Las Vegas — CommCap Advisors has arranged a $23 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Renaissance III, a retail center in Las Vegas. An entity doing business as Aspen NV LLC is the borrower. Renaissance III totals 225,748 square feet across 39 retail units, and the borrower plans to implement renovations at the property. Symetra Financial provided the loan, which features a three-year, interest-only term
High occupancy rates and prohibitive development costs continue to challenge expansion-minded retailers. Only 4.5 percent of total retail space in the United States was available for lease at the end of August, according to CoStar Group. That represents a 35 percent reduction in retail availability over the past decade amid greater absorption and space being removed from the market. Combined with limited new shopping center development over the past 15 years, the tight conditions are pushing retail real estate experts to get creative when searching for ways to help brands …
Fairlawn, Ohio — BWE has secured a $31.8 million loan for the refinancing of Market Square at Montrose, a shopping center located in Fairlawn, roughly 30 miles outside Cleveland. Totaling 506,870 square feet, the property was 88 percent leased at the time of financing. The Home Depot anchors the center, and other tenants include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Staples, Cost Plus World Market, Steak ‘N Shake and Golf Galaxy. Brian Bruening of BWE arranged the floating-rate financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
Fairlawn, Ohio — BWE has secured a $31.8 million loan for the refinancing of Market Square at Montrose, a shopping center located in Fairlawn, roughly 10 miles outside Akron. Home Depot anchors the property, which totals 506,870 square feet and was 88 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants at the center include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Staples, Cost Plus World Market, Steak ‘n Shake and Golf Galaxy. Tesla also recently signed a lease at the property. Brian Bruening of BWE arranged the floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower.
Pittsfield, Mass. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured a $7.4 million loan for the refinancing of Merrill Road Retail Plaza, a shopping center located in Pittsfield. Constructed in 1971, the property was fully leased at the time of financing to tenants including T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, Harbor Freight, Aspen Dental, Sally Beauty Supply and Planet Fitness. Andrew Stewart, Dev Morris and Brandon Szwalbenest of Cronheim arranged the 10-year financing on behalf of the borrower, Phoenix Realty Management.
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Faris Lee Investments: The Time to Buy and Sell is Now
Finding the ideal time to buy or sell a retail investment is next to impossible. This task seems to be made even harder as sellers long for the prices and demand of 2020 and 2021, while buyers wish for the interest rates associated with that time period. But the past is the past. Retail investors can engage in shoulda, woulda, coulda until the cows come home, but it’s not a productive exercise. What is productive is operating with today’s fundamentals in mind. Part of doing that, notes Shaun Riley, Jeff …
Melville, N.Y. — A&G Real Estate Partners will market 296 Big Lots store leases for sale in connection with the retailer’s bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring. Columbus, Ohio-based Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 9 of this year to facilitate a sale of substantially all of its assets and operations to an affiliate of Nexus Capital Management. Big Lots has already received approval to commence a sale process of 144 store leases and will seek approval in the coming weeks for the sale process of the additional 152 leases. …
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — BurgerFi International (NASDAQ: BFI) has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Fort Lauderdale-based company operates under two brands: BurgerFi and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings. The two entities have a total of 144 restaurants open across the United States, Puerto Rico and Saudi Arabia. The filing pertains to 67 corporately owned locations operating under both the BurgerFi and Anthony’s banners. The remaining 77 franchisee-owned locations are excluded from the filing, with the company’s total portfolio expected to remain open and continue normal operations. BurgerFi …
Columbus, Ohio — Big Lots has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has entered into a sale agreement with Los Angeles-based private equity firm Nexus Capital Management, a deal that would that the Ohio-based discount retailer private. Under the terms of the agreement, Nexus will serve as the “stalking horse bidder” (the approved investor that sets the low-end bar for a bankrupt company) in a court-supervised auction to acquire “substantially all” of Big Lots’ physical assets and ongoing business operations. Big Lots expects to keep the majority of its …
Richmond, Va. — LL Flooring (NYSE: LL), a specialty flooring retailer, has commenced voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The Richmond, Virginia-based company, which operates more than 300 stores, will also be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. The company plans to use the Chapter 11 proceedings to pursue a “going concern sale” of its business, meaning that a buyer could continue business upon acquisition. LL Flooring says it “remains in active negotiations with multiple bidders” and hopes to seek approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware …