WESLEY CHAPEL – The latest renovated and reimagined element of the Grove at Wesley Chapel opens to the public Friday. Dubbed the “movie theater of the future,” the Grove Theater, Bistro and Entertainment offers patrons “a movie-going experience unlike any other, according to a press release from the property’s ownership group Mishorim Gold Properties. “The new Grove Theater, Bistro and Entertainment will become the hub of family fun,” Mark Gold, developer and landlord of the Grove at Wesley Chapel, stated in the press release. “With something for everyone, this complex will bring new life and opportunities to the Wesley Chapel community.”   ...

WESLEY CHAPEL — At a time when the movie theater industry’s future is in question, new owners of The Grove say they have the answer. “It’s going to be the only one in the United States and that will look like that," said developer Mark Gold. Gold has been working on developing this 250-acre complex in Wesley Chapel for more than a year. The existing big box stores remain in place. There’s also a village section and a container park. Both for food and shopping options. ...

The Grove Theater will have in-movie dining, a spin bike class in front of a movie screen and a supervised playroom for kids. The former Cobb Theater in Wesley Chapel now features a new location for Side Splitters Comedy Club, spin bike classes in front of a movie screen, plush reclining seats, a sushi bar and an upscale bistro. The former Cobb location was where, in 2014, Curtis Reeves, 77, shot Chad Oulson after an argument escalated inside the Cobb Grove 16 movie theaters over Oulson’s use of a cell phone during the previews. The theater closed in 2020 after Cobb filed for bankruptcy. ...

he All-New Grove Theater, Bistro & Entertainment Is Opening Soon & You Definitely Need To Check It Out! When you’ve been in the local news business as long as I have, you hear a lot of people do a lot of talking, but very few back up their words with solid action. Considering that developer Mark Gold of Mishorim Gold Properties has only owned The Grove shopping center development for about a year, you’d think there’d be no way he could back up everything he promised to do when he spent more than $64 million to buy The Grove in late 2019. And you’d be wrong.   ...

KRATE, a new addition to the Grove at Wesley Chapel, will bring 55 new retail and restaurant businesses to the shopping center. WESLEY CHAPEL — Construction has commenced on KRATE, the $15 million outdoor container park planned for the Grove at Wesley Chapel, a 250-acre shopping center  acquired by Mishorim Gold Properties $64 million in September 2019.  According to a press release, crews have installed the first set of containers — 17 in all. They will be occupied by nine tenants, primarily restaurants.    ...

The one-of-a-kind container park will feature retail and restaurants KRATE, the outdoor container park planned for the Grove at Wesley Chapel, began taking shape this week as work crews set the first set of containers down. Seventeen containers, which will be home to nine businesses, make up what will be one of the largest container parks in the world. This first set of pods will be occupied by tenants offering diverse dishes and items like Asian noodles, Puerto Rican fare, desserts, and charcuterie boards. ...

Project details: KRATE is part of Israeli developer Mark Gold’s larger effort to transform the Grove at Wesley Chapel, a 250-acre shopping center that his company, Mishorim Gold Properties, bought for $64 million in September 2019. Gold is spending $110 million on upgrades and renovations, including $15 million to $20 million budgeted for KRATE, a new addition to the complex that consists of 94 shipping containers that have been converted into 54 individual business units. The mix, Gold says, will be about 70% restaurants and 30% retail. The facility will also feature a stage with daily live entertainment, a dog park, children’s play area and custom art.  ...

HOLIDAY — Six weeks after purchasing the Holiday Mall, Mishorim Gold Properties has signed on five new tenants to the shopping complex. The new tenants are Side Splitters Comedy Club, Bay Coffee Company, The Brick Jungle, Chicago Bar & Bistro, and an axe-throwing range. “We are providing the local area with the perfect blend of retail, food, and entertainment — all in one location,” said developer and landlord Mark Gold in a press release. “Holiday Mall is going to become the heartbeat of the Holiday and New Port Richey communities. It’s going to be the place to go for families and friends for live music, entertainment, service and nightlife.”...

