Dealmakers Magazine | September 16, 2011

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

Volume XXVI No. XXXV

September 16, 2011

Home-Related Chains Expand Nationwide Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. trades as Ashley Furniture HomeStore at more than 400 locations nationwide. The stores, offering living room, dining room, bedroom and home office furniture, occupy spaces of 35,000 sq.ft. in endcaps and inline spaces of power centers, as well as freestanding locations. Growth opportunities are sought throughout the existing market during the coming 18 months. Preferred cotenants include national and regional retailers. For more information, contact Gary Colby, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., 1 Ashley Way, Arcadia, WI 54612; 608-323-3377; Email: gcolby@ashleyfurniture.com; Web site: www.ashleyfurniture.com. Country Curtains Retail, Inc. trades as Country Curtains at 25 locations throughout CT, DE, IL, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VA and VT. The stores, offering home furnishings, window treatments and related accessories, occupy spaces of 3,500 sq.ft. to 4,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and lifestyle centers, as well as downtown areas. Growth opportunities are sought throughout the existing markets during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years. A vanilla shell is required. Preferred demographics include a trade-area population earning $75,000 as the average household income. For more information, contact Marilyn Hansen, Country Curtains Retail, Inc., 705 Pleasant Street, Lee, MA 01238; 413-243-1474 or 413-394-6235, Fax 413-243-0616; Web site: www.countrycurtains.com.

Marburn Stores, Inc. trades as Marburn Curtain Warehouse at 20 locations throughout NJ and Long Island and Rockland County in NY, as well as PA. The stores, offering window treatments and related items, as well as home furnishings and bedding and bath products, occupy spaces of 6,500 sq.ft. to 7,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and power, specialty and strip centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout NJ, NY and PA during the coming 18 months. Preferred cotenants include Home Depot, T.J. Maxx, Kohl’s, Marshalls, HomeGoods and Lowe’s Home Improvement. For more information, contact Richard Perez, Marburn Stores, Inc., 225 Walker Street, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010; 201-943-0222, Fax 201-9454242; Email: rrahme@marburn.com; Web site: www.marburn.com. The Home Depot of Canada trades as The Home Depot at 180 locations throughout Canada. The home improvement stores, offering appliances; building and lumber supplies; electrical, flooring, paint and lighting items; hand and power tools and lawn and garden items, occupy spaces of 60,000 sq.ft. to 100,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and power centers. Limited growth opportunities are sought throughout the existing market during the coming 18 months. For more information, contact Robert Frodyma, The Home Depot of Canada, 1 Concorde Gate, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3C 4H9; 416-412-4239, Fax 416-412-4114. (continued on page seven)

This issue contains information on:

* Retailers operating 45,878 locations with plans to open 4,118 sites * Real estate valued in excess of $499.7 million to be bought, sold & financed * Leasing activity on over 5.9 million sq.ft. of retail properties

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Featuring National Focus New Construction Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC is preleasing a 353,500 sq.ft. project in Cullman, AL.......... Pg. 3 Buyers and Sellers Grubb & Ellis Co. is selling a 99,789 sq.ft. center in Littleton, CO.......................... Pg. 4 Food Retailers Expand Panera Bread seeking sites throughout DE, NJ and PA..... Pg. 5 Openings Yogurtland plans to operate 550 frozen yogurt shops nationwide by 2015.............. Pg. 6 Exclusives Atlantic Retail Properties represents retailers throughout markets in FL......................... Pg. 7 In the News Velocity Retail Group names Chip Thor as vice president.... Pg. 8 Sources of Financing Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP arranged $118 million for the refinancing of a center in Crystal City, VA..................... Pg. 10 Lease Signings Veritas Realty negotiated leases throughout IN.............. Pg. 10 Lead Sheet Gordman’s Stores looks to enter UT................................ Pg. 12 Big Lots to open locations in FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, TN and VA......................................... Pg. 14 Space Place........................... Pg. 16

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