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 Union Blvd. and will house other tenants such as 7-Eleven and Brownstone Coffee. Christopher Mayor and Lawrence Densen of Island Associates Real Estate brokered the lease negotiations.
Omaha, Neb. — Lockwood Development, Century Development and the City of Omaha are redeveloping Crossroads Mall in Omaha. Demolition of the mall is currently underway and is expected to be complete in May. Plans call for a mixed-use project spanning 40 acres with 350,000 square feet of retail and restaurants; 250 apartment units; up to 500,000 square feet of office space and senior living; a 150-room hotel; and 2.5 acres of public space. An existing Target store will remain in place. Project costs are estimated at $553 million. The city …
Plantation, Fla. — RK Centers has purchased Veranda Shoppes, a 45,000-square-foot shopping center in Plantation. The property is situated on 4.2 acres at 550 N. Pine Island Road. Adam Feinstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Jacksonville-based Regency Centers, in the $17 million transaction. The Publix-anchored center is leased to tenants such as Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Dunkin’, Venetian Nails Spa and the Banfield Pet Hospital.
Snellville, Ga. — A joint venture between the City of Snellville, CASTO and MidCity has broken ground on The Grove at Towne Center, an 18-acre mixed-use project located 30 miles outside Atlanta. The $85 million first phase of development will include over 50,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, office and entertainment space alongside 262 multifamily units. In addition, Elizabeth Williams Library will be constructed, which is set to include a second-floor business development and accelerator space.
Machesney Park, Ill. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.4 million sale of Willow Creek II and IV in Machesney Park, a suburb of Rockford. The two retail buildings, totaling 23,202 square feet, are separate but located within the same development. Tenants include Buffalo Wild Wings, Verizon, Anytime Fitness, FedEx, Jersey Mikes and Pizza Hut. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a Chicagoland private family. Prodigy Real Estate Group represented the seller, a Rockford-based developer.
Grand Prairie, Texas — Phoenix-based grocer Sprouts Farmers Market will open a 25,000-square-foot store in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, in the second half of the year. The opening is part of a larger rollout of 20 stores nationwide that feature the grocer’s new format, which is slightly smaller than its existing prototype. Sprouts currently operates 362 stores across 23 states and is also planning to open a new store in Irving.
Westlake Village, Calif. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a Smart & Final grocery store located 40 miles outside Los Angeles in Westlake Village. The triple-net-leased asset sold for $22.5 million. The property totals 50,242 square feet with Smart & Final as the main tenant. However, 12,500 square feet is subleased to Dollar Tree on a 10-year, triple-net lease, with Smart & Final responsible for all aspects of the lease. Lior Regenstreif of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Riverside Villas LLC, in the transaction. The Smart …
Stonecrest, Ga. — Hallmark Venture Group Inc. has acquired The Mall at Stonecrest, a 1.2 million-square-foot regional mall in metro Atlanta. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the mall was last appraised at $84 million. Hallmark Venture is planning to transform the 29-acre mall site into a mixed-use destination that will include apartments, a sports and entertainment complex, cosmetic superstore, aquarium, medical offices, transportation facilities and restaurants. A construction timeline for the redevelopment was not announced. The Mall at Stonecrest is home …
Mount Pleasant, S.C. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $7.4 million sale of The Shops at Gregorie Landing, a shopping center located at 2966 Hwy 17 N in the Charleston suburb of Mount Pleasant. Parker Walter, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the buyer, a private investor from the Northeast, in the 1031 exchange transaction. Benjy Cooke of Oswald Cooke & Associates represented the seller, an unnamed South Carolina-based developer. Completed in 2020, the 11,125-square-foot property is fully occupied by Panera Bread, …
Myrtle Beach, S.C. — The Sembler Co. has announced plans to develop The Mill, a 46-acre mixed-use project in Myrtle Beach’s Carolina Forest community. The new development will include retail, office and multifamily space. Sembler is partnering with Hawthorne Residential Partners on the multifamily portion of the project. Sembler and Hawthorne expect to begin construction this summer. The Mill will include Marketplace at The Mill, a 66,680-square-foot neighborhood shopping center that features a freestanding, 46,800-square-foot Publix, as well as a six-acre parcel ideal for a medical or traditional office, hotel, …