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It’s no secret that our industry is changing in decade, working with numerous shopping center, office 10 many ways, as multiple trends are converging and residential property owners. BrightStreet is not only a that are destined to re-shape the brick and strategic investor in Datex Property Solutions, it is also mortar shopping center business. These trends working closely with the company to help it further

Lake Michigan include the rise of e-commerce (Amazon), the enhance its system and grow its business with other real emergence of the Smartphone (Apple) and the estate portfolio operators. one-touch accessibility of all information (Google). The second venture that BrightStreet is focused on is a In response, NewMark Merrill Companies has merchant-to-consumer mobile marketplace called launched BrightStreet Ventures, a technology BlueList. When it launches later this year BlueList will 5850 Canoga Avenue, San Juan Capistrano affiliate focused on developing new technology enable merchants to systematically target, on a Suite 650 platforms that leverage our inherent advantages as daily basis, the customers that they most want to Woodland Hills, CA 91367 shopping center owners and managers. bring through the door. Tel (818) 710-6100 Peru BrightStreet is currently working on two ventures. The BrightStreet is led by Mark Sigal, the brother Fax (818) 710-6116 first is a business intelligence system that unifies the www.NewMarkMerrill.com of NewMark Merrill Companies CEO Sandy various “back office” processes of shopping center Sigal. In addition to a number of years of real estate owners and managers. This is the same technology that asset management experience, Mark also brings twenty years of NEWMARK MERRILL COMPANIES PORTFOLIO • 2014 powers NewMark Merrill’s breakthrough Real Estate Portal system. technology industry success, having launched five startups in the Datex Property Solutions, developer of NewMark’s portal, has areas of internet infrastructure, social media and mobile, with exits been refining its business intelligence system for the better part of a to IBM, Intel and Apple.

A PEAK At Our New Retail Experience Coming Soon To Longmont, CO

NewMark Merrill Companies develops, acquires, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA Village at the Peaks, a new shopping center set to open in 2015 in Longmont, Colorado, has announced the signing of five manages and leases commercial retail shopping Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Santa Maria Commons 117,363 Santa Maria Chula Vista Crossings 183,173 Chula Vista new tenants for the project. In addition, Whole Foods Market at Village at the Peaks – the first Whole Foods Market in Longmont – centers throughout , Colorado and Chicago. El Cajon Town & Country 53,000 El Cajon has increased the size of its planned location to more than 40,000 square feet, from the 30,000 originally announced. VENTURA COUNTY, CA Lake Elsinore Valley Center 68,838 Lake Elsinore Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location NewMark Merrill Property Portfolio: Grand Plaza 356,000 San Marcos Janss Marketplace 455,250 Thousand Oaks The additional tenants are: Mesa Town Center 140,438 San Diego LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA Thousand Oaks Marketplace 155,000 Thousand Oaks Mission Marketplace 344,009 Oceanside • Gold’s Gym – With more than 425 Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Tri-Party 11,146 Thousand Oaks 20th and K 107,016 Lancaster Nordhal Marketplace 315,000 San Marcos locations nationwide, Gold’s Gym TULARE, CA Carson Town Square 59,783 Carson Piazza Carmel 137,609 Carmel Valley will bring the “gold standard” in Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Crenshaw Imperial Plaza 303,869 Crenshaw Poway Crossings 114,811 Poway fitness to Longmont. Visalia Center 59,283 Visalia San Marcos Village 96,606 San Marcos Del Amo Plaza 58,126 Cerritos • Parry’s Pizza – Bringing New York-style pizza and Devonshire/Reseda 182,611 Northridge ORANGE COUNTY, CA The Shops at Spectrum 13,240 San Diego a national array of craft beer to Village at the Peaks Food 4 Less 50,254 Wilmington Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Terra Nova Plaza 310,000 Chula Vista The Gardens 57,485 Hawaiian Gardens 378,271 Anaheim Tri-City Crossroads 147,000 Oceanside customers. Parry’s Pizza proudly serves customers in four Gateway Plaza 17,389 Pico Rivera Bristol Warner Marketplace 121,679 Santa Ana Villa Norte 19,702 La Jolla locations throughout Colorado. “These new retailers represent the initial breadth of experiences we look forward to bringing to the Longmont community,” says Glendale Marketplace 158,527 Glendale Bristol Warner Village 82,671 Santa Ana COLORADO • Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar – Diners love the way Bad Daddy’s Lancaster Plaza 107,322 Lancaster Allen Ginsborg, Managing Director and Principal of NewMark RIVERSIDE/SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, CA Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location