North Plainfield, N.J. — Levin Management Corp. has negotiated four lease renewals for Virginia-based discount retailer Dollar Tree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The New Jersey locations include a 14,500-square-foot space at Brunswick Shopping Center, a 10,300-square-foot shop in Watchung and a 9,400-square-foot store in Franklin Township. The Pennsylvania location is situated in Middletown and spans 9,000 square feet.
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 of $12 billion and a pro forma total enterprise value of $20.5 billion. The merger will create a national operating portfolio of 559 open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers — one of the darlings of commercial real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic — and mixed-use assets comprising 100 million square feet of …
McKinney, Texas — Tabani Group Inc. has acquired McKinney Marketplace, a 118,967-square-foot shopping center located in the Dallas suburb of McKinney. Built on 15.8 acres in 2000, McKinney Marketplace was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Kohl’s, Dollar Tree, Cato and Wendy’s. Chris Gerard, Adam Howells, Barry Brown, Ryan Shore, Greyson Fewin and Pauli Kerr of JLL represented the undisclosed institutional seller in the transaction.
Mesa, Ariz. — Thompson Thrift Retail Group (TTRG) has acquired the first parcel of a 15-acre master-planned development in Mesa. When fully developed, the property will offer 95,000 square feet of retail space in a mix of freestanding and multi-tenant buildings. Whataburger, Backyard Taco, Black Rock Coffee and EOS Fitness have committed to the new project, the first phase of which is scheduled to open during the first quarter of 2022. At build-out, TTRG expects the development to have a total project cost in excess of $28 million.
Atlanta — Publix will occupy a 42,514-square-foot space within the second phase of The Interlock, a mixed-use development underway at the intersection of Ethel Street and Northside Drive in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. Demolition for the site will begin in May and vertical construction is expected to begin during fall 2022. S.J. Collins Enterprises is the landlord. Phase I of The Interlock is a nine-acre, mixed-use property located at 1115 Howell Mill Road N.W. The development includes 200,000 square feet of office space; 105,000 square feet of retail and restaurant …
West Linn, Ore. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail building located at 1855 Blankenship Road in the Portland suburb of West Linn. A Portland-based private investor acquired the property for $6 million from a court-appointed receiver. Parkrose Hardware occupies the 47,451-square-foot property, which is the anchor tenant to River Falls Plaza, on a 10-year, long-term lease. Chris Maling and David Maling of Avison Young, along with Denis O’Neill of Colliers International, represented the seller in the deal.
Mount Gilead, Ohio — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a 51,443-square-foot property occupied by Kroger in Mount Gilead, about 40 miles northeast of Columbus. The property is located at 555 W. Marion St. Dustin Javitch, Craig Fuller, Erin Patton and Scott Wiles of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a publicly traded REIT. Seller information was undisclosed.
Chesterfield, Va. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of Hancock Village Phase II, a 61,500-square-foot shopping center located at 14601 Hancock Village St. in Chesterfield. The multi-tenant retail center, anchored by Burlington, was fully leased at the time of sale. Jason Taylor of Equity Management Group Inc. represented the Lexington, Kentucky-based buyer in the acquisition of the property for $11.1 million through a 1031 exchange. Caldwell and Patrick Kelley of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a Virginia-based developer. Hancock Village Phase II is part of a community …
Miami — Abbhi Capital has purchased a one-acre parcel within Miami Worldcenter for $20 million. The seller was Miami Worldcenter Associates, the developer behind Miami Worldcenter doing business as MWC Block A LLC. The $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use project is now underway in downtown Miami across 10 city blocks. Robert Given, Troy Ballard and James Quinn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the land transaction. The assemblage includes 45,000 square feet of developable space. The property, known as the west parcel of Miami Worldcenter’s “Block A,” is located …
Houston — A fund backed by BV Capital and Archway Properties has acquired a 79,684-square-foot showroom and warehouse in Houston that is triple-net leased to home improvement merchandiser Floor & Décor. The property is located within Park Air 59, Archway’s mixed-use development near George Bush Intercontinental Airport that was completed in late 2019.