CBRE Negotiates $62.5M Sale of Shopping Center in Vernon, Connecticut
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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VERNON, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $62.5 million sale of Tri-City Plaza, a 295,817-square-foot shopping center in Vernon, located northeast of Hartford. Grocer Shoprite anchors the center, which was 96 percent le…
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