creatively blends local and artisan ingredients to create a Norwalk Town Square 241,500 Norwalk Merrill Mountain States. “From a high-quality fitness facility to Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Arvada Marketplace 164,611 Arvada truly customized gourmet burger experience. Bad Daddy’s Norwalk Walmart 111,830 Norwalk Arlington Square 98,742 Riverside Broomfield Plaza 105,064 Broomfield terrific burgers and more, Village at the Peaks is where the Park Plaza on Maine 96,219 Baldwin Park has created the burger bar experience in nine locations 28,708 Corona Citadel Crossing 470,000 Colorado Springs community will be able to spend time taking in mountain views, Tarzana Village 50,136 Tarzana nationwide, including the fashionable Cherry Creek Citrus Village II 156,000 Corona Fort Collins Marketplace 80,276 Fort Collins get fit, shop for fun or essentials, and enjoy excellent dining and Topanga Willows 9,809 Woodland Hills neighborhood in Denver. Corona Town and Country 58,129 Corona Harvest Junction N & S 335,375 Longmont state-of-the-art entertainment.” Westridge Shopping Center 63,529 Canoga Park Country Club Marketplace 99,500 Chino Hills Village at the Peaks 480,000 Longmont • Verizon Wireless – This will be Verizon Wireless’s fourth Fresh & Easy/ Big Lots 49,500 Whittier The five new Village at the Peaks tenants join Whole Foods Heritage Plaza 119,000 Riverside Westlake Village 157,000 Greeley Longmont location, making the mobile phone service Market (40,600 square feet), Regal Cinema with Premium SACRAMENTO, CA The Marketplace on Grove 207,000 Ontario CHICAGO, IL company even more accessible to area residents. Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Moreno Beach Plaza 22,669 Moreno Valley Shopping Center Sq. Ft. Location Experience (46,626 square feet), a first in northern Colorado, Commonwealth Square 141,310 Folsom Mt. San Jacinto Plaza 19,212 San Jacinto Peru Marketplace 362,463 Peru • Paci c Dental – This 3,500 square foot location will be and Sam’s Club (136,000 square feet). In addition, NewMark Elverta Crossing 119,998 Sacramento Page Plaza 349,000 Hemet Stratford Crossing 358,385 Bloomingdale Pacific Dental’s first office in Longmont. Pacific Dental has Merrill Mountain States has signed two additional anchor Southgate Plaza 365,000 Sacramento University Village 178,020 Riverside Winston Plaza 404,471 Melrose Park more than 275 offices in the southwest U.S., including three tenant leases, bringing the project to its current status of nearly Upland Town Square 104,565 Upland in northern Colorado. 70% leased. The newly-signed anchor tenants have prohibited disclosure of their names until the project’s groundbreaking.

5850 Canoga Avenue, Suite 650 • Woodland Hills, CA 91367 • TEL (818) 710-6100 • FAX (818) 710-6116 • www.NewMarkMerrill.com NewMark Merrill Companies Walmart Neighborhood Mission Marketplace Market opens-space available Brings Home the GOLD for Best 2013 Retail Project Expands for 2014 Hundreds of shoppers attended the April 2 Grand Opening of the Mission Marketplace, an existing 345,371 36,000-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market grocery store, square foot shopping center located on the located on the northeast corner of Ventu Park Road and Highway The Los Angeles Business Journal awarded NewMark Merrill efforts of Superior Markets, we believe that this remodel will ACQUISITIONS & corner of Highway 76 and College Blvd in 101 in Thousand Oaks, California. Walmart Neighborhood Market is designed as a smaller footprint store with a pharmacy, health and Companies Park Plaza on Maine the Gold level award as Los Angeles’ provide a great opportunity for the community to get a shopping DEVELOPMENTS: Oceanside, California, is on the rise for beauty products, affordable groceries and merchandise. “Best 2013 Retail Project.” The award was announced at the Los center which they can be proud of and which will be a long-term 2014. In 2013, Mission Marketplace became home to two new anchor Angeles Business Journal’s 19th Annual Commercial Real Estate Award asset to the neighborhood.” tenants, Ross Dress for Less and PetSmart, adding variety to the already At the Grand Opening, Walmart Neighborhood Market’s General ceremony in February, 2014. diverse shopping experience. Manager Jesus Corral welcomed guests and introduced the color Park Plaza on Maine, which is adjacent to the City Hall complex guard from local Boy Scout troops. Debbie Wohlers, Market Manager, NewMark Merrill Companies brought new life to Park Plaza on Maine, and Cruz Baca Metrolink Station, is a part of the City of Baldwin Ross Dress for Less signed a 10-year lease and opened for business in told shoppers, “We are excited to provide a new shopping option to a 165,000 square foot shopping center in Baldwin Park, California, Park’s vision to revitalize Baldwin Park’s Civic Center area by July 2013. The tenant occupies 24,250 square feet of space. Nancy the Thousand Oaks community! And we are open 24 hours a day for through a