FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dallas-based development and investment firm Leon Capital Group has broken ground on Riverbend East Industrial Park, a 236,000-square-foot project in Fort Worth. Located at the intersection of I-820 and State Highway 121, the development will consist of two buildings that will be able to accommodate users with requirements between 26,000 and 148,000 square feet. Building features will include 32-foot clear heights, 135-foot truck court depths and ESFR sprinkler systems. Completion is slated for next summer. CBRE is the leasing agent. Leon Capital is also planning a third, 56,000-square-foot building with two acres of outdoor storage space at the site.
HOUSTON — Sunday Riley Modern Skincare has signed a 97,222-square-foot industrial lease at in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 11720 North Gessner Road was constructed in 2014 and totals 155,400 square feet. William Carpenter and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, institutional investment firm Bentall GreenOak, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was self-represented.
HOUSTON — Edge Realty Partners has negotiated the sale of a 24,000-square-foot retail property located at 5757 Westheimer Road in West Houston. The property is located within the Uptown/Galleria submarket and is home to a mix of national and local tenants. Chace Henke and Micha van Marcke of Edge represented the buyer, Last Mile Investments, in the transaction. Jim Bayne of Investar Real Estate Services represented the undisclosed seller.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has arranged the sale of an 11,475-square-foot industrial building in the northern Houston suburb of Humble. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 304-306 Wilson Road was constructed in 2016 and features a clear height of 16 feet. Darren O’Conor of Partners represented the buyer, an entity doing business as 304 Wilson LLC, in the transaction. Wyatt Huff and Hunter Stockard, also with Partners, represented the seller, Chosen Properties LLC.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — PopStroke Entertainment Group, a Florida-based, golf-centric concept, has opened a 10,000-square-foot venue in College Station. Designed by Austin-based Mark Odom Studio, the venue features a centralized courtyard with a full-service bar and kitchen, yard games and outdoor dining/lounge seating with views of the minigolf course. The venue’s four buildings were constructed using shipping containers, with ResCon Group serving as general contractor. PopStroke now operates four venues in Texas.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — Atlanta-based investment firm MDH Partners has purchased a 305,870-square-foot industrial building in Middletown, located on the southeastern outskirts of Harrisburg, for $45.5 million. The building features a clear height of 36 feet, 50 dock doors and an ESFR sprinkler system. The building is leased to an undisclosed provider of e-commerce services. John Plower, John Huguenard, Ryan Cottone, Zach Maguire, Paul Torosian and Jeff Lockard of JLL represented the seller, Core5 Industrial Partners, which is also based in Atlanta, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based investment firm Alchemy Ventures and S & A Capital Group, which is a Hong Kong-based family office, has purchased a seven-unit apartment building in Manhattan for $12.5 million. The five-story building at 251 Church St. is located in the Tribeca neighborhood and consists of six four-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit, as well as two ground-floor restaurant spaces. Maurice Suede, Eric Roth and Brett Seigel of Newmark represented the partnership and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $10.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Count, a 27-unit apartment building located at 168 W. 136th St. in Harlem. The midrise building features a virtual doorman, rooftop terrace and a penthouse-level lounge/coworking space. Avi Kozlowski of Greystone originated the loan, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, 30-year amortization schedule and interest-only payments for the first two years of the five-year term. The borrower was Haussmann Development.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Unilever (NYSE: UL) has signed a 111,000-square-foot office lease in Hoboken for its new U.S. headquarters. The British conglomerate will occupy three full floors at 111 River Street, which is part of the three-building, 1.5 million-square-foot Waterfront Corporate Center complex. CBRE represented Unilever in the lease negotiations. New York City-based SJP Properties owns Waterfront Corporate Center, which is also home to tenants such as Lipton, Walmart and Newell Brands.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 10-year, 26,000-square-foot office lease expansion in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The tenant, e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF), will now occupy 39,000 square feet across three full floors at 16 West 22nd Street, where the cosmetics provider has been a tenant since 2020. Jonathan Schindler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Barbara Yagoda of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord, Meysar Realty Corp.