American Eagle and Aerie will open next month at Midtown Village, according to Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors, the leasing and management company. This will be the second location for Aerie in the state of Alabama. The lifestyle brand opened its first Alabama store at Birmingham’s The Summit last year. American Eagle is a jeans […]
Intimate apparel store Aerie plans to open its first Montgomery location this summer in the Shoppes at EastChase. The chain specializes in women’s intimates, apparel, activewear and swimwear with a focus on comfort and body positivity. In 2014, Aerie announced that it would stop digitally retouching advertising photos and would no longer use supermodels in its […]
Sons Donuts will open a new location in the Lane Parke development in Mountain Brook. The doughnut shop, under ownership of Jim and Amy Watkins, opened its first location in Avondale in 2021. Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors Leasing Associate Jackie Hollingsworth secured the company’s lease in the second phase of development at Lane Parke. Son’s […]
The Pants Store is coming to downtown Auburn in fall 2022. The casual lifestyle men and women’s clothing store will be located at the Shops At Gay Street, around the corner from Toomer’s Drugs. The new shopping center will total approximately 35,600 square feet, with a Publix Supermarket and 6,800 square feet of retail space. […]
A retailer is entering the Birmingham area with a new location. Shoe Station has signed on for Vestavia City Center along the Highway 31 corridor in Vestavia Hills. Shoe Station, a self-service retailer featuring a variety of men’s, women’s and children’s footwear, will open near Dollar Tree and Pet Supermarket. The retailer carries over 100 […]
A healthy option is opening in Mountain Brook this summer. Clean Juice will open in Lake Parke’s second phase of development. The 100% certified organic juice bar plans to open around the same time as Ignite Cycle. The second phase of development also includes Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream and BaseCoat On Fifth. According to a release, […]
A family-owned pizza spot is expanding its Birmingham footprint with a location in Vestavia. Davenport’s Pizza Palace will be coming to Vestavia City Center in a 3,800-square-foot space next to Taco Mama. The move marks a return to the area after Davenport’s last Vestavia location closed in the 1980s when its building was sold.
Crumbl Cookies and Grimaldi’s Pizzeria are opening new locations at Valley Bend at Jones Farm in Huntsville, which is managed by Birmingham-based Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors. This will be the third Crumbl location in Alabama and the first for Grimaldi’s, which first opened in Brooklyn in 1990. “The Huntsville community is quite large and quickly […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The Shoppes at EastChase is about to get busier. Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors has announced several new retailers joining the east Montgomery shopping center this year. In the fall, The Shoppes at EastChase will become home to Sephora. Crawford Square says the beauty supplier has been a big request in […]
Two new local retailers are set to open this week while a couple of others are growing their established footprint at the shopping destination.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is planning to open its second location in the Birmingham area. The popular franchise will be part of Phase II of Lane Parke in Mountain Brook, according to Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors. Jeni’s first area location opened in Pepper Place last year. Founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 2002, Jeni’s has more […]
Mary Beyer Lell Principal, Crawford SquareReal Estate Advisors How did you choose the career you are in? A professor in graduate school guided me towards doing an internship in commercial real estate. I guess you could say it was luck that I was directed into a profession that I knew so little about and absolutely love. […]
A Birmingham-based full-service leasing and management company has secured a contract in one of Nashville’s fastest-growing suburbs. Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors has been selected by Heitman to manage and lease Merchant Pointe, a grocery-anchored center in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Chicago-headquartered Heitman acquired the 138,818-square-foot shopping center in 2018. Retail anchors include Aldi, Five Below, Michaels, […]
Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors has significantly expanded its portfolio as a result of a deal with Nuveen. The Birmingham-based firm now leases and manages more than 7.5 million square feet after being selected to lease and manage four properties for investment manager Nuveen. The properties include Buford, Georgia’s Marketplace at Millcreek, a 33-retailer power […]
The first phase of the Lane Parke mixed-use development in Mountain Brook is now fully leased. The newest tenants to sign on for the Evson Inc. development are X4, an expansion of Homewood’s Nexus Fitness that offers high-intensity training, and Buff City Soaps, which features soaps and skincare all made daily on site from plant-based, […]
