Destination: Tri-County Towne Center

April 2012

Kristine Davidson and Andrew Feinblatt of OnSite Retail Group announced the signing of leases with DestinationXL and Firehouse Subs at Tri-County Towne Center in the northern Cincinnati community of Springdale.  Davidson and Feinblatt, who have been handling the marketing and leasing of Tri-County Towne Center for several years, represented the Gilhart family, owner of the shopping center.  

Casual Male Retail Group, Inc., parent company of DestinationXL (also known as DXL), currently operates a Casual Male store at nearby Cassinelli Square.  The new DXL store at Tri-County Towne Center will replace the existing Casual Male store and expand its offerings and square footage.  The new store, which will measure 11,186 square feet, will be the First DXL store in Greater Cincinnati and the first DXL store in Ohio.    DXL signed a 10-year lease and plans to open the new store in September.  Also signed this month was a new lease with Yellow Submarines, LLC, franchisee for Firehouse Subs.  The new 2,260 square foot restaurant is also expected to open in September.  The rapidly-growing Firehouse Subs chain currently has five locations in Greater Cincinnati.

GNC rolls the dice on relocation near casino in Columbus

April 2012

General Nutrition Corporation (GNC) will be repositioning their store in the West Broad Street retail market near Westland Mall this summer.  Following many successful years inside Westland Mall, GNC is adapting to the changing retail environment along West Broad Street.  While the new Hollywood Casino is bringing plenty of excitement and new activity to West Broad Street for its grand opening this Fall, it hasn’t yet been the boon needed to reinvigorate Westland Mall.  GNC, wanting to retain its loyal customers in the area, sought a new location to better serve its customers and relied on Andrew Feinblatt of Cincinnati-based OnSiteRetail Group to identify and secure the new location.  The chain’s new 1,500 square foot store will be located in West Highland Plaza, where GNC will join Radio Shack and GameStop.  GNC is anticipating an August 2012 opening.

GNC Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading global specialty retailer of health and wellness products, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplement products, sports nutrition products and diet products, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GNC."  As of December 31, 2011, GNC has more than 7,600 locations, of which more than 5,900 retail locations are in the United States and franchise operations in 53 countries.

OnSite Retail Group helps AAA expand services in Central KY

April 2012

AAA recently leased 9,600 square feet of space in Lexington to house their fleet of road service vehicles, drivers and fleet management team.  AAA Allied Group, Inc., doing business as AAA, tapped Andrew Feinblatt of OnSite Retail Group to spearhead the search for a suitable fleet facility.  Feinblatt, who exclusively represents AAA throughout its entire multi-state region, worked in cooperation with Paul Ray Smith of NAI Isaac Commercial Properties in the new lease at 1008 Eastland Drive in Lexington.  Becky Reinhold of Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty represented the building owner, Drummer, Caton & Drummer, LLC.  

Cincinnati-based AAA Allied Group, Inc. serves customers across a large region including 27 counties in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana, 12 counties in southern West Virginia, 47 counties in Kentucky, 9 counties in Virginia, Greater Hartford, CT and all but 5 counties in the state of Kansas.  AAA provides insurance, travel, financial and automotive-related services to 52 million members nationwide. Since its founding in 1902, AAA has been a leading advocate for motorists and consumers.

OnSite Retail Group completes four transactions for GameStop in first quarter

March 2012

Lately it’s been “game-on” for OnSite Retail Group and video game retailer, GameStop.  Andrew Feinblatt of Cincinnati-based OnSite Retail Group represented GameStop in the completion of four recent leases.  Three of the new stores resulting from the leases will be in the Dayton, Ohio area, where GameStop already operates over a dozen stores. 

GameStop signed a leased for 1,463 square feet in Xenia.  The new store, which is currently under construction, should open in late April in a two-tenant building located between Walmart Supercenter and Lowe’s at 110 Unit B Hospitality Drive.  The second new Dayton-area store will open in the former CATO space on the east side of Springfield at Eastside Square, adjacent to Walmart Supercenter.  The new store at 150 South Tuttle Road will mark GameStop’s third in the Springfield market.  The third lease was completed on the south side of Beavercreek at The Greene Town Center, at Indian Ripple Road and I-675.  And while there have been opportunities in the past at The Greene for GameStop, they have been patient, waiting for just the right space to come available.  And last, but not least, Feinblatt’s fourth new GameStop deal of the quarter was completed on the north side of Cincinnati in Fairfield.  That new store will open in the fourth quarter of this year within the roadside phase II development at the Jungle Jim’s International Market complex.  The new Fairfield store will join AT&T, Jimmy John’s and Menchie’s frozen yogurt.

