HOUSTON — MS Warehousing has preleased 212,280 square feet of industrial space in northeast Houston. The local freight management firm will be the lead tenant at First Liberty Logistics Center, a 424,560-square-foot building that is being developed on a speculative basis by Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust. The site spans 26.6 acres, and the building will feature 40-foot clear heights. Grant Hortenstine of CBRE and Bob Berry of Savills represented MS Warehousing in the lease negotiations. David Munson and Garrett Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. OneFourTwo Design Group is the project architect, and ARCO Design/Build is the general contractor. Completion is slated for fall 2025.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Muskin | Elam Group has arranged the sale of Summer Grove, a 124-unit apartment complex in northwest Austin. The garden-style property was built in 1984 and offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a pet park. Daniel Elam of Muskin | Elam Group represented the undisclosed, Chicago-based seller in the transaction. Austin-based investment firm Monterra Capital Partners purchased Summer Grove for an undisclosed price with plans to implement a value-add program.
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between Maryland-based Choice Hotels International and Denver-based HighSide Cos. has broken ground on a 115-room EverHome Suites hotel in San Antonio. The site is located at 619 Hunt Lane on the city’s west side, and the hotel will feature apartment-style rooms that will include fully equipped kitchens and spa-style bathrooms. Construction is slated for a late 2025 completion. The partnership also plans to open five other EverHome Suites hotels in Texas in 2025.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Harbor Freight Tools has signed a 20,810-square-foot retail lease in Pasadena, an eastern suburb of Houston. The California-based hardware and home improvement retailer is backfilling a space formerly occupied by Goodwill. Jeff Scarborough of Scarborough Commercial Real Estate represented Harbor Freight in the lease negotiations. Bob Conwell represented the landlord, locally based developer NewQuest Properties, on an internal basis. The store is expected to open before the end of the year.
DAVENPORT, FLA. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired 15.3 acres of land at 3403 Sandoval Loop in Davenport, with plans to develop a multifamily community at the site. Dubbed Prose Holly Grove, the property will comprise 360 apartments located across from Advent Health’s Heart of Florida Hospital. Residences at the community will feature one- and two-bedroom layouts, and amenities will include a pool, cabana entertainment area, dog park, clubroom, fitness center, business center and package locker system. The opening is scheduled for 2025. Alliance Residential’s Florida portfolio includes Prose Stevens Pointe, Prose Avalon Pointe, Prose Cypress Pointe and Prose Horizons Village. The company plans to open two additional Prose-branded communities and a Broadstone community later this summer.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. — New office and retail tenants have signed leases totaling 43,000 square feet at the third phase of Atlantic Village, a 308,253-square-foot mixed-use development located in Hallandale Beach, roughly 13 miles south of Fort Lauderdale. Retailers Mitch’s Bagels (1,985 square feet), Holy Shakes (1,067 square feet), Club Pilates (2,562 square feet), Zen Zone (2,086 square feet), The Spot Barbershop (1,215 square feet), La Maison H (2,260 square feet), Genia’s Keratin Spa (1,370 square feet) and 54D (8,146 square feet) have opened at the development, which is situated at 601 to 801 N. Federal Highway. Casa Crudos (1,629 square feet), The Wagyu House (2,681 square feet), Murano by Ferraro’s Kitchen (2,600 square feet) and Drunken Dragon (7,746 square feet) have also signed leases at Atlantic Village. Office tenants now open at Phase III of the development, which is currently 83 percent leased, include The Worx (10,911 square feet), Skin and Cancer Dermatology (3,731 square feet), Glowing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry (2,450 square feet) and Ciocca Dermatology of Hallandale (5,608 square feet). Phase I of Atlantic Village, which is fully leased, features 34,710 square feet of retail space. Phase II comprises 27,486 square feet and 10,380 square feet of retail …
DAVIE, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $22.3 million sale of Ridge Plaza, a shopping center in the South Florida city of Davie. JBL Asset Management acquired the property from Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. Danny Finkle, Eric Williams, Jorge Portela and Kim Flores of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Located at 9000-9200 W. State Road 84, the property totals 138,554 square feet. Tenants at Ridge Plaza, which was 98.6 percent occupied at the time of sale, include Paragon Theaters, Goodwill and Off The Wall.
SOUTH CHESTERFIELD, VA. — Industrial rigging solutions company A&A Transfer has signed a full-building, 173,800-square-foot lease at Ashton Creek Distribution Center in South Chesterfield. Located at 1611 Ashton Park Drive, the newly delivered building is situated roughly 20 miles south of Richmond. Ryan Hays of Armour Realty represented the tenant in the lease negotiations, and Chris Avellana, Jimmy Appich and Charlie Polk of JLL represented the landlord, Lingerfelt. Designed and constructed by ARCO Design/Build, the facility was delivered in the first quarter of 2024.
MIAMI — NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale has brokered the $5.2 million sale of an office building located at 2150 Coral Way in Miami. Jeremy Larkin and Craig Merlin of NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale represented the seller, an entity doing business as Ocean Coral Way Inc., in the transaction. Alphatur LLC acquired the property, which totals 17,450 square feet and is situated along Coral Way, a corridor connecting the Coral Gables district to Miami’s Brickell and Downtown districts.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Libitzky Property Cos. has acquired Parc Germann, a two-building industrial campus in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, for an undisclosed price. Built in 2020, Parc Germann offers a total of 224,471 square feet of Class A industrial space that was 100 percent leased to three tenants at the time of acquisition. Situated on 16 acres, Parc Germann features a 92,261-square-foot building at 2215 E. Germann Road and a 132,210-square-foot warehouse at 2225 E. Germann Road. The buildings feature 28-foot clear heights and the campus offers 62 dock-high doors, 14 drive-in doors, 262 parking spaces and ideal ingress/egress. Will Strong, Michael Matchett, Molly Hunt and Callahan Conway of Cushman & Wakefield National Industrial Advisory Group – Mountain West represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition.