Grocery-anchored

St. Paul, Minn. — Lund Food Holdings Inc. has entered into a long-term lease agreement with developer Ryan Cos. to open a full-service Lunds & Byerlys grocery store within the Highland Bridge project in St. Paul. The 51,000-square-foot store is expected to open in 2022. It will offer an extensive selection of prepared foods, specialty products and two levels of covered parking. The store will anchor a building with 230 apartment units. The existing Lunds & Byerlys store at 2128 Ford Parkway will remain open until the grand opening of …

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Cincinnati — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) has reported that its digital sales surged 127 percent in the second quarter, which ended Aug. 15. Consumers have been buying more groceries online as a result of the coronavirus. “Investments made to expand the company’s digital ecosystem are resonating well with customers,” says Rodney McMullen, chairman and CEO. In addition, the Cincinnati-based grocer’s operating profit of $820 million was up 43 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Total company sales were $30.5 billion in the second quarter, compared with …

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Framingham, Mass. — Locally based development firm Crosspoint Associates has acquired 2.7 acres in the western Boston suburb of Framingham for a retail expansion project. The site formerly housed a Colonial Nissan car dealership and is located adjacent to a Whole Foods Marketplace that will be expanded by 7,163 square feet to a total size of 43,617 square feet. The site will also house other retail users, including a Starbucks with a drive-thru. Bernard Gibbons of Associated Brokerage Group represented Empire Management Corp. in its disposition of the land. Craig …

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Cary, N.C. — JLL has arranged the $34.9 million sale of Wegmans West Cary, a 103,000-square-foot building in Cary fully leased to New York-based supermarket chain Wegmans. The seller, Leyland Twin Lakes LLC, an affiliate of LeylandAlliance, delivered the asset earlier this year. The freestanding grocery store is situated on 11 acres at 3710 Davis Drive, 13 miles southeast of downtown Durham. Wegmans West Cary anchors Twin Lakes Center, a mixed-use project that Leyland Twin Lakes has been developing since 2018. Tom Kolarczyk, Ryan Eklund and Chris Angelone of JLL …

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Ocala. Fla. — American Commercial Realty Corp. will redevelop Pearl Britain Plaza, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Ocala. The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based developer will demolish the existing Publix, which was built in 1991, and build a new 48,387-square-foot Publix. Anchoring the 77,637-square-foot center, the new Publix will feature a drive-thru pharmacy. Existing tenants including Stay Faded Barber, Sam’s Nails, Wise Guys Pizzeria, Jackson Hewitt and Shang Hai Restaurant will remain in place when the center reopens, scheduled for early 2021. Pearl Britain Plaza is situated at 2657 NE 35th …

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Kissimmee, Fla. — The PMAT Cos. has acquired Columbia Promenade, a 68,853-square-foot shopping center in Kissimmee. Publix anchors the center, which is located at 1251 W. Columbia Ave., 19 miles south of downtown Orlando. The asset was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix, Get Nails & Spa, Keke’s Breakfast Café and Little China. JLL and Ten-X represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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Page, Ariz. — Hanley Investment Group has negotiated the sale of Safeway Center at Lake Powell, a shopping center located at 608 Elm St. in Page. Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison & Co. sold the asset to a private investor from Beverly Hills, California, for an undisclosed price. Safeway anchors the 100,486-square-foot shopping center, which was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants include Stage Stores, Dollar Tree, Hibbett Sports, Verizon Wireless, Domino’s, Subway, Allied Cash Advance, H&R Block and Wells Fargo ATM. The property was built in 1986 …

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Arlington, Va. — Discount grocer Lidl US plans to open 50 new stores in nine states on the East Coast by the end of 2021. Arlington, Va.-based Lidl US will invest $500 million and hire 2,000 employees as part of the expansion. The footprints of the new stores will include six in Georgia, one in South Carolina, five in North Carolina, seven in Virginia, 10 in Maryland, six in New York, 10 in New Jersey, one in Delaware and four in Pennsylvania. Germany-based Lidl currently operates 11,000 grocery stores in …

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Canton, Ga. — JLL has arranged the $18.6 million sale of Hickory Flat Commons, a Kroger-anchored shopping center located along Hickory Flat Highway in Canton, about 34 miles north of downtown Atlanta. The 115,000-square-foot property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Anytime Fitness, Mathnasium, furniture store Phillips Trading, Great Clips and Platinum Cleaners. Jim Hamilton of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Phillips Edison & Co. acquired the center as part of a 1031 tax exchange.

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Fairfax, Va. — Giant Food will debut a 53,000-square-foot grocery store in Fairfax. The store, situated at 9400 Fairfax Blvd., will open Friday. The new location is 15 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C., and will house 180 employees. The new Fairfax location will also support some of Giant’s services including Giant’s Pickup service, where shoppers place their grocery orders on GiantFood.com or through the Giant Food mobile app and in-store associates will hand-select, pack and deliver orders right to shoppers’ cars. The location will also be home to a …

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