{"id":1004746368,"date":"2025-01-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004746368"},"modified":"2025-02-07T01:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:05:15","slug":"ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\/","title":{"rendered":"A&amp;G to Auction 700 Party City Leases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The party is ending \u2014 and soon. A total of 695 leases on Party City stores in 44 states will go to auction, likely in early February, pending the approval of a bankruptcy court. A&amp;G Real Estate Partners, advisers to Party City Holdco Inc., announced the step on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"599\" data-attachment-id=\"1004746378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/emilio-amendola_ag-co-pres_courtesy-of-ag_930x623\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"799,599\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Emilio Amendola_A&#038;G co-pres_courtesy of A&#038;G_930x623\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Head-and-shoulders photo of Emilo Amendola, co-president of A&#038;G Real Estate Partners. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Emilo Amendola, co-president of A&#038;G Real Estate Partners. Photo courtesy of A&#038;G Real Estate Partners.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg?w=799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg?w=799\" alt=\"Head-and-shoulders photo of Emilo Amendola, A&amp;G Real Estate\" class=\"wp-image-1004746378\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emilo Amendola, co-president of A&amp;G Real Estate Partners. The firm will auction nearly 700 Party City leases. <em>Photo courtesy of A&amp;G Real Estate Partners<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A&amp;G characterized the leases as representing a large, diverse portfolio of stores, often in high-traffic locations, in urban and suburban retail markets. In addition, the leases are for both freestanding stores and locations in power centers, strip centers and city street locations. A&amp;G noted that no fee-owned properties will be included in the auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company further asserted that with box sizes ranging approximately from 7,000 to 46,000 square feet, the spaces&#8217; suitable uses may include gyms and entertainment tenants, dollar stores, local specialty retailers, furniture stores and medical offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>States with the most Party City locations are Arizona (15), California (82), Colorado (13), Connecticut (12), Florida (59), Georgia (27), Illinois (37), Indiana (16), Massachusetts (20), Maryland (20), Michigan (20), Missouri (12), North Carolina (21), New Jersey (26), New York (46), Ohio (23), Pennsylvania (25), Tennessee (14), Texas (72), Virginia (19), Washington (16), and Wisconsin (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going-out-of-business sales are now under way at those retail locations whose leases will be auctioned. Party City Holdco is retaining more than 95 percent of its 12,000 employees for an unspecified period to assist with the winding-down process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nearly 40-year-old retailer\u2019s owner, PCHI, as well as certain of its subsidiaries, voluntarily filed Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Dec. 21. At that time, PCHI cited &#8220;an immensely challenging environment driven by inflationary pressures on costs and consumer spending, among other factors.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bid deadline and auction likely will be in early February. The auction is slated to take place at the Manhattan office of PCHI\u2019s legal counsel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a bad time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a restructuring effort, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/party-city-taps-newmark-firm-to-optimize-retail-portfolio\/\">PCHI tapped Newmark\u2019s Excess Space Retail Services Inc.<\/a> in March 2024 to oversee site selection and lease renewals and optimize the retail locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That followed a Chapter 11 proceeding filed in early 2023. By that October, the restructuring process eliminated nearly $1 billion in debt, accompanied by a $562 million lending facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&amp;G has substantial experience with preparing for the mass auction of retail leases. In 2023, the firm was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ag-real-estate-partners-preps-sale-for-bed-bath-beyond-leases\/\">selected<\/a> to handle the process for hundreds of Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and buybuy Baby stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there could be worse times to put the Party City leases up for auction. As participants in ICSC&#8217;s annual New York City event told CPE in December, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/icsc-special-report-whats-ahead-for-retail-investment-development\/\">shortage of available space<\/a> is constraining absorption in the retail sector. That trend is pushing some retailers to consider space sizes or locations different from what they usually seek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leases in more than 40 states will be sold off, pending approval from a bankruptcy court. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":882,"featured_media":1004746378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,21749],"tags":[50209],"class_list":["post-1004746368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-retail","tag-ag-real-estate-partners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A&amp;G to Auction 700 Party City Leases - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A&amp;G Real Estate Partners will auction nearly 700 leases in 44 states by the bankrupt Party City.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A&amp;G to Auction 700 Party City Leases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A&amp;G Real Estate Partners will auction nearly 700 leases in 44 states by the bankrupt Party City.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T16:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-07T09:05:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/02\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"799\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"599\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Baltic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Baltic\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61ac1450f3ffaa0e850b834c28526555\"},\"headline\":\"A&amp;G to Auction 700 Party City Leases\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-06T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T09:05:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Emilio-Amendola_AG-co-pres_courtesy-of-AG_930x623-e1738875352778.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"A&amp;G Real Estate Partners\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Retail\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/ag-to-auction-700-party-city-leases\\\/\",\"name\":\"A&amp;G to Auction 700 Party City Leases - 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