Perkins Crossing Shopping Center sells

The Perkins Crossing Shopping Center, which includes several south Baton Rouge restaurants, has been sold for $5.18 million. Rathborne Properties, a Harvey-based investment group, purchased the 33,000-square-foot shopping center at Perkins Road and Essen Lane from Perkins Crossing. Ty Gose of NAI/Latter & Blum represented the buyer, and Chad Rigby of Maestri-Murrell Real Estate represented the seller. Perkins Crossing tenants include Sushi Yama, The Original Italian Pie and Roman’s Café. Gose says the buyer bought the shopping center as a long-term investment. “They finished the Perkins Road work in front of there last month, and that has increased the activity,” Gose says. Rathborne entered the Baton Rouge market earlier this year when the company purchased a building in Industriplex.—Timothy Boone