MANITOWOC, WIS. — Panera Bread has signed a 4,300-square-foot lease in Manitowoc, about 40 miles southeast of Green Bay. The fast casual restaurant will occupy the space at 4626 Calumet St. Joe Kleiman and Dan Cohen of Mid-America Real Estate-Wisconsin LLC represented Panera in the lease transaction. The landlord was not disclosed.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Rubicon Realty Group LLC has begun work on The Crossing at Telfair, a 45,000-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of State Highways 6 and 90 in the southwestern Houston metro of Sugar Land. Tenants will include H-E-B, Jersey Mike’s, Whataburger, Navy Federal Credit Union and AT&T. Delivery is slated for this fall.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 13,562-square-foot retail property located at 32818 Tamina Road in Magnolia, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. The property had a listing price of approximately $2.5 million. David Fisher and Thomas Costello of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA. — M&J Wilkow, along with ALTO Real Estate Funds, has acquired Cranberry Square, a retail center located in Cranberry Township, outside of Pittsburgh. The property was acquired for $23.5 million. At the time of sale, the 195,165-square-foot property was fully occupied by a variety of tenants, including Field & Stream, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble. The name of the seller was not released.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Progress Capital has secured a $6.5 million construction loan for the development of a retail and office center located near the intersection of Hooper Avenue and Yorktown Boulevard in Toms River. The 40,000-square-foot property will also feature an adjoining 4,140-square-foot pad site. David Cappello of Progress Capital arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The 18-month loan was funded by Procida’s 100 Mile Fund and represents 67 percent of the project’s total cost. The property is currently pre-leased to Ocean Cuts LLC, Buy-Rite Liquors and a Keller Williams Brokerage office. The development is slated for completion this summer.
DENVER — Chipotle Mexican Grill’s board of directors has appointed Brian Niccol as CEO and a member of the board, effective March 5, 2018. Niccol most recently served as CEO of Yum! Brands’ Taco Bell division. Prior to joining Chipotle, Niccol was at Taco Bell from 2011 and served as CEO from January 2015 and president from 2013 to 2014. Under his leadership, he repositioned Taco Bell as a lifestyle brand and launched numerous product initiatives, including the new breakfast daypart. He transformed Taco Bell into a social media leader and revolutionized its digital approach through mobile ordering and payment across its 7,000 restaurants. Prior to Taco Bell, Niccol held leadership roles at Pizza Hut, including vice president of strategy, chief marketing officer and general manager. Chipotle opened with a single restaurant in Denver in 1993 and now operates more than 2,400 restaurants. As a result of the move, Julie Felss Masino, president of Irvine, Calif.-headquartered Taco Bell North America, and Liz Williams, president of Taco Bell International, will assume leadership of the Taco Bell division in their respective roles, reporting to Yum! Brands CEO Greg Creed. Masino joined Taco Bell in January 2018 from Mattel and, prior to that, …
The Triangle continues to attract national attention due to job growth, relatively low cost of living, economic diversity, a central East Coast location and its access to three world-class universities. Additionally, the Triangle’s unemployment rates are below the state and national averages. These are some of the driving forces that bring nearly 80 residents a day to the metro area, as recently published by U.S. News & World Report. Triangle retailers, developers and investors are taking advantage of this momentum, and the local retail market is thriving as a result. At the conclusion of third-quarter 2017, the Triangle retail vacancy was 6.7 percent. This represents a 60-basis point increase year-over-year. However, there was over 340,000 square feet of positive net absorption during the same quarter. This stat marks the highest quarter of positive absorption for the market since the second quarter of 2014. There were several notable retail deliveries in 2017, such as Carolina Square, containing nearly 50,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The mixed-use project is located along Franklin Street in Chapel Hill and is a joint venture between Cousins Properties and Northwood Ravin. The retail portion of Carolina Square delivered 84 percent preleased and is anchored …
ORANGE, CALIF. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Rusty Leaf Plaza, a neighborhood shopping center located at 2512 E. Chapman Ave. in Orange. A joint venture between Canyon Catalyst Fund and Paragon Commercial Group sold the property to Inland Real Estate Acquisitions for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. At the time of sale, the center was 98 percent occupied. Anchored by Target, the retail center also features a mix of service, medical and fast casual dining tenants. CJ Osbrink of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of Southwood Village, a neighborhood retail center located at 22214-22251 and 22217-22251 Palos Verdes Blvd. and 5230 Sepulveda Blvd. in Torrance. Los Angeles-based BIG Shopping Centers USA sold the property to a private investor for $21 million. Situated on 5.5 acres, the 66,958-square-foot property was built in the 1950s and renovated in 2013. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied by major tenants, including Dollar Tree, ACE Hardware, Goodwill and Chevron. Richard Chichester and Donald MacLellan of Faris Lee represented the seller, while Triwell Properties represented the buyer in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has facilitated the sale of a retail property located at 9563 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. CRD Pico Associates acquired the property from a private investor for $2.8 million. The property features 5,000 square feet of retail space. Brandon Michaels and Andrew Leff of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer in the deal.