Real Estate & Construction  October 8, 2019

LA real estate firm buys Wilbur’s, Whole Foods building in Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS — A Los Angeles retail leasing company has closed a $23.75 million deal to take over a portion of University Center, a shopping center that houses liquor store Wilbur’s Total Beverage and Whole Foods in Fort Collins.

An Arizona-based subsidiary of CIM Group LP purchased the 6.46-acre, 68,334-square-foot property at 2201 S. College Ave. Sept. 24, according to a press release from CBRE Group Inc., the broker of the deal.

The property was last valued at $14,350,000 by the Larimer County Assessor. A sale deed has yet to be filed with county officials as of Tuesday afternoon.

CIM Group has been particularly busy in Northern Colorado in previous weeks. The company closed on a 118,000-square-foot office building in the Platteville Energy Park late last month for $32.35 million. It also owns several retail buildings in the Greeley area.

It’s unclear whether the purchase will affect operations at Whole Foods or Wilbur’s. CIM did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday morning.

A manager at Wilbur’s reached by phone Tuesday morning referred questions to owner Mat Dinsmore, who did not respond to requests to comment. A Whole Foods store manager referred questions to their corporate management.

FORT COLLINS — A Los Angeles retail leasing company has closed a $23.75 million deal to take over a portion of University Center, a shopping center that houses liquor store Wilbur’s Total Beverage and Whole Foods in Fort Collins.

An Arizona-based subsidiary of CIM Group LP purchased the 6.46-acre, 68,334-square-foot property at 2201 S. College Ave. Sept. 24, according to a press release from CBRE Group Inc., the broker of the deal.

The property was last valued at $14,350,000 by the Larimer County Assessor. A sale…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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