Club 4 Fitness Expanding in the Gulf South
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Stirling Properties is pleased to announce that Club4Fitness, an all-inclusive fitness facility, is expanding in the Gulf South market with the addition of four new locations in Alabama and Louisiana. Justin Toomey, Broker Associate with Stirling Properties, and Kenneth Herring, broker with Kerioth Corporation worked with The Club to identify and secure the latest retail locations:
- The Club will occupy 20,000 square feet of retail space in Hillcrest Plaza located at 813 Hillcrest Road in Mobile, AL. Club 4 plans to open this facility first quarter of 2019. Cummings and Associates, Inc. represented the property owner in the lease transaction.
- In addition, the company is leasing 29,696 square feet of space in Schillinger Place located at 2502 South Schillinger Road in Mobile, AL. Angie McArthur with Stirling Properties represented the landlord in the transaction. Club 4 plans to open this facility in the first quarter of 2019.
- In Louisiana, The Club has recently secured a 27,805-square-foot retail space in Caffery Center located at 4510 Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette. Jarrett Adame with Realm Realty represented the landlord in this transaction. Club 4 plans to open this facility in the first quarter of 2019.
- The Club has also just secured a 30,907-square-foot retail space at The Pavilion Shopping Center in Kenner, Louisiana, and plans to open in the first quarter of 2019. John Moss with LA Retail represented the landlord in this transaction.
The Club offers a wide array of health and fitness equipment that allows members to achieve their health and fitness goals through regular exercise programs. From the building design to the variety of services, The Club offers a truly unique experience. With the mission of improving the physical, medical, spiritual and emotional health of local communities, Club 4 Fitness is excited to bring its concept to local markets.
Club 4 Fitness currently operates ten fitness clubs in Mississippi. This marks the 1st location for both Alabama and Louisiana.
For leasing information, contact Justin Toomey at jbtoomey@stirlingprop.com or (251) 342-7229.
Halloween at Hammond Square
There’s something brewing at Hammond Square—join us for a family-friendly Halloween scare!
Stirling Properties and Hammond Square announce the 5th Annual Halloween at the Square event on Friday, October 12th from 5:30-7:30pm for children ages 12 and under. The spooktacular event is free and open to the public. Costumes are highly encouraged. Kids are invited to trick-or-treat at Hammond Square’s participating stores that will be stocked with more than 25,000 pieces of candy and prizes throughout the evening! Just look for the Trick-or-Treat Station sign in store windows.
Halloween at the Square is one of Hammond Square’s premier family-friendly community events of the year. It offers Hammond area residents a safe, convenient and fun trick-or-treating experience while providing increased foot traffic and exposure for the many great retail tenants at the shopping center.
Throughout the evening, guests are invited to have free photographs taken with Becky Blount, Hammond Square’s Official Event Photographer. Hay bales and pumpkins will be on display for backdrops, and pictures will be made available on Hammond Square’s Facebook page within a few days of the event. There will also be a Halloween Costume Contest at East of Italy (for kids in costume 12 & under only). Stop by East of Italy during the event and enter to win a $100 e-gift card!
Halloween festivities will take place on Main Street (Palace Drive). Visitors can park and enter the event from any available entryway. Lindsey Palmer, Director of Property Services with Stirling Properties, said, “We are excited about the upcoming Halloween at Hammond Square event and look forward to seeing all the great costumes! As a reminder—to eliminate congestion—we encourage guests to move at their own flow through the shopping center. There is no designated start or stop point. So if the line gets backed up at one Trick-or-Treat station, head on over to the next and come back at a later time. We want everyone to have a relaxed and pleasant experience during the event.”
Hammond Square is Tangipahoa Parish’s premier shopping destination, located on approximately 100 acres at the northwest corner of Interstate 12 and US Highway 51 Business (SW Railroad Avenue) in Hammond, Louisiana. It is the 2nd largest open-air center in Louisiana encompassing 902,000-square-feet of more than 40 national and local retailers, shops and restaurants, including Dillard’s, Target, The Home Depot, JCPenney, Academy Sports+Outdoors, AMC Theatres, and Old Navy (coming soon). Stirling Properties redeveloped Hammond Square and currently manages and leases the center.
Connect with Hammond Square on the web at www.hammondsquare.com or “like” us on facebook.com/hammondsquare.
Baton Rouge General Express Care and The Simple Greek Restaurant to Open in LSU’s Nicholson Gateway
LSU announced today that The Simple Greek restaurant and a Baton Rouge General Express Care clinic will fill two retail spaces in the university’s new Nicholson Gateway Development, the newly opened mixed-use development on a 28-acre site of the Nicholson Drive Corridor, between West Chimes Street and Skip Bertman Drive.
