Gilbert, Ariz. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the $13 million sale of Lindsay Square, a 46,728-square-foot neighborhood shopping center located in Gilbert, a suburb of Phoenix. Tenants at the property include a mix of service-oriented retailers such as a daycare, fitness center, veterinary clinic, dry cleaner and specialty schools, as well as various restaurants. Jenette Bennett and Michelle Gardner of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer, a Washington-based family investment firm.
Lawrenceville, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $11.4 million sale of Village Square Plaza, a 53,077-square-foot retail center located in Lawrenceville, roughly 40 miles northeast of Philadelphia. First Bank anchors the two-building property, which was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to 15 tenants including Kumon and Eastern Dental. Built in 1990, Village Square Plaza is situated on nearly 8 acres. Alan Cafiero and Brent Hyldahl of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
San Antonio — TSM Ventures Inc. has acquired Wender Plaza, a 63,976-square-foot shopping center located in San Antonio. Sprouts Farmers Market anchors the newly constructed property, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Chace Henke and Micha van Marcke of Edge Capital Markets represented the seller, a regional developer, in the transaction.
Oxnard, Calif. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $7.2 million sale of a single-tenant restaurant property in Oxnard. Shake Shack occupies the 3,286-square-foot building, which was built in 2025, under a new 15-year corporate-guaranteed absolute triple-net ground lease. The restaurant features Shake Shack’s latest prototype with a double-lane drive-thru. Sean Cox, Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, a Texas-based developer, in the transaction. Judson Kauffman of New York-based Surmount represented the buyer, a Northern California-based private 1031 exchange investor. Shake …
Newport Beach, Calif. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $5.2 million sale of a single-tenant retail property located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach. A 7-Eleven convenience store has occupied the 3,651-square-foot site for more than 48 years. Kevin Held of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller, a California-based family trust. The buyer was a California-based private investor.
With placemaking, flexibility and the ever-changing needs of retailers and consumers in mind, retail architects are more creative than ever when it comes to built environments. Retail spaces have changed dramatically over the past decade. Enclosed environments, once leading the trend in the industry, have been traded for open-air environments. Many properties that were once solely occupied by retail tenants now have multiple uses, including entertainment, office, multifamily and hotel. In a time when it’s tough to develop, smaller, convenience-oriented projects are dominant, with the redevelopment of regional properties a …
All types of purchasers, from private capital to institutional groups, want to take advantage of the property sector’s strong fundamentals. In JLL’s second-quarter “Retail Market Dynamics” report, “resilience” was the word used to describe the national retail investment landscape in the first half of 2025. Transaction volume reached $28.5 billion, a 23 percent increase over the same period a year ago. The figure also outpaces the long-term historical average of $27.7 billion for the first two quarters of the year, according to the brokerage firm. The scope of data includes …
Owners of struggling shopping malls should prepare to demonstrate how changed consumer preferences and practices reduce taxable property value. A great deal has changed in the real estate world since the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the many types of real estate holdings affected, shopping malls anchored by one or more large department stores have suffered more than most. The buying public is simply less inclined to frequent such properties than in the past, draining much of the functionality, revenue potential and market value from those assets. As a result, the taxable …
Miami — A partnership between The Easton Group, Lennar and MPKA LLC has proposed City Park at West Kendall, a $2 billion, 990-acre master-planned community in Miami. The development team has filed its application with Miami-Dade County. Plans call for 7,800 new homes in a variety of price points, including townhomes, multifamily units, single-family homes and workforce housing, as well as 1.4 million square feet of retail space and 500,000 square feet of office space. At the heart of the proposed project is Village Core, a walkable town center with …
Landlords need to take an active role as troubled retailers face bankruptcy. The old playbook of waiting to address leases in bankruptcy is over. In today’s environment, where chainwide liquidation is becoming an increasingly common outcome, landlords cannot afford to be passive. It is crucial to proactively engage with tenants, understand their financial health, and be prepared to negotiate and adapt lease terms to help them avoid bankruptcy court. Consider what has happened in American retailing since the pandemic. While some sectors thrived during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns and the …
