Kill Devil Hills, N.C. — Wawa Inc. has opened its first gas station and convenience store in the state of North Carolina. Located in Kill Devil Hills, the store is the first of 10 Wawa locations scheduled to open in the state by the end of 2024. Stores will be located in Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Wilson and Goldsboro. Additionally, Wawa plans to open up to 11 stores in 2025, in counties including Robeson, Pitt, Cumberland, Onslow, Johnston, Nash, Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover. Over the next eight to 10 …
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Houston — Simon Property Group will renovate Houston’s Galleria Mall, a 2.4 million-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment destination. The owner-operator will upgrade various interior and exterior entrances to feature sleek entryways, contemporary LED lighting and ceiling enhancements. Plans also include 155,000 square feet of modern new flooring throughout the property. Renovations will begin this summer and are expected to be complete by early 2025. Simon has invested several hundred million dollars in the Galleria Mall over the course of its ownership, with the most recent redevelopment completed in 2017.
Seattle — BH Properties has acquired Pacific Place, a 335,000-square-foot shopping mall located in downtown Seattle. Developed in 1998 and renovated in 2019, the property features five floors of retail space and a 1,164-space parking garage. Tenants at the mall include AMC Theaters, Tiffany & Co., Din Tai Fung and Haidilao. Avison Young will manage and lease the property, which was 45 percent occupied at the time of sale, on behalf of BH Properties.
San Diego — Simon has announced plans for the development of a new mixed-use project at its Fashion Valley shopping center in San Diego. Upon completion, the redevelopment project will add 100,000 square feet of new retail space to the center, as well as new restaurants and an 850-unit AMLI branded apartment community. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2025, with completion anticipated in late 2026. Fashion Valley recently underwent a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program and added brands Dior, Bottega Veneta, David Yurman and Dolce & Gabbana. New tenants Celine, …
Richmond, Mich. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has arranged the $4.6 million sale of Lenox Square Shopping Center, a 95,722-square-foot property located in Richmond. Family Farm and Home anchors the center. Jacob Baruch and Jonah Warshaw of Legacy represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
McComb, Miss. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.6 million sale of Delaware West Shopping Center, a retail center located in McComb. Harps Foods anchors the property, which totals 54,450 square feet and was leased to eight tenants at the time of sale. Zach Taylor and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Tennessee-based developer, in the transaction. Mickey Davis, the firm’s broker of record, assisted in closing the sale.
Columbus, Ohio — Lucky’s Market has opened a new store in Columbus. Totaling 21,000 square feet, the Lucky’s Market Victorian Village store is part of commercial component of the Thurber Village redevelopment project, which also features a CVS/pharmacy. CASTO is the property developer and landlord.
Orlando, Fla. — Red Lobster has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida. The Orlando-based seafood restaurant chain plans to sell its business to an entity formed and controlled by its existing lenders. Red Lobster, which was founded in 1968 and operates some 600 restaurants across North America, has received a $100 million debtor-in-possession financing commitment from its existing lenders to facilitate this plan. The company stated that it would use the financing and bankruptcy proceedings to drive operational improvements, …
Chubbuck, Idaho — SimonCRE has acquired Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, with plans to redevelop the 2.6 million-square-foot property into an open-air shopping center. Tenants at the mall include Hobby Lobby and Planet Fitness, which will retain their current spaces. Additionally, the developer has executed leases with Buckle, Shoe Show and Deseret Books. Redevelopment plans at the property, which is situated on 58 acres, include the addition of multiple outparcels.
Millville, N.J. — New tenants have signed leases totaling 46,000 square feet at Union Lake Crossing, a 393,000-square-foot retail center located in Millville in southern New Jersey. Irgang Group owns and operates the property, which is anchored by ShopRite. Old Navy will open a 15,000-square-foot store at the property, joining Fun City in occupying a space that formerly housed Dick’s Sporting Goods. Michael Friedman of Inline Realty represented Old Navy in the lease negotiations. Food-and-beverage concepts Five Guys, Poke Bros. and Crumbl have also signed leases at the center, with Five …