HB Nitkin sells The Shops at Somerset Square to Rouse Properties for $42 million

Geoffrey Milerd, NGKF

Justin Smith, NGKF

Glastonbury, CT NGKF Capital Markets has completed the sale of  The Shops at Somerset Square to Rouse Properties for $42 million. Executive managing director Geoffrey Millerd, managing director Justin Smith and analyst Christopher Peterson of the NGKF Capital Markets Boston team, which is led by U.S. head of capital markets Robert Griffin, oversaw the transaction of the open-air lifestyle center on behalf of HB Nitkin.

Comprising a total of 114,106 s/f, The Shops at Somerset Square is presently 93% leased to an ideal mix of retail tenants anchored by Ann Taylor, Café Max, MAXFISH, Starbucks, Talbots and Victoria’s Secret.

The Shops at Somerset Square - Glastonbury, CT

“The Shops at Somerset Square’s mix of soft-good and service-oriented retailers, restaurants and traditional office users excellently caters to the trade area’s densely-populated, affluent demographics,” said Millerd. “Serving as one of the only lifestyle retail assets in Metro Hartford, its tenants have historically performed exceedingly well, as evidenced by their permanence at the center.”

Featuring access from a signalized intersection along Glastonbury Blvd. with access to Rte. 3, The Shops at Somerset Square benefits from a location within a Hartford suburb. This retail destination features a trade area population of 166,800 people with an average household income of $102,000.

“The Shops at Somerset Square serves as one of Metro Hartford’s major luxury retail destinations,” said Smith. “It therefore benefits from a limited competitive set and an expansive trade area, with its synergistic compilation of retailers offering an unmatched shopping experience that is only replicated in traditional mall formats.”

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