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Retail Acquisitions / NEWS

Continental Buys Centennial Shopping Center for $31 Million With a Dark Amazon-Leased Box

Quebec Village’s reported 43,000-square-foot Amazon-leased space represents more than a third of the center. A lease and an operating anchor are different underwriting facts.

Adrian ColeInvestment SalesNovember 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Denver Pavilions in downtown Denver, photographed February 7, 2018. Archival regional retail illustration; not Quebec Village Shopping Center in Centennial.
Denver Pavilions in downtown Denver, photographed February 7, 2018. Archival regional retail illustration; not Quebec Village Shopping Center in Centennial. Photo: Jeffrey Beall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia resize; cropped for display.

Continental Realty Corp. has acquired Quebec Village Shopping Center in Centennial, Colorado, for $31 million, according to November 5 reporting by REBusinessOnline and BusinessDen. The approximately 125,000-square-foot center at 8223 South Quebec Street was sold by Kensington Development Partners. BusinessDen reports that the transaction closed Monday, November 2, citing public records; The Basis has not independently reviewed the deed.

The deal includes a reported 43,000-square-foot space leased to Amazon Grocery that remains dark. REBusinessOnline lists Chase Bank, GNC and Starbucks among the other tenants and identifies CBRE’s Brad Lyons as the seller’s broker. REBusinessOnline’s report; BusinessDen’s publicly accessible reporting.

A leased grocery box can still be dark

Based on those reported areas, The Basis calculates that the Amazon-leased space represents 34.4% of the center: 43,000 divided by 125,000. The reported purchase price equates to about $248 per square foot. These calculations describe the space mix and transaction pricing; they do not establish a cap rate or property value independent of the sale.

The distinction matters when evaluating a shopping center’s anchor. A reported lease identifies a contractual relationship. An operating grocery store adds a separate source of customer visits that can matter to surrounding tenants. The reporting does not establish the lease’s remaining term, rent-payment status, termination rights or a store-opening timetable.

What buyers should verify

The Basis’s assessment: the next diligence questions concern the lease and the operating plan for that space. A buyer needs to establish whether rent is being paid, what rights exist if the store stays closed and what redevelopment or replacement options the documents permit. Those answers require the actual lease and property records; a dark storefront alone cannot resolve them.

The acquisition adds a second Denver-area retail holding to Continental’s portfolio, alongside Thornton Town Center, REBusinessOnline reports. This article treats the sale as a newly reported transaction rather than a closing that occurred today.

Related: Nuveen’s western shopping-center acquisition; retail property coverage.

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Published by The Basis. Research dates, source references and illustrative assumptions are retained from the original article.

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