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Cedar purchases East Coast portfolio

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc. added 246,000 square feet to its holdings with the recent purchase of three East Coast retail centers.

The total value of the transactions was approximately $22 million.

The first purchase, Long Reach Village Center in Columbia, Md., has 104,300 square feet of retail and office rental space on approximately 7.7 acres. This community shopping center, anchored by a 53,700-square-foot Safeway supermarket with a lease extending to 2018, was 94 percent occupied at closing.

The second property, Hannaford Plaza in Norwood, Mass., is a 98,905-square-foot community shopping center on approximately 8.2 acres, anchored by a 42,600-square-foot Hannaford Brothers supermarket with a lease extending to 2015. The property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale, also includes a 19,000-square-foot Ace hardware store.

The final acquisition, Annie Land Plaza in Lovingston, Va., has 42,500 square feet of fully occupied retail space on approximately 7.3 acres. A 29,000-square-foot Food Lion supermarket, whose lease extends to 2019, anchors the center.

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc. is a self-managed real estate investment trust operating predominantly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.