REAL ESTATE

Las Vegas -- Apparel retailer Bettie Page, which specializes in contemporary designs inspired by the 1940's and 50's, has made its Nashville debut. It is the company’s 15th location to date.

"Our newest Bettie Page boutique is situated in the heart of Nashville," said Jan Glaser, co-CEO, Tatyana Designs, parent company of Bettie Page.

One unique feature of the Nashville store is that the company has leased the entire 14,000-sq.-ft. building.

Fort Worth, Texas -- RadioShack Corp. has announced the appointment of Merianne Roth to the new post of VP – communications. She will manage the company’s corporate communications, community relations, internal communications and event marketing.

Roth comes to RadioShack from the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, where she served as VP, marketing and communications. Her experience includes marketing and communications posts with J.C. Penney and Pier 1 Imports.

San Bernardino, Calif. -- Stater Bros. has announced an agreement to purchase the recently closed Albertsons in Moreno Valley, Calif.

The 43,670-sq.-ft. supermarket will be the fourth location for Stater Bros. in Moreno Valley.
 

Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. -- Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Danada Square East, a 202,036-sq.-ft. grocery anchored shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Wheaton, Ill. Dominick’s anchors the center.

Newport Capital Fund I purchased the property for $31,625,000 from CBRE Global Investors.

Broomfield, Colo. -- The largest shareholder of Famous Brands, Z Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired the remaining minority ownership stake in the company from The Carlyle Group.

Famous Brands is the parent company of TCBY Yogurt and Mrs. Fields Cookies.

Cincinnati, Ohio -- Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. has announced the acquisition of Sunset Center, a 164,797-sq.-ft. shopping center anchored by a 54,971-sq.-ft. Safeway.

The acquisition brings the Phillips Edison-ARC portfolio to 41 properties in 16 states with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $518.5 million.

Seattle -- TC Global (dba Tully’s Coffee Shops) has announced the completion of the sale of substantially all of its assets to Global Baristas, an investment group led by Patrick Dempsey. Global Baristas bought the assets in an auction in bankruptcy court last January. The company plans to continue to operate Tully’s Coffee Shops and to retain all of the employees.

Burlington, Mass. -- KeyPoint Partners has released The KeyPoint Report for Eastern Massachusetts/Greater Boston 2013. The report examines supply, occupancy, absorption and retailer expansion and contraction for virtually every retail property in the region. The 2013 report also includes a ten-year historical perspective that discusses the regional retail economy before, during and since the recession.