The two tenants join anchor retailer Matherne’s Market, fast food restaurant Wendy’s, coffee café Starbucks, apparel store Private Stock and quick-service eatery Frutta Bowls in the roughly 50,000-square-foot retail component of Nicholson Gateway.
The Baton Rouge General Express Care facility will be open seven days a week to the LSU and local community to treat serious, but non-life threatening illnesses and injuries. The clinic will also feature a lab, X-ray machine and an EKG for more serious injuries. For more information, visit BRGexpresscare.com, find on Facebook at Facebook.com/BatonRougeGeneral and follow on Twitter at @BRGeneral.
“If you wake up with the flu or need a few stitches on a Saturday, you don’t have to visit the ER to get high-quality care,” said Edgardo Tenreiro, president and CEO of Baton Rouge General. “BRG Express Care is a convenient, affordable, fast option right around the corner – because the everyday demands of school, work and family don’t stop when you’re sick.”
Opening its first Louisiana location, The Simple Greek is an interactive concept that combines hhigh-quality ingredients, open kitchens and a fun atmosphere to deliver authentic Greek cuisine in a fast casual setting. Inspired by a concept through his CNBC reality television show “The Profit,” The Simple Greek was founded by entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis in 2015.
The LSU Property Foundation, an affiliate of the LSU Foundation, is facilitating Nicholson Gateway. Stirling Properties is serving as the retail developer and leasing broker on the project, working with the prime developer, Georgia-based RISE Real Estate, which specializes in student housing. Stirling Properties will also handle ongoing retail property management.
New this fall, Nicholson Gateway includes 763 units of apartment-style housing for more than 1,500 students, with associated residential support spaces, such as lounge spaces, study areas, community gathering places and retail food service. The project, focused on the largest underdeveloped tract of university-owned property that is adjacent to the campus core, will turn what has traditionally been the back of the campus into an exciting new gateway district while responding to demands for on-campus housing and supporting student success, improving the campus living experience for both undergraduate and graduate students.
For retail leasing information, please contact Dottie Tarleton at dtarleton@stirlingprop.com or 225-922-4253 or Rhonda Sharkawy at rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com or 504-620-8145.
For student leasing information, visit lsu.edu/nicholson. Information about the overall project is available at nicholsongateway.com.
Bonci Pizzeria Coming to The Julia at Saint Charles in New Orleans, Louisiana
Marks 2nd retail tenant leased for new mixed-use development.
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company is pleased to announce that Bonci Pizzeria is coming to The Julia at Saint Charles, an upcoming mixed-use development in New Orleans’ Warehouse District. Bonci will join anchor co-tenant True Food Kitchen in the exciting downtown project.
Rome-based Bonci is a new-to-market international pizza concept by esteemed pizzaiolo Gabriele Bonci. The pizzeria features artisanal pies with daily changing toppings from fresh, locally sourced ingredients on focaccia-style crust cut with scissors. The restaurant will occupy 1,583 square feet of retail space on the Julia Street side of the development. This is the third U.S. location for Bonci, with two restaurants currently operating in the West Loop and Wicker Park neighborhoods of Chicago, IL.
The Julia at Saint Charles will feature over 16,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space including an exciting mix of local, national, and international retail tenants. In addition to the commercial area, the project comprises almost 200 luxury apartments and enclosed parking facility, which will be available to both the residents and public. Construction is underway, and suite delivery is slated for the 4th Quarter of 2018. The development is set to open in the 2nd Quarter of 2019.
Joe Gardner, CCIM and Carly Plotkin, Sales & Leasing Executives with Stirling Properties, are the listing agents for the retail portion of the property, along with Stuart Zall and Gerardo Aguinis with The Zall Company. Len Kareska of LJK Advisors represented Bonci in the lease transaction. The project is being developed by Woodward Interests and Boston’s Audubon Capital Partners. Woodward Design + Build is the contractor on the project (and an affiliate of Woodward Interests).
“We are thrilled to welcome Bonci Pizzeria to The Julia at Saint Charles. And we are looking forward to announcing more great retailers to this space very soon,” said Plotkin. “Bonci is an exciting new-to-market concept—not only for New Orleans but most of the country. This innovative food concept will be a perfect addition to the eclectic culinary scene in New Orleans and surrounding areas.”
For commercial leasing information, contact Joe Gardner, CCIM at jgardner@stirlingprop.com / (504) 620-8140 or Carly Plotkin at cplotkin@stirlingprop.com / (504) 620-8120.
Stirling Properties Welcomes Old Navy to Hammond Square
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company welcomes Old Navy to Hammond Square retail center in Hammond, Louisiana.
