DALLAS — Tuesday Morning Corp. (NASDAQ: TUES) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Dallas-based retailer says the actions are in response to “the immense strain the COVID-19 pandemic and related store closures have put on the business.” Tuesday Morning is a discount home furnishings chain. The company opened its first store in 1974 and currently operates 687 stores in 39 states. The retailer expects to permanently close approximately 230 stores to focus on high-performing locations. The phased store closures will take place this summer. After closing all stores and furloughing most of its 9,000 employees on March 25 as a result of COVID-19, Tuesday Morning has reopened more than 80 percent of its existing store footprint and expects to continue store reopenings and bringing associates back to work over the coming weeks. With no e-commerce platform, the closure of all physical stores was particularly devastating for Tuesday Morning compared with some other retailers, according to Business Insider. Tuesday Morning says that comparable store sales for the reopened stores have been approximately 10 percent higher than sales during the same period in 2019. The retailer began reopening stores April 24. “Prior to the pandemic, we were gaining momentum in …
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NEW YORK CITY — Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) has forecasted an approximately $1.1 billion loss in operating income in the first quarter, which ended in early May, a result of both temporary and permanent store closings as well as significantly decreased patronage amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the company said on Thursday. As of this week, the company has reopened approximately 190 of its Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s shops and plans to reopen 80 more for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. At the close of 2019, Macy’s Inc. owned and operated a total of nearly 840 stores across its flagship and Bloomingdale’s brands. Prior to the health and economic crisis, Macy’s had announced plans to close 125 of its least productive stores over the next three years, beginning in February. As part of the plan, the retailer closed its offices in San Francisco, downtown Cincinnati and Lorain, Ohio, leaving the New York City office as its sole corporate headquarters. Macy’s stock price closed at $5.05 per share on May 20, compared with $21 per share at the same time last year. Macy’s Inc. will release its first quarter earning results on July 1.
HAMMOND, IND. — Greystone has provided a $27.6 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Tanglewood Apartments in Hammond, about 25 miles south of Chicago. The 384-unit Class B multifamily property consists of 16 three-story buildings. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, sauna, fitness center and picnic areas. Dan Sacks and Eric Rosenstock of Greystone originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Bayshore Properties. The 10-year loan, which features two years of interest-only payments, includes a 30-year amortization. Bayshore purchased the asset for $33.5 million.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Sacramento, Calif.-based Oakmont Properties has purchased Fusion 355, an apartment property located at 355 Eldorado Blvd. in Broomfield’s Interlocken neighborhood. Stockton, Calif.-based AG Spanos sold the asset for $90 million. Built in 2019, Fusion 355 features 286 apartments in a mix of apartment and townhome floor plans with in-unit washers/dryers, ceiling fans, storage units, vaulted ceilings and hardwood flooring. The 256,376-square-foot property is a controlled access, smoke-free community with a 24-hour fitness center; yoga studio; dog park; media and game rooms; elevator access; bike storage; a heated swimming pool with spa and Baja deck; community garden; 400 parking spaces; and private garages. At the time of sale, the property was 85 percent leased. Dan Woodward, David Potarf and Matt Barnett of CBRE Capital Markets Denver represented the seller, while Marc Ross of CBRE’s Sacramento office represented the buyer in the transaction.
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported a 10.8 percent increase in total sales during the first quarter, including digital sales growth of 141 percent. The Minneapolis-based retailer’s first quarter ended on May 2. While revenue rose 11.3 percent to $19.6 billion in the first quarter on a year-over-year basis, operating income fell 58.7 percent to $468 million during the first quarter. Target invested heavily in its response to COVID-19, spending roughly $500 million in cleaning and safety measures as well as extra pay and benefits for its employees. Target also says it experienced a slowdown in apparel and accessories sales as guests stocked up on categories like essentials and food and beverage. It also experienced “unusually strong digital volume” as shoppers turned to online purchases.