HOLIDAY — Six weeks after purchasing the Holiday Mall, Mishorim Gold Properties has signed on five new tenants to the shopping complex. The new tenants are Side Splitters Comedy Club, Bay Coffee Company, The Brick Jungle, Chicago Bar & Bistro, and an axe-throwing range. “We are providing the local area with the perfect blend of retail, food, and entertainment — all in one location,” said developer and landlord Mark Gold in a press release. “Holiday Mall is going to become the heartbeat of the Holiday and New Port Richey communities. It’s going to be the place to go for families and friends for live music, entertainment, service and nightlife.” Gold purchased the Holiday Mall in August for $8.56 million. He is putting $4.6 million to $6 million into improving the complex. That includes the complete renovation of a former bank into a restaurant and bar. The owners, who operate three restaurants in Chicago, will offer a full restaurant and bar that features an open-air deck with outdoor lightning to host live music and feature local bands. The same owners will open up an urban axe-throwing range. Side Splitters Comedy Club, which recently signed to open up at Gold’s other property, the Grove at Wesley Chapel, will bring in comedians from around the country. The venue, which is undergoing more than $600,000 in renovations, will offer seating for approximately 300 patrons. Joining the mix is Bay Coffee Company, a trendy coffee shop featuring organic, fair-trade coffees; and the Brick Jungle, a local building block and Lego product super store. Daniel Rothwell, owner of the Brick Jungle, said he is excited to be bringing the joy of Lego to the Holiday area. “It has been something that has brought my family together since I was young and now, I get to help other families build special memories together,” Rothwell said. The Holiday Mall, at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 19 North and Moog Road, is anchored by Winn-Dixie. The 130,177-square-foot center now...

The new tenants are Side Splitters Comedy Club, Bay Coffee Company, The Brick Jungle, Chicago Bar & Bistro and an axe-throwing range. HOLIDAY, FL — Six weeks after purchasing the Holiday Mall, Mishorim Gold Properties has signed on five new tenants to the shopping complex, infusing the area with activities and offerings never seen before. The new tenants are Side Splitters Comedy Club, Bay Coffee Company, The Brick Jungle, Chicago Bar & Bistro and an axe-throwing range. "We are providing the local area with the perfect blend of retail, food, and entertainment—all in one location," said developer and landlord Mark Gold. "Holiday Mall is going to become the heartbeat of the Holiday and New Port Richey communities. It's going to be the place to go for families and friends for live music, entertainment, service and nightlife." Gold purchased the Holiday Mall in August for $8.56 million. He is putting $4.6 million to $6 million into improving the complex. That includes the complete renovation of a former bank into a restaurant and bar. The owners, who operate three restaurants in Chicago, will offer a full restaurant and bar that features an open-air deck with outdoor lightning to host live music and feature local bands. The same owners will open up an urban axe-throwing range. Axe throwing is a modern sport that has grown in popularity throughout the world. Side Splitters Comedy Club, which recently signed to open up at Gold's other property, the Grove at Wesley Chapel, will bring in top comedians from around the country. The venue, which is undergoing more than $600,000 in renovations, will offer seating for approximately 300 patrons. Holiday happens to be home to the National Comedy Hall of Fame that includes a museum, shop stage and event space for classes. It's located at 2435 U.S. 19. Joining the mix is Bay Coffee Company, a trendy coffee shop featuring organic, fair-trade coffees; and the Brick Jungle, a local building block and Lego ...

  The new tenants are Side Splitters Comedy Club, Bay Coffee Company, The Brick Jungle, Chicago Bar & Bistro, and an axe-throwing range. Six weeks after purchasing the Holiday Mall, Mishorim Gold Properties has signed on five new tenants to the shopping complex, infusing the area with activities and offerings never seen before. The new tenants are Side Splitters Comedy Club, Bay Coffee Company, The Brick Jungle, Chicago Bar & Bistro, and an axe-throwing range. “We are providing the local area with the perfect blend of retail, food, and entertainment—all in one location,” said developer and landlord Mark Gold. “Holiday Mall is going to become the heartbeat of the Holiday and New Port Richey communities. It’s going to be the place to go for families and friends for live music, entertainment, service and nightlife.”   That includes the complete renovation of a former bank into a restaurant and bar. The owners, who operate three restaurants in Chicago, will offer a full restaurant and bar that features an open-air deck with outdoor lightning to host live music and feature local bands. The same owners will open up an urban axe-throwing range. Axe throwing is a modern sport that has grown in popularity throughout the world. Side Splitters Comedy Club, which recently signed to open up at Gold’s other property, the Grove at Wesley Chapel, will bring in top comedians from around the country. The venue, which is undergoing more than $600,000 in renovations, will offer seating for approximately 300 patrons. Joining the mix is Bay Coffee Company, a trendy coffee shop featuring organic, fair-trade coffees; and the Brick Jungle, a local building block and Lego product super store. Daniel Rothwell, owner of the Brick Jungle, said he is excited to be bringing the joy of Lego to the Holiday area. “It has been something that has brought my family together since I was young and now, I get to help other families build special memories together,” Rothwell said...

In reimagining the Grove at Wesley Chapel and its surrounding amenities, Mark Gold aims to capitalize on shoppers’ desire for convenience and, because of the coronavirus pandemic, cleanliness. Would you pay premium prices to go to a movie theater equipped with a spin bike room so you can work out while you watch a film? What about a supervised play area to keep your kids occupied so you don’t have to hire a babysitter?  Maybe a better question, given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is: Would you go to the movies at all?  ...

