Haines City, Fla. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $11 million sale of Heart of Florida Shopping Center in Haines City. The 131,500-square-foot shopping center is located at 35874-35938 Highway 27, 40 miles southwest of downtown Orlando. The shopping center was originally built in 1984. At the time of sale, 82 percent of the center’s tenant lineup was national retailers including Dollar General, Tractor Supply and Big Lots. The buyer was a Florida investor in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Tim Giambrone of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a …
Fontana, Calif. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has signed Chuze Fitness to a 45,000-square-foot lease with Morningside Marketplace in Fontana. Chuze Fitness will occupy the space of a former Ralphs Grocery, leaving 12,000 square feet of space for a soon-to-be-named co-tenant. Morningside Marketplace is a 90,000-square-foot retail center located at 14574 Baseline Ave. The center is fully leased to tenants including Chase Bank, Great Clips, Chevron, KFC, Pizza Hut, Baskin Robbins, Togo’s and Wienerschnitzel. The new Chuze Fitness is scheduled to open early next year. Paul Su of Progressive represented the …
Poway, Calif. — Sterling Organization has acquired Poway Crossings, a 109,455-square-foot, retail center in Poway, for $27 million. Sterling Organization bought the property through its value-add fund, Sterling Value Add Partners III LP. Poway Crossing is located 12622-12654 Poway Road, 20 miles north of downtown San Diego. LA Fitness anchors the property, and other tenants include Dollar Tree, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Massage Envy, Sola Salon Studios, Sushi Lounge, Banfield Pet Hospital and KFC. Gleb Lvovich and Daniel Tyner of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
Irvine, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a retail property located in Irvine. A Los Angeles-based buyer acquired the asset from an Irvine-based seller for $6.9 million. Restoration Hardware occupies the property. Rick Chichester, Tom Chichester and Joe Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
Boston — Citizens Commercial Banking has provided a $435 million construction loan for a 500,000-square-foot office and retail project in Boston’s Seaport District. The new building at 111 Harbor Way will feature two floors of retail space and 15 floors of office space that Amazon will fully occupy. Construction of the project is scheduled for completion by 2021. The borrower, a partnership between locally based investment firm WS Development and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, officially broke ground on the building May 28. The partnership is the lead developer …
Jacksonville, Fla. — Lote Group will renovate the Shoppes of Northshore, a 17,000-square-foot shopping center in Jacksonville’s Atlantic Beach submarket. The renovations are expected to include giving the center a modern look while preserving the beach-style architecture of the area. Renovations are expected to be complete by the end of this year. Whitney Butler of Franklin Street is leading the leasing efforts on behalf of Lote. Local restaurants, boutique retailers and fitness and wellness concepts are being targeted for the project. Shoppes of Northshore is located four blocks from the …
Richland, Wash. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a small retail center anchored by Starbucks in Richland. A developer sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $1.9 million. Located at 698 Gage Blvd., the property features 7,038 square feet of retail space. Brendan Powell of Marcus & Millichap’s Portland, Ore., office, along with Joe Deis of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the deal.
New York City — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $1.9 million sale of 3175-3177 Steinway St., a 2,000-square-foot commercial building currently leased to a women’s clothing retailer, for $1.9 million. Baby Blue occupies the single-story property, which is located within a C4-2A zoning district, allowing for commercial or residential development, with a total of approximately 6,750 buildable square feet. ABS Steinway Acquisition II LLC acquired the property for $935 per square foot, the highest per-square-foot transaction on Steinway Street in more than two years. Stephen R. Preuss and Andreas Efthymiou of Cushman …
St. Petersburg and West Palm Beach, Fla. — Forge Capital Partners has sold Disston Plaza, a 129,150-square-foot shopping center in St. Petersburg, and Polo Grounds Mall, a 130,015-square-foot shopping center in West Palm Beach. New Market Properties LLC, a subsidiary of Preferred Apartment Communities, acquired both properties, which are both anchored by Publix. Disston Plaza was built in 1954 and was renovated in 2018. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Publix, Bealls Outlet, Dollar Tree, Suncoast Resale Shoppe, Anytime Fitness, Subway, …
McKinney, Texas — Dallas-based retail brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of The Shops at Lake Forest, a 6,571-square-foot retail strip center located in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The four-tenant property was built in 2018 and is situated along Collin McKinney Parkway just north of the Sam Rayburn Tollway. The average household income within a one-mile radius of the property exceeds $131,000. STRIVE worked with an outside broker to procure the buyer and represented the seller, both of which were locally based private investors.