PLANO, TEXAS — J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE: JCP) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bid to strengthen its finances through an extensive debt restructuring. The company filed on the evening of Friday, May 15 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, located in Corpus Christi. The Plano-based retailer has secured $900 million in debtor-in-possession financing from its existing first-lien lenders that is expected to knock several billion dollars off its total debt load. J.C. Penney, a company with a 118-year operating history, said that it would disclose in the coming weeks the number and locations of which stores would be closing. Currently, due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 40 of J.C. Penney’s approximately 850 U.S. stores are open, with another dozen or so offering curbside pickup only. In mid-March, the retailer began furloughing workers at its supply chain and distribution centers in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. Furloughs of store associates and corporate staff followed two weeks later. “While we had been working in parallel on options to strengthen our balance sheet and extend our financial runway, the closure of our stores due to the pandemic necessitated a more fulsome review to …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) has agreed to purchase Ten-X for $190 million. The all-cash deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Irvine, Calif.-based Ten-X was launched in 2009 with the goal of providing a digital platform to complete commercial real estate transactions during the Great Recession. Since its founding, nearly $24 billion worth of commercial real estate transactions have been completed on the site. Companies such as Fannie Mae, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Blackstone, Starwood, BlackRock, Capital One, MetLife, LNR, UBS and PNC have used the website to complete transactions. CoStar hopes the acquisition will position the combined company as a major player in the distressed commercial property market that COVID-19 is expected to leave in its wake. “We believe that the volume of distressed properties coming to market will surge and that this combined platform will support the market’s recovery,” says CoStar CEO Andrew Florance regarding the acquisition. Echoing Florance’s sentiment, Ten-X CEO Steve Jacobs says, “Just like CoStar Group, we are focused on driving volume and efficiency and have devoted ourselves to addressing the massive, untapped demand for digital commercial real estate solutions. We see significant demand …
BOSTON — Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. (NYSE: PLYM), a Boston-based investment firm focused on the acquisition and management of industrial properties, executed more than 426,000 square feet of new leases during the first three months of 2020, according to the company’s latest quarterly report. Commercial leasing has declined amid the COVID-19 health crisis, but industrial owners have benefited from demand for distribution and warehousing space, especially from e-commerce users. At the end of the quarter, Plymouth owned 125 industrial buildings totaling approximately 20 million square feet, including 11 properties totaling 2.1 million square feet that were purchased in the first quarter. Plymouth reported 96.3 percent occupancy across its portfolio, which is primarily located in the Midwest and Southeast regions, as well as in New Jersey and Maine. Plymouth’s stock price closed at $13.98 per share on May 8, down from $15.55 per share a year ago.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI), a Jersey City-based REIT, reports that it collected 96.7 percent of multifamily rent payments due for April at its multifamily properties across the country despite the COVID-19 outbreak. Many multifamily tenants across the country have been unable to work due to temporary business closures and employee layoffs and furloughs, raising questions as to whether they would be able to pay their April rents. Mack-Cali’s 6,524-unit multifamily portfolio, operated by its subsidiary Roseland Residential Trust, was 95.7 percent occupied as of the end of 2019 with an average rent of $3,028 per unit. The company recently opened The Emery at Overlook Ridge, a 140-unit property in Malden, Massachusetts, with 52 percent of units preleased. Including The Emery, Mack-Cali had five multifamily developments totaling 1,942 units under construction at the end of the quarter. The portfolio is located in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Mack-Cali’s stock price closed at $14.82 per share on May 6, compared with $22.92 per share at the same time last year.
WAKEFIELD, MASS. — Franklin Street Properties Corp. (NYSE AMERICAN: FSP), a Wakefield, Massachusetts-based REIT, reports that it collected 98 percent of rent payments due for April at its office properties despite revenue concerns amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Office users across the country have been forced to lay off employees while others are restricted to work from home, leading many companies to reconsider lease signings and expansions. Franklin owns and operates 35 office properties totaling approximately 9.5 million square feet, primarily located in infill and central business districts in 10 states concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest. The REIT reported a $1.1 million net loss in the first quarter, however, and expressed that it cannot predict rental income in future months. Tenants have requested rent relief requests in the form of deferrals for varying lengths of time, which Franklin may grant in some instances while seeking extended lease terms. The REIT’s stock price closed at $5.05 on May 4, compared with $7.97 at the same time last year.