SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a two-tenant retail building in Sioux City for an undisclosed price. Starbucks and Qdoba Mexican Eats occupy the property. The 5,002-square-foot building sits on a one-acre lot. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley represented the seller, N3 Real Estate. A family trust based in Orange County, Calif. purchased the asset. The cap rate was 6.3 percent.
MAHWAH, N.J. — Dressbarn, a women’s apparel retailer, plans to eventually close all 650 of its stores nationwide. The New Jersey-based company is winding down its retail operations and plans to assist its 6,800 associates with transition support as individual stores close. “For more than 50 years, Dressbarn has served women’s fashion needs, and we thank all of our dedicated associates for their commitment to Dressbarn and our valued customers,” says Steven Taylor, Dressbarn’s chief financial officer. “This decision was difficult, but necessary, as the Dressbarn chain has not been operating at an acceptable level of profitability in today’s retail environment.” No information was made available about how the store closures will affect Dressbarn’s lease agreements in place with landlords, but the company has retained A&G Realty Partners to assist on all real estate-related matters during the wind down process. A&G Realty Partners is actively marketing Dressbarn’s available locations to interested tenants. According to A&G Realty’s marketing materials, Dressbarn’s available stores range in size from a 3,300-square-foot store in Michigan to a 15,000-square-foot location in Virginia Beach. Approximately 165 Dressbarn stores have leases that expire in 2020. In 2021, an additional 111 Dressbarn leases are expected to come due. The …
Despite the fact that demand for retail space in McAllen is at an all-time high, average asking rents are not rising at rates that preclude new users from entering and expanding within the market. According to the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, the retail occupancy rate currently stands at just under 95 percent. The user base is balanced between big box home furnishing and service tenants, neighborhood retailers providing essential services, entertainment concepts and both national and regional food and beverage users. As one might imagine in a market with 95 percent occupancy, there is considerable new development underway. And while rents, which currently max out at about $24 per square foot for new Class A product, have displayed a steady ascent, they also stand at levels that allow for both users and landlords to comfortably turn profits. Most retail real estate professionals in McAllen live in fear of being overbuilt. And indeed, there is new product of all varieties — freestanding, strip centers, power centers — coming out of the ground. A prominent example of new retail development lies in Shops at 29, a power center anchored by Dave & Buster’s and leased to other large-format users like Burlington and …
ARLINGTON, VA. — Lidl US plans to open 25 grocery stores on the East Coast by spring 2020. The 25 stores will be located in Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, including the first four in Long Island. Openings for the individual stores were not released. In conjunction with the openings, Lidl US also plans to close two stores in Rockingham and Kinston, N.C. this summer. Lidl operates 10,500 grocery stores in 29 countries. Lidl established its U.S. headquarters in Arlington in June 2015.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — National fitness chain Crunch will open a $2.5 million, 25,000-square-foot gym in Corpus Christi. The facility will be located within the Carmel Village Shopping Center and will be open 24 hours a day beginning in fall 2019. The gym will offer more than 70 classes per week, a training area with indoor turf and tanning beds. Crunch also plans to open 21 more gyms throughout Central Texas over the next five years.
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — Capital Rivers Commercial has brokered the sale of Oakmont Plaza, a shopping center in Fairfield. San Diego-based The Niki Group acquired the property from a Fairfield-based private investor for $11.2 million. FoodMaxx anchors the 105,000-square-foot retail center, which also includes a freestanding Chase Bank and O’Reilly Auto Parts in addition to 35,000 square feet of in-line space. Additional tenants include Mountain Mikes Pizza and Check to Cash. Greg Aguirre and Frank Kozlowski of Capital Rivers Commercial represented the seller, while Brandon Norton of John Cumbelich & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
HOUSTON — Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Co. has been tapped by MetroNational, the owner of Memorial City Mall in Houston, to redevelop the 1.7 million-square-foot shopping center. Redevelopment plans include reimagining the south side of the mall, which recently saw its anchor tenant Sears close its doors, as well as creating additional public spaces and adding more entertainment uses. The mall is located along the Interstate 10 corridor, just inside Beltway 8, and is part of the 265-acre Memorial City mixed-use development. A timeline for construction has not yet been established.
DALLAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of several office and retail buildings totaling 421,617 square feet within Victory Park, a 75-acre mixed-use development in Dallas. Ryan Shore, Barry Brown and Chris Gerard of HFF represented the seller, Orlando-based investment firm Estein USA. Charlotte-based Asana Partners purchased the properties for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. The Victory Park area, located where Uptown and downtown Dallas converge, houses approximately 3,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of office space, the W Dallas Hotel and American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks and Stars.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 4,885-square-foot commercial property net-leased to QuikTrip in Austin. Anthony Pucciarello and Vincent Knipp of Marcus & Millichap had the exclusive listing to market the property on a sale-leaseback basis. Derrick Dougherty, also with Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, which acquired the property via a 1031 exchange.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Casto is underway on construction of the first retail phase of Hamilton Quarter in Columbus. This phase includes a 250,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by Target and Hobby Lobby. Both the 125,000-square-foot Target and the 55,000-square-foot Hobby Lobby are slated to open in October. Other planned tenants include Five Below, Aqua Tots Swim School, Beerhead Bar & Eatery, The Nail Boutique, Clean Juice, Sprint and Great Clips. The 40-acre retail site is immediately adjacent to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s planned medical campus. Hamilton Quarter is a 200-acre mixed-use development slated to include 600,000 square feet of office and hotel space and 1 million square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space.
