April 25, 2013 Asset Spotlight

A hybrid power center set in the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, Front Range Village in Ft. Collins, Colorado, imparts the intimacy of a mountain town with the amenities of a big city mixed-use space. Within lunch-hour shopping distance lay the headquarters of Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies with their approximately 4,000 combined office workers.

The interior 175,000 square feet of fashion retail and restaurants at Front Range Village integrates with 80,000 square feet of Class A office space. Surrounding this “main street” lies 495,000 square feet of traffic-driving, power-center anchors, including Super Target, Lowe’s, Toys R Us, and Staples. A unique addition to the retail core, the southeast branch of the Fort Collins Public Library pulls in an additional 280,000 visitors to the property annually. … Read More

April 25, 2013 Leasing

The Summit Birmingham:
Seasons 52, Opened March 2013.  First Restaurant in Alabama
Steel City Pops, Opened March 2013
Allen Edmonds, Opening late Spring 2013

Quail Springs Marketplace:
Golfsmith, Opening Spring 2013. First store in Oklahoma
Tilly’s, Opened March 2013. First store in Oklahoma … Read More

March 28, 2013 Leasing

Uptown Entertainment District (Birmingham, AL):
Todd English P.U.B., Opened February 2013. First restaurant in Alabama
Octane Coffee, Opening Spring 2013. First store in Birmingham

EastChase (Montgomery, AL):
White House Black Market, Opening Spring 2013. First store in Central Alabama
Firebirds, Opening Spring 2013. First restaurant in Central Alabama … Read More

March 28, 2013 Corporate

Bayer Properties continues to expand its national footprint with over 2,000,000 square feet of new Third-Party managed asset assignments since the start of 2013.  Institutional Mall Investors has engaged Bayer to oversee management of Bridge Street Town Centre, the premier mixed-use regional fashion center in Huntsville, AL.  This assignment continues Bayer’s relationship with Institutional Mall Investors, a partnership which represents approximately 15% of Bayer’s owned and managed portfolio of almost 12,000,000 square feet.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has engaged Bayer Properties to oversee management of the Metropolitan, a premier urban mixed-use asset located in Charlotte, North Carolina.  This assignment continues Bayer’s partnership with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which also includes the joint venture acquisition of The Avenue Webb Gin in suburban Atlanta this past November, among other projects.

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March 28, 2013 Asset Spotlight

EastChase recently celebrated its 10^th Anniversary. Located in the capital city of Montgomery, Alabama, The Shoppes at EastChase opened in November 2002 with 187,717 square feet of operating retail space. Ten years later, this regional shopping destination has expanded its fashion offering while adding EastChase Plaza, an adjacent traffic-driving power center component, quadrupling the asset size to 757,187 square feet. Bayer Properties took over the management, leasing and marketing in 2010, driving occupancy to 97% … Read More