FIRESTONE, COLO. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of a retail building located at 10935 Colorado Blvd. in Firestone. An East Coast-based developer sold the asset to a local private investor for $5.4 million. The Learning Experience occupies the 10,000-square-foot building, which was built in 2023, under a new 15-year lease. Ryan Tomkins of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Denver Northglenn, a three-story hotel at 345 W. 120th Ave. in Westminster. A private seller sold the asset to a local buyer for an undisclosed price. Built in 1986 and renovated in 2023, La Quinta Inn offers 131 guest rooms and is centrally located between Boulder, Colo., and downtown Denver. Skyler Cooper and Christy McDougall of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Adam Lewis served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Colorado.
NEW YORK CITY — Investment firm Gencom has acquired the 587-room Thompson Central Park Hotel in New York City. Ramsfield Hospitality Finance, funds managed by AB CarVal and Affinius Capital LLC provided a $230 million loan for the acquisition. Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and also represented Gencom in arranging the acquisition financing. Situated on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row just south of Central Park, the luxury hotel rises 42 stories on 56th Street. Formerly the Parker Hotel, the property underwent a $100 million renovation and rebranding beginning in 2021. The hotel features 4,500 square feet of meeting space and various food-and-beverage concepts. A 6,500-square-foot Exhale Spa and fitness center is slated to open later this year. The hotel’s “Upper Stories” experience includes a private arrival and departure process and an exclusive guest lounge. A collection of guestrooms and suites are perched on the property’s topmost floors. Restaurants at the Thompson include Burger Joint, a popular burger eatery that is open for lunch and dinner; Parker’s, a restaurant on the hotel’s main level that features live music and crafted cocktails named after famous jazz songs; and Indian Accent, an upscale dining experience by Chef Manish Mehrotra that offers …
By Taylor Williams DALLAS — It’s an exceptionally challenging time to be developing retail space in the metroplex. Pick your poison: Interest rates that have tripled in two years, restricted proceeds from lenders, longer entitlement and permitting times, limited land for new projects. Between all these barriers to growth, the deck is seemingly stacked against brick-and-mortar retail developers these days, despite the fact that in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), occupancy is very high and population growth shows little sign of slowing. Of course, each of those factors is exacerbated with large-scale developments. More land and rentable square footage require the raising of more debt and equity, which translates to heftier interest and dividend payments, respectively. If the site is an assemblage, then predevelopment is more time-consuming, and with the push outward to new suburban paths of growth, those sites may not already be zoned for retail. If rents aren’t trending upward, those factors alone can kill a project in its infancy. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. For all these reasons, some owner-operators see opportunity in building smaller …
CELINA, TEXAS — The City of Celina, located north of Dallas near the convergence of Denton and Collin counties, has unveiled plans for Downtown Center. The impetus behind the 115,245-square-foot project is a need for expanded parking in the downtown area as well as new home for city operations. The first phase will center on the construction of a 25,202-square-foot, four-story parking garage totaling nearly 400 parking spaces. Following completion of the garage, the development team will construct a new facility that will house the operations of various city administrative departments, as well as a 26,209-square-foot library and a rooftop community space. Swinerton is the general contractor for the project. Construction on the garage will begin next fall.
DENTON, TEXAS — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for a three-building, 451,856-square-foot industrial project in the North Texas city of Denton. Denton Point III, IV and V will feature rear-load configurations, 28- to 32-foot clear heights, 114 total dock doors and bay depths ranging from 160 to 280 feet. Campbell Roche, Will Mogk, Tom Weber, Luke Rogers and Jordan Buck of JLL arranged the five-year loan through First United Bank on behalf of the borrower, Holt Lunsford Commercial Investments, which is developing the project in a joint venture with Dallas-based Silverado Interests. Completion is scheduled for the third quarter of 2025.
MABANK, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Pego Self Storage, a 568-unit facility in Mabank, about 55 miles southeast of Dallas. The complex consists of 12 buildings that span 72,262 net rentable square feet of space, including drive-up and climate-controlled units. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local owner-operator, in the transaction and procured the Austin-based buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
DALLAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 60,000-square-foot industrial lease in West Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 3306-3310 Quebec St. was originally built in 1971. Canon Shoults and Maddy Coffman of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, AEW Capital Management, in the lease negotiations. Turner Peterson with Mercer Co. represented the tenant, a company doing business as SCIGV Inc.
DALLAS — Duro Hospitality, the group behind brands such as The Charles, Mister Charles, Café Duro, Casa Duro and El Carlos Elegante, will open a new, 7,500-square-foot restaurant in the Preston Center area of North Dallas. The name and concept behind the restaurant were not disclosed, but the space is located on the ground floor of 8111 Douglas, a 225,000-square-foot office building owned by Lincoln Property Co. The restaurant opening is slated for late 2025.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — A joint venture between Certares and TMGOC Ventures has purchased The Ray Hotel, an upscale, 141-room hotel in Delray Beach, a coastal city in South Florida’s Palm Beach County. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Alexandra Lalos Church, Zak Brodstein and Lauren Habig of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller in the transaction. Delivered in September 2021, The Ray is part of Hilton’s Curio Collection of high-end hotels. The property offers amenities including a rooftop restaurant and bar, rooftop pool deck, 1,800-square-foot fitness center and a modern event space. The Ray’s three full-service eateries include restaurants from Michelin-star chef Akira Back and Campi Italian, a concept from New York-based Host Restaurants.
