HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the portfolio sale of five self-storage facilities totaling 1,042 units in the greater Houston area. Two facilities are located in the northwestern suburb of Waller, and the other three facilities are scattered across the suburbs of Brookshire, Pattison and Hockley. The portfolio totals 148,745 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space and includes both boat and RV storage spaces and more than 12 acres for future expansion. Dave Knobler, Mixson Staffel and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — April Housing, Blackstone Real Estate’s affordable housing division, is underway on the $19.3 million renovation of Skyway Villas, a 232-unit complex in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The 13-buiding community was constructed in 2003. The renovation is part of a re-syndication that will preserve the property’s affordability status for another 30 years. Upgrades will include new flooring and countertops, fresh exterior painting, new water heaters and HVAC systems, accessibility improvements and enhancements and additions to the residential amenities.
HOUSTON — The Dinerstein Cos., a locally based owner-operator, has sold 3411 Richmond, an 82,692-square-foot office building in Houston’s Greenway Plaza district. The seven-story office building was constructed in 1968 (renovated in1996) and was 89 percent leased at the time of sale. Marty Hogan of JLL and David Anderson of Cresa co-represented The Dinerstein Cos. in the transaction. Evelyn Ward and Paula Musa of Transwestern represented the buyer, HRGI Development LLC.
OKLAHOMA CITY — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $6.4 million sale of a portfolio of nine industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facilities in Oklahoma City. The portfolio consists of 43,000 square feet of buildings across 40.7 acres and was leased to nine tenants at the time of sale. Dave Faris of SRS represented the seller, a local family office, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed, Kansas-based developer.
By Claire Carroll, shareholder, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC More than 400 miles of new transmission lines are moving closer to construction in Texas following the Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) approval of two major routes in August. For commercial property owners and developers, those decisions are a reminder that the window to influence where a transmission line crosses private property can close long before construction begins. The approvals, which are part of Texas’s Import Path 1 transmission expansion, mark a significant milestone for infrastructure creation, but the projects themselves are still years from completion. While the approved routes move toward land acquisition, easement negotiations and eventually construction, they also illustrate what’s at stake for other Texas landowners whose properties may be affected by proposed transmission projects. For those landowners, the opportunity to influence where a transmission line goes begins well before regulators make their final routing decision. And because a proposed line can affect everything from property access to future development plans, knowing when and how to participate in that process is critical. Responding to PUC Notices If a utility company sends you a notice that it has filed an application with the PUC for a new transmission line …
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Park 845 Crossing, a 757,325-square-foot industrial park in North Houston. Built in phases between 2008 and 2014, Park 845 Crossing comprises five buildings on a 38.9-acre site at the interchange of I-45 and Beltway 8. Buildings offer a mix of rear-load and cross-dock configurations, range in size from approximately 54,000 to 245,000 square feet and feature 18- to 30-foot clear heights. Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss, Lance Young, Brooke Petzold and Max Myers of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Equus Capital Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was New York City-based REIT INDUS Realty Trust.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Oak Hill Plaza, a 115,512-square-foot shopping center in West Austin. The center sits on an 11.3-acre site at 7101 State Highway 71 and was 92.5 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include The Picklr, Dollar Tree, AutoZone, Jim’s Restaurant, Wells Fargo, Pluckers Wing Bar and Golden Chick. Conor Lalor, Kyle Minter, James Sharpe V and Cole Frantz of Newmark represented the seller, Partners Real Estate, which acquired the property in 2021, in the transaction. Fort Worth-based owner-operator Trademark Property Co. acquired Oak Hill Plaza in a joint venture with global investment firm Cohen & Steers.
HOUSTON — EōS Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot gym within Grand Parkway Center in northwest Houston. The address was not disclosed, but the space is located at the junction of Grand Parkway and State Highway 249. The opening is slated for next year. NewQuest represented EōS in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Cerenome Inc. has signed a life sciences lease expansion in Houston. The provider of radiotherapeutics and diagnostic services for brain and central nervous system cancers now occupies 36,500 square feet within Levit Green, a 53-acre life sciences district located adjacent to Texas Medical Center. Cerenome’s new lab and office space is expected to be complete late next year. Hines owns Levit Green.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — A joint venture between The Dinerstein Cos., Up Campus Student Living and Harrison Street Asset Management has completed Aspire Reserve, an 873-bed student housing project located near the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. Situated within the Northgate District the 19-story building houses studio through six-bedroom units that range in size from 400 to 1,900 square feet. Amenities include two pools, study and collaboration spaces, a golf and gaming simulator, resident game lounges, a beauty bar, a retail market and an indoor/outdoor fitness and wellness center with yoga and spin studios.
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