Princeton, Texas — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of Princeton Plaza, a newly constructed 11,266-square-foot convenience retail center located in Princeton, roughly 40 miles north of Dallas. The property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, includes a mix of tenants including Tropical Smoothie Café, Pizza Hut, Hotworx, Modern Nail Bar, Princeton Dental and 380 Smoke & Vape. Nick Miller and Shaun Riley of Faris Lee Investments represented the buyer, a local investor, in the transaction. The purchase is being financed with a 50 percent loan-to-value …
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Sterling Organization Sells 635,325-Square-Foot Park North Shopping Center in San Antonio
San Antonio — Sterling Organization has sold Park North Shopping Center, a 635,325-square-foot regional retail center in San Antonio. Local media sources report the purchase price was $115 million. Target anchors the property, which was 93.3 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Pinstack, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Norris Conference Centers and Outlaw Pickleball. The property also features approximately 42,381 square feet of immediate lease-up space. Chris Gerard, Barry Brown, Erin Lazarus and Whitney Snell of JLL represented Sterling in the transaction. The buyer was Dhanani Private Equity …
Elmsford and New York City, N.Y. — DLC, in partnership with a fund managed by DRA Advisors, has acquired a multi-state shopping center portfolio in an off-market transaction for $429 million. Totaling 2.1 million square feet, the portfolio comprises eight shopping centers across five states. The seller was not disclosed. The properties include Central Texas Marketplace in Waco, Texas; Portofino Shopping Center in the Houston suburb of Shenandoah; Watauga Pavilion in the Dallas suburb of Watauga; Shops at Park Place in Plano, Texas; Pavilion at King’s Grant in the northeast Charlotte …
Irving, Texas — Gantry has arranged a $10 million permanent loan to refinance Metroplex Plaza, a 105,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center located in Irving. Mark Ritchie and Austin Ridge of Gantry secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through one of Gantry’s life insurance lenders, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. Gantry will service the loan. Metroplex Plaza has recently completed a repositioning centered around the opening of a new Joe V’s Smart Shop location, an HEB low-price grocery store concept. Additional tenants at the property include a mix of restaurant and service-based …
Katy, Texas — Katy, Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened five new locations in the fourth quarter of 2025. The new locations include Russellville, Arkansas; Seguin, Texas; Fort Wayne, Indiana; El Paso, Texas; and New Braunfels, Texas. With the addition of these stores, Academy will have opened 24 new locations by the end of fiscal 2025. Originally founded in 1938 as a family business, Academy now operates more than 300 stores across 21 states.
Fort Worth, Texas — Atlanta-based cheeseburger slider concept Smalls Sliders has signed a franchise agreement to open five new units, dubbed “Cans,” in North Fort Worth. Local development group Slidin Thru LLC will operate the new locations. Smalls Sliders has recently opened additional units in Texas, such as El Paso, Tomball, Willis and Arlington. Founded in 2019, Smalls Sliders currently has 375 Cans open or under development and is active across 30 states.
Fulshear, Texas — STRIVE has negotiated the sale of Cross Creek Plaza, a 16,963-square-foot retail strip center in Fulshear, a western suburb of Houston. The center was built in 2024 and is located at the entrance of the Cross Creek Ranch master-planned community. Cross Creek Plaza was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Five Guys, Cold Stone Creamery and Floreo Nail Spa. Jake Dutson of STRIVE represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. John Kourafas of Visintainer Group represented the buyer.
College Station, Texas — College Station, Texas-based Layne’s Chicken Fingers has signed a franchise agreement to open 44 new units across Texas. Real estate and restaurant developer Eli Cohen will operate the restaurants. As part of the agreement, Cohen’s team plans to open multiple new Layne’s locations in Lubbock, with two sites already confirmed and a third under consideration. In addition to the deal with Cohen, Layne’s has also executed a 12-unit deal with a Wendy’s operator in the Rio Grande Valley; an eight-unit deal with a former water bottling entrepreneur …
Frisco, Texas — The Karahan Cos. has signed leases with 10 new tenants at Fields West, a 55-acre mixed-use development located within the 2,500-acre master-planned community of The Fields in Frisco. Retailers include Crate & Barrel, Culinary Dropout, Design Within Reach, Face Foundrie, Gorjana, Landry Kate, North Italia, Maman, TravisMathew and U MedSpa. Additional retailers such as Bloomies, Alo Yoga, Arhaus, Kendra Scott, Pottery Barn, Sephora and Williams Sonoma were previously confirmed at the property, which is now currently 70 percent preleased. Fields West secured a $425 million construction loan and …
Wylie, Texas — The Woodmont Co. has arranged the sale of a 9,929-square-foot retail center located at 2030 N. State Highway 78 in Wylie, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Built in 2024, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to a mix of tenants including The UPS Store and Hot Pancakes, as well as an urgent care and dentist office. Russel Wehsener of The Woodmont Co. represented the buyer in the transaction. George Tak of Jual Properties represented the seller.