Orlando, Fla. — TCB-WCO has purchased West Colonial Oaks, a 160,792-square-foot shopping center located in Orlando, for $17 million. Office Depot, Family Dollar, Olive Garden and Ollie’s Bargain Discount Store anchor the property. Jose Sasson of Axiom Capital Advisors represented the undisclosed seller and Michael Smith of Sands Investment Group represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.
Tulsa Okla. — Stan Johnson Co. has negotiated the $13.7 million sale of a portfolio of 10 restaurant properties totaling 25,643 square feet that are leased to Taco Bueno. The properties are located in various cities in Texas and Oklahoma. Josh Pardue of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, U.S. Realty Advisors LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Centric Capital Partners. The deal traded at a cap rate of 7.22 percent.
Midvale, Utah — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $8.7 million sale of Garden Square shopping center, located roughly 12 miles outside Salt Lake City in Midvale. Nick D’Argenzio, Tom Chichester and Joe Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented the undisclosed buyer and seller in the transaction.
Indianapolis and Chicago — Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) and Retail Properties of America (NYSE: RPAI) have entered into a merger agreement valued at $7.5 billion that will create a new shopping center REIT with a portfolio of 185 assets totaling approximately 32 million gross leasable square feet. Under the terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based KRG will acquire Chicago-based RPAI in an all-stock transaction. The $7.5 billion valuation puts the newly formed company in the top five …
Houston — Levcor will redevelop Post Oak Plaza, a 503,000-square-foot shopping and dining destination in Houston’s Uptown neighborhood. Architecture firm BRR is leading the design of the project, which will be carried out in phases throughout 2022. The development team will upgrade storefronts to allow more natural light, introduce communal outdoor gathering spaces, widen pathways that connect buildings and install new landscaping features. Businesses will remain open throughout the redevelopment project. Current tenants at Post Oak Plaza include Bill Walker Clothier, Eye Elegance, FedEx, Home Source, Madison Lily, Pinto Ranch, …
Michigan City, Ind. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of Lake Park Plaza, a 114,867-square-foot, Hobby Lobby-anchored shopping center in Michigan City. The sales price was not disclosed, but the property was listed for $6.3 million. Eric Wohl and CJ Kiehler of Hanley Investment Group, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, RCG Ventures. The buyer was a private investment company based near Miami. Lake Park Plaza is located less than 60 miles from Chicago and is situated on 20.8 acres at 4303-4361 Franklin St. in Indiana’s …
Indianapolis — Slate Grocery REIT has acquired Glenlake Plaza in Indianapolis for $8.5 million. Concurrent with the acquisition, the REIT has secured a new long-term lease with the property’s anchor tenant, Kroger, for 15 years. The shopping center spans 104,679 square feet of gross leasable area and features an occupancy rate of 85 percent. An owner and operator of grocery-anchored real estate, Slate Grocery REIT’s portfolio comprises $1.4 billion of assets across major U.S. markets. The company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Huber Heights and Vandalia, Ohio — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a Dayton-area retail portfolio occupied by Wendy’s for $4.6 million. The two properties in the portfolio are located in Huber Heights and Vandalia. CJ Jackson, Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Buyer information was not disclosed.
Washington, D.C. — The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports a growth in retail sales during the month of June, confirming the organization’s revised predictions made at the beginning of July. NRF revised its retail sales forecast for 2021 retail sales to increase between 10.5 to 13.5 percent over 2020 to a range of $4.44 trillion and $4.56 trillion. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that retail sales have increased year-over-year every month since June 2020, including May, which had a decline of 1.7 percent month-over-month and a growth of 27.6 percent …
Atlanta — North American Properties has completed the redevelopment of Colony Square, a mixed-use project located at the intersection of 14th and Peachtree streets in the Midtown neighborhood Atlanta. The project included renovations on two existing buildings totaling 200,000 square feet, and the ground-up development of a movie theatre and Politan Row food hall, as well as two new Class A office buildings with street-level retail. General contractor Hoar broke ground on Phase I of the multi-phase project in October 2017. In total, Colony Square offers 940,000 square feet of …