Salt Lake City — Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending, a subsidiary of Columbia Pacific Advisors, has provided a $31.1 million loan for the construction of Campus SLC, a 130,000-square-foot property that will feature anchors winter sports retailer Evo and rock climbing gym The Bouldering Project. The property will also feature local retailer L9 Sports, an art gallery, dining options, a skatepark and other recreational activities. Campus SLC will be situated at the former site of an industrial plant in Salt Lake City’s Granary district. Will Nelson of Columbia Pacific Advisors …
Tampa and Bradenton, Fla. — Conn’s HomePlus, a furniture, mattress and home appliances retailer, will open a store in Tampa’s Horizon Park shopping center and Bradenton’s Cortez Plaza on Feb. 5. The stores will combine to span more than 87,000 square feet. Horizon Park is located at 3908 W. Hillsborough Ave., six miles northeast of downtown Tampa. Cortez Plaza is situated at 4495 14th St. W., 43 miles south of downtown Tampa. Conn’s plans to host grand opening events at each store this spring. The Woodlands, Texas-based retailer operates 149 …
San Diego — Petco ended its first day of trading on Nasdaq on Thursday at $29.40 per share, 63 percent higher than its initial public offering (IPO). The San Diego-based pet care retailer is trading under the stock symbol WOOF. Petco priced its IPO at $18 per share, and the stock price opened at $26 per share Thursday. Petco operates more than 1,500 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico and sells food, toys and healthcare needs for a variety of pets. Additionally, more than 100 Petco locations …
Vineland, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Maintree Shopping Center, a 138,445-square-foot retail property located in the Southern New Jersey city of Vineland. The asset sold for $13.1 million. A 60,000-square-foot Acme grocery store anchors the property along with a Dollar Tree store. Kodi Traver, Joseph French Jr., Thomas Dalzell and Mark Taylor of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
Chicago — Aries Capital has arranged a $3.4 million loan for the acquisition of an 8,700-square-foot restaurant building located at 164 E. Grand Ave. in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. The Hampton Social fully occupies the property. Neil Freeman and Brandon Perdeck of Aries arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Rüger Holding, which is a Germany-based real estate owner and developer. A local bank provided the loan, which features an interest rate under 4 percent, a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 25-year amortization schedule. Chicago-based Parker Restaurant …
Sewell, N.J. — Sterling Organization, a Florida-based private equity firm, has acquired Mill Pond Village, a 94,550-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center located in the Southern New Jersey community of Sewell. ShopRite is the anchor grocer at the center, which is located approximately 14 miles outside of Philadelphia. The seller was EDENS, a national retail development firm. Jim Galbally, Chris Munley and Colin Behr of JLL brokered the transaction. The property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale.
Old Bridge, N.J. — R.J. Brunelli & Co. LLC has arranged four retail leases on behalf of Family Dollar, European Wax Center and Liberty Discount Furniture & Mattress. Family Dollar will move into an 11,878-square-foot space within Hawthorne Center in Hawthorne. Family Dollar will move into the space that sister chain Dollar Tree formerly occupied. Dollar Tree is moving across the property to a former Flaming Grill Buffett location. Family Dollar is expected to open in the third quarter of this year while Dollar Tree will open in the second …
Liberty, Mo. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has acquired a 2,685-square-foot property occupied by Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in Liberty. The purchase price was undisclosed. The net-leased building is located at 600 S. 291 Highway, 15 miles northeast of downtown Kansas City. Block & Co. will serve as the property manager. David Block of Block & Co. internally represented the company in the purchase.
Alpharetta, Ga. — Trademark Property Co. will oversee the redevelopment of North Point Mall in Alpharetta. According to several media outlets, the previous owner, Brookfield Properties, relinquished ownership back to New York Life Insurance Co. earlier this month. Trademark will also manage and lead the leasing effort for the property. North Point Mall spans 1.3 million square feet and is located near the intersection of Ga. Highway 400 and Encore Parkway, 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta. The enclosed mall features 129 stores and restaurants, including Dillard’s, JC Penney, Von …
Minneapolis — For the November and December holiday season, Target’s comparable sales rose 17.2 percent over the same period last year. Store-originated sales grew 4.2 percent and digital sales grew 102 percent. Store traffic increased 4.3 percent and the average ticket grew by 12.3 percent. The Minneapolis-based retailer also reported that its same-day services, such as order pick-up and drive-up, rose 193 percent. “The momentum in our business continued in the holiday season with notable market share gains across our entire product portfolio,” said Brian Cornell, chairman and CEO, in …