GALVESTON, TEXAS — An American affiliate of Canadian shipbuilder Davie will open a $1 billion ‘icebreaker’ factory in the southeastern coastal Texas city of Galveston, according to reports from multiple publications that cover that industry, including The Maritime Executive and Marine Insight. According to the former publication, the factory will be located within the city’s Gulf Copper Yard and will be purpose-built for manufacturing ships for the U.S. Department of Defense and its polar exploration initiatives. The latter publication reports that Davie is developing the factory in partnership with Pearlson, a Florida-based specialist in shipyard design and program management. Marine Insight also reports that the project could support more than 7,000 jobs across Texas and have a regional economic impact of about $9 billion.
HOUSTON — Crow Holdings Development is underway on construction of Rushcreek Business Park, a 446,123-square-foot industrial project in North Houston. The development will consist of two front-load buildings that will span 137,588 and 308,535 square feet. The buildings will feature 32- and 36-foot clear heights, respectively, and a combined 101 dock-high doors, six drive-in ramps and 259 car parking spaces. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent. Construction is slated for a summer 2026 completion.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Locally based developer BCS has broken ground on Grove Business Park, a 438,960-square-foot industrial project that will be located in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The site spans 46 acres, and the development will feature nine buildings that will range in size from 30,000 to 120,120 square feet. Urban Cos. has been selected as the design-build firm for the project, and Altar Group will be the civil engineer. Partners Real Estate is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2026.
HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has arranged a 36,340-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 7121 Brittmoore Road in northwest Houston. Information on the property was not available on LoopNet Inc. Garret Geaccone, Boone Smith and Jack Rathe of Stream represented the landlord, DRA Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Nile Copeland of World Wide Realty represented the tenant, ChiChi Trade.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Emultec Inc. has signed an 18,675-square-foot industrial lease renewal in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. The provider of distribution services will remain a tenant at Building 1 at Marsh Business Park West. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, GKI Industrial LLC, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES — Kilroy Realty Corp. has acquired Maple Plaza, an office campus in the Beverly Hills submarket of Los Angeles, from Tishman Speyer for $205.3 million, or $707 per square foot. The transaction was funded with cash on hand and recent disposition proceeds. Stephen Somer and Brooke Silver of CBRE brokered the transaction. Renovated in 2017, Maple Plaza features 293,000 square feet of Class A office space at 345 N. Maple Drive. At the time of sale, the property was 75 percent leased to a mix of tenants across private equity, professional services, education and entertainment. For Tishman Speyer, this transaction completes a trio of dispositions in Beverly Hills. The firm originally acquired Maple Plaza in 2005 for $101 million and subsequently secured leases with a variety of of entertainment, financial services, lifestyle customers and retailers, including Goop Kitchen and Cafe Ruisseau. Last August, Tishman Speyer sold 407 North Maple Drive to Fashion Nova for $119.7 million, and in December, the firm sold 9242 Beverly to Envision and Faring for $90 million.
APPLE VALLEY, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Uncommon Developers has received full entitlement to develop Apple Valley AV One Million Distribution Center