Reporting The Nation’s Weekly News on Retailing & Retail Real Estate
Volume XXIV No. XXII
June 12, 2009
Apparel Chains Expand Nationwide Fallas Paredes operates 100 locations throughout AZ, CA, NM, NV and TX. The discount clothing stores occupy spaces of 15,000 sq.ft. to 25,000 sq.ft. in value centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in CA during the coming 18 months, with representation by Strategic Retail Advisors. Typical leases run 30 years. A vanilla shell or specific improvements are required. Major competitors include Dee Dee’s Discount. For more information, contact Jeff Reenders, Strategic Retail Advisors, 3990 Westerly Place, Suite 230, Newport Beach, CA 92660; 949640-6678 Ext. 15, Fax 949-640-8088; Email: jeff@strategicretailadvisor.com; Web site: www.strategicretailadvisor.com. Swim N’ Sport Retail, Inc. trades as Swim N’ Sport at 39 locations throughout AZ, CO, FL, GA, LA, MD, NC, NJ, OH, SC, TN, TX and VA. The stores, offering designer women’s swimwear, occupy spaces of 1,500 sq.ft. to 2,500 sq.ft. in malls and outlet, specialty and value centers. Growth opportunities are sought nationwide during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run 10 years. A vanilla shell and specific improvements are required. Preferred cotenants include upscale, high-fashion retailers. Major competitors include department stores. For more information, contact Mark Sidle, Swim ‘N Sport Retail, Inc., 2396 Northwest 96th Avenue, Miami, FL 33172; 305-593-5071, Fax 305-5932669; Web site: www.swimnsport.com.
EbLens Clothing & Footwear operates 28 locations throughout CT, MA and RI. The stores, offering brand-name urban clothing and footwear, occupy spaces of 5,500 sq.ft. to 6,500 sq.ft. in downtown areas, freestanding locations and neighborhood strip centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout the existing markets as well as NJ and NY during the coming 18 months, with representation by New England Retail Properties, Inc. Preferred demographics include a population of 50,000 within five miles earning $40,000 as the median household income. For more information, contact Matt Halprin, New England Retail Properties, Inc., 150 Hartford Avenue, Wethersfield, CT 06109; 860-5299000; Email: halprinm@newenglandretail.com; Web site: www.newenglandretail.com. Le Roy’s Shoes and Clothing, Inc. trades as Le Roy’s Board Shops at nine locations throughout CA. The stores, offering snow and surf casual clothing, occupy spaces of 4,000 sq.ft. to 10,000 sq.ft. in urban/downtown areas, freestanding locations and strip centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout southern CA during the coming 18 months. The company prefers to acquire sites. For more information, contact David Le Roy, Le Roy’s Shoes and Clothing, Inc., PO Box 2834, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315; 909-866-7573, Fax 909866-1084; Email: bigwavedave49@yahoo.com; Web site: www.leroysboardshops.com. (continued on page seven)
This issue contains information on:
* Retailers operating 22,800 locations with plans to open 2,192 sites * Real estate valued in excess of $16.332 million to be bought, sold & financed * Leasing activity on over 12.586 million sq.ft. of retail properties
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Featuring National Focus Buyers & Sellers Upland Real Estate Group is selling an Expert Tire site located in Neenah, WI........... Pg. 3 Illustrated Properties is looking to acquire restaurant sites in select FL markets........ Pg. 3 Openings LA Fitness expects to open a site in IN................................ Pg. 4 Safeway will open a supermarket in Lander, WY..... Pg. 8 Food Retailers Expand Cheese Steak Shop looks for sites throughout northern CA Pg. 5 In The News Renaud Consulting hires three to its leasing team.................. Pg. 6 New Construction Northeast Retail Leasing & Management is preleasing a center located in West Hartford, CT.......................... Pg. 6 Lead Sheet Kenneth Cole looks to expand nationwide............................ Pg. 9 Planet Beauty seeks sites throughout CA....................... Pg. 10 Coach House Gifts and Generation Gifts look for sites nationwide............................ Pg. 12 Space Place........................... Pg. 13 Lease Signings Crosland negotiated leases at Richmond Centre in Richmond, KY....................... Pg. 13 Exclusives JBG Rosenfeld Retail represents Crème de la Crème with its expansion throughout select markets of MD and VA Pg. 14
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