DALLAS — A joint venture that includes MSD Partners and Trammell Crow Co. is underway on a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use project in the Knox Street area of Dallas. The site spans four acres and is adjacent to the Katy Trail. Plans call for a 140-room hotel with 48 for-sale residences, 150,000 square feet of office space that will be anchored by ISN Software Corp., 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 173-unit apartment building and a half-acre park. Plano-based Beal Bank provided $619.5 million in construction financing for the project, which is slated for a 2026 completion. Highland Park Village Associates is leasing the retail and restaurant space, and CBRE is marketing the remainder of the office space for lease. Balfour Beatty and Andres Construction are the general contractors. JLL arranged the construction debt.
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SAN ANTONIO — JLL has brokered the sale of a 174,821-square-foot warehouse and light manufacturing facility in San Antonio. The front-load facility at 4958 Stout Drive is located on the city’s northeast side and features 22-foot clear heights, 12 dock-high doors, two drive-in ramps and 270 parking spaces. Trent Agnew, Josh Villarreal and Greer Shetler of JLL represented the seller, Ledo Capital Group, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Prattco Creekway Industrial. The building was fully leased to tenants at the time of sale.
TEMPLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Midtown Apartments, a 128-unit complex located in the Central Texas city of Temple. Built in 1971, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 872 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, basketball court, clubhouse and a picnic area. Paul Yazbeck of TMG represented the seller in the transaction, and Jon Krebbs of TMG procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
HOUSTON — Marketing agency Keystone Advisors has signed a 32,000-square-foot office lease in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4920 Westway Park Blvd., which is part of the Corporate Centre development, was constructed in 2007 and totals 131,908 square feet. Scott Fikes, Matt Pruitt and Christian Canion of JLL represented the landlord, Agellan Commercial REIT, in the lease negotiations. Josh Marcell and Anthony Porraz of Moody Rambin represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has agreed to sell the fee ownership interest in 625 Madison Avenue, a 563,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan, for $632.5 million. The 17-story building is located between 58th and 59th streets and includes ground-floor retail space. In connection with the sale, SL Green and its partners will originate a $234.5 million preferred equity investment in the property, and the locally based real estate giant will use net proceeds from the sale for repayment of corporate debt. The buyer was an undisclosed global investment group.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has negotiated a 15,085-square-foot office lease in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 9949 W. Sam Houston Parkway N was built in 2006 and totals 41,117 square feet. Andrew Bischoff and Jack Gaffney of Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Wes Williams and Jordan Trout of Colliers represented the tenant, engineering firm W-Industries of Texas.
NORWALK, CONN. — Locally based developer Seligson Properties has completed a $20 million healthcare and retail conversion project in Norwalk, located in southern coastal Connecticut. Seligson redeveloped a three-story, 27,000-square-foot historic bank building that was originally constructed in 1955 into a 24,000-square-foot medical facility for Stamford Health and a 3,000-square-foot bank branch office for Wells Fargo. The gut renovation delivered new roofing, windows, doors and lighting, as well as a covered exterior entrance. The development team also reimagined the lobby and updated the building interiors, parking areas and landscaping. Liberty Bank financed the project.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $17.8 million sale of Dorneyville Shopping Center, a 101,651-square-foot retail center in the eastern Pennsylvania city of Allentown. German discount grocer Aldi anchors the property, which was 86 percent leased at the time of sale. Brad Nathanson and J.P. Colussi of IPA represented the seller, Joshi Hotel Group, in the transaction. LS Property acquired the center.
ISELIN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 40,000-square-foot office lease renewal in the Northern New Jersey community of Iselin. The building at 99 Wood Ave. S is located within the six-building Centerline at Metropark campus and totals 271,988 square feet. Todd Elfand, Kevin Carton, Paul Giannone and Brody Strickland of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Opal Holdings, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, was not disclosed.
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $3 million sale of Riverbank Commons, a 30-unit apartment complex in Trenton. The three-story building houses three efficiency apartments, 12 one-bedroom units and 15 two-bedroom units. Barry Waisbrod of Kislak represented the seller, River Bank Rentals LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as NJ Mercer Investments Realty LLC.