Entries by Cindy Hoeschen

Fresh Thyme – not a single store chain here any longer

Fresh Thyme opens their second Minnesota store today in Apple Valley. This 28,000 sf store opened at the Fischer Marketplace on Highway 42, just east of Cedar Avenue. Fischer Marketplace is owned by Principal Life Insurance Company and is represented by Jim Larson of Cushman & Wakefield/NorthMarq. Two more Fresh Thyme stores will open this […]

We Are the Center of Retail

With the DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield merger, our booth now covers two blocks here at 2016 ICSC Recon deal making in Las Vegas.   We have over 400 retail professionals and more than 1,000 meetings happening here over the next two days.   If you’re here, stop by and say hello!

J.Crew Mercantile to open Shoppes at Knollwood on June 1

Calling all J.Crew fans!   A new “J.Crew Mercantile” retail concept is opening June 1 at CWN-managed Shoppes at Knollwood, located in St. Louis Park. J.Crew Mercantile plans to celebrate its June 1 grand opening with an all-day in-store event. Shoppers that day will get 20 percent off purchases of $125 or more. The new tenant […]

As Predicted…

Sports Authority filed a new bankruptcy filing stating it will be closing all of its stores, including the 8 located here in Minnesota. Fortune had reported back in March that 140 stores would be closed and hoped to find a buyer for the remaining 300+ stores. That didn’t happen, finding only buyers for the furniture […]

Time to Primp!

Michele Henry & Wesley Uthus will be opening two more of their successful Primp stores, adding to their current cache of 7 stores. Sioux Falls will open next in June on Phillips Avenue and Mankato will open in the next 60 days in the Tailwind building, located downtown. To the envy of most of their […]

And the donut wars begin . . .

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is reporting that the first Dunkin’ Donuts lease has been signed in the Twin Cities. Franchisee Kod Kod Enterprises will be opening in New Hope at the intersection of 42nd and Winnetka, near the new HyVee supermarket. Java Properties will demolish the Gas N Splash car wash currently on the […]

New Cub Foods Opens in Oakdale Today

Cub Foods opens their relocated store at Bergen Plaza in Oakdale today.   This corporate store is over 70,000 sf, and showcases upgraded perishables along with full service deli, meat and seafood departments.  New offerings added to this store include bulk honey and olive oil bars.  It was also just announced that the Big Thrill Factory is […]

Andover and Lakeville Retail Centers Sell to Investors

Cushman & Wakefield/NorthMarq completed sales of two Twin Cities shopping centers in April of 2016:  Andover Station and Lakeville Retail Center.  Leah Maurer, Director, represented the sellers in both of these transactions.  Andover Station is a anchored by Festival Foods at 2218 Bunker Lake Boulevard in Andover, Minnesota.  This 75,000 sf center is 98% leased […]

Five Below Is Entering Minnesota Market

Five Below has signed its first lease in Minnesota, planning a new store in St. Cloud near Dick’s Sporting Goods to open later this year.  Ted Gonsior of Colliers is representing them here and is working on four additional  locations for 2016, with a potential of 25 to 30 stores over the next few years.  […]