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Alex Tostado

Santa Clara, Calif. — Despite shelter-in-place mandates and temporary closures due to COVID-19, Westfield US has opened 42 stores and restaurants this year at Westfield Valley Fair, a 2.2 million-square-foot Bay Area shopping and lifestyle destination located at 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Santa Clara. Twenty-two of the new tenants have opened since March, with 15 new retail and restaurant leases signed and foot traffic increasing more than 10 percent week-over-week since the center reopened for retail operations in June. New tenants and milestones include: The completion of an expanded …

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York, Pa. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of York Marketplace, a 304,974-square-foot retail power center in York. A 125,353-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement store anchors the property along with a 74,541-square-foot Giant Food grocery store and a 12,500-square-foot Premium Fine Wine & Good Spirits. Brad Nathanson of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Triple BAR Group, in the transaction. Michael Helpern and Chris Marks of IPA Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.

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Dothan, Ala. — Chase Properties has acquired Shops on the Circle, a 183,000-square-foot retail property in Dothan. TJ Maxx, Big Lots, PetSmart, Five Below and Old Navy anchor the center. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Shops on the Circle is located at 3500 Ross Clark Circle, three miles northwest of downtown Dothan. Beachwood, Ohio-based Chase Properties says that despite COVID-19, the sale closed on schedule.

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Lemont, Ill. — First National Realty Partners has acquired Lemont Village Square, a 59,939-square-foot shopping center in Lemont, located about 27 miles southwest of Chicago. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The Aldi-anchored property sits at the corner of 127th and State streets. It is 96 percent leased. Other tenants include Starbucks, The Learning Experience, Jimmy Johns, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

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Roswell, Ga. — Red Oak Financial has provided a $9.7 million refinancing loan for Village Festival Shopping Center, a 56,921-square-foot retail center in Roswell. Proceeds from the two-year bridge loan will be used to renovate the property, which sits on seven acres at 10930 Crabapple Road, 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta. The borrower and owner, Phoenix Ten Properties LLC, will introduce shopping, dining and event options at the property. A timeline for renovations was not disclosed. Gary Bechtel of Red Oak Financial originated the loan on behalf of the …

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Newport Beach, Calif. — Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to launch a digital restaurant concept dubbed Chipotle Digital Kitchen. Customers will be required to order in advance via the Chipotle app, website or third-party delivery service; there will not be a dining area or line to order food. The Newport Beach-based restaurant chain says the footprint is designed for urban areas but will open its first location near West Point Academy in Highland Falls, New York, on Saturday, Nov. 14. The announcement of the restaurant opening comes on the heels of …

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Chicago — McDonald’s Corp. has reported its third-quarter sales rose 4.6 percent year-over-year in the United States. The Chicago-based restaurant chain cited its utilization of delivery, digital orders and drive-thru to recover from its second-quarter sales dip. Globally, sales were still down on a year-over-year basis, dropping 2.2 percent in the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30. The chain’s total revenues were also down 2.2 percent from the third quarter of 2019. McDonald’s reported revenues reached $5.42 billion, which beat economists’ forecast of $5.4 billion. The revenues show a promising …

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Richmond, Va. — A partnership between Auerbach Funds, Elevation Real Estate Group and Beechmont Acquisitions has acquired Parc Place, an 82,968-square-foot shopping center in Richmond. The sales price was $10.8 million, a discount to its 2016 sales price of $25 million. This marks the second acquisition since Auerbach Funds announced its first close for Auerbach Opportunity Fund III in mid-October. The fund has a target size of $100 million. Parc Place is located at 11736 W. Broad St. in the city’s Short Pump district. The shopping center’s tenant roster includes …

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Milford, Conn. — CBRE has negotiated the $4.7 million sale of a 4,596-square-foot retail property in the coastal Connecticut city of Milford. The freestanding property is situated on 2.5 acres at 1651 Boston Post Road and houses a bank branch for JPMorgan Chase. Charles Berger, Elli Klapper and Samuel Bernhaut of CBRE represented the seller, Klein Automotive Parts, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed national REIT.

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Buford, Ga. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.7 million sale of Hamilton Mill Crossings, an 11,722-square-foot retail strip center in Buford. The property was 88 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Starbucks, Viral Vapes, Luxury Nail & Spa and AT&T Store. The asset is situated at 3265 Sardis Church Road, catty-corner from a Walmart Superstore and 40 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. The undisclosed buyer was completing a 1031 exchange. Marc Irvin and Matthew Welch of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed, Florida-based …

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