According to Feinblatt who is approaching the ten-year mark in his representation of GameStop, the retailer continues to expand at select locations in the Greater Cincinnati, Dayton & Columbus markets as well as in smaller markets in Ohio and Northern Kentucky.  Ranked 262 on the Fortune 500, GameStop is the world's largest multichannel video game retailer. GameStop's retail network and family of brands include 6,627 company-operated stores in 17 countries worldwide and online at www.GameStop.com.



New Verizon coming to Florence - Shauna Steigerwald blogs about the new store in Cincinnati.com's New in Town

Watson’s superstore, Morris Home Furnishings, new Verizon coming to Florence

·         03/14/12 at 11:56am

·         Written by Shauna Steigerwald

Several new retail outlets — including a Watson’s superstore, Morris Home Furnishings and a relocated Verizon Wireless — are planned for Florence in the coming months.

Construction crews work on the facade of the Morris Home Furnishing store, set to open later this year. The store will be located in the old Kmart building. (The Community Recorder)

Justin B. Duke of the Community Recorder reports:

This year Florence will see the opening of a Watson’s superstore, Morris Home Furnishings, a new Verizon Wireless store and others.

“These are all excellent redevelopment projects,” said Josh Wice, Florence’s business/community development director.

The Watson’s will be on Houston Road in the former Ethan Allen furniture store. Watson’s currently has an accessory outlet on Mall Road, but the new store will offer much more, Wice said. Watson’s sells pools, pool supplies and equipment along with indoor entertainment.

“They will have the space to offer a full-service store with everything Watson’s offers,” he said.

The Verizon Wireless store is being built in the old Lone Star steakhouse lot on Mall Road. The new store will replace its current store across the street, and that building will be open for lease.

Morris Furniture is currently renovating the old Kmart building on Burlington Pike.

Having a company that’s new to the area invest a significant amount of money in an existing building is an encouraging sign for Florence’s retail development, Wice said.

“It will be very complementary to the surrounding business community,” he said.

With a wealth of new retail stores opening this year, it reinforces Florence as Northern Kentucky’s retail hub, which means shoppers can look to Florence to find what they need, Wice said.

“The entire business community of Florence benefits,” he said.

The upcoming list of opening stores is something to be proud of, but that doesn’t mean Florence is done finding new retailers, Wice said.

“We’re always looking for new opportunities for Florence,” he said. 

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Verizon Wireless moves to new location in Florence, KY

March 2012

OnSite Retail Group recently completed another transaction for long-standing client, Verizon Wireless.  The company plans to expand its current store size and move into its new 5,950 square foot building in the third quarter of this year at 7533 Mall Road.  Verizon, who signed a 10-year lease on the property, was represented by OnSite Retail Group’s Eric Abroms, who has completed nearly 20 transactions for Verizon.  Abroms also represented the buyer in a purchase of the property, who completed a build-to-suit transaction with Verizon.  Verizon Wireless has 13 corporately owned and operated locations in Greater Cincinnati.  Abroms said the company is looking to add one or two additional locations in Greater Cincinnati within the next 12 to 24 months.

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ and LSE: VOD).



OnSite Retail Group represents Baker Storey McDonald in new Colerain Ave. project

March 2012

Andrew Feinblatt of OnSite Retail Group just completed a series of transactions on Colerain Avenue that will soon result in the opening of a new 6,200 square foot retail building in northwest Cincinnati’s Colerain Township.  Feinblatt’s first transaction was in representing Baker Storey McDonald on the purchase of a former bank branch from PNC Bank at 9850 Colerain Avenue, just across the street from Stone Creek Town Center.  Prior to Baker Storey McDonald’s closing on the purchase of the property, Feinblatt secured the necessary leases to completely fill the building.  The three tenants lined-up for the building are Aspen Dental, JS Gold & Coin and GNC, who is also an OnSite Retail Group client represented by Feinblatt.  Construction of the new building has commenced, and the new tenants are expecting to open in July.  Baker Storey McDonald Properties, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.  Baker Storey McDonald serves the retail real estate community throughout the central southern states of the U.S. providing tenant representation, project leasing, property management, development and investment services.  In addition to the services that Baker Storey McDonald Properties provide its clients, the firm acquires retail-use real estate in target markets in the southeast U.S.