Birmingham-based full-service leasing and management company has secured a contract in one of Nashville’s fastest-growing suburbs. Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors has been selected by Heitman to manage and lease Merchant Pointe, a grocery-anchored center in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Chicago-headquartered Heitman acquired the 138,818-square-foot shopping center in 2018. Retail anchors include Aldi, Five Below, Michaels, Off […]
Birmingham’s Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors is giving would-be restaurateurs a shot later this year at properties in Birmingham and Montgomery to test out their dining concepts. “Rotate the Plate” will bow in Alabama after opening in Louisville, Ky. at Westport Village. The concept is designed to revamp former restaurant locations by placing established local […]
It may be the future of retail in the era of the pandemic – shopping centers offering curbside pickup for multiple retailers. Birmingham’s Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors is launching a curbside service at two venues in Alabama – The Shoppes of EastChase in Montgomery and Mountain Brook’s Lane Parke. The company is rolling out […]
A boutique wedding shop is moving from Homewood to Lane Parke. Carriage House Weddings owner Caroline Eades is moving the business to Mountain Brook on March 9 after 16 years in Homewood. “We are redefining the shopping experience with a state-of-the-art bridal boutique with no comparison in the southeast,” Eades said. “We have grown immensely […]
An Avondale pizza restaurant will open a location in Mountain Brook this spring. According to a press release from Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors, which handles leasing and management for Lane Parke, Post Office Pies will hold a grand opening April 2 from 5-7:30 p.m. The restaurant will occupy close to 3,500 square feet in […]
A fund sponsored by Wicker Park Capital Management has acquired Cobb Place, a 335,190-square-foot retail center in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. The sales price was undisclosed. Cobb Place features the largest concentration of furniture and home-centric retailers in the Atlanta metro, including Bassett Furniture, American Signature Furniture, Ashley Furniture, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost […]
Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors announces the openings of Old Navy and Bath & Body Works at Cleveland Towne Center in the heart of Cleveland. “The new additions to the shopping center are an excellent complement to the current retail mix which includes Target, Kohl’s, Ross Dress for Less, Bed, Bath & Beyond and Books-A-Million,” […]
No, Lane Parke isn’t where owner and developer John Evans wants it to be. He wishes construction had already begun on the second phase, which is now a vacant parcel of dirt, and he’s sympathetic toward Mountain Brook residents who have tolerated the project’s protraction. But Evans remains optimistic about Lane Parke’s future. In recent […]
Mountain Brook’s Lane Parke has announced two new tenants coming – the ABC Store and The Happy Olive Specialty Shop. Just in the past month, the shopping destination has announced the return of the U.S. Post Office and the reopening of Sol Y Luna. Lane Parke is a 14-acre, $140 million commercial, office and residential development in Birmingham’s Mountain […]
A real estate investment firm with an office in Birmingham has made a $27.45 million deal in the Rocket City. Wicker Park Capital Management LLC, an affiliate of Savannah, Georgia-based Wicker Park Capital Management and Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors, acquired Fern Parc, a 343-unit multifamily property in Huntsville, for $80,029 per unit from Panther […]
It may be one of the worst kept secrets in Mountain Brook, said John Evans, principal of Evson. But today it’s official: The U.S. Post Office will return to Mountain Brook Village in February 2020, offering services in Lane Parke in a 2,700-square-foot space between Swoop and the Lane Parke Apartments. Evans announced today that […]
Birmingham firm Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors have been selected to manage and lease a Louisville, Ky. mixed-use property after its acquisition by Wicker Park Capital Management. Westport Village, a 169,515-square-foot mixed-use center, is comprised of more than 40 retailers, restaurants and offices, located near the intersection of Westport Road and Herr Lane along one […]
ATLANTA, GA — Wicker Park Capital Management and a fund managed by DRA Advisorsare acquiring Camp Creek Marketplace in East Point, GA. The 424,485 square foot shopping center is shadow-anchored by Target and Lowe’s, and includes BJ’s Wholesale Club, Marshall’s, Ross Dress for Less and T.J. Maxx. The center is located at the intersection of […]
A couple of familiar faces will be a part of a new real estate company in Birmingham. Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors is a new leasing and management company launched in the Magic City. The company will focus on property management, accounting, and leasing services for retail and mixed-use assets in the Southeast owned by […]