MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Super Studios USA will open a film production and mixed-use campus in Mansfield, a southern suburb of Fort Worth, according to reports from multiple news outlets, including MSN and the Dallas Business Journal. Both publications report that the project is valued at roughly $750 million, with construction of a $50 million first phase set to begin in late summer or early fall. MSN also reports that the campus will ultimately span 75 acres and will feature residential, hospitality, retail and restaurant components in addition to film production space. Lastly, both MSN and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram report that the film production component will include four 18,000-square-foot sound stages with 42,000 square feet of attached offices with post-production and data center suites.
IRVING, TEXAS— A partnership between 3H Group Inc. and Dallas Lodging Associates LLC has received an undisclosed amount of financing for the renovation of the 337-roomRenaissance Dallas North Hotel in Irving. The 12-story hotel sits on a 7.5-acre site at 1590 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway in the Las Colinas district and includes 25 suites, as well as 22,670 square feet of meeting and event space and three onsite food-and-beverage options. Jillian Mariutti, Adrienne Andrews and Pierce Rutledge of JLL arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through Western Alliance Bank on behalf of ownership.
HOUSTON — Local owner-operator MetroNational has purchased M-K-T Heights, a 218,000-square-foot office and retail development located just west of downtown Houston. Designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture and completed in 2020, M-K-T Heights is an adaptive reuse of several 1970s-era industrial buildings. Today, the property comprises more than 100,000 square feet of creative office space and 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, as well as a pedestrian boardwalk. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. MetroNational acquired the property in a joint venture with Radom Capital and Triten Real Estate Partners, the property’s original developers.
IRVING, TEXAS — SCL ColdChain has signed a 56,925-square-foot in Irving. The provider of refrigerated transit services now occupies 104,846 square feet at the building at 9001 Sterling St. Todd Hubbard of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Canon Shoults and Maddy Coffman of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Brookfield.
DULLES, VA. — A partnership between Timberline Real Estate Partners and Origami Capital Partners LLC has broken ground on Rivana, a 6.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development located on 103 acres in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County. County officials attended the groundbreaking ceremony, which was held on Monday, April 20. According to the Loudoun County website for the project, plans for Rivana include a 463,000-square-foot retail village; 3.5 million square feet of Class A offices; 3,700 residential units; 500 hotel rooms; a performing arts venue; and two public parks at full build-out. The construction timeline was not released, but Washington Business Journal reports the developers will begin vertical construction on Phase I in mid-2027. The first phase will span 2 million square feet and include 1,500 apartments, a hotel and 150,000 square feet of retail space. Rivana is situated along the border of Loudoun and Fairfax counties near the Innovation Center Metro station and within one mile from Dulles International Airport. The development will feature four full phases in Loudoun County and a fifth in Fairfax County, according to Washington Business Journal.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Bonaventure, a multifamily owner-operator based in Alexandria, Va., has purchased Royal Pointe Apartments, a 208-unit garden-style community in Virginia Beach. The firm acquired the value-add apartment property for $39.5 million via its Bonaventure Multifamily Income Trust investment vehicle. The seller was not disclosed. Bonaventure worked with Greystone to assume the property’s existing debt as part of the acquisition. Built in 1987, Royal Pointe Apartments will be updated with new LVP flooring, appliances, cabinets, lighting and fixtures for unit interiors. Exterior improvements will center on improving the property’s curb appeal.
ATLANTA — Coreforce, a public safety tech firm based in Decatur, Ga., has signed a 32,945-square-foot office lease at Uptown Atlanta, a mixed-use development by Rubenstein Partners LP that straddles Atlanta’s Buckhead and Midtown submarkets. Kyle Kenyon and Chris Port of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Coreforce, formerly known as Utility Associates, has 200 employees and provides software for first responders and other frontline professionals. The firm will relocate from Decatur and occupy the entire 10th floor at Uptown Atlanta, which features more than 1 million square feet of office space. Other office tenants include The Academy for Innovation in Medicine, Stadler Rail, Entertainment Partners, MARTA CPEI group and Skillshot Media. The development also includes more than 100,000 square feet of retail space leased to J’ouvert Caribbean Kitchen, Bene Korean, Sugarcoat, Roundhouse Kickboxing, The Commodore and 26 Thai Kitchen, among others.
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.8 million sale of a 4,665-square-foot retail strip center located at 27250 Bay Landing Drive in Bonita Springs, a city in southwest Florida. Built in 2000 and renovated in 2014, the freestanding center was fully occupied on long-term, triple-net leases by Starbucks Coffee and Tide Cleaners. Chris Garavaglia, Andrew Muth and Alex Perez of Marcus & Millichap’s St. Louis office represented the seller, a private developer, and procured the buyer, a Florida-based investor, in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. Ryan Nee served as Marcus & Millichap’s Florida broker of record.
VERNON AND PACOIMA, CALIF. — Gantry has secured a $40 million permanent loan to retire maturing debt on two cross-collateralized industrial buildings in Vernon and Pacoima, two active Los Angeles submarkets. Both buildings are fully occupied with different single-tenant occupiers. PODS occupies the first building, a 203,000-square-foot property located at 5370 Boyle Ave. in Vernon. The second asset, located at 10445 Glenoaks Blvd. in Pacoima, is a 95,000-square-foot building used as a sound stage facility as part of the Quixote studios campus. George Mitsanas, Bahman Mirhashemi and Keegan Bridges of Gantry represented the borrower, a privately held real estate joint venture managed by Xebec, a private real estate investor. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was secured from an insurance company lender and features full-term, interest-only payments.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Premier Logistics Properties, in partnership with PCCP, has acquired an infill, big box warehouse at 4550 Nexus Way in North Las Vegas. Terms of the off-market transaction were not disclosed. Developed in 2017 on 38.2 acres, the 813,120-square-foot building features a clear height of 36 feet, full concrete truck courts and ample employee parking and trailer storage. Amazon fully occupies the property.
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