Retail

SANTA ROSA, CA-Four years after Charles Schultz decides to build a museum and research center, the idea is reality. The $8 million facility opened its doors this weekend.

PORTLAND-An article this week in Oregon's major daily newspaper says rumors are circulating that the 1.2-million-sf mall is being sold. The regional mall's owner, not quoted in the article, tells GlobeSt.com it's "not marketing the property.

ONTARIO, CA-Encompassing 35,000 sf, the retail complex is located at 2529 Euclid St. It was 95% occupied at the time of sale, with tenants including McDonald's and Del Taco.

ORLANDO-The Oak Brook, IL-based REIT has acquired its 30th Florida retail property and ninth in Orlando with the $11.41 million acquisition of the three-year-old, 78,625-sf asset previously owned by CAP Orlando Ltd. and Centennial American Properties LLC at the northeast corner of Good Homes Road and West Colonial Drive in west Orlando.

LAKESIDE, CA-CP Investments Inc. acquires Lakeside Plaza, a shopping center anchored by a Vons grocery store. The property, which is 95% leased, sells for $2.2 million.

ORLANDO-In the last 14 months, Jim Michalak, senior director in the brokerage's Tampa office, has closed 13 shopping center deals totaling 1.66 million sf valued at $128.4 million and averaging $9.88 million per deal. Cap rates are down and power centers are back in demand, Michalak says.

ORLANDO-Called The Loop, the 33-acre project will mirror the developer's 500,000-sf, $85 million venture in suburban Boston that was developed at about $170 per sf. The project inflates Central Florida's retail inventory to over 47 million sf.

ORLANDO-One of the fastest-growing active retirement communities in the United States, the 20-year-old, privately owned Lady Lake, FL venture has fought off a protracted lawsuit aimed at barring the construction of 43,000 new homes, four million sf of retail, 2,000 acres of golf courses and two town centers on 7,000 acres, 60 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.