NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
1st
Carolina Properties Names Leasing Agent for Sunset Commons
Larry Cheek to Handle Leasing of Area’s Newest Shopping
Center
(Sunset Beach, NC) January 3,
2006 –1st
Carolina Properties, developer of Sunset Commons, is pleased to announce that
Larry Cheek, president of Resort Brokerage and Consulting, Inc, has been named
leasing agent for the center. Sunset
Commons, Sunset Beach’s new upscale shopping center, will be anchored by a
state-of-the art 40,000 square foot Piggly Wiggly grocery store.
Approximately
57% of the 70,000 square foot project is under lease. Other national chain
categories reviewing lease proposals include a hair salon, video store,
hardware store, ice cream and sandwich shop.
Out parcels could include a convenience store and bank. The center is also being considered by a local
pizza restaurant, ladies apparel store and tanning and nail spa. The new center is scheduled to open in late
spring 2006.
“By
bringing Larry on to handle the leasing of Sunset Commons, we are anticipating
full leasing of the center to take place in the next few months,” said Randy
Bossé, partner, 1st Carolina
Properties. “We are committed to making
Sunset Commons the area’s premiere upscale shopping center, with the best
variety of businesses and services available to Sunset Beach and the
surrounding area.”
Larry
Cheek founded Resort Brokerage and Consulting in 2000. The company’s main service area is Brunswick
County, with special emphasis on Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach.
Sunset
Commons is projected to reach more than 8,000 households in a mere three mile
radius, including the Ocean Isle and Sunset Beach communities. The shopping
center will be located at the intersection of Seaside Highway (Highway 904) and
Old Georgetown Road, just outside of Sunset Beach.
About 1st
Carolina Properties
1st Carolina Properties’ partners are
retail developers actively building seven (7) quality projects throughout the
Carolinas. Completed projects include the new Woodside Village Shopping Center
in Murrell’s Inlet anchored by Piggly Wiggly. Through its tenant relationships, 1st Carolina
Properties has developed projects for both regional and national tenants,
including Belk, The Home Depot, Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ross Dress for
Less, Lowe's Foods and Kroger. For
further information on the company visit www.1stcarolinaproperties.com
or contact Randy Bossé at 919.657.5005 or rbosse@1stcarolinaproperties.com.
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