HOLIDAY — A Wesley Chapel company has big plans for the Holiday Mall and surrounding area. Mishorim Gold Properties, or MGold Properties, announced its $8.56 million purchase of the property on Aug. 31, describing it in a press release as “a boost of life.” The Holiday Mall complex is at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 19 and Moog Road. It’s listed at 130,177 square feet and currently has 18 tenants and seven available units. The property, which is anchored by a Winn-Dixie, had a 40% vacancy rate at the time of purchase. ...

HOLIDAY — Promising new shopping and dining opportunities, Mishorim Gold Properties announced this week that it has purchased the Holiday Mall for $8.56 million, with plans to spend up to another $6 million on improvements for the aging strip center at the corner of U.S. Highway 19 and Moog Road. The plan is to transform the center, currently anchored by a Winn Dixie, into a shopping and dining destination. ...

Plans include millions of dollars in renovations, restaurant, outdoor dining WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (August 31, 2020) –  The community of Holiday and neighboring New Port Richey is about to get a boost of life. Mishorim Gold Properties announced today that it has acquired Holiday Mall for more than $8.56 million. Developer Mark Gold plans to invest $4.6 – $6 million into renovating the complex to turn the stale retail center into a dynamic shopping and dining destination. Bright lighting will add to the safety and security of the plaza. ...

HOLIDAY, FL — The Holiday Mall is about to get a new lease on life following its sale to Mishorim Gold Properties for $8.56 million. Developer Mark Gold plans to invest $4.6 million to $6 million on renovations to turn the stale retail center into a dynamic shopping and dining destination. New, bright lighting will add also increase security at the plaza. ...

JLL announces that it has closed the $62.7 million sale of the Grove at Wesley Chapel, a 471,279 square foot, large format community retail center. The property also includes an additional ±114 acres of land for development in the Tampa-area community of Wesley Chapel, Florida. JLL marketed the property on behalf of institutional clients managed by Barings, one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers. Mishorim-Gold Properties purchased the asset. ...

WESLEY CHAPEL - A partnership that includes a public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has bought the Grove at Wesley Chapel, a large community shopping center with several major retailers, for $62.7 million. The sale included the 471,279-square-foot center at the intersection of Interstate 75 and Wesley Chapel Road plus 114 additional acres suitable for development. ...

The Lynnhaven North Shopping Center is receiving more than just a facelift. Coming with the upgraded landscaping, a paint job, and new lights: A whole lotta fun. Over the past few months, the shopping center's new owner, Mishorim Gold Properties, has pulled in 17 new tenants.  The largest two will be SK8 House and Surge Adventure Park, which also has a location in Newport News.   ...

When Mark Gold bought the Lynnhaven North shopping center in Virginia Beach three months ago, it was half empty. Now he's leased out about 85 percent of it with restaurants, fitness facilities, clothing stores and, a barber academy. Gold's strategy is to purchase shopping centers with high vacancy and turn them around with renovations and new tenants in just a few months.   ...

Lynnhaven North, a shopping center next to one of the region's largest shopping malls, is under new ownership. Richmond-based Mishorim Gold Properties recently bought the Virginia Beach center. It's investing $9.2 million in renovations and upgrades to the property, which was bank owned. ...

Regency Court Shopping Center, where a trampoline park, ax-throwing venue and haunted house are under interior construction, is in line for a skate park. Terry Harris represents Sk8CityJax, which wants to open a 29,700-square-foot roller rink at 9244 Arlington Expressway.   ...

Investor Mark Gold Thinks Antioch's boom is here to stay. His Skyline investments Inc. Paid $12.6 million this month for the Shoppers at Hickory Hollow retail Strip. It's an aged brown-brick center anchored by Kroger near the Bell road Exit of Interstate 24. ...

Regency Court comprises 220,000 square feet of retail space on more than 17 acres at 9200 to 9398 Arlington Expressway, opposite Regency Square Mall. Major tenants include Youfit Health Clubs, Rooms To Go, Lumber Liquidators, HoneyBaked Ham, Longhorn Steakhouse, Pearle Vision and K&G Fashions. ...

An out-of-state investor has big plans for one of the largest shopping centers in Denbigh — and he might not be done. Mark Gold, who recently purchased the Denbigh Village Shopping Center near the intersection of Warwick and Denbigh boulevards, said he plans to transform the 341,000-square-foot retail center into a more modern property full of new shops and restaurants. "There is no place in the U.S. where you can find a shopping center where 96,000 cars pass daily and there is so much vacancy," Gold said of Denbigh Village. ...

An Alabama-based real estate investment firm has staked its entry into the Richmond market with a seven-figure purchase. ...

An out-of-state investor has big plans for one of the largest shopping centers in Denbigh — and he might not be done. Mark Gold, who recently purchased the Denbigh Village […] ...

The Shopping Center Group announced the sale of  Regency Court  along the Arlington Expressway for $5 million to Virginia-based Mishorim USA. Regency Court, built in the 1960s and renovated in 2011, has 72,000 square feet of contiguous space available for lease. ...

New tenants TagTime Laser Tag and BreakOut Games fit into the shopping center's new direction toward a mix of retail, service and entertainment. A cornerstone of the center is a 50,000-square-foot indoor electric go-karting venue called Speed Club, which also will have a bowling alley, arcade, bumper cars and a restaurant with a full bar. "I really believe in Newport News," said DW Center developer Mark Gold. ...

Remember the trampoline park we told you was taking shape in a former Harris Teeter back in April? After some delays, it's almost ready to open its doors and let some children — and adults — bounce on in. ...

Developer Mark Gold, in his quest to own 1 million square feet in and near Greensboro, has purchased a five-story office building for nearly $5.5 million. The deal has been in the works for months, with Carl Essa of Essa Commercial Real Estate brokering the sale of 445 Dolley Madison Road, not far from West Friendly Avenue. Essa developed the 53,600-square-foot building in 2001 and has handled its leasing since then. ...

A $16 million development is almost complete in the Denbigh section of Newport News. The development includes new entertainment options and the potential for new jobs. When the developer bought the building in February, it was only 50 percent full. Now, it’s 90 percent full and the tenants are getting excited to open their doors. ...

A neglected shopping center on 6125 University Drive N.W. is under new ownership and will have a fresh look in the coming months. Mark Gold with Skyline International Development announced this week he acquired University Place in April for $16.5 million. A day after buying University Place from New York-based Marx Realty, Gold began renovations at the site. ...

It’s been nearly a decade that spots at University Place Shopping Center located at University Drive and Enterprise Way have sat vacant. Of course, the property frontage is populated by Zaxby’s, Panda Express and Cheddar’s Restaurants, but the shopping center proper has looked dismal for years. ...

Planet Fitness is opening soon in the former Staples building in Golden Gate shopping center. Essa Commercial Real Estate, which handles leasing for Golden Gate, announced the latest tenant on Friday. An opening date has not been announced. ...

Retail developer and investor Mark Gold is energized about a plan taking shape in an old Harris Teeter in Greensboro — and he's fairly certain that plan will have you bouncing off the walls, too. ...

Several different developers have recently taken on the challenge of turning struggling strip malls in the Triad into destinations in the community. One of those projects is the Golden Gate Shopping Center on Golden Gate Drive. A developer bought the property in March and since has invested millions of dollars in renovations. ...

In four weeks, business will be jumping at Crestwood Festival Center.Construction is underway on a brand new indoor trampoline park that will combine with the services of the Edge Theater. ...

Grants Mill Station and Crestwood Festival Center, two formerly struggling shopping centers, look a lot different than they did three years ago. When Mark Gold purchased the two shopping centers along Crestwood Boulevard, both were in decline. Almost half the shops at the then Eastwood Festival Center had closed their doors, and 40 percent of the stores in Irondale’s Grant’s Mill shopping center was empty. ...

The Station at Grants Mill is adding two new eateries and a retailer is expanding in the Irondale retail center. ...

Since then, more details have emerged about that renovation — including plans for a $500,000 adventure park featuring ropes courses and a zipling.The three-level structure will feature a ropes course with netting and a zipline from each level, as well as what Raidt called a “bungee dome.” ...

Retail developer and investor Mark Gold has bought the Golden Gate shopping center in Greensboro and is planning a renovation that could cost up to $4 million when complete in the next three months. ...

An Irondale shopping center that has seen business after business move out since its anchor store, Walmart, left years ago is the latest project for a Canadian businessman. ...

An economic development project in Irondale is moving full steam ahead. Wednesday afternoon, a train, which will soon be converted to a restaurant, rolled into Grants Mill Station. ...

The new owner of Grants Mill Station in Irondale says people should expect to see sweeping change over the next three to six months at a shopping center where the vast parking lot has sat mostly empty since Walmart left about five years ago. ...

Mark Gold has struck again. The investor that purchased the Eastwood Festival Center in April (now called the Crestwood Festival Center) is close to buying another Birmingham area property, this time the Grants Mill Station shopping center in Irondale. (Irondale officials had been saying since the start of October that a deal was on the way.) ...

The new owner of Crestwood Festival has signed several more leases, including one for a Mexican-style restaurant, to nearly fill the once-struggling shopping center ...