment Management provided the loan. NARE, a local real estate investor, sold the property to Clarion in October 2018.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a new single-tenant building occupied by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Coon Rapids for $5 million. The 2,780-square-foot building is located at 13001 Round Lake Blvd. Raising Cane’s has a new 15-year lease term. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley represented the seller, OneCore Global. Mehdi Star of Colliers International represented the buyer, a San Francisco-based private investor. The sales price represents a cap rate of 6 percent. This was the highest-priced Raising Cane’s to trade in the Midwest, according to Hanley.
LIBERTY, MO. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has negotiated the sale of a 19,900-square-foot retail building in Liberty, a northeastern suburb of Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located on a one-acre pad site in front of Liberty Commons shopping center. The building is fully leased to Blaze Pizza, Phone Medic, Evolve Juicery & Paleo Kitchen, Chic Nails & Spa, Orange Theory Fitness, Joplimo Mattress and McAlister’s Deli. David Block and Alex Block of Block & Co. represented the buyer, Liberty Commons 2018 LLC. Legacy Liberty LLC was the seller. Block & Co. will handle leasing and property management for the building.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — HFF has secured $160 million, or $5,691 per square foot, in refinancing for a high-street retail property located at 338-346 N. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Tom Ford, Bally and Balenciaga occupy the two-story, 28,114-square-foot retail property, which is situated on the premier 300 block and across street from the flagship Gucci store. Marc Schillinger led the HFF team that arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through an entity managed by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management for the borrower, a private owner.