PEORIA, ILL. — Locally owned boutique Blue has preleased 1,600 square feet of retail space at Plaza at Grand Prairie. Cullinan Properties is developing the 7,200-square-foot shopping center that is located at the intersection of War Memorial Drive and American Prairie Road in Peoria. Blue, along with retailers Massage Envy and Great Clips, will open this summer. This location will be Blue’s second store. Plaza at Grand Prairie is part of Grand Prairie Developments, a 200-acre mixed-use project. Components of Grand Prairie Developments include Plaza at Grand Prairie, Shoppes at Grand Prairie, Plaza West, Prairie Place, Shoppes West, Apartments at Grand Prairie and a Carmike Cinemas. Plaza at Grand Prairie is co-anchored by Hy-Vee and Gordmans. Other tenants include Longhorn Steakhouse, Famous Dave’s BBQ, Steak ‘n Shake and Starbucks.
DAVIS, CALIF. — Browman Development has acquired a five-building retail portfolio across four blocks in downtown Davis. Brinley Downtown Properties sold the fully-leased portfolio for an undisclosed price. Located at 513, 603 and 718 Second St., 209 F St. and 207 E St., the 71,437-square-foot portfolio is occupied by a variety of retailers, including Armadillo Music, Fleet Feet Sports, The Army Corps of Engineers, The Avid Reader, Spa Central, E Street Salon, Balance Point Pilates Studio, The Wardrobe, The Root of Happiness Kava Bar, and Sweet and Shavery. Erik Neese, Ken Reiff and Shaun Morrow of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased a nine-property industrial portfolio based in a variety of Southern California infill markets for $191 million. The portfolio contains more than 1.5 million square feet of space. The properties are situated throughout Orange County, Inland Empire West, central San Diego and the Los Angeles-San Gabriel Valley markets. The portfolio is fully leased to 12 tenants. Rexford funded the acquisition with proceeds from its recent public equity issuance and the exercise of a $100 million accordion on its $125.0 million unsecured term loan. The acquisition increased Rexford’s owned square footage by more than 12 percent.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Commercial Income Advisors Inc. has arranged the $4.4 million sale of a single-tenant, triple-net-leased 7-Eleven located in Portland. John Halvorson of Commercial Income Advisors represented the Orange County-based buyer in the transaction, and arranged $1.3 million worth of acquisition financing for the purchase. The property was acquired through a 1031 exchange.
ST. ABANS, VT. — Nedde Real Estate has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 8 N. Main St. in St. Abans. Doug Nedde and Grant Butterfield from Nedde Real Estate and Alain Youkel of Youkel Architecture + Development have acquired a 22,000-square-foot historic TD Bank building for an undisclosed price. TD Bank will continue to operate from the first floor, while the second, third and fourth floors will be converted into market-rate apartments.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Sealy & Co. has acquired Carter Distribution Center, a 615,005-square-foot, Class A warehouse facility situated on more than 27 acres at 6601 Oak Grove Road in Fort Worth. The acquisition was made on behalf of Sealy Strategic Equity Partners (SSEP). Carter Distribution Center was built in 2008 and features 32-foot clear heights, 89 trailer parking spaces and an ESFR sprinkler system. The property is rail served on the north side by the Union Pacific Rail line via the Fort Worth Western Rail Road. The asset is also located near the intersection of I-35 and I-20.
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Huntsville Crossing Shopping Center, a 23,760-square-foot retail property located in Huntsville. Glen Kunofsky, Russell Wachtler and Jerry Goldstein of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. A California buyer purchased the shopping center utilizing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Tenants include Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Mattress One and Spec’s Liquor.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — David Alexander of Newcor Commercial Real Estate has represented Gus Kaiser in the purchase of 5.8 acres at 33127 Lois Lane and FM 1488 in The Woodlands. Scott Furches of RE/Max Hometown represented the seller, DRD Limestone LLC.
CARTERSVILLE, GA. AND RIVERVIEW, FLA. — Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has purchased two grocery-anchored shopping centers in Cartersville and Riverview. The properties include the 375,067-square-foot Bartow Marketplace in Cartersville and the 78,442-square-foot Bloomingdale Hills in Riverview. Bartow Marketplace’s tenant roster includes a 204,170-square-foot Walmart Supercenter, and a 130,497-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement. Other tenants include Cricket Wireless, CPR Cell Phone Repair, Rue 21, World Finance Loans, Dollar Tree, Metro PCS, Pearle Vision, Gamestop, Peachstate Auto Insurance, Sally Beauty Supply and Payless Shoe Source. Bloomingdale Hills’ tenant roster includes a 57,756-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market, Happy’s Home Centers, Great Clips and Great Expressions Dental. As of April 14, 2016, Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II owns and manages 66 grocery-anchored centers totaling roughly 7.9 million square feet.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has signed two leases with restaurateur Deedee Mills for two new dining concepts at 500 East Morehead, a seven-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. The 178,000-square-foot property is currently under construction. The two new dining concepts include The Packhouse, a Southern-themed restaurant, and Joe and Nosh, a quick service breakfast and lunch destination and coffee shop. Charles Thrift of Collett & Associates represented Beacon Partners in the lease transaction.