Owings Mills, Md. — Greenberg Gibbons has signed leases with four new retailers to join the tenant roster at St. Thomas Shopping Center in Owings Mills. Michaels will occupy a 23,045-square-foot space near Baltimore Sports & Novelty. Next Door Pharmacy and uBreakiFix will occupy 1,600-square-foot spaces; and Boston Market will open in a 2,000-square-foot space. Next Door Pharmacy, uBreakiFix and Boston Market will open this fall and Michaels will open in fall 2022. Thomas Shopping Center is located on Reisterstown Road adjacent to Foundry Row, a mixed-use center also owned …
Leasing
New York City — Wegmans is set to open an 82,000-square-foot store at 770 Broadway in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. RIPCO Real Estate LLC represented Wegmans in negotiations for the 30-year lease. Vornado Realty Trust owns the 1.2 million-square-foot building, which occupies a full city block. The opening, which will be the first for Wegmans in New York City since the debut of the Brooklyn Navy Yard store in October 2019, is scheduled for the second half of 2023.
Houston — Puttshack, an entertainment concept that combines tech-infused minigolf with food and beverage offerings, will open a new 26,000-square-foot venue at The Shops at Houston Center in the city’s downtown area. Puttshack recently opened its first venue in Atlanta and has plans to open additional facilities in Chicago, Miami, Boston and Nashville. The opening of the Houston facility is slated for late 2022. Brookfield Properties owns The Shops at Houston Center in partnership with Spear Street Capital.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. — Five Below is set to open a new location at Janss Marketplace, a 458,000-square-foot shopping center located in Thousand Oaks. Construction on the store began this month and opening is targeted for October of this year. NewMark Merrill brokered the leasing transaction. Janss Marketplace is also home to tenants including ALDI Grocers, Regal Cinemas, DEFY Extreme Air Sports, Old Navy, Starbucks Coffee, Buca di Beppo and Gold’s Gym.
Union, N.J. — Bed Bath & Beyond is reopening its flagship store in New York City after undergoing a complete transformation since last December to modernize the in-store shopping experience. The renovated 92,000-square-foot flagship, located at 620 6th Ave. in Chelsea, is an expression of the new Bed Bath & Beyond in the $180 billion home market. With open sightlines and improved layout, in-store digital shopping tools through the Bed Bath & Beyond mobile app and a collection of Owned Brands and national brands for every room of the home, …
Chicago — Wilson Sporting Goods Co. has opened its first-ever retail location in its hometown of Chicago. Wilson plans to open additional flagship stores in New York, Los Angeles, Beijing and Shanghai in the coming months. The Chicago store opened in July 2021. The new 2,247-square-foot store is located at 932 N. Rush St. in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood and will offer a curated assortment of sporting goods across many sport categories such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball and golf, as well as Wilson’s new athletic-lifestyle sportswear collection.
Cary, N.C. — Hines and Columbia Development have signed four new tenants at Fenton, a 69-acre mixed-use project currently under construction in Cary. Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Athleta and Von Kekel Aveda Lifestyle Salon Spa are set to open in April 2022. Williams Sonoma will occupy a 5,504-square-foot space; Pottery Barn is set to open a 13,910-square-foot store; and Athleta will occupy a 3,825-square-foot space. In total, the first phase of the Fenton development will deliver 345,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and entertainment space. Other retail tenants set to …
Toms River, N.J. — R.J. Brunelli & Co. LLC has negotiated leases with Planet Fitness and Wingstop at Toms River Shopping Center, a 253,000-square-foot property located in Toms River. Both tenants are expected to open during the third quarter of 2021. Planet Fitness will co-anchor the shopping center with Kohl’s and will take over 17,867 square feet of space that was previously occupied by Modell’s. Wingstop will occupy a 1,500-square-foot inline space formerly occupied by Liberty Travel. Danielle Brunelli of R.J. Brunelli & Co. represented the property owner in both …
Fairfax, Va. — Bloomingdale’s has announced plans to open its first Bloomie’s store at the Mosaic District shopping center in Fairfax on August 26. Bloomingdale’s is the latest retailer to unveil an updated store concept designed to reflect the changing wants and needs of shoppers following the COVID-19 pandemic. The new, smaller-footprint concept will span 22,000 square feet and feature an evolving mix of merchandise from top brands alongside tech-enabled stylist services and a restaurant. A standard Bloomingdale’s location spans approximately 200,000 square feet. Bloomie’s stores will offer an evolving, …
Miami — Four restaurants have signed leases at Miami Worldcenter, the $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development downtown. The four restaurants are Chicago-based steakhouse Maple & Ash; Etta, a neighborhood restaurant centered around a wood-fired hearth; Laurel Brasserie and El Vecino, both concepts by Miami chef Michael Beltran. All four restaurants are slated to open in 2022.