Marshall, Mich. — Kmart is closing its final store in the state of Michigan, according to local media reports. The last remaining store is in Marshall, which is located just east of Battle Creek and about 45 miles south of Lansing. The store is expected to close in November. Kmart opened its first location in Garden City, Michigan, in 1962. At its prime in the 1990s, Kmart operated more than 2,300 locations in the United States. The current parent company of Kmart, Transformco, also owns Sears, which recently unveiled plans …
Bentonville, Ark. — Walmart, has released plans to hire approximately 150,000 new store associates, with most of the job positions being permanent and full-time. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer wants to hire new employees ahead of the holiday season to ensure its stores are highly staffed for the predicted busy months. This July, the discount retailer announced its education program called Live Better U, in which it will invest approximately $1 billion over the next five years to pay for college tuition and books for its employees. Walmart also offers an …
Blue Spring, Mo. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Adam’s Dairy Landing, a 279,843-square-foot open-air shopping center in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Spring. The property is 96 percent leased to tenants such as TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Dollar Tree, Ross Dress for Less, Petco, Michaels, Old Navy, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. Built in 2010, the shopping center sits on more than 33 acres at 800 NE Coronado Drive. Clinton Mitchell, Amy Sands, Michael Nieder and Jim Gates of JLL represented the seller, a private investment …
Austin, Texas — Edens has purchased Springdale Shopping Center, a 163,145-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail property in Austin. Regional grocer H-E-B is the anchor tenant at the center, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Ross Dress for Less, dd’s, Dollar Tree, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Subway, KFC and Wingstop. Chris Gerard, Ryan Shore, Clint Coe, Erin Lazarus and Zach Riebe of JLL represented the seller, Forge Capital Partners, in the transaction.
Parma Heights, Ohio — DealPoint Merrill has purchased The Shops at Pearl & 130th in Parma Heights, a western suburb of Cleveland. The purchase price was undisclosed. DealPoint Merrill plans to embark on a $10 million renovation project for the 155,805-square-foot shopping center. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2022. This will be the fourth major construction project launched by DealPoint Merrill in the Cleveland area. DealPoint Merrill’s David Frank and Sterling McGregor handled the due diligence and financing, while Jason Limbert and Tyler Bendicksen completed …
Sandy Springs, Ga. — First National Realty Partners has acquired City Center Crossing, a grocery-anchored shopping center located at 6331 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, a northern suburb of Atlanta. City Center Crossing is a 98,408-square-foot asset that is 77 percent occupied. A 27,858-square-foot Lidl Supermarket that opened in May 2020 anchors the property. The seller and price were not disclosed. “We are extremely excited to not only acquire our first asset in the Atlanta Market but to also add Lidl to our portfolio, one of the most rapidly growing …
Souderton, Pa. — Select Properties Inc. has begun construction on Towne Gate Commons, a $40 million mixed-use project in Souderton, about 40 miles north of Philadelphia. Located at the site of the former Souderton Area High School, Towne Gate Commons will include 66 new three-bedroom townhomes with private balconies and two-car garages. The new residences will add to the 74 townhomes that were completed and leased in 2019 under the first phase of the project. Towne Gate Commons will also offer dining options, retail space, a public park with an …
Madison, Ala. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $19.2 million sale of Madison Commons, a 75,340-square-foot shopping center located roughly 11 miles outside Huntsville in Madison. JRW Realty sourced the deal on behalf of the buyer, ExchangeRight. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt, Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan, Andrew Michols and Michael Brewster of JLL represented the seller, Michael Collard Properties. Publix anchors Madison Commons, which was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Easy Vet Clinic, Golden China, ATI Physical Therapy, Goodwill, Primp and Posh Nail and …
Palm Springs, Fla. — CBRE has arranged the $3.8 million sale of Capitol Mall, a mixed-use property located at 3745 South Congress Ave. in Palm Springs. Capitol Mall consists of a 23,698-square-foot multi-tenant retail building and a 7,250-square-foot warehouse. A South Florida-based private investor operating under the name Capitol Mall LLC acquired the property from Congressional Developers Inc. David Donnellan and Patricia Friend of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
Washington, D.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a portfolio of eight infill neighborhood retail assets totaling 695,991 square feet in Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and southern Maryland. Stephen Conley, Danny Finkle, Jordan Lex and Kim Flores of JLL represented the D.C.-based seller, WashREIT (NYSE: WRE), which sold the portfolio for $168.3 million. The buyers were Rosenthal Properties and an undisclosed institutional partner, according to the Washington Business Journal. The news outlet also reports the seller had acquired the eight properties over the span of five decades. …