GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — New York City-based Machine Investment Group has purchased Rise 120, a 227-unit apartment complex in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown. Completed in early 2024, Rise 120 offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, resident lounge, grilling area and a dog park. Machine Investment Group, which partnered with Alta Real Estate Partners on the acquisition, plans to add additional amenities, including a golf simulator, sauna and cold plunge. Walker & Dunlop represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — GEICO has signed a 198,000-square-foot office lease at Galatyn Commons, located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The insurance provider, which last spring committed to occupying the entirety of Building B at the four-building, 800,000-square-foot campus, is now taking additional space in Building D. Mapletree, a global investment firm based in Singapore, owns Galatyn Commons. GEICO expects to hire another 1,000 people to staff its three Richardson buildings over the next two years.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 121-room hotel in Texarkana, located near the Texas-Arkansas border. Built on 2.3 acres in 2014 and renovated in 2023, the Residence Inn by Marriott Texarkana offers amenities such as an indoor pool, fitness center, business center and meeting/event space. Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed, Dallas-based seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, an affiliate of Daugherty Property Group.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Weitzman has negotiated the sale of an 11,316-square-foot retail strip center in northeast Fort Worth. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to three tenants: Boswell Dental Care, Keke’s Breakfast Café and Victory Nail Lounge. Guillermo Lopez of Weitzman, in conjunction with Matthew Rosenfeld with The Rosenfeld Co., represented the buyer in the transaction. Tim Axilrod and Suhi Kosuri of SHOP Cos. represented the seller. Both parties requested anonymity.
DALLAS — JLL has arranged a $596 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of a portion of The Crescent, a 1.3 million-square-foot mixed-use development located in Uptown Dallas. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan provided the debt to the owner, Crescent Real Estate, and the three-year, floating-rate loan will refinance the property’s three office towers and the retail atrium building. Crescent Real Estate has owned, sold and reacquired its namesake mixed-use development multiple times since the 1990s. Completed in 1986 on roughly 11 acres, The Crescent consists of three office towers with ground-floor retail space totaling 1.2 million square feet; a three-story, 167,510-square-foot atrium building; the Hotel Crescent Court; The Spa at The Crescent; 11 restaurants and various high-end retail shops. After several renovations over the past five years, The Crescent also features a mix of updated amenities such as a full-service fitness center, two salons, an art gallery and a multi-level parking garage. Tenants at the property — which is 90 percent leased — include Jeffries, BankUnited, BMO Harris Bank, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Raymond James and UBS. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, along with Westwood Management, have also both recently signed office lease renewals at the development. The debt advisory team …
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Local owner-operator Trademark Property Co. and the Shivers Family Partnership have received approval from the City Council of Southlake, located north of Fort Worth, for a 40-acre mixed-use project. Plans for the development, which will be known as Shivers Farm, currently call for 111,000 square feet of retail space, 38,000 square feet of office space and 37 single-family lots. The site, which is located along the State Highway 114 corridor, also houses a 3-acre parcel that is approved for hotel, entertainment or additional retail uses. With final approval in place, construction is expected to begin in the coming weeks. As part of the approval agreement, Trademark has committed to providing enhanced public spaces and walkable amenities for future homeowners, retail guests and office tenants.
FRISCO, TEXAS — California-based investment firm Bascom Group has sold Capitol at Stonebriar, a 424-unit apartment community in Frisco. Developed in 2017 by JPI and acquired by Bascom Group shortly thereafter, Capitol at Stonebriar features one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with granite/quartz countertops, espresso cabinetry, kitchen islands and individual washers and dryers. Private balconies are available in select residences. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, coffee bar, dog park, outdoor grilling and dining stations, clubroom and an indoor-outdoor lounge. Brian Murphy, Brian O’Boyle Jr. and Richard Furr of Newmark represented Bascom Group in the transaction. David Schwarz, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale.
SPRING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Cypresswood Crossing, a 107,185-square-foot retail and office complex in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. Cypresswood Crossing consists of two buildings on a 5.6-acre site: a 90,818-square-foot multi-tenant building with both retail and office space and a 16,367-square-foot retail center. Chris Gainey and Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based private investment firm, in the transaction. Levy and Scott Abeel procured the buyer, a Houston-based private equity firm. Both parties requested anonymity.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 13,600-square-foot retail property in the southern Houston suburb of Pearland. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 11713 Shadow Creek Parkway was built in 2008. Marc Peeler and Peyton Nichols of Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Fondren Orthopedic Group.
KATY, TEXAS — Memphis-based investment firm Fogelman Properties has purchased Inkwell Greenhouse, a 301-unit apartment community located in the western Houston suburb of Katy. Built in 2018 by metro Atlanta-based Davis Development, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, outdoor pavilion area, clubhouse, fitness center and pet spa/dog park. According to Apartments.com, residences range in size from 661 to 1,461 square feet. Inkwell Greenhouse was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Fogelman plans to implement a value-add program. The seller was not disclosed, but the property was formerly known as Cortland Inkwell Greenhouse.
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