Target announces B.C. store locations.

The U.S. Department store chain Target announced today it intends to open dozens of stores in Canada and 18 in B.C. by March or April of next year.

Target intends to announce additional locations over the next several months, the company said in a press release today. They include:

• Abbotsford – Abbotsford Power Centre

• Burnaby – Metropolis at Metrotown

• Chilliwack – Cottonwood Mall

• Coquitlam – Coquitlam Centre

• Delta – Scottsdale Mall

• Langley – Willowbrook Shopping Centre

• Maple Ridge – Haney Place Mall

• Surrey – Surrey Place/Central City

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First Capital Realty has announced the acquisition of The Plaza at New Westminster.  The property consists of 194,000 square feet of gross leaseable area and a 422 stall paid parking garage.  The project is fully integrated with Skytrain and a bus terminal.  Tenants include Safeway, Landmark Theatres, Shoppers Drug Mart, Dollar Tree, CIBC, RBC, Starbucks and A&W.

The acquisition price was approximately $100 million with the potential for furhter performance incentives.

2303 – 2305 West 41st Avenue in Kerrisdale has sold. The two-storey retail and office building sold for $7,400,000. With 10,600 sq ft of rentable area, the price per SF was $698.

Located mid-block on the East side of Main Street one block North Of King Edward Avenue, this 5,000 square foot redevelopment site is currently improved with a 2,400 square foot, two tenant retail building.

The property was sold in late April 2012 by Ted Mildon and Matt Saunders.

Colliers has acted on behalf of the Vendor in the sale of 3880 Oak Street, a 6,177 sq ft strip retail centre at Oak and West 23rd in Vancouver. The property is fully leased to Rackets & Runners, Subway and several local tenants. The centre is zoned C-2 and has long-term redevelopment potential. The purchase price was $4,686,000, or $759 per SF.