Image: Old Navy at Hammond Square exterior rendering
Old Navy will occupy 12,500 square feet of space on Main Street between Zales and Shoe Dept. Encore. Buildout and expansion of the store space are underway, with plans to open in the spring of 2019. Old Navy provides the latest fashions at great prices for the whole family, including men’s, women’s, women’s plus, kids’, baby and maternity wear.
This will be the 12th location for Old Navy with existing stores in many prominent retail centers across Louisiana, including other Stirling Properties developments such as Premier Centre in Mandeville and Stirling Bossier in Bossier City, Louisiana. Rhonda Sharkawy, Senior Retail Leasing & Development Executive with Stirling Properties, handled the lease transaction on behalf of the landlord.
“Stirling Properties is excited to finally welcome Old Navy to Hammond Square—our shoppers have been eagerly anticipating its arrival. With the recent store closure announcements by Sears and Rite Aid, this will be a welcomed addition to the retail center and we are optimistic that we will have several more new tenants to announce in the coming months,” said Grady Brame, Executive Vice President with Stirling Properties.
Hammond Square is Tangipahoa Parish’s premier shopping destination, located on approximately 100 acres at the northwest corner of Interstate 12 and US Highway 51 Business (SW Railroad Avenue) in Hammond, Louisiana. It is the 2nd largest open-air center in Louisiana encompassing 902,000-square-feet of more than 40 national and local retailers, shops and restaurants, including Dillard’s, Target, The Home Depot, JCPenney, Academy Sports+Outdoors and AMC Theatres. Stirling Properties redeveloped Hammond Square and currently manages and leases the center.
“At a time when many retailers are struggling with the challenges of e-commerce and shifts in consumer behavior, Old Navy is bucking trends and experiencing accelerated sales growth across the country. This store will be the perfect addition to our diverse tenant lineup at Hammond Square, and we are confident it will perform well,” said Brame.
For more information on Hammond Square, visit www.hammondsquare.com or facebook.com/hammondsquare. For leasing and sales information, contact Rhonda Sharkawy at (504) 620-8145 or rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties Announces True Food Kitchen as Tenant of The Julia at Saint Charles in New Orleans
Health-driven restaurant brand to anchor new mixed-used development in Warehouse District
The Julia at Saint Charles rendering
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company is pleased to announce that True Food Kitchen will be the anchor tenant in The Julia at Saint Charles, an upcoming mixed-use development in New Orleans’ Warehouse District. This marks the first Louisiana location for the Arizona-based restaurant brand.
True Food Kitchen is a health-driven, seasonal restaurant merging nutrient-rich ingredients with a flavor-forward menu that rotates regularly to let guests experience great tasting food and thoughtfully crafted beverages—shared in an environment of infectious positivity. Founded by a passionate collective of accomplished chefs, visionary restauranteurs and a renowned doctor of integrated medicine, the restaurant brand is rooted in a belief that delicious dining and conscious nutrition can go hand-in-hand, without sacrificing flavor, creativity or indulgence. Its menu caters to nearly every food preference with a variant of gluten-free, naturally organic, vegetarian and vegan offerings.
Founded in 2008, True Food Kitchen currently has 23 locations in 10 states including California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The restaurant brand plans to double the number of restaurants it operates over the next three years. True Food Kitchen in New Orleans will occupy over 6,000 square feet of space in addition to a 2,000 square foot outdoor patio located on the corner of Julia Street and St. Charles Avenue. It is expected to open in the summer of 2019.
The Julia at Saint Charles rendering
The Julia at Saint Charles will feature over 16,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space including an exciting mix of local, national, and international retail tenants. In addition to the commercial area, the project comprises almost 200 luxury apartments and enclosed parking facility, which will be available to both the residents and public. Construction is underway, and suite delivery is slated for the 4th Quarter of 2018. The development is set to open in the 2nd Quarter of 2019.
Joe Gardner, CCIM and Carly Plotkin, Sales & Leasing Executives with Stirling Properties, are the listing agents for the retail portion of the property, along with Stuart Zall and Gerardo Aguinis with The Zall Company. John Middleton of MJK Advisors represented True Food Kitchen in the lease transaction. The project is being developed by Audubon Capital Partners of Boston, MA, and Woodward Design + Build.
“We are thrilled to welcome True Food Kitchen as the anchor tenant to The Julia. This is an exciting new-to-market concept—not only for New Orleans but the entire Gulf South region,” said Plotkin. “True Food Kitchen’s innovative food experience will fit perfectly in New Orleans’ vibrant culinary scene, and further solidify our area as an attractive retail destination. We look forward to announcing more great tenants to the development very soon.”
For commercial leasing information, contact Joe Gardner, CCIM at jgardner@stirlingprop.com / (504) 620-8140 or Carly Plotkin at cplotkin@stirlingprop.com / (504) 620-8120.
