Acquires Rio Pinar Plaza in Orlando, Florida and Price Plaza in Katy, Texas
OAK BROOK, Ill., 2015-12-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — InvenTrust Properties Corp. (“InvenTrust” or “the Company”) today announced that it has acquired two high performing open air shopping centers. InvenTrust acquired Rio Pinar Plaza, a 124,283 square foot, 100% leased shopping center located in Orlando, Florida, for approximately $34.0 million and Price Plaza, a 205,813 square foot, 92% occupied power center located in Katy, Texas, for approximately $35.8 million.
“The acquisitions of Rio Pinar Plaza and Price Plaza further strengthen our presence in target markets,” said, Michael E. Podboy, Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer of InvenTrust. “Both transactions align with our objective of acquiring high performing retail assets and growing in strong locations that have large and active populations. We believe that these acquisitions, and our overall strategy, will further strengthen InvenTrust’s portfolio, improve our portfolio population and income demographics and provide opportunities to grow net operating income so that we can continue to drive value for shareholders.”
Christopher Covey, SVP of Transactions added, “Rio Pinar Plaza is strategically located and we believe the combination of destination retailers, service tenants and restaurants at Rio Pinar Plaza and its proximity to the Florida Hospital East Orlando will help drive continuous traffic throughout the center. In addition, Price Plaza is a high performing power center in a key, high traffic market. Price Plaza has a history of successful, long-term anchor stores and tenants and we believe will add important value to our Houston-area portfolio.”
Rio Pinar Plaza is strategically located in the densely populated Orlando MSA, the third largest MSA in Florida and the fifth largest in the Southeast. Recently renovated, Rio Pinar Plaza boasts stable legacy tenants with significant operating history.
Price Plaza is located in the key Houston MSA. The center is anchored by Ross Dress for Less, Jo-Ann Fabrics and Best-Buy with shadow anchors that include Sam’s Club, Walmart SuperCenter and The Home Depot.
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InvenTrust became a self-managed real estate investment trust in 2014; as of September 30, 2015, it owned 128 multi-tenant retail properties (including 18 JV assets), comprising 19 million square feet of retail space in 24 states. In addition, its student housing business, University House Communities, has 16 properties (including 1 JV asset) with 9,600 beds. InvenTrust also owns 5.8 million square feet of non-core, office and industrial buildings.
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Source: InvenTrust Properties Corp.
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