Las Vegas and Palo Alto, Calif. — Simon Property Group and José Andrés Group (JAG) will collaborate to bring restaurants to three properties located in Las Vegas and Palo Alto. The partnership will introduce new dining concepts to Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto and The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas. The collaboration will also bring Turkish, Greek and Lebanese restaurant Zaytinya to The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. “Simon Property Group is the preeminent retail property owner with a significant footprint in cities where we …
Phoenix — Harkins Theatres has announced plans for the development of Harkins BackLot, a 32,000-square-foot entertainment center at The Shops at Norterra in Phoenix. The new concept is inspired by movie studio backlots and will feature a full-service restaurant and bar, sports viewing arena, an arcade, bowling with digitally animated and enhanced lanes, an outdoor patio with yard games and a private event space with party and corporate event rooms. The opening is scheduled for 2024, with more locations to follow. Eric Termansen of Western Retail Advisors represented Harkins in …
Conroe, Texas — Four new tenants have signed leases totaling 14,880 square feet at The Grove at Harper’s Preserve, a 21,500-square-foot retail center in Conroe, approximately 40 miles north of Houston. Mayweather Boxing + Fitness, Thrive Massage, Pet Supplies Plus and Heartland Dental will be the newest tenants to join the property, the leasing of which is led by Main Street Commercial Partners. Gulf Coast Commercial Group is the developer and oversees management of the center. Other tenants at the development include Dutch Bros. Coffee, AT&T, Freebirds World Burrito, Jersey …
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. — ALMQUIST has signed 21 tenants to River Street Marketplace, a 60,000-square-foot retail development currently underway in San Juan Capistrano. Concepts that will join the lineup include Bred’s Hot Chicken, Capistrano Brewing, Common Thread, Fermentation Farm, Finca by David Pratt, Free People, Gueros Cevicheria, Hudson’s Cookies, Kozan Teahouse & Boba, La Vaquera, McConnell’s Ice Cream, The Meat Cellar Market and Steakhouse, Mendocino Farms, Nana’s Fish Chippery, Nom, SALT., Seager, Shootz Hawaiian, Toes on the Nose, Ubuntu Café and Wildfire Mercantile.
Nashville, Tenn. — Sports & Social, a dining and entertainment concept, has signed an 8,900-square-foot lease at The Mall at Green Hills, a shopping mall located in Nashville. The venue will feature a menu curated by James Beard Award nominee Chef John Suley and a 33-foot LED media wall for viewing games and sporting events. The Taubman Realty Group, a joint venture between mall giant Simon and the Taubman family, is the owner of the mall. Sports & Social is a dining and entertainment concept headed by Live! Hospitality & …
Griffin, Ga. — Burlington Stores Inc. has signed a 20,000-square-foot lease at North Griffin Square, a retail center located in Griffin, approximately 40 miles south of Atlanta. Burlington will open a store at the 226,694-square-foot center this summer. Belk, Bealls and Big Lots anchor the property, which is also leased to tenants including PetSmart, T-Mobile, Little Caesars, LongHorn Steakhouse and Starbucks Coffee. Halpern Enterprises Inc., which developed North Griffin Square in 1979, is the landlord and is currently finalizing an exterior improvement program at the shopping center.
Phoenix — Five new tenants are joining Christown Spectrum, a retail center in Phoenix. Naughty Tacos has opened a 1,540-square-foot restaurant at the property. KTK Chiropractic will lease 3,337 square feet at the center beginning this summer. Burlington is scheduled to open a location at the property in 2024. Hobby Lobby and Five Below will also open next year, occupying 60,000 and 10,000 square feet, respectively.
Lake Orion and Macomb Township, Mich. — Meijer has opened two stores featuring a new, condensed layout in the Detroit suburbs of Lake Orion and Macomb Township. The stores, which comprise between 75,000 and 90,000 square feet each, include produce, in-store meat cutters, a bakery with cake decorators, full-service deli, in-store and drive-thru pharmacy, health and beauty products, card and party supplies, a floral section and baby, pet and household items. The stores also offer the same checkout methods and shopping technology available at other Meijer locations.
San Antonio, Texas — Nordstrom Rack and Chick-fil-A have signed leases at Northwoods Shopping Center, a 443,148-square-foot retail center located in San Antonio. Nordstrom Rack will open a 34,966-square-foot store in September. Chick-fil-A is constructing a 4,995-square-foot building at the property, a timeline for which was not announced. Other tenants at the center include H-E-B, Barnes & Noble, Marshall’s, Ulta Beauty, Old Navy, Chuy’s, Fish City Grill, La Madeleine French Bakery & Café, Red Robin and Regal Cinemas. CIM Group is the landlord.
Aliso Viejo, Calif. — Eureka! has opened a 4,504-square-foot restaurant at The Commons at Aliso Viejo, a retail center in Aliso Viejo. Justin McMahon of JLL represented both the landlord, Buie Communities, and Eureka! in the lease negotiations.