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  • It’s a tenants’ market at retail centers

    Despite the rash of recent store closings, leasing activity is strong at malls and shopping centers as retailers take advantage of favorable terms.   That’s the take of Mizuho Securities analysts following conversations with major broker organizations at the International Council of Shopping Centers RECon Show in Las Vegas last week.   

  • CBRE acquires Florida brokerage

    CBRE has widened its footprint in South Florida by buying the business assets of the Brenner Real Estate Group, which has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and Melbourne.   Founded by Scott Brenner in 1987, the company provides leasing brokerage, investment sales, and property management services through more than 20 associates.  

  • Dollar Tree signs five leases in New Jersey
    Dollar Tree is making headway on its strategic move into the nation’s most densely populated state.   The value chain has executed five leases at locations in New Jersey, the largest a 12,230-sq.-ft. inline space at Plainfield Plaza, a grocery-anchored center in Plainfield, according to R.J. Brunelli, Dollar Tree’s real estate representative in the state.   Other locations:   Toms River: 10,200-sq.-ft. freestanding space on Route 37

  • WPG, O’Connor go in on seven open-air centers
    Washington Prime Group and O’Connor Capital Partner announced the formation of a joint venture partnership in seven open-air retail centers. WPG will be the controlling partner with a 51% stake.   The seven properties are:   • Arbor Hills in Ann Arbor, Michigan;  • Classen Curve/Nichols Hills Plaza/The Triangle at Classen Curve in Oklahoma City;  • Gateway Center in Austin, Texas;  • Palms Crossing in McAllen, Texas;

  • Inland acquires Chicago-area multifamily property
    Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has purchased an 85-unit residential property with ground floor retail in Vernon Hills, Illinois.   Constructed in 2010, The Commons at Town Center is a six-story structure consisting of 85 multifamily units and 10,609-sq.-ft of retail space. Current tenants are Sam Martirano Salon & Spa, Hawthorn Dental Associates, Eight Piece Rolls, Design Studio Jewelry, and Giuseppe’s Pizza Restaurant.   

  • Retail real estate’s wunderkind buys another center
    Four more and he’ll match his age.   Twenty-four-year old Joel J. Gorjian, a VP at Great Neck, New York-based Namdar Realty Group, has made his 20th retail center purchase in the past 12 months, this time a mall in suburban Chicago.  
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