Huntington Beach, Calif. — Stockbridge, on behalf of its Smart Markets Fund, has purchased Edinger Plaza, a power shopping center located in Huntington Beach.
Santa Monica-based Watt Cos. sold the property for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1976 and redeveloped in 2012, the 155,275-square-foot shopping center is situated on 13.4 acres. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Nordstrom Rack, Dick’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Michaels.
Megan Wood, Jimmy Slusher, Sean Heitzler and Philip Voorhees of CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West team represented the seller and buyer in the deal, which was the highest priced retail property transaction in Orange County this year, according to the brokers.