Dealmakers Magazine | April 10, 2009

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Reporting The Nation’s Weekly News on Retailing & Retail Real Estate

Volume XXIV No. XIV

April 10, 2009

Home-Related Chains Expand Nationwide Fast Frame USA, Inc. trades as Fast Frame at 300 locations nationwide and internationally. The stores, offering custom framing, artwork and accessories, occupy spaces of 1,500 sq.ft. in strip centers. Growth opportunities are sought nationwide during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years with options. The company prefers to locate in upscale shopping centers with major anchors. The company is franchising. For more information, contact Brenda Hales, Fast Frame USA, Inc., 1200 Lawrence Drive, Suite 300, Newbury Park, CA 91320; 805-498-4463, Fax 805-498-8983; Web site: www.fastframe.com. Grimes Ace Hardware Co., Inc. trades as Handyman Ace Hardware at eight locations throughout OH. The hardware stores occupy spaces of 12,000 sq.ft. to 17,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. Plans for call one to two openings within 50 miles of Dayton, OH during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years with options. A tenant improvement allowance or vanilla shell are required. Preferred anchors include drug and grocery stores. Major competitors include Home Depot and Lowes Home Improvement. An outside storage area is required for freestanding locations. For more information, contact Ed Grimes or David Grimes, Grimes Ace Hardware Co., Inc., 11 North Grand Avenue, Fairborn, OH 45324; 937-879-0141, Fax 937-879-1177.

Blinds To Go, Inc. trades as Blinds To Go at 120 locations throughout CT, DE, FL, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NY, PA and VA and throughout Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The stores, offering custommade window blinds and shades, occupy spaces of 3,000 sq.ft. to 4,000 sq.ft. in endcaps and freestanding locations. Growth opportunities are sought throughout Boston, MA during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run 10 years with three, five-year options. A turnkey is required. Preferred cotenants include Home Depot and Lowes Home Improvement. The company is not franchising. In Quebec, the company operates under the trade name Le March du Store. For more information, contact Yves Pardo, Blinds To Go, Inc., 3510 St. Joseph Boulevard East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1X 1W6; 514-256-5050, Fax 514-259-9992; Email: ypardo@blindstogo.com; Web site: www.blindstogo.com. Gillroy’s Hardware operates 26 locations throughout GA and MI. The stores, offering hardware items and plumbing and electrical supplies, as well as lawn and garden items, occupy spaces of 8,000 sq.ft. to 10,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations. Growth opportunities are sought throughout the existing markets during the coming 18 months. The company prefers to acquire sites. For more information, contact Bob Morgan, Gillroy’s Hardware, 6429 West Pierson Road, Flushing, MI 48433; 810-659-2291, Fax 810659-5019; Web site: www.gillroys.com. (continued on page fourteen)

This issue contains information on:

* Retailers operating 19,100 locations with plans to open 1,489 sites * Real estate valued in excess of $82.04 million to be bought, sold & financed * Leasing activity on over 4.879 million sq.ft. of retail properties

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National Focus New Construction Paul Hanna Management is preleasing a 33,000 sq.ft. center located in Melbourne, FL....................... Pg. 3 Reata Real Estate Services is preleasing a 149,680 sq.ft. center in McAllen, TX............ Pg. 3 Openings Coach is slated to open 40 stores nationwide.................. Pg. 4 Aeropostale is launching a new children’s concept.......... Pg. 4 Buyers & Sellers Manifest Partners Realty Advisors looks to acquire properties throughout metropolitan New York......... Pg. 5 The Oppenheim Group is selling a property in Lebanon, MO........................ Pg. 6 Lease Signings Arizona Retail Advisors negotiated a lease with Go Wireless for space in Goodyear, AZ........................ Pg. 6 Food Retailers Expand Peter Piper Pizza looks for sites throughout southern CA Pg. 7 In the News The Sembler Co. named Stevens E. Tombrink as vice president of business development......................... Pg. 7 Sources of Financing CFO Capital Partners provides interim financing in major markets nationwide............... Pg. 8 Lead Sheet Tilden Car Care Centers will open sites nationwide............ Pg. 9 Costco Wholesale looks for sites nationwide..................... Pg. 12 Space Place........................... Pg. 14

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