HUNTINGTON PARK, CALIF. — North Palisade Partners has opened its first self-storage facility, located at 2200 Nadeau St. in Huntington Park, just south of Los Angeles. The three-story, 133,000-square-foot facility sits on two acres and features more than 1,500 units. Extra Space Storage will operate the property, which is named Palisade Nadeau Storage.
LOS ANGELES — Fox Corp. has submitted plans to the City of Los Angeles to expand the historic Fox Studio Lot as part of a project known as “The FOX FUTURE Studio Lot Project.” The plan is expected to cost approximately $1.5 billion and generate $9 million in annual tax revenues. The Fox Studio Lot currently comprises 1.8 million square feet across 96 buildings. The FOX FUTURE Studio Lot Project would add 1.6 million square feet of new development, including nine new soundstages, as well as production facilities and a 24-story media campus office building. The media campus office is intended to receive LEED Platinum certification and will feature shared and private offices designed for film and TV production. Fox is seeking a development partner to construct a 35-story building toward the northeast section of the Fox Studio lot that will directly connect to the studio lot and the Century City subway station, but will function as independent office space. This building will also be designed with LEED Platinum certification in mind. Plans also call for upgrades to existing facilities, a historic preservation plan for key buildings, seismic retrofits of older buildings and a renovation of Fox Sports Studio A. “The Fox …
HOUSTON — Silver Star Properties REIT Inc., an entity formerly known as Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Inc., has sold a 12-building, 377,752-square-foot industrial flex property in northwest Houston. Silver Star Properties originally acquired the property, which was built in 1977, in 2014. The property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. An affiliate of Partners Real Estate, the Houston-based investment and brokerage firm formerly known as NAI Partners, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Origin Bank provided financing for the off-market transaction.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of U Store, a 270-unit facility in Corpus Christi. The property, which comprises 75,835 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space, includes six retail spaces and was fully occupied at the time of sale. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, a Texas-based limited liability company, in the transaction. The team also procured the Texas-based buyer.
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS — A joint venture between TruLife Communities and build-to-rent owner-operator Advenir Oakley has broken ground on LEO at Bethel Place, a 200-unit project in the southern Fort Worth suburb of Weatherford. Designed by Gaylen Howard Laing Architects, the property will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom homes that will average 781, 1,130 and 1,500 square feet, respectively. The amenity package will comprise courtyards with pavilions and grill stations, a central clubhouse with a pool and fitness center, dog park, pickleball court, putting green, walking trail system and a community garden. Full completion is slated for December 2024.
SELMA, TEXAS — Westport Axle Co., a provider of automotive assembly services, has signed a 115,760-square-foot industrial lease at Building 2 at Selma Industrial Park, located on the northeastern outskirts of San Antonio. Delivered in July 2022, Selma 2 is a 305,760-square-foot, cross-dock facility that features 36-foot clear heights, 74 dock-high doors and four drive-in ramps. Jon Dandurand with Burr & Temkin represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. John Colglazier, Carlos Marquez and Kyle Kennan of Partners Real Estate represented the landlord, a partnership between Titan Development and Atlanta-based Robinson Weeks Partners.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based developer The Geyser Group is nearing completion of The Johnny, a 76-unit multifamily project in Central Austin. Geyser Group is developing the project in partnership with The Sephira Group. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and are furnished with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. In addition, 16 of the residences are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Communal amenities include a fitness center and a rooftop deck with an outdoor kitchen. Full completion is slated for April.
OAKLAND PARK, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $51 million in construction financing for Sky Building, a mixed-use development located in the South Florida city of Oakland Park. The borrower, locally based NRI Investments, previously signed a development agreement, lease agreement and purchase and sale agreement for the 2.1- acre site with the City of Oakland Park. Sky Building will house 136 affordable and workforce units, which are connected by a skybridge to the City of Oakland Park’s new City Hall, alongside roughly 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The site is within an opportunity zone approximately three miles north of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Jeremy Pino, Livingston Hessam, Carl Passmore, Kyle Miller, David Strange and Keith Melton of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing via senior construction lenders and debt and equity funds. The financing was underwritten at 80 percent loan-to-cost and is non-recourse through the capital stack, according to Walker & Dunlop. The construction timeline for Sky Building was not disclosed.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Placemakr, a tech-centric hospitality and multifamily operator, has opened its third Nashville location. The 89-unit property is located at 321 Hart St. in the city’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. Placemakr Wedgewood-Houston, formerly a Bento Living building, features apartment-style units for nightly hotel, short-term rental and long-term furnished housing stays. Units range from micro studios to two-bedroom apartments. According to the property website, a one-night stay this weekend ranges from $169 to $379. Guests have access to an outdoor rooftop terrace with views of downtown Nashville, a fitness center, meeting spaces, onsite bodega, coffee bar and an onsite Pacific-Rim-inspired restaurant. Placemakr’s other Nashville locations are in SoBro and Music Row.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — RREAF Holdings has acquired Rivers Edge at Carolina Stadium, a 486-bed student housing community located near the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The property was built in 1996 within the university’s Greek Village. Capital improvements are planned for the community, which will be overseen by RREAF Construction Services. Renovations are set to include upgrades to 40 percent of the property’s 240 units and amenity updates, including the addition of a dog run; upgrades to the existing basketball, volleyball and pickleball courts; and new lighting along the community’s walking paths. Renovations will be completed between late 2026 and early 2027.
