Seattle — Amazon, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant, is planning to open a chain of department stores to boost its sales in clothing, household items, electronics and other areas. The news comes from a Wall Street Journal report citing “people familiar with the matter.” The first stores are expected to open in Ohio and California and, at around 30,000 square feet, will be smaller than a typical department store. “It is unclear what brands Amazon will offer in the stores, although the company’s private-label goods are expected to feature prominently,” the …
Vancouver, Wash. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Hazel Dell Towne Center, a 264,000-square-foot Kohl’s-anchored power center located in Vancouver to Transnational Management for $28.8 million. Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, James Tyrrell, Dino Christophilis and Daniel Tibeau of CBRE represented the seller, a partnership managed by Pine Tree, in the transaction. Located at 8801 N.E. Hazel Dell Ave., Hazel Dell Towne Center is 87 percent leased to tenants including Office Depot, Petco, Party City, Gold’s Gym, Craft Warehouse, America’s Best and Massage Envy. The property is also shadow-anchored by …
Union Gap, Wash. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the acquisition of a single-tenant retail building located at 1403 E. Washington Ave. in Union Gap. A private investor sold the property to a Southern California-based buyer for $3.3 million. PetSmart occupies the 19,677-square-foot property, which was built in 2000, on a net-lease basis. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment, in association with ParaSell, represented the buyer in the deal.
Tukwila, Puyallup and Port Townsend, Wash. — The Leibsohn Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the acquisition of a three-property retail portfolio in Tukwila, Puyallup and Port Townsend. A private, Pacific Northwest-based investor acquired the portfolio from an undisclosed seller for $7.9 million. Jiffy Lube occupies each of the properties on a long-term, net-lease basis. Brian Leisbsohn and Raymond Vara of The Leibsohn Group procured and represented the buyer in the deal.
Bellevue, Wash. — Hines, Benenson Capital Partners and USAA Real Estate have unveiled plans for Main Street Place, a 6.8-acre, mixed-use development in downtown Bellevue. Development costs were not disclosed. Main Street Place will feature approximately 1.2 million square feet of newly built high-rise office space on the north side of the site, along with about 400 units of low-rise apartments on the south side of the development. Additionally, there will be about 90,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and amenity spaces, along with public open space and pedestrian-friendly areas. …
Port Orchard, Wash. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale Towne Square Retail Center, a retail property located at 1700 S.E. Mile Hill Drive in Port Orchard, approximately 24 miles west of Seattle. A private investor sold the center to an undisclosed buyer for $9.4 million. Grocery Outlet, Goodwill and Ace Hardware are anchor tenants at the 154,604-square-foot retail property, which also includes a two-story interior mall space with more than 100 tenants. The buyer plans to renovate the property, increase occupancy levels and improve management systems. Clayton Brown …
Auburn, Wash. — NorthMarq has secured $14.5 million in refinancing for Lakeland Commons Retail, a shopping center located at 1502 Lake Tapps Parkway SE in the Seattle suburb of Auburn. The 10-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. Walgreens is a tenant at the 35,000-square-foot strip retail center. Bob Spiro and Scott Moline of NorthMarq’s regional Seattle office secured the refinancing.
Seattle — Seattle-based commercial real estate firm Urban Renaissance Group LLC (URG) and global investment firm KKR have acquired 300 Pine St. in downtown Seattle for approximately $580 million. Taking up a full city block between Third and Fourth avenues, the property is a 770,000-square-foot, eight-story, mixed-use building that features 85,000 square feet of renovated ground-floor retail designed to accommodate retail flagship stores. The property has a new Fourth Avenue entrance to access the 682,000 square feet of commercial office space currently 100 percent leased to a single tenant. The …
Seattle — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 1.82-acre retail property located at 3020 NE 45th St. in Seattle’s University District. Albertsons Cos., parent company of Safeway, acquired the center for $25 million. The property is ground leased to Safeway, which has operated as a tenant at the site since 1976. Albertsons Cos. owns the surrounding 2.2 acres, with the transaction bringing its total holdings to more than 4 acres, creating one of the largest contiguous development sites in Seattle. The site is zoned for a range of uses, …
JLL Capital Markets Arranges $274.4 Million Refinancing for Six-Property West Coast Retail Portfolio
Seattle; Boise, Idaho; and Salt Lake City — JLL Capital Markets has secured $274.4 million in financing for a six-property portfolio of core-quality retail centers totaling 2.7 million square feet across Seattle, Boise and Salt Lake City. The borrower is a joint venture between CenterCal Properties, a large pension fund and its advisors Principal and PCCP. The financing includes five separate 10-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse CMBS loans provided by JP Morgan Chase. Loan proceeds were used to retire existing debt and rebalance leverage across the portfolio. The portfolio consists of four grocery-anchored shopping centers, one power …