Multifamily and industrial may be the hottest product types for investors in today’s current market, but Jeff Conover and Shaun Riley, managing principals at Irvine, Calif.-based Faris Lee Investments, believe retail presents the optimum opportunity for achieving strong cash-on-cash yields for investors. “It comes down to one thing,” explains Conover. “Higher yield.” Triple-net leases also mean expenses get passed down to the tenant. Speaking of tenants, Riley notes that tenant rosters are stronger than ever nowadays. The pandemic culled the herd a bit, so to speak, but the tenants who …
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Temecula, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has negotiated the sale of a value-add shopping center located at 32881-32965 Temecula Parkway in Temecula. Centers Dynamic Partners and United Growth acquired the property from Vail Commercial for $19.7 million. Best Buy and Fitness 19 are tenants at the 70,418-square-foot shopping center, which is situated on 7.6 acres. Joe Chichester and Matt Brooks of Faris Lee Investments represented the buyer in the transaction.
Tempe, Ariz. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of Costco Plaza, a 237,000-square-foot shopping center shadow-anchored by Costco at the southeast corner of Elliot Road and Priest Drive in Tempe. A Southern California-based private investor sold the property to a Southern California-based developer for $27.8 million. MacLellan of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller in the transaction.
Turlock, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sale of Turlock Town Center, a community retail center located at 503-795 N. Golden State Blvd. in Turlock. A California-based developer sold the property to an undisclosed buyer in a 1031 exchange for $37.4 million. Don MacLellan of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Situated on 8.4 acres, Turlock Town Center features 144,364 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to 29 in-line tenants and five …
Bakersfield, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of Ming Plaza, a retail center located on Ming Avenue in Bakersfield. A private family office sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $26.5 million. Sean Cox, Alex Moore and Don MacLellan of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Faris Lee also arranged financing for the buyer. At the time of sale, the 117,228-square-foot property was nearly 100 percent occupied and includes three outparcels leased to Starbucks Coffee, Chase Bank and Long …
Laguna Niguel, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has negotiated the sale of La Paz Shopping Center in the Orange County city of Laguna Niguel. Carson Cos. sold the property to an Orange County-based private investor for $14.1 million. Scott DeYoung, Jeff Conover and Chris DePierro of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and the buyer in the deal. Located at 460 S. Lake Ave., the property features 35,302 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Walgreens and Wild Fork Foods, a meat and seafood market. The multi-tenant property also …
McAllen, Texas — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $7 million sale of a 65,000-square-foot retail property currently under development in McAllen. The property is triple-net-leased to Floor & Décor, which is scheduled to open on March 3. Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee represented the seller, a Texas-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a Texas-based 1031 exchange investor.
Irvine, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of 10 Dairy Queen-occupied properties across Louisiana. The portfolio was sold to two separate buyers. Scott DeYoung, Jeff Conover and Hunter Steffien of Irvine, California-based Faris Lee represented the seller, an entity doing business as MP Holdings LLC, in the transaction. The 10 freestanding locations feature drive-thrus and are located in metro New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Houma.
Henderson, Nev. and Millwood, Wash. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the $22.4 million sales of two single-tenant grocery stores totaling 106,254 square feet in Nevada and Washington. Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee Investments represented the undisclosed buyers and seller, a Southern California-based family private office, in the deals. The transactions included the disposition of a 58,254-square-foot Albertsons property in Henderson, roughly 16 miles outside Las Vegas; and a 48,000-square-foot Safeway in Millwood, roughly 8 miles outside Spokane.
Retail Investment Strengths Expected to Continue in 2022
A new influx of money taking aim at the retail sector made 2021 a strong year for investment sales in the category. Factors like continued inflow of capital, attractive yields, reduced fears about the disappearance of the 1031 exchange and the opportunities for deals indicate that 2022 will likely follow in 2021’s footsteps as a high-performing year. Don MacLellan, managing principal at Faris Lee, explains that since the beginning of the third quarter of last year, the company has seen a significant inflow of capital interested in retail investment properties, …