California

Medina Station

Mesa, Ariz. — SimonCRE has acquired 64 acres of land for a new mixed-use development, dubbed Medina Station, in Mesa, roughly 20 miles outside Phoenix. Plans for the roughly 305,335-square-foot project include a multi-tenant retail center, retail outparcels, a restaurant district and a multifamily residential complex. Tenants at Medina Station will include Boot Barn, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Zara Nails, Café Zupas, GoodVets, U.S. Bank and Hawaiian Bros Island Grill. A Target store and a two-story, 80,000-square-foot Dick’s Sporting Goods will anchor the development. SimonCRE plans to break ground on the …

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Raising Cane's Flagship Store

Berkeley, Calif. — The Levin Johnston Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 12,419-square-foot retail property located at 2310 Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley. Restaurant chain Raising Cane’s purchased the property for $12.7 million. The property is currently tenanted by Walgreens, but Raising Cane’s plans a future location for the property.

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EEE

Gerald Divaris, chairman and CEO of Divaris Group of Companies and a panelist at last week’s Entertainment Experience Evolution (EEE) conference, produced by France Media’s Shopping Center Business and InterFace Conference Group, has a Shakespearean take on today’s retail environment. It’s that all the (retail) world’s a stage. “Retail is essentially entertainment,” he told a crowd of 500 attendees during the Leading Retail Landlords Panel at EEE, which was held Feb. 25-26 at the J.W. Marriott LA Live. “Otherwise, you’d be buying on Amazon.” Divaris expanded upon this notion, citing …

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Washington Square

Petaluma, Calif. — Brixton Capital has acquired Washington Square, a 215,506-square-foot shopping center located in Petaluma, for $67.5 million. The eight-building retail center — which was more than 99 percent leased at the time of sale — is anchored by Safeway. Other tenants at the property include Staples, Harbor Freight Tools, Planet Fitness, Five Below and MarinHealth Medical Center. Brixton plans to improve the property, which was built in 1971 and renovated in 1996, with parking lot and exterior enhancements, roof replacements, new paint and landscaping, and upgrades to the …

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Santa Rosa, Calif. — Montgomery Village, a 280,000-square-foot shopping center located in the North Bay Area of Santa Rosa, has introduced its second wave of new tenants. The first wave of leases, which were announced earlier this year, included activewear retailer Vuori, as well as confectionary concepts Salt & Straw and Sprinkles. Additionally, eight more retail and restaurant concepts will join the tenant roster, including Blue Bottle Coffee, Bluemercury, Club Pilates, FACE FOUNDRIÉ, Fieldwork Brewing Company, FP Movement, Mendocino Farms and Sweetgreen. All 11 tenants are set to open within …

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Del Monte Shopping Center

Monterey, Calif. — Federal Realty Investment Trust has acquired Del Monte Shopping Center, a 674,000-square-foot retail development located in Monterey, for $123.5 million. Originally built in 1967 and renovated in 2007, the center is situated on 47 acres. Whole Foods Market anchors the property, which was 83 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants at the center include Sephora, lululemon, Pottery Barn, Century Theatres, Macy’s and Anthropologie. According to Placer.ai, the development ranks among the top five percent of shopping centers in the United States for annual foot …

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El Centro, Calif. — CBRE has been selected to provide leasing and management services for Imperial Valley Mall, a 761,275-square-foot shopping center located in El Centro. Tryperion Holdings, Peak Financial Partners and Duke Real Estate acquired the center earlier this month, with plans to invest in facility operations and improvements to the physical infrastructure of the building. Joe Yetter and John Stevens of CBRE will manage leasing efforts for the property. Opened in 2005, Imperial Valley Mall is anchored by Dillard’s, JCPenney, Macy’s and a Cinemark Theatre.

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Newport Beach, Calif. and West Palm Beach, Fla. — Industry veterans Julius Swolsky, Shannon Bona and Don Bingham have launched CrownPoint Partners, a national brokerage and advisory firm focused on net-lease and sale-leaseback transactions across retail, industrial, office, medical and special-purpose sectors. The company will offer services including investment sales and acquisitions, sale-leasebacks and strategic analyses. Swolsky, Bona and Bingham have closed over $3 billion in sales volume across 750 transactions nationwide in the plast five years with their former company, Graystone Capital Advisors. CrownPoint Partners is headquartered in Newport …

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165 E. Hospitality Lane

San Bernardino, Calif. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the $6.8 million sale of a multi-tenant commercial flex center located at 165 E. Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino. The 44,290-square-foot property comprises two buildings with suites ranging in size from 950 square feet to 1,930 square feet. Originally built in 1980, the center has been recently renovated. The center — which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale — features 24 tenants including retail, restaurant, healthcare, education, fitness, finance and office businesses. Situated in the Tri-City Commons/Hospitality …

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Chipotle Mexican Grill

Torrance, Calif. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the $5.9 million sale of a newly-constructed, single-tenant property in Torrance, in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Chipotle Mexican Grill occupies the building — which totals 3,570 square feet — on a 15-year, corporate guaranteed, triple-net lease. Bill Asher, Jeff Lefko and Sean Cox of Hanley represented the buyer, a Los Angeles-based private investor, in the all-cash transaction. Christopher Huddleston of The Sher Group represented the seller, a Los Angeles-based private investor.

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