Union Lake Crossing at 2100 North 2nd St. in Millville — Courtesy: Irgang Group
By Tina Traster
Irgang Group has inked a 36,500-square-foot anchor lease to bring Fun City Adventure Park, a family entertainment concept, to a 393,000-square-foot retail center in Millville.
Occupying most of the former Dick’s store, the operator will join an anchor lineup at Union Lake Crossing that includes ShopRite, Kohl’s and others. Other notable tenants include a newly opened Boot Barn, Famous Footwear, Party City, Five Below, Buffalo Wild Wings, Moe’s Southwest Grill, and Sonic.
With a mid-2023 opening anticipated, the Union Lake location will mark the second in New Jersey for Fun City, which made its Garden State debut in August 2022 in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township. The company operates 20 locations in seven states, from Maine to New Jersey, with 13 additional sites under construction or with signed leases — including initial locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois and Kansas.
Among other features, the Union Lake Crossing location is slated to have trampoline courts, a Ninja course, a ropes course, a zipline, dodgeball, basketball, a playground, a battle beam, a foam pit, bumper ball and an arcade. If space allows, the facility may also include bumper cars.
“After a successful debut in Blackwood, we look forward to bringing our diverse blend of recreational activities to the greater Millville-Vineland market,” said Nick Zhang, Fun City’s general manager. “Union Lake Crossing’s strong tenant mix, easy access and wide geographic draw made it a logical spot for our second New Jersey location.”
Keypoint Partners Vice President Don Mace represented Fun City on the lease, while Union Lake was represented by a Metro Commercial team led by Executive Vice President and Principal Joseph Dougherty.
“Fun City adds a new dimension that should drive more traffic to our existing tenants, lengthen the time of shopper visits and bolster Union Lake’s appeal to new tenants — including restaurants and other complementary uses,” said Mark Irgang, CEO of Irgang Group.
In a separate development, Nyack, New York-based Irgang Group announced that it has appointed R.J. Brunelli & Co. LLC as exclusive leasing agent for Union Lake. The Old Bridge-based retail brokerage is now offering 10 spaces at the center, ranging from 1,945 to 15,000 square feet, including a pad site and endcap unit that each have the potential for a drive-thru.
“These remaining spaces present tremendous opportunities for tenants to open in a high-traffic, high-visibility power center that attracted over 4.5 million visitors in the last 12-months,” said Mario Brunelli, vice president and principal of the brokerage. “We are already in discussions with a number of prospects.”
Tina Traster is a freelance writer and the editor of Rockland County Business Journal. She is also a former business writer for Crain’s New York Business, real estate writer for the New York Post and staffer at the Bergen Record.
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