full scale remodel which commenced mid-September 2012. creating a “Main Street” environment. “The renovation of the Johnston of Epsteen & Associates represented Ross Dress for Less, while when you need something and can’t wait until the morning.” NewMark Merrill Companies spent over $2.5 million on the project NewMark Merrill Companies, along with John Jennings of Cushman & Park Plaza on Maine shopping center is a major step towards More than 300 Walmart Neighborhood Markets have opened in the following the 2011 opening of Superior Grocers within the center, the revitalization of downtown Baldwin Park,” states Manuel Wakefield, represented the landlord. which NewMark helped entitle and remodel. The center remodel United States since 1998, with 24 stores opening in California. Lozano, Mayor of Baldwin Park. “We are thankful for NewMark PetSmart opened its location in December 2013. PetSmart also signed a included new pylon and monument signage along Ramona Boulevard and Maine Avenue, new street front Merrill’s investment.” 10-year lease and now occupies 18,192 square feet of space. PetSmart retailers along Maine Avenue, new facades for all of the inline buildings, and many common area updates, THANKS was represented by Ron Pepper of Retail Insite and Eric Termansen of including a new outdoor seating area and dynamic water feature. FOR THE TIP: Western Retail Advisors, LLC; NewMark Merrill Companies and John Park Plaza on Maine is well positioned on Ramona Blvd. and Maine Ave., with an average traffic count of Conn’s Jennings of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. 44,000 cars daily. Brad Pearl, Vice President of Leasing and Development, and Luca Giovanardi, Director of Arvada Marketplace These additions ensure that Mission Marketplace will continue to Development & Construction for NewMark Merrill Companies, oversaw the entire remodel and provided Jon Weisiger, CBRE grow in the local community. With powerhouse tenants moving in, oversight of the contractor. Keith Coffman, DLR Planet Fitness Stratford the shopping center will have the ability to attract other strong Group WWCOT, provided the architectural services Robert Melsher, tenants and thrive as a whole. for the site design, and the project was built by Brett NewMark Merrill Centers Metro Commercial Launch FREE Web Sur ng Crail, W.L. Butler Construction, Inc. Real Estate Park Plaza on Maine is anchored by Superior Hobby Lobby Stratford To enhance the shopping experience for customers Grocers and CVS/Pharmacy and is home to many and build sales for merchants, NewMark Merrill David Leathers, Welcomes Three other great retailers, including Chase, Little Caesars, Companies continues to add new shopper D. E. Johnson & Check N’ Go, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Menchie’s amenities at their properties. This year free Associates Major Retailers Yogurt, Subway, El Pollo Loco, Allstate Insurance center-wide wireless internet service was launched and many more. Sprouts Upland A retailer’s dream came true at Southgate Southgate Plaza, offers deep-discount prices for centers. To date, NewMark Merrill Companies at Janss Marketplace, Anaheim Town Square, Ryan Sullivan, University Village, Mission Marketplace, Winston “We’re honored to have received this Gold Level Pictured from left to right: Brad Pearl, Vice President/Co-Founder, Plaza in Sacramento, as hundreds of customers name brand closeouts and regularly available has opened eleven 99¢ Only Stores and five Western Retail Advisers Plaza and Norwalk Town Square. Award for Best Retail Project in 2013,” exclaims Sandy Sigal, President and Chief Executive Of cer and Luca A. spent the night in the parking lot to be the first consumable products, food and beverages. Anna’s Linens stores at various shopping Giovanardi, Director of Development & Construction. to shop at the new 99¢ Only Store. The 99¢ centers in the NewMark Merrill portfolio. While some stores at the selected centers already Sandy Sigal, Chief Executive Officer, NewMark SIGNED LEASES: Anna’s Linens signed a 10-year lease for a Only Grand Opening celebration specials, provided free WiFi for their customers, the internet Merrill Companies. “The City of Baldwin Park has 9,900 square foot space. This leasing activity signals continuing retail including a 40-inch LCD TV for the first nine service range was limited. Now shoppers can stay been an outstanding partner, and along with the In addition, Walmart has announced plans to growth at the 365,000-square-foot Southgate customers, drew almost 3,000 shoppers on connected to the web as they stroll. Plans are open a new Walmart Neighborhood Market at Plaza shopping center. Attracting new retailers opening day. currently underway to install free wireless internet the center in summer 2015. Approximately has been a top priority since NewMark Merrill service in other NewMark Merrill shopping centers The 99¢ Only Store is one of two major one-third the size of a Walmart Supercenter, the Companies assumed management of the as well. Sprouts Takes Root in Upland Town Square retailers which opened at about the same time new store will offer a full grocery department center in 2010. 99¢ Only, Anna’s Linens and at NewMark Merrill Companies’ Southgate Walmart Neighborhood Market join other The service casts a huge net around the shopping with a bakery and self-serve deli, as well as a full Last March, Upland Town Square celebrated the grand opening of Sprouts Farmers Market, a new Plaza, located at Florin Road and Franklin service pharmacy. great stores and restaurants at Southgate centers, making them one big “WiFi hotspot.” Boulevard in Sacramento. Anna’s Linens, one Plaza, including 99 Ranch Market, Home neighborhood grocery store offering farm-fresh produce, specialty goods and everyday staples at a great value. Shoppers only have to register to use the WiFi of the largest U.S. retailers of home décor and NewMark Merrill Companies’ long-term Town Buffet, Skechers Footwear, McDonald’s, service once during a visit to each center. After textile, also opened during the same week. relationships with many tenants, including 99¢ Taco Bell, Baskin Robbins and Chase Bank. registering at a center, the shopper’s mobile device Sprouts has planted itself in Upland Town Square’s centerpiece storefront. Inside you’ll find a unique Only, Walmart and Anna’s Linens, continues to shopping experience; a natural foods store/supermarket hybrid with the charm of an old-fashioned The 99¢ Only Store, which signed a 10-year New enhancements, including a digital will automatically connect to that center’s internet result in impressive leasing activity at Southgate reader board that is frequently used to farmers market. Explore mounds of organic fruits and veggies, bins and barrels of wholesome grains, lease for a 16,400 square foot space at service on return visits, with no passwords or pesky Plaza and other company-managed shopping promote merchant specials, are also attracting login menu necessary. nutritious nuts, baked goods and pantry basics, as well as full-service deli, meat and seafood counters. new tenants to the center. WiFi users also receive special offers delivered to Since its debut in 2002, Sprouts has rapidly expanded, opening more than 150 locations throughout the their cell phones each time they visit one of the Southwest and beyond. It’s friendly, brightly lit stores have become synonymous with fresh foods, low centers. “It might be a free cookie or slice of pizza from a restaurant one day and a 20 percent prices and superior customer service. Its Upland Town Square location will continue that proud tradition. to Open at discount from another retailer the next,” says NewMark Merrill Companies recognizes employees for their commitment to excellence. Heather Danko, Marketing Director for NewMark Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. has announced plans to further expand its Los Merrill Companies. “Each time it will be something The NewMark Merrill Team Continues to Grow 2013 CERTIFIED MARKETING DIRECTOR Angeles-area presence with the addition of a Nordstrom Rack at Janss Market- different, always adding a little excitement to the PROPERTY (CMD) DESIGNATION AWARDS: place in Thousand Oaks, California. The approximately 40,000-square-foot store shopping experience.” MANAGER OF THE Heather Danko is scheduled to open in Fall 2015. The Rack location at Janss Marketplace is a YEAR: Marketing Director development by Seritage Realty Trust, a division of Sears Holdings Corporation. KYLE Danielle Bovard The new, two-story Nordstrom Rack will occupy a portion of the existing Sears KOCH Marketing Director location at Janss Marketplace, with entrances accessible to parking on Level One PROPERTY MANAGEMENT and to the shopping center on Level Two. Sears will continue to occupy an anchor Susan Rorison Billie Dodd Maria Leal Lani Miranda Valerie Soule QUARTERLY AWARDS: position on the primary floor of the existing store. Chief Operating Officer Real Estate Assistant A/R Accountant Property Accountant Marketing Assistant 10 YEAR EMPLOYEE: Julie Treger Michael Mendez The new Rack store at Janss Marketplace will be right down the street from First Quarter 2013 Regional Property Manager Nordstrom’s full-line store at The Oaks, and will be able to offer an additional Stacy Emery way for customers to shop for the brands they love at great prices. Second Quarter 2013 15 YEAR EMPLOYEES: “We are proud to welcome Nordstrom Rack as an important co-anchor in our Kyle Koch Heather Danko redevelopment of Janss Marketplace, along with a fully-redesigned Sears store Third Quarter 2013 Marketing Director and other high-quality retailers,” says David Lukes, Chief Executive Officer of Janet Webb Dustin Cox Tammy Robinson Amy Brown Julie McNichols Seritage Realty Trust. “This property represents a dominant market position and Mary Wang Sandra Kist Executive Assistant Property Manager Property Manager Regional Property Manager Lease Administrator will continue to serve members and customers in the years ahead.” to Allen Ginsborg ® Fourth Quarter 2013 Chief Financial Of cer