Retailers

Houston — MLB Capital Partners has broken ground on its Houston Farmers Market redevelopment project. MLB Capital will upgrade the 77-year-old market to include modern infrastructure, climate-controlled spaces, shaded areas, restrooms, common seating areas, organized parking and traffic circulation, defined sidewalks, site landscaping and dedicated green spaces. James Beard Award-winning chef and project consultant Chris Shepherd plans to develop a concept unique to the Houston Farmers Market. The market will maintain business operation throughout the redevelopment process. Clark Condon Associates, Studio RED Architects, Gunda Corporation and Arch-Con Construction have been …

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Burlington, N.J. — National Realty & Development Corp. will open three new stores totaling 58,000 square feet at the Liberty Square Center in Burlington, a city located southwest of Trenton. The shopping center is anchored by a Walmart, Marshalls and HomeGoods. Planet Fitness will open a 25,000-square-foot location at the property. Ross Dress for Less will move into a 22,000-square-foot portion of a former Toys ‘R’ Us location. Five Below will occupy the remaining 11,000 square feet of the former Toys ‘R’ Us location.

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New York City — Luxury department store retailer Barneys New York has voluntarily filed for bankruptcy protection and has disclosed plans to close 15 of its 22 brick-and-mortar stores. The Chapter 11 filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York indicated that Barneys had more than $100 million in assets and more than $100 million in debts, according to The Wall Street Journal. Barneys plans to keep five of its flagship locations open, including its famous Madison Avenue store. The retailer will also continue operating its …

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Lodi, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $53 million sale of a retail property in Lodi, just west of New York City. The property contains a 132,000-square-foot space that is triple-net leased to Home Depot store through January 2029. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin, Jeremy Neuer and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the owner in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer acquired the property via 1031 exchange.

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Los Angeles — Gaw Capital and DJM have acquired Hollywood & Highland, a 463,000-square-foot iconic shopping center in Hollywood. The sales price was not disclosed. The buyers plan to implement renovations over the next 24 to 30 months. Renovations will include improving event space, incorporating space for different tenant concepts and making the property more accessible to consumers. Jerry Tang and Greg Murphy of Natixis arranged a financing package, which included an acquisition loan along with the future funding component, on behalf of the borrower. The seller was CIM Group, …

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Longmont, Colo. — NewMark Merrill Mountain States has signed three retailers to leases at Village at the Peaks, a 442,000-square-foot shopping center in Longmont. The three retailers are Burlington, which signed a 35,032-square-foot lease and will open in spring 2020; Bank of America, which signed a 4,725-square-foot lease and will also open in the spring; and Nothing Bundt Cakes, which signed a 2,253-square-foot lease and will move in this fall. The shopping center is situated 13 miles northeast of downtown Boulder. When the three retailers open for business, the center …

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Orange Park, Fla. — Katz Properties Retail has acquired Bolton Plaza, a 174,063-square-foot shopping center in Orange Park. Bolton Plaza was built in 1988 and was redeveloped and expanded between 2015 and 2017. The center was 99 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Aldi, Marshalls, LA Fitness and Academy Sports + Outdoors. Bolton Plaza is situated at 661 Blanding Blvd., 20 miles south of downtown Jacksonville. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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Greenwich, Conn. — Midwood Investment & Development has sold a retail property leased to CVS in Greenwich. The 10,695-square-foot property is located at 99 Greenwich Ave., in a retail and restaurant corridor that also includes apparel vendors Saks Fifth Avenue and Gucci. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin, Travis Langer and Will Pike of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The trio also procured the undisclosed buyer.

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Pembroke Pines, Fla. — The Aztec Group has arranged an $18.5 million refinancing loan of an existing construction for Pembroke Centre in Pembroke Pines. Continental Casualty Co. provided the five-year, non-recourse, fixed-rate loan. The borrower, Hart Lyman Cos., delivered Pembroke Centre, a 37,900-square-foot shopping center, in 2017. Tenants include anchor Twin Peaks, Comcast, TooJay’s, AT&T, Firebirds, Pieology and Habit Burger. Howard Taft, Charles Penan and Joel Zusman of Atzec Group represented the borrower in the loan transaction.

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Sarasota, Fla. — JLL has arranged the sale of four retail properties in downtown Sarasota totaling 30,188 square feet. The four properties, which are situated on Main Street and Lemon Avenue, sold for $10.3 million. The properties were 89 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Sur La Table, Bluemercury, Eileen Fisher, Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, Boca Kitchen, J. McLaughlin and Sara Campbell. Eric Williams, Daniel Finkle and Luis Castillo of JLL represented the seller, Lemon Avenue Partners LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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