Kettering shopping center on Wilmington Pike up for auction

The Kettering shopping center that is home to St. Francis Thrift Store, Big Lots and Skyline Chili will go up for auction next month.

The roughly 118,000 square-foot Wilmington Plaza shopping center at 2724 through 2852 Wilmington Pike will be put on the online auction block Aug. 12 through Aug. 14. The starting bid is $900,000 and the participation deposit is $10,000, according to Ten-X, an online commercial real estate auction company.

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The shopping center is 98.3 percent occupied, according to the listing. Tenants include Skyline, Big Lots, St. Francis Thrift Store, Discount Fashion Warehouse, Diplomat Lounge, Advance America and Murphy’s Used Books and Media.

More than a third of the tenants have been at the property for more than 20 years, according to the listing.

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