Chamblee, Ga. — terra alma has been selected to curate the vendor lineup at Chamblee Tap & Market, a taproom and micro food hall project currently underway in Chamblee, roughly 15 miles outside Atlanta. Scheduled to open by early 2024, the development will feature Sidecar Coffee and a taproom equipped with 20 taps, as well as three food stalls. Jeff Kimmel and David Heymann are the owners of the property.
Katy, Texas — Five new restaurants totaling 12,089 square feet will open at Katy Grand, a dining and entertainment destination located in Katy, roughly 30 miles west of Houston. Korean Steak House & Bar will lease 4,971 square feet at the development, and Uncle Tetsu and Wushiland Boba will open restaurants comprising 1,050 and 1,405 square feet, respectively. Additionally, Patis & Toyo will occupy 1,533 square feet and Fat Boys Pizza will lease 3,850 square feet. All of the restaurants will join the development — which totals 944,803 square feet — …
Broomall, Pa. and Philadelphia — Federal Realty Investment Trust has signed four new tenants to shopping centers in metro Philadelphia. Dave’s Hot Chicken and Crave Cookies will open at Northeast Shopping Center in Philadelphia, leasing 2,995 and 1,279 square feet, respectively. Additionally, J. Crew Factory and Honeygrow will open locations at Lawrence Park Shopping Center, a retail center located in Broomall, roughly 30 miles outside Philadelphia. J. Crew will open a 4,150 square-foot-store and Honeygrow will occupy 1,999 square feet. All of the tenants are scheduled to open this year.
Just 25 miles north of Dallas sits Frisco, Texas, a city that’s famous for The Star — the 91-acre Dallas Cowboys’ world headquarters and practice facility. Like many Texans, Jeff Cheney, mayor of Frisco, loves The Star, but he loves even more the opportunities it provides to residents, visitors, nearby businesses and anyone who wants to be a part of the action. “With seven million visitors a year, we’re known as ‘Sports City USA,’” Mayor Cheney says. “One of the biggest things you can do as a city is help local …
Mission Viejo and Palm Desert, Calif. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $15 million sale of two single-tenant retail properties in Southern California. Located in Mission Viejo and Palm Desert, the buildings are occupied by Chick-fil-A on triple-net ground leases. Jimmy Slusher, Eric Shain and John Read of CBRE represented the seller of the 4,800-square-foot Mission Viejo property, a local private investor. The Palm Desert property comprises 4,738 square feet situated on 1.6 acres within Monterey Crossing Shopping Center. Timothy Genske of CBRE and Bruce Bailey of The …
Houston — Hospitality group Noble 33 has announced plans to open two restaurant concepts at The Pavilion at The Allen shopping center in Houston. Toca Madera will occupy 11,103 square feet with a seat count of 393, and Meduza Mediterrania will comprise 9,732 square feet with a 289-seat occupancy. The openings are scheduled for this fall and early next year, respectively. Noble 33’s in-house design firm Monochrome Concept oversees both concepts. Abel Design Group will provide architecture and design services and Construction Concepts will handle construction of the restaurants.
North Florida has been a hotbed of retail activity that hasn’t shown signs of slowing, according to Carrie Smith, senior vice president of retail at Franklin Street in Jacksonville, Fla. “Retail is nothing short of being red hot,” she says. “It’s probably in the most aggressive dealmaking mode since I’ve been in business. The deal flow is very high, and it’s hard to keep up.” Jacksonville boasts low vacancy rates, in part due to its rapid population growth throughout 2022. According to Franklin Street’s latest data, Jacksonville saw deliveries of …
Fayetteville, Ark. — Fast casual franchise Slim Chickens has signed a deal to expand into Southeast Michigan with 25 restaurants. Partners Brad DeLange, Todd DeLange and Doug Broadright will lead the restaurant’s Great Lakes division and bring the brand to locations in the Detroit and Ann Arbor metropolitan areas. Slim Chickens has opened more than 225 locations in the U.S. and the U.K. and has more than 1,100 restaurants in development.
Stonecrest, Ga. — Stonecrest Resorts has completed the second phase of redevelopment at Priví, a 143,000-square-foot adaptive reuse of the former Sears department store at The Mall at Stonecrest located in Stonecrest, roughly 15 miles outside Atlanta. Phase II comprised $4.2 million of renovations and the addition of tenants including Baldwin’s Literary Social Bookstore, Priví Art Gallery, The Exposure Hub, 101 TKO Radio, Priví Event Center, 3 Degrees Infrared Sauna Studio, Picasso’s Splat Room, The Lion’s Cage MMA & Fitness Gym and Garden Life Juice Bar. SeaQuest anchors Phase I …
Less than 10 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles is Glendale, Calif., a city with nearly 200,000 residents and an enviable location if you’re a retailer. “Within a 10-mile radius, we have access to more than 2.5 million people,” says Soua Vang, deputy director of economic development for the City of Glendale. “We are strategically located within the LA marketplace, just minutes away from some of Southern California’s most popular destinations.” If you’re a visitor, those popular destinations may include the Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Walk of Fame or Universal Studios. …
