Malden, MA RK Centers, the growing privately held, family-owned real estate development company, has acquired the Stop & Shop plaza at 99 Charles St. The purchase price was $26.275 million.
Five miles from downtown Boston and two miles from I-93 and Rte. 1, consists of the 80,506 s/f supermarket set on 8.9 acres with parking for 594 vehicles.
Kenneth Fries, RK Centers’ VP of development and acquisitions, represented the buyer, R.K. Malden, LLC, and Justin Smith, head of capital markets at Atlantic Capital Partners, representing seller Orion Malden Shop LLC.
The site has a trade area of nearly 50,000 people within a three-mile radius with average household income of almost $110,000. Some 13,000 vehicles pass the site daily. Located a short distance from the MBTA station, the adjacent space on the property is ideal for multifamily development.
Randolph, MA Sterling Trust has sold its Sterling Plaza neighborhood retail site located at 45 Mazzeo Dr. to The Shops at Randolph, LLC. The property is home to several restaurants, including the West End Grill, The Well, Outback Steakhouse and It’s Game Time Sportsbar.
Placemaking. That is the word for 2024. While the concept has historical precedence in urban development, it became part of our current culture in the 1960’s when urbanists started to think about cities for people, not just cars.