Lexington, S.C. — Publix Super Markets Inc. will open a GreenWise Market store at Lexington Marketplace in Lexington, 10 miles west of downtown Columbia. GreenWise will offer a large variety of organic, specialty and traditional items. GreenWise joins Ulta Beauty, Mod Pizza, Smoothie King and Fit Body Boot Camp at the 135,000-square-foot, 80 percent-leased retail center. Darrell Palasciano and Matt Henry of The Shopping Center Group represented the landlord and developer, Columbia Development, in the lease transaction.
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Marietta, Ga. — Marietta Square Market, an 18,500-square-foot food hall, has opened at 68 N. Marietta Parkway NW in the Historic Marietta Square District. Concordia Properties LLC and Creative Culinary Ventures LLC developed the asset, which is located adjacent to historic railroad tracks, to resemble a turn-of-the-century train station. Marietta Square Market offers a central bar, indoor and outdoor seating and 20 vendors. Kelly Wilson of Ackerman Retail is handling leasing efforts for Marietta Square Market.
Montclair, N.J. — The Hampshire Cos., along with joint venture partner Pinnacle Cos., have announced plans to redevelop Lackawanna Plaza in Montclair. The planned 216,772-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment is expected to revitalize the complex through the development of a range of modern retail, office and residential spaces while preserving historical elements of the station. Originally built in 1913, Lackawanna Plaza was a stop on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad until the station’s closure in 1981. The site will be anchored by a 28,509-square-foot Lidl grocery store. In addition to Lidl, …
Life Time to Bring 94,000 Square Feet of Fitness, Coworking Space to Downtown Houston
Houston — Life Time Inc., an owner-operator of health clubs across the country, will bring a 56,000-square-foot athletic facility and 38,000-square-foot coworking space to GreenStreet, an office and retail property in downtown Houston by local developer Midway. The facility will be located at 1201 Main St. and will offer two floors featuring a range of health and wellness amenities combined with coworking space. The opening is scheduled for 2020.
Natick, Mass. — Online home goods retailer Wayfair Inc. has announced plans to open its first full-service store at the Natick Mall in Natick. At the Wayfair store, service and home-design experts will be available to consult shoppers on home décor, furniture and other products. Customers can purchase an assortment of home décor products, as well as place orders for home deliveries. The location, which is slated to open this fall, will be 3,700 square feet. The Boston-based company generates roughly $7 billion in annual revenue from online purchases.
Michael Pollack is known as a renovation expert. Looking ahead, he considers some potential new strategies for his portfolio. Interview by Randall Shearin With the Four Corners market in focus this month, Shopping Center Business caught up with one of Arizona’s largest retail landlords, Michael Pollack, CEO of Michael A. Pollack & Associates. Pollack’s Mesa, Arizona-based company has made a name for itself over the past few decades by renovating and rehabbing older centers and making them viable properties that serve the needs of their communities. Here, we get Pollack’s thoughts …
Joliet, Ill. — Cullinan Properties Ltd. has broken ground on Rock Run Crossings, a 265-acre mixed-use project in Joliet. Cullinan is underway on clearing the site and plans to begin construction late this spring. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Friday, March 22. Cullinan has also revealed the first anchor tenant at Rock Run Crossings will be a 16-screen Regal Cinemas movie theater that will span 70,000 square feet. The developer plans to announce more tenants later this year.
Mesquite, Texas — Urban Air Adventure Park, an entertainment concept featuring trampolines, will open a 30,706-square-foot venue in Mesquite, an eastern suburb of Dallas. The venue will be located within a freestanding building at 3777 Childress Ave. that was previously occupied by sporting goods retailer Gander Mountain, which filed for bankruptcy in 2017. David Zoller and Derek Schuster of Weitzman represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Mike Stern and Josh Flores of EDGE Realty Partners represented Urban Air, which plans to open the venue late this summer.
Grand Prairie, Texas — Dallas-based Main Event will open a 48,000-square-foot entertainment venue at 3102 S. Highway 161 in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The venue, which will be the company’s seventh in the metroplex, will feature 22 bowling lanes, laser tag, a ropes course and zip line and more than 130 interactive and virtual video games. The opening is slated for winter 2020.
PREIT Adds The Cheesecake Factory to Tenant Mix at Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as Part of Redevelopment
Grand Rapids, Mich. — The Cheesecake Factory is coming to Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids as part of the repositioning of the regional mall, according to PREIT, the center’s owner. This is the second location in the state of Michigan for The Cheesecake Factory. The first location in the state was in Novi. The restaurant will occupy 8,500 square feet at Woodland Mall and is expected to open in late October. Other new tenants at Woodland Mall include Black Rock Bar & Grill, Von Maur, Urban Outfitters, REI and Tricho …