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URW Opens Expansion at $1.1 Billion Silicon Valley Retail Destination

by Alex Tostado March 6, 2020

San Jose, Calif. — Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has opened a 500,000-square-foot expansion at Westfield Valley Fair, the French developer’s $1.1 billion retail destination in San Jose. The retail center is part of a redevelopment project that replaced two 1950s-era shopping centers. The project now encompasses 2.2 million square feet in total, with more restaurant and store openings planned for 2021. A three-level flagship Bloomingdale’s luxury apparel department store anchors the new expansion, alongside other apparel retailers including Anthropologie, Club Monaco, Fabletics, Indochino, Jimmy Choo, John Varvatos, Longchamp, Rodd and Gunn, Urban …

March 6, 2020

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United Development Starts Construction of French Valley Marketplace in California

by Alex Tostado March 5, 2020

French Valley, Calif. — Southlake, Texas-based United Development Co., in partnership with Pasadena, Calif.-based Halferty Development Co., has started construction of French Valley Marketplace, a shopping center in French Valley, approximately seven miles northeast of Temecula. Situated on 22 acres, French Valley Marketplace will offer 132,500 square feet of leaseable space in 16 buildings, with 44,300 square feet of retail space still available, four drive-thru pads for ground lease or build-to-suit and 5,000 square feet of grocery store and planned pharmacy space. Pre-leased tenants include Grocery Outlet, LA Fitness, McDonald’s, …

March 5, 2020

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Faris Lee Arranges $9.2 Million Sale of Two Freestanding Outparcel Assets in Fontana, California

by Alex Tostado March 5, 2020

Fontana, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $9.1 million sale of two freestanding outparcel properties located at 17151-17171 W. Foothill Blvd. in Fontana. Shaun Riley and Nick Miller of Faris Lee represented the undisclosed seller and procured the Los Angeles-based buyer. Totaling 34,377 square feet, the properties are situated within a Walmart-anchored shopping center.

March 5, 2020

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Optimus Properties Sells Two-Property Mixed-Use Portfolio in California for $11 Million

by Alex Tostado March 4, 2020

Carmel, Calif. — Optimus Properties has completed the disposition of a two-property portfolio in downtown Carmel. Wheat LLC acquired the mixed-use portfolio for $11 million. The sale consists of the 4,345-square-foot Block 71: Lot 5 building, with ground-floor retail and office space and second-floor residential space, and Block 76: Lot 11, a 2,763-square-foot retail property. Michael Schoeder of Cushman & Wakefield’s Central Coast Operations, in collaboration with Dan Wald and Don LeBuhn of the firm’s Retail Investment Advisors Group in San Francisco, represented the seller in the deal.

March 4, 2020

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Hanley Investment Group Arranges $10.4 Million Sale of Sprouts-Occupied Retail Asset in Inland Empire

by Alex Tostado February 27, 2020

Fontana, Calif. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail building located within the recently completed Highland Village Shopping Center in Fontana. Woodlands Hills, California-based Adler Realty Investments sold the asset to a private investor for $10.4 million. Sprouts Farmers Market occupies the 30,000-square-foot building, which anchors Highland Village Shopping Center. Additional tenants at the center, which were not included in the acquisition, are BurgerIM, Jack in the Box, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Café Rio Mexican Grill, Oggi’s, Mountain View …

February 27, 2020

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Entertainment-Based Retail Requires Patience, Creativity, Say EEE Panelists

by Alex Tostado February 24, 2020

Los Angeles — In today’s retail environment, adding local food and beverage concepts, entertainment venues and landscaped parks seems like a surefire way to revitalize a dated shopping center. A trickier task is determining how exactly these nontraditional concepts boost the bottom line. A panel of retail owners and service providers weighed in on this topic at France Media’s sixth annual Entertainment Experience Evolution conference at the JW Marriott L.A. Live in Los Angeles last week. “This panel started because I’m a bit of a skeptic as it relates to …

February 24, 2020

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SRS Real Estate Partners Negotiates $32 Million Sale of Santa Fe Springs Promenade in California

by Alex Tostado February 19, 2020

Santa Fe Springs, Calif. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Santa Fe Springs Promenade, a shopping center in Santa Fe Springs. An Orange County, Calif.-based private partnership sold the property to a Los Angeles-based private investor for $32 million. Situated on 8.2 acres at 11452-11568 Telegraph Road, the 111,925-square-foot shopping center was built in phases from 1953 to 1986. At the time of sale, Santa Fe Springs Promenade was 80 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including 99 Cents Only, AutoZone, Bank of America, Starbucks …

February 19, 2020

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JLL Brokers $12.1 Million Sale of Breakwater Town Center Retail Property Near San Diego

by Alex Tostado February 19, 2020

Imperial Beach, Calif. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Breakwater Town Center, a four-building retail property located at 781-881 Palm Ave. in Imperial Beach. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $12.1 million. Constructed in 2018, Breakwater Town Center consists of 31,934 square feet of retail space spread across four freestanding outparcel pads. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied by Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Baskin Robbins, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Great Clips and Grocery Outlet. Gleb Lvovich and Daniel Tyner …

February 19, 2020

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Ready Capital Closes $20.2 Million Refinancing for Retail Center in Santa Ana, California

by Alex Tostado February 11, 2020

Santa Ana, Calif. — Ready Capital has closed a $20.2 million for a 60,000-square-foot Class B retail neighborhood center in Santa Ana. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan features a 24-month term, one extension option and flexible prepayment. Additionally, the loan includes a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures and tenant leasing costs. The undisclosed sponsor will use loan proceeds to pay off existing debt while continuing to make cosmetic upgrades and leasing tenants at market rents.

February 11, 2020

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Poincare Group Acquires Bel Villaggio Retail Centers in Temecula for $26.1 Million

by Alex Tostado February 10, 2020

Temecula, Calif. — Poincare Group has purchased Bel Villaggio I-II and Bel Villaggio III, two adjacent retail assets in Temecula. San Diego-based Pathfinder Partners sold the properties $26.1 million. Situated on more than 16.3 acres, the properties are located at 41501 and 41221-41493 Margarita Road, adjacent to Costco and Promenade Temecula. Kirk Brummer, Sean Heitzler and Philip D. Voorhees of CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West represented the seller in the deal.

February 10, 2020

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