REAL ESTATE

New York City -- The founders of BJ’s Restaurants plan launch a new fast-casual concept this spring that will allow customers to order and customize their meals from tabletop iPads, USA Today reported.

Addison, Texas -- Coyote Management, L.P. said that Jim Adkins has joined its management team as the new senior leasing specialist.

Adkins will office at Lakeshore Mall in Gainesville, Ga.

Before joining Coyote Management, Adkins was VP retail leasing for Bull Realty.

Santa Monica, Calif. -- Real estate broker Scott P. Lifschultz announced he has formed SPL Realty Partners, a retail real estate brokerage and consulting company.

Current clients include CVS/pharmacy, Dean & Deluca, LandMark Retail Group, Johnny Was, Casual Male Retail Group and Destination XL. Based in Santa Monica, Calif., the company’s services include tenant representation, strategic planning, site selection, transaction management, owner representation, leasing & marketing, consulting and investment sales.

El Segundo, Calif. -- Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has added four more GreenChill certified stores this year, including a Gold certified store opening Wednesday in Oceanside, Calif.

Fresh & Easy opened its first GreenChill certified store in September 2010, and now has a total of eight stores currently certified through the program -- the most of any grocer in the country. Only 45 of the nation’s more than 35,000 grocery stores have received GreenChill Store Certification awards.

Walnut Creek, Calif. -- Grubb & Ellis Co. announced that John Sechser has rejoined the company’s Walnut Creek office as senior VP retail group.

Sechser returns to Grubb & Ellis after spending nearly 12 years with Colliers International, where he was a senior VP and co-director of the company’s Walnut Creek Retail division.
 

Moorestown, N.J. -- Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) said that Bubby’s Brisket, a new concept to South Jersey, is now open at Moorestown Mall, located in Moorestown, N.J.

The 1,017-sq.-ft. eatery is positioned in Moorestown Mall’s Food Court.
 

Minneapolis -- Target Corp. said Tuesday it will open a small-format store in an historic Chicago building constructed in 1899 to house a department store. The national landmark, designed by famed architect Louis Sullivan, was home to the Carson Pirie Scott department store from 1904 to 2007. The retailer also announced that its small-format locations across the United States will be named CityTarget, including the store in Chicago.

Dayton, Ohio -- Parmida Home said Tuesday it will open its fifth retail store in the Greene shopping center, located in Dayton, Ohio, on April 1.

“We are very excited to grow in the Dayton area,” said Parmida marketing director Siotha Vest.