Virginia net-lease retail portfolio sold for $35.2M

JLL Capital Markets closed the sale of the five properties that are long-term, net-lease Wawa assets in the Richmond MSA

August 03, 2020

PHILADELPHIA, August 3, 2020 – JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the $35.2 million sale of a five-building retail portfolio totaling 24,867 square feet on long-term, triple net leases with Wawa in Richmond, Virginia, markets.

JLL represented the seller, a joint venture partnership between Provco, Goodman Properties and Pineville Properties. The buyer purchased the assets in a 1031 exchange transaction.

Wawa, Inc., is a privately held company based in Wawa, Pennsylvania, with a chain of more than 850 convenience retail stores, more than 600 of which offer gasoline. The company employs more than 35,000 people and operates its stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C. The portfolio comprises properties at 6001 Iron Bridge Rd. in Richmond; 8800 Brook Rd. in Glen Allen; 3840 N. Bailey Bridge Rd. in Midlothian; and 600 E Hundred Rd. and 11021 Iron Bridge Rd. in Chester. Completed between 2000 and 2001, each store is in a high-traffic area with strong demographics and recently received lease extensions to 20 years.

The JLL Capital Markets Net Lease team representing the seller was led by Managing Director Marc Mandel and Director Steve Schrenk along with Senior Directors Jordan Lex and Chris Hew.

This transaction came together and successfully closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which speaks to the strength of Wawa as a tenant as well as the quality of real estate for these assets.

“We launched the portfolio in the third week of March during the height of the shutdown and quickly selected a 1031 investor for the entire portfolio,” Mandel said. “The buyer was comfortable due to the essential, necessity-based tenancy of Wawa, along with the gas/convenience store sector as a whole”,

“We continue to see strong demand through this time for properties with good real estate fundamentals and high-quality, essential retailers where pricing has remained relatively the same for many of these assets,” Schrenk added. “There was a flurry of 1031 money in the market during the second quarter through the extended July 15th 1031 exchange deadline, and that was evident here with the portfolio sale.”

The buyer was represented by Patrick Luther of SRS Real Estate Partners and Phil Sambazis of Marcus and Millichap.

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