Jericho, N.Y. and Houston — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) has announced plans to acquire fellow retail REIT Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) for roughly $3.9 billion. The combined company is expected to have a pro forma equity market capitalization
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Victor, N.Y. — Dick’s Sporting Goods has opened a 100,000-square-foot store known as House of Sport at Eastview Mall in Victor, located in western New York. The store features a 17,000-square-foot outdoor turf field and running track, a rock-climbing wall,
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New York City — Progress Capital has arranged a $15 million acquisition loan for a development site located at 124-132 E. 125th St. in Harlem. The site is situated near public transit outlets and several recreational areas such as McNair
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West Islip, N.Y. — Piazzetta Italian Kitchen & Bar has signed a lease to open a 3,000-square-foot restaurant at a 19,757-square-foot retail center currently under development in the Long Island hamlet of West Islip. The center is located at 425
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New York City — WHP Global has acquired a controlling interest in Tru Kids Inc. (TRU), parent company to Toys ‘R’ Us, Babies ‘R’ Us, Geoffrey the Giraffe brands and more than 20 related consumer toy and baby brands. Tru
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Yonkers, N.Y. — Marx Realty, a division of Merchants National Properties, has broken ground on a 130,000-square-foot project for Target in the New York City suburb of Yonkers. The store will be located at the site of a former Sears
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New York City — New York City-based RCS Real Estate Advisors has facilitated an agreement between Premium Brands, the owner and operator of Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant, and Simon Property Group to keep all Ann Taylor, LOFT, and Lane
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New York City — The U.S. arm of beauty retailer L’Occitane en Provence has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced plans to close several stores in an effort to optimize the company’s 166-location U.S. footprint. At least 23 stores
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Massapequa, N.Y. — Urban Edge Properties has acquired Sunrise Mall, a 1.2 million-square-foot regional shopping and dining destination in the Long Island city of Massapequa. Urban Edge acquired the mall from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for $29.7 million. At the time of sale,
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Port Washington, N.Y. — PEBB Enterprises and Sagamore Hill Partners have purchased Soundview Marketplace, a 188,109-square-foot shopping center in Port Washington, for an undisclosed price. The property spans 11 acres and was 75 percent leased at the time to tenants
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Plainview, N.Y. — G.S. Wilcox, an intermediary based in Northern New Jersey, has provided an $18 million loan for the refinancing of a 118,000-square-foot shopping center in the Long Island hamlet of Plainview. The loan was structured with a 15-year
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New York City — Locally based investment firm Thor Equities Group has sold a 17,600-square-foot retail building located at 164 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan for $40 million. The six-story property, which is located between 21st and 22nd streets in the
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