HOUSTON — Henry S. Miller Brokerage Co. (HSM) has brokered the sale of Commons at Lincoln Green, a 102,996-square-foot retail center located at 11303 Veterans Memorial Drive on Houston’s north side. Built in 1980 and situated on 8.2 acres, the property will soon be anchored by an El Rancho Supermarket. Shawn Ackerman of HSM represented the seller, a private trust, in the transaction. Dallas-based Khaled Properties LLC purchased the center for an undisclosed price.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — Edifis Group, a Houston-based development and investment firm, will redevelop Palmer Plaza, a 98,816-square-foot shopping center in Texas City, about 40 miles southeast of Houston. The redevelopment of the center, which was built in 1987, will upgrade the center’s landscaping, decorative lighting and signage. New tenants including Aldi, Ross Dress for Less and Chick-il-A will join Palmer Plaza upon completion of the project.
SMYRNA, GA. — Halpern Enterprises Inc. has broken ground on the second phase of The Shops at Belmont, a 47,593-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Atlanta and Windy Hill roads in Smyrna, roughly 17 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. The shopping center is part of Halpern Enterprises’ 48-acre Belmont mixed-use development. Phase II of The Shops at Belmont will feature 12,000 square feet of retail space. Australian fitness brand F45 Training will occupy 2,400 square feet at the development for its fourth metro Atlanta studio, and organic dining concept Real Subs Café & Deli will occupy 2,100 square feet. Both tenants are expected to open this fall. The first phase of The Shops at Belmont was completed in 2016 and houses tenants such as Creatwood Tavern, Opa Greek Village, Cielo Mexican Grill, N’Style Barber Shop, Hearing Solutions, Sprint and J. Christopher’s. The Belmont mixed-use development includes residential, healthcare and education components, including Belmont Physicians Center, a 30,000-square-foot medical office building anchored by Emory Healthcare; Village of Belmont, a single-family residential community; 400 Belmont, a 274-unit apartment community; and Smyrna Elementary School.
PALM COAST, FLA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the $10.6 million sale of Old Kings Commons, an 84,759-square-foot shopping center in Palm Coast. Jordan Powell and Scott Henard of Matthews arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, a private family office based in South Florida. Jacksonville-based Regency Centers sold the asset. Beall’s Outlet and Staples anchor Old Kings Commons, and other tenants include Planet Fitness, Pinch-A-Penney and Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins.
NEW YORK CITY – Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of three mixed-use buildings located at 119-123 Kent Ave. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The Shariati family acquired the contiguous properties for $22.3 million, or $1,441 per square foot. The sellers were Cheskie Weisz of CW Realty, Joyland Group and Meral Property Group. The buildings offer a total of 17 apartments, three ground-floor retail units and one office space. Nat Rockett and Steven Dweck of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the 1031 exchange transaction.
FALMOUTH, MAINE – NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Falmouth Shopping Center, located along U.S. Route 1 in Falmouth. Private investors purchased the shopping center from JPA Management for $21 million. At the time of sale, the property was 89 percent leased to a diverse tenant roster, including Shaw’s Supermarket, Ocean State Job Lot, Goodwill, Sullivan Tire, and Bank of America. Geoffrey Millerd and Justin Smith of NKF, along with Mackenzie Simpson of Porta & Co., represented the seller in the deal.
PENNSBURG, PENN. – Colliers International has arranged the sale of a commercially zoned land located at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Route 663 and Northgate Boulevard in Pennsburg. PB Northgate purchased the 7.2-acre property, which is approximately 17 miles south of Allentown, for $2.1 million. The buyer plans to develop a medical office building and retail pad site on the land parcel. Derek Zerfass of Colliers International’s office in Allentown, Penn., represented the undisclosed seller, while Markward Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — ValueRock Realty Partner has purchased a retail property located at 16171 Lake Forest Drive in Irvine. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $9 million in an off-market transaction. Best Buy has occupied the 41,150-square-foot property since 2004.
HOUSTON — Retail follows rooftops, as the expression goes, but over the last decade in Houston, brick-and-mortar development and single- and multifamily construction have rarely moved at the same pace. Houston experienced a major housing boom in the years leading up to the oil downturn, which began in late 2014. A report from houstonproperties.com, which tracks the metro’s single-family market, notes that Houston topped the nation in new construction starts of single-family homes in 2013 and 2014. In addition, during that two-year stretch there were 28 high-rise apartment buildings under construction, and 83 additional high-rise multifamily projects either approved or proposed. Houston’s emergence as a strong-performing retail market in an era where brick-and-mortar shopping is on shaky ground was one of the key topics explored by real estate professionals at the second annual InterFace Houston Retail Real Estate conference. Crowds packed into the meeting rooms of the Royal Sonesta hotel in the city’s Galleria neighborhood on Tuesday, April 17 to hear about just how much new retail development the market can bear. Before retail development could catch up to the torrid pace of housing development, oil prices tanked, thousands of blue- and white-collar energy workers were laid off, housing prices …
MONROVIA, CALIF. — CalBay Development has completed the acquisition and entitlement of a redevelopment site located on West Huntington Drive in Monrovia. McMahans Furniture sold the site for $2.1 million. The 29,000-square-foot site is comprised of two parcels and features a 21,000-square-foot retail store occupied by 3-Day-Suit Broker. CalBay plans to develop a freestanding 2,200-square-foot Starbucks drive-thru on the site. Construction is slated to begin in third-quarter 2018, with store opening scheduled for second-quarter 2019. The City of Monrovia Planning Commission approved the company’s development plans in earlier this year. Adam Fisher of JLL arranged the off-market transaction.
