San Francisco — T&T Supermarket, the largest Asian grocery retailer in Canada, is expanding to San Francisco. Situated at San Francisco’s City Center shopping mall, the new store — which is scheduled to open in winter 2026 — will be the chain’s second location in the Bay Area, following an upcoming opening in San Jose, and its fourth in the U.S. Formerly occupied by Best Buy, the 50,000-square-foot store will offer customers more than 200 T&T private label brand options, street food-style meals, a bakery and a sushi counter. Founded …
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Chesapeake, Va. and New York City — Dollar Tree Inc. has agreed to sell the Family Dollar business segment to Brigade Capital Management LP and Macellum Capital Management LLC for $1 billion. The sales price represents a fraction of the $8.5 billion that Dollar Tree paid for the discount brand in 2015. Family Dollar will remain headquartered in Chesapeake. Family Dollar, which caters to low-income customers with its roughly 8,000 U.S. stores, has struggled in recent years. In March 2024, Dollar Tree unveiled plans to close approximately 970 underperforming Family Dollar …
Atlanta — RCG Ventures (RCG) has acquired the first phase of a $1.8 billion multi-tenant retail portfolio from Global Net Lease, Inc (GNL). The first phase, which comprises 59 properties, was purchased for $1.1 billion. Truist Bank and Key Bank provided a new loan facility for the transaction, while Ares Management Alternative Credit, Koch Real Estate Investments and Goldman Sachs Alternatives provided equity investments. RCG expects to complete the sale of the remaining 41 properties in two additional phases by the end of the second quarter of 2025. McGuireWoods LLP …
Orlando and Tampa, Fla. — Phenix Salon Suites has opened two new facilities in Florida. The first facility, located within Orlando Square Shopping Center in Orlando, is owned and operated by Alex Bello and Miguel Guerra. The second facility, which marks Phenix’s first location in the metro Tampa area, is located within Carrollwood Center in Tampa and is owned and operated by Cynthia Foreman and Christopher Foreman. Phenix Salon Suites currently has more than 21 open locations in the Orlando and West Florida regions.
Grand Rapids, Mich. — One-stop shopping concept Meijer will open three new supercenters in Northeast Ohio. The 159,000-square-foot stores will be located in Austintown, Medina and Richmond Heights, bringing the Michigan-based retailer’s store count to 58 in the state. The supercenters will offer customers fresh produce, bakery, meat, seafood and deli departments, a garden center and home goods section, as well as a full-service pharmacy. Additionally, a Meijer Express gas station will open adjacent to the Austintown location on April 10. The new supercenter locations are scheduled to open May …
Hudson, Ohio — GA Group and A&G Real Estate Partners plan to auction 790 JOANN store leases and five distribution centers in 49 states in April. The plans follow JOANN’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in January, the second bankruptcy filing for the retailer within 12 months. GA Group was selected to monetize all of JOANN’s assets and has begun winding down ongoing operations at all the retailer’s locations. The majority of JOANN stores will stay open for going-out-of-business sales through May 2025, or until supplies run out. The leases range in size …
Los Angeles — Forever 21 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will begin the process of closing all its U.S. stores. According to Reuters, the U.S. store count is about 350. The Los Angeles-based apparel retailer filed over the weekend in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Forever 21 has entered into a plan support agreement with its lenders to begin the voluntary closure process while continuing to look for sales opportunities of existing U.S. properties. Forever 21 was founded in 1984 and had a footprint of …
West Covina, Calif. — Philippines-based fast food chain Jollibee has launched its first franchising program in the U.S. The quick-service restaurant chain is the flagship brand of Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC), also known as the Jollibee Group. Jollibee opened its first North American location in 1998 in Daly City, California, and now currently operates 76 stores across 14 states in the U.S., with 28 additional stores in Canada. The current expansion goal is projected for 350 stores in the coming years, with franchise-owned stores making up the majority of its footprint. …
Atlanta — Online retailer Wayfair will open a 150,000-square-foot store in Atlanta. Located within The District at Howell Mill, the Atlanta store will mark Wayfair’s second large-format location — as well as its second physical retail store overall — following its first in Wilmette, Illinois, which opened in May 2024. Fraser Gough and Benton Green of Retail Planning Corp. led lease negotiations in the transaction. JLL Income Property Trust, a division of LaSalle Investment Management, and Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises, own the property.
San Francisco — Japanese electronics and video game company Nintendo will open its second store in the United States — and its fifth overall location in the world — in San Francisco in May. Situated in Union Square at 331 Powell Street, Nintendo San Francisco will total 11,000 square feet and offer game systems and games, as well as a shopping experience that will include Nintendo’s characters and worlds. Exclusive products such as accessories, apparel, home goods and souvenirs will be available at the location. The grand opening will be …