New York City — Foot Locker will open a 25,000-square-foot store at 605 W. 181st St. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The locally based athletic footwear retailer will treat this location as a “power store” that offers experiential activities like creating customized sneakers and gaming zones. The store is set to open this fall. New York-based Marx Realty owns the property in which the store will be housed.
Watchung, N.J. — Cinemark Holdings Inc. has opened a 10-screen theater at 1670 Route 22 East in Watchung, located 30 miles west of New York City. The theater will feature wall-to-wall screens, oversized recliners, reserved seating services and a party room for private events. The venue will be the third in the state for Cinemark, which currently operates 546 theaters across 41 states and various Latin American countries.
Lawrenceville, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Princeton Plaza, a 29,600-square-foot retail center in Lawrenceville, located roughly midway between New York City and Philadelphia. The asset, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, fetched a sales price of $2.9 million. Shannon Bona led the Marcus & Millichap team in marketing the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor, with help from Mark Taylor and Derrick Dougherty of Marcus & Millichap. Brian Hosey of Marcus & Millichap acted as the broker of record. …
Orlando, Fla. — A partnership between Highline Real Estate Capital and M Street Holdings has acquired Century Plaza, a 132,725-square-foot retail center in Orlando, Florida, for $12.3 million. The center was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants including ALDI, Ross Dress for Less, dd’s DISCOUNTS, Big Lots, Shoe Land, Spectrum, Sprint, GameStop and Amscot. The center was built in 1973, renovated in 2008 and sits on 13.5 acres. Anthony Blanco of TSCG (formerly The Shopping Center Group) represented the seller, a private global institutional investment firm, …
Oregon, Ohio — Reichle Klein Group has negotiated the $1.4 million sale of a Dollar General-occupied property in Oregon, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo. Completed in October 2018, the 9,100-square-foot building is located at 2450 Woodville Road. Christian Zaciewski of Reichle Klein represented the seller, Linden Avenue LLC. Net Realty Advisors represented the buyer, California-based Frank Living Trust.
Chicago — Retailers have begun opening at Addison & Clark, a mixed-use project located across the street from Chicago’s Wrigley Field. The lineup includes a 10,000-square-foot Harley Davidson showroom; a 30,000-square-foot Lucky Strike Social, a combination bowling alley, arcade and event venue; the city’s first Beerhead Bar and Eatery; Shake Shack; and Do-Rite Donuts and Chicken. Tenants yet to open include Cargo Food Authority, Cinemex CMX Cinemas, Kilwins and a 32,000-square-foot health club. A joint venture between M&R Development and Bucksbaum Retail Properties is developing the transit-oriented project.
Wesley Chapel, Fla. — Hutton has opened Cypress Creek Town Shopping Center, a 190,000-square-foot shopping center located in Wesley Chapel, Florida, 20 miles north of downtown Tampa. Earth Fare anchors the center, with other tenants including Burlington, Hobby Lobby, Five Below, Dollar Tree and HomeGoods. Remaining tenants are scheduled to open in late spring. Hutton has completed three previous developments at Cypress Creek Town Center, including a 26,000-square-foot, multi-tenant development home to retailers such as Mellow Mushroom and Men’s Warehouse; an adjacent 8,000-square-foot Chuy’s; and a 16,000-square-foot multi-tenant building that …
Plano, Texas — Cinépolis USA will open a 10-screen, 40,000-square-foot theater at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano as part of owner Starwood Retail Partners’ $145 million project to expand and renovate the mall. The theater, which joins entertainment concepts like Crayola Experience and the North Texas Performing Arts Children’s Theatre, will be directly integrated into the mall and will offer a variety of food and beverage options. The venue, which is scheduled to open in 2020, will be Cinépolis’ third in Texas.
Fort Worth, Texas — SHOP Cos. has arranged the sale of Woodmont Plaza North, a 42,004-square-foot retail center in Fort Worth, Texas. The property was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Schlotzsky’s Deli, Supercuts, H&R Block, Little Caesar’s Pizza and Boost Mobile. Tim Axilrod, Tommy Tucker and Cameron Burk of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, California-based Black Lion Investment Group, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, a Texas-based limited liability company.
At a time when the topography of the retail landscape looks very different than it did just a few short years ago, one of the most striking changes is the large number of medium and large boxes now standing empty. Every few months seems to herald the announcement of another major brand consolidating or announcing bankruptcy or significant closures. The shockwaves from the Toys ‘R’ Us shutdown are still reverberating across the industry, further highlighting the need for brokers, owners, investors and landlords to find new and creative ways to …
