Belton, Mo. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $5.4 million sale of a 55,000-square-foot property occupied by Hobby Lobby in Belton, about 20 miles south of Kansas City. The single-tenant building is located at 520 E. Markey Parkway. Hobby Lobby has approximately 12 years remaining on its lease. Dan Waszak and Zack Hilgendorf of Quantum represented the seller, a Kansas City-based developer. A California-based investment fund purchased the asset.
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Miami — UrbanX Group has inked new lease agreements with fast casual restaurant Chick-fil-A and clothing retailer Old Navy to occupy a total of 19,000 square feet along the Miami River. The tenants will join River Landing Shops & Residences, the 8.1-acre mixed-use development currently under construction. Chick-fil-A and Old Navy are both scheduled to open in spring 2020 and join already signed tenants Publix, Burlington, T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, GNC, Chase Bank, AT&T and Hobby Lobby. The $425 million River Landing in the Mid River district, west …
Boulder Group Arranges $2.3 Million Sale of Net Leased Piggly Wiggly Store in Wisconsin
New Holstein, Wis. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.3 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to grocer Piggly Wiggly in New Holstein, about 40 miles south of Green Bay. The 29,651-square-foot building is located at 2243 Calumet Drive. There are more than eight years remaining on Piggly Wiggly’s lease. Randy Blankstein and John Feeney of Boulder represented the seller, a Wisconsin-based partnership. A Midwest-based individual purchased the asset while completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
Digital Brands Retailer to Open 7,000-Square-Foot Store at Fashion District Philadelphia
Philadelphia — Anchor Shops, a retail store and distribution network for digital brands breaking into brick-and-mortar, will open a store at Fashion District Philadelphia and a distribution center at Moorestown Mall in the second quarter of 2020. Both properties are owned by PREIT. Anchor Shops, a project of ShopFulfill, was conceived to help digitally native brands better compete with legacy retailers by providing online retailers with a turnkey solution that enables them to establish a brick-and-mortar presence and benefit from a low-cost regional distribution network. Depending on the size and …
Irvine, Calif. and Salt Lake City — Faris Lee Investments and MTN Retail Advisors, a grocer-specialized data collection and analytics provider, have entered into a partnership to combine Faris Lee’s retail, real estate, finance and investment advisory services with MTN’s proprietary technology, which includes artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning. MTN currently has data on 28,000 active grocers across the United States and expects that number to grow to 40,000 over the next 18 months. The partnership between Irvine-based Faris Lee Investments and Salt Lake City-based MTN Retail Advisors will also …
Jacksonville, Fla. — Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has acquired Strand, a 212,000-square-foot retail center in Jacksonville, for $62.7 million in a 1031 tax exchange. Strand was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to 20 tenants, including four anchors, Hobby Lobby, PGA Superstore, 2nd & Charles and Best Buy. The property is located 12 miles southeast of downtown Jacksonville and adjacent to St. Johns Town Center, home to more than 150 retailers. Colliers International Northeast Florida Inc. will handle leasing efforts on behalf of the new owner. The seller was …
Maryland and Virginia — United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) will sell 13 of its 43 Shoppers Food & Pharmacy locations in a continued effort to reduce its retail footprint. The company will sell the stores to three grocery operators, which will run the stores under their respective banners. UNFI will also close four Shoppers Food locations by the end of January 2020. UNFI agreed to not renew three of the leases while the fourth lease will be canceled pursuant to agreement with the landlord. The four stores being closed are …
Woodstock, Ga. — CBL Properties has sold a 15 percent interest in The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta in Woodstock for $20.8 million to its joint venture partner, Horizon Group Properties. Both companies now own a 50 percent stake in the property. Net proceeds from the sale were used to reduce outstanding balances on CBL’s line of credit. CBL has sold $180 million worth of its assets in 2019, says Stephen Lebovitz of CBL, which announced earlier this month that it would indefinitely suspend stock dividends. The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta …
Cravey Brokers Sale of 90,768-Square-Foot Huntington Square Shopping Center in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas — Cravey Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of Huntington Square, a 90,768-square-foot shopping center in Corpus Christi. Shadow-anchored by H-E-B, the center houses tenants such as Dollar Tree, Freedom Fitness, Edward Jones, Jason’s Deli and Pizza Hut. Lynann Pinkham of Cravey Real Estate represented the seller, Hunt Development Ltd., in the transaction. The brokerage firm also procured the buyer, LRIC Corpus Christi LP.
NorthMarq Arranges $5.9 Million Acquisition Loan for Retail Property in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Ind. — NorthMarq has arranged a $5.9 million loan for the acquisition of Coldwater Crossing in Fort Wayne. The 89,980-square-foot retail property, anchored by Dollar Tree, is located at 5315-5515 Coldwater Road. Susan Branscome of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a regional bank.