New York City — Progress Capital has secured a $42.5 million loan for the refinancing of Bridgemarket, a 100,000-square-foot retail property located in Manhattan. Tenants at the property include Gustavino’s, T.J. Maxx, Ship Essentials and Trader Joe’s. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, MADD Equities, through an undisclosed lender.
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Necessity Retail REIT Sells 44 Bob Evans-Leased Properties for $93 Million
New York City — The Necessity Retail REIT Inc. (RTL) has completed the sale of 44 properties leased to Bob Evans restaurants for a total $93 million. The restaurants are located in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. “With this sale, we have intentionally reduced our total portfolio exposure to fast casual dining to less than 2 percent from 4 percent, based on annualized straight-line rent,” says Michael Weil, chief executive officer of RTL.
Niagara Falls, N.Y. — JRW Realty has brokered the acquisition of a 102,062-square-foot single-tenant supermarket property located in Niagara Falls. Tops occupies the building on a net-lease basis. Melinda Marston of JRW represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. Chris Bosworth of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.
New York City — Automaker Rivian has opened a 5,000-square-foot store in New York City’s Meatpacking district, marking the most recent location for its “Spaces” lineup, a collection of temporary and permanent experiential retail centers. Featuring a floor-to-ceiling glass storefront, the space will showcase the company’s flagship vehicles and offer product education and community programming. Rivian plans to introduce more Spaces stores throughout this year and 2024, with upcoming locations including Brooklyn, New York; Laguna Beach, California; and a 10,000-square-foot site in Austin, Texas.
New York City — Life Time Fitness has entered a 53,000-square-foot lease agreement to occupy space on the first three floors of PENN 1, a building located adjacent to Madison Square Garden in New York City. The location will open in two phases beginning in summer 2023. Phase One will feature boutique studios, hundreds of pieces of equipment, a curated recovery space, spa, dressing rooms and a juice bar. Phase Two Is scheduled for early 2024 and will include seven ground-floor pickleball courts, a lounge, a seating and bar area and …
New York City — Patis Bakery will open two food-and-beverage concepts totaling 5,110 square feet at 203 Jay Street, a 72,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Brooklyn. Beginning this fall, Patis will operate a full-service restaurant as well as a separate café and bakery in the eight-story building. AmTrust RE is the landlord at the property.
Melville, N.Y. — A&G Real Estate Partners is entertaining offers on 49 David’s Bridal leases throughout the country in its capacity as real estate advisor to the brand, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April of this year. The stores range in size from roughly 5,000 to 15,000 square feet. Transactions must be presented for bankruptcy court approval by June 30. A&G additionally plans to hold an auction in July of a select group of David’s Bridal leases. “Second-generation space is in strong demand nationally for a variety of reasons …
New York City — Petco Health and Wellness Co. has unveiled a new 25,000-square-foot flagship store located in Union Square in New York City. Opening this weekend, the location will feature a curated merchandise assortment, grooming salon, veterinary hospital and JustFoodForDogs kitchen. The new store is a relocation of Petco’s previous Union Square pet care center, which opened in 1996 and closed in May of this year.
New York City — Global Net Lease (NYSE: GNL) and The Necessity Retail REIT (NASDAQ: RTL) have entered into a merger agreement under which GNL will acquire RTL in an all-stock transaction. The combined company is expected to own and manage over 1,350 properties with an aggregate real estate asset value of approximately $9.6 billion. Under terms of the merger agreement, GNL stockholders are expected to own approximately 45 percent of GNL post-closing, RTL stockholders are expected to own about 39 percent, and the owner of the former external manager are …
New York City —Lidl will open a 34,484-square-foot store at Glen Oaks Shopping Center in the borough of Queens in New York City. Ken Schuckman of Schuckman Realty represented Lidl in the lease negotiations. Randall Briskin represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis. The store, which is scheduled to open sometime next year, will be Lidl’s third in the borough.