Description:
- Short Pump Station is an acquisition of a Trader Joe’s anchored shopping center in the affluent Short Pump submarket of Richmond, Virginia.
- The Property was 97% leased at acquisition and has maintained at least 97% occupancy since it was developed in 2007. Over two million visitors visit the center annually to shop at Trader Joe’s and the center is occupied by a diverse line up of necessity retail, food and beverage, and service & soft goods tenants.
- The Short Pump submarket continues to exhibit healthy fundamentals. The combination of virtually no new supply since 2017 and mostly positive demand since 2020 has deeply compressed the submarket vacancy rate. Tenants continue to cluster around and expand in areas of strong buying power and are willing to pay higher rents for visible, high-quality space like that available at Short Pump Station.
Fundamentals for neighborhood necessity-based retail are healthy and continue to benefit from several post-COVID shopping behaviors. Historically low construction deliveries, record low vacancy rates, elevated leasing activity, and above-average rent growth position the sector to capture NOI growth in the near term. The daily-needs tenant base may insulate the sector from a potential economic downturn or shifts in consumer preferences. Given these strong fundamentals, GCREIT is pleased to acquire a Trader Joe’s anchored center in the Short Pump submarket of Richmond, Virginia.
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The asset is located in the affluent and educated submarket of Short Pump, Virginia which is retailer’s first point of entry into the Richmond metro area. Short Pump is characterized by an affluent and educated demographic that creates a stable shopper profile. Grocery-anchored assets in the Richmond suburbs are well positioned to capture demand and capitalize on demographic drivers such as population, employment, and wage growth. Population and median income growth in Richmond have outpaced the national average. Richmond has seen 2.6% population growth compared to 1.6% nationally from 2020-2023.