DALLAS AND HOUSTON — Blackstone Real Estate (NYSE: BX), the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, has agreed for its Core+ funds business affiliate to acquire a 95 percent stake in an industrial portfolio in Texas totaling 6 million square feet. The purchase price is $718 million. Crow Holdings, the Dallas-based real estate and development firm that developed the properties, is the seller and will retain a 5 percent ownership stake. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025. The portfolio comprises 25 Class A buildings located predominantly in submarkets of Dallas and Houston. According to Blackstone, the metros are two of the top-performing logistics markets in the country. “We are thrilled to acquire this high-quality portfolio located in some of the best performing U.S. industrial markets,” says David Levine, co-head of Americas acquisitions for Blackstone. “With limited vacancy and new construction starts down over 80 percent from the 2022 peak, logistics remains a high conviction theme for us; we are proud owners of more than $90 billion of warehouses in North America and nearly $170 billion in total around the world.” Founded in 1991, Blackstone currently has $315 billion of investor capital under management …
Acquisitions
GARLAND, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of the 34,704-square-foot LBJ East Shopping Center in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the center was built on 4.7 acres in 1984. Tenants include Farmers Insurance, Northwest Street Tacos and Towngate Dental, per LoopNet. Jack Hicks and Hudson Lambert of STRIVE represented the seller and procured the Texas-based buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has negotiated the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 20,000 square feet in northwest Houston. The buildings are located on 1.4 acres at 12111-12113 Taylor Road and have 21-foot clear heights. One building also includes 1,400 square feet of office space. Chase Tucker and Andrew Bischoff of Finial Group brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Endeavor Real Estate Group has acquired a development site near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville for a new student housing development. Details on the project have not been announced. The Austin, Texas-based firm also recently hired Chuck Carroll as principal to assist with growing the company’s student housing platform. Carroll previously spent over 20 years with American Campus Communities. He will be joining Jake Newman, principal of Endeavor, who will be spearheading the firm’s new student housing division.
TUCKER, GA. — CBRE has secured a $26.4 million acquisition loan for Lavista Business Park, a 217,496-square-foot industrial property located on 11.8 acres at 2000-2068 Weems Road in Tucker, about 18 miles northeast of Atlanta. Irvine, Calif.-based CIP Real Estate purchased the park from Dallas-based ATCAP Partners for $37 million. Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Taylor Crowder of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team in Atlanta secured the five-year, floating-rate loan through LoanCore Capital on behalf of CIP. Built in 1972, Lavista Business Park consists of four single-story, shallow-bay buildings that average 54,000 square feet in size and feature new roofing, 16- to 20-foot clear heights, 55 dock-high doors, one drive-in door and 209 parking spaces. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to 15 tenants.
NEWNAN, GA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $21.6 million sale of Woodland Commons, a 114-unit apartment community located at 22 Forest Circle in Newnan, about 36 miles southwest of Atlanta. Marietta, Ga.-based Arcan Capital purchased the property from TriWest Multifamily in a 1031 exchange and assumed an undisclosed amount of existing debt. The El Segundo, Calif.-based seller had owned the community, which was originally built in 2002, since 2022. Austin Graham of Matthews brokered the transaction. Woodland Commons features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 878 to 1,329 square feet, according to Apartments.com. Community amenities include a swimming pool, laundry facilities, a business center, fitness center, playground and a car wash area.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Colliers has facilitated the $9.7 million sale of a medical office building located at 66446 W. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach, roughly 23 miles south of West Palm Beach. The 16,761-square-foot property, which was renovated in 2020, was fully leased at the time of sale and serves as a surgery center with two operating rooms and three treatment rooms. The facility’s first floor is leased to a multi-specialty physician group, Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches, and the top two levels are leased to an ambulatory healthcare provider, Minimally Invasive SurgiCenter. Mark Rubin, Bastian Schauer and Gary Gottlieb of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, Alliance Consolidated Group of Cos. LLC, was self-represented.
PANAMA CITY, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.2 million sale of Shops at Bay City Point, a 21,540-square-foot retail center located in Panama City. Zach Taylor, Robby Pfeiffer and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a Rome, Ga.-based developer. Brian Munn, also based in the Atlanta office, procured the buyer, a Georgia-based private investor. Ryan Nee is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Florida. Built in 2023, Shops at Bay City Point is part of the larger 24-acre Bay City Point retail development. Tenants at the property — which was fully leased at the time of sale — include Xfinity, The Vitamin Shoppe, Smile Doctors Orthodontists and Chicken Salad Chick. The retail center is situated across from the former Panama City Mall, a 600,000-square-foot site currently undergoing a mixed-use redevelopment.
BARRINGTON, N.J. — Regional brokerage firm Hudson Atlantic Realty has negotiated the sale of Barrington Mews, a 284-unit seniors housing complex located outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. Built in 1994 as affordable seniors housing, the elevator-served, age-restricted property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as community rooms, onsite laundry facilities and grilling and picnic areas. Adam Zweibel of Hudson Atlantic brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The new ownership plans to transition the property to market-rate housing.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — ViaWest Group has sold Sight Logistics Park, a two-building industrial property in Tempe. Terms of the transaction were not released. Completed in 2023, Sight Logistics Park consists of the 155,916-square-foot Building 1 at 6840 S. Harl Ave. and the 201,187-square-foot Building 2 at 6860 S. Harl Ave. The buildings feature 32-foot clear heights, 100 percent HVAC coverage, 66 dock-high doors, a 200-foot truck court, 10 grade-level doors and 8,400 amps of power. At the time of sale, the park was 88 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including nVent, Daikin, Rentex and Supply Chain Solutions. Ben Geelan, Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales handled the transaction. Rob Martensen, Phil Breidenbach and Sam Jones of Colliers handled local leasing efforts for the property.