• Insider's View: A Q1 M&A and Capital Markets Review

    More players chasing fewer assets

    From CSP Daily News

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Last year was truly a banner year for merger and acquisition activity in the convenience store industry. We witnessed the culmination of major oil company retail asset divestitures, as well as a very aggressive acquisition program by 7-Eleven Inc.

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  • 7-Eleven Retains NRC Realty & Capital Advisors For Store Sales

    From Convenience Store Decisions

    7-Eleven Inc. retained NRC Realty & Capital Advisors to coordinate the sale of 30 gas stations and c-stores in upstate and western New York.

    The 30 locations stretch from Fredonia and Buffalo in the west through Elmira and Watertown to communities next to Lake Champlain in northeast. Lot sizes range from 5,500 to nearly 81,000 square feet, while store sizes range from 1,100 to 3,500 square feet. All sites are being sold without 7-Eleven branding. Fuel sites are currently branded Mobil, Sunoco or unbranded.

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  • Getty Realty Puts 66 Sites Up for Sale

    From Convenience Store News

    CHICAGO -- Getty Realty Corp. has tapped NRC Realty & Capital Advisors to lead its divesture of 66 retail and commercial properties. The sites are spread through six markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

    “These sites are very attractive for a variety of retail and commercial uses,” said Dennis Ruben, NRC's executive managing director. “The majority are located on high-traffic corners in mature neighborhoods and in small towns. Investors will also be interested in bidding on many of the locations under licenses with operators.”

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  • Cumberland Farms to sell 18 convenience stores & 2 undeveloped sites

    From NPN Magazine

    Cumberland Farms, Inc. plans to sell 18 convenience stores, some of which are operating, some of which are closed, plus two retail development sites. All of the properties are in the Northeast, according to a statement by NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, which said it was retained to handle the sale.

    The company has a market-leading position throughout the Northeast as well as a significant presence in the Mid-Atlantic region and Florida.

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  • NRC Announces the Acquisition of City Stop Assets by S&S Fuels, LLC

    NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC ("NRC") announced today that S&S Fuels, LLC ("S&S") of Littleton, Colorado, has acquired all of the assets of City Stop Inc. and its affiliates ("City Stop") in the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada market. NRC served as the exclusive financial advisor to City Stop during the private placement sale.

    City Stop offers a "one-stop-shopping" concept, providing customers with multiple services such as gasoline, car washes, groceries, gaming and US Postal Service units.

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  • NRC announces auction of cross-dock industrial portfolio

    NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC, announced today that it has been retained by YRC Worldwide to coordinate the sale of 61 surplus cross-dock industrial sites located throughout the country. Geographically, the sites are primarily in the Southeast and Midwest with the remaining sites in New England, Texas and Los Angeles, California. While the sites are improved with cross-dock terminals, they are also adaptable to a variety of industrial, and in some cases retail, uses. YRC Worldwide has one of the largest less-than-truckload (LTL) networks in North America YRC Worldwide has designated these sites as surplus and has closed the facilities over the past several years.

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Press Releases

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

NRC Announces Sale of Merced, CA Home Sites, Fresno, CA Office Building and Large Land Parcel in Buckeye, AZ

Chicago, IL October 6, 2010 — NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC, announced today it has been retained in the lender liquidation sale of 58 acres approved for 289 housing lots in Merced, CA, an office building in Fresno, CA, and approximately 361 acres of land in Buckeye, AZ.

The Merced housing sites sit on 58.13 acres and consist of 289 proposed single-family lots, ranging in size from 5,250 to 7,500 square feet and are Phase II and III of the Moraga planned residential development. Starting bid is $400,000.

Located in the northeast section of Merced at the corner of Yosemite Avenue, a major east/west arterial street, and Via Moraga Street, the neighborhood is improved with single-family houses, retail uses and service-commercial buildings along the Yosemite Corridor, an established commercial and residential district. Offsite improvements include concrete curbs, sidewalks and streetlights.

Phase II has 233 lots with tentative map approval and Phase III has tentative map approval pending. The lots are generally rectangular in shape and design with widths of 50 to 60 feet and depths of approximately 105 feet.

Constructed in 1962, the two-story, 7,296-gross-square-foot Fresno office building at 3003 N. Blackstone Avenue is at the northwest corner of Blackstone and Cornell Avenues. There are 18 office suites in the building, and paved parking for 22 cars. Starting bid is $150,000.

Located near the Phoenix metropolitan area within the planned community of Elianto, along the Sun Valley Parkway in the town of Buckeye in Maricopa County, AZ, the approximate 361 acres of land for sale is zoned for commercial and medium density residential (3-6 dwelling units per acre). While unimproved, the site has water and sewer entitlement solutions in place. Sun Valley Parkway is considered the primary transportation corridor for the area. The property is in close proximity to the Buckeye Municipal Airport. Starting bid is $800,000.

"Our seller would like to get these properties sold by the end of the year and off their books," said Evan Gladstone, NRC's Executive Managing Director. "This is a good opportunity for investors and opportunistic buyers."

Bids will be accepted through NRC's sealed bid process. The bid deadline has been set for November 18, 2010. To view property specific information and to receive sale updates, register online at www.nrc.com/1011. Sales brochures are available by calling 800.747.3342, ext. 1011.

NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC provides a full array of real estate and financial advisory services to the convenience store and petroleum industries, and specializes in the accelerated sale of commercial and residential real estate. NRC's breadth of experience in the convenience store arena includes portfolio evaluation and analysis; refinancing, recapitalization & sale-leaseback financing options; and merger and acquisition advisory services. Since its inception in 1989, NRC has sold more than 10,000 properties. Clients include globally recognized companies in a variety of industries, including petroleum (BP, Shell and Sunoco), convenience stores (Circle K), financial institutions (GE Capital and Fifth Third) and retail (Kmart). For more information, visit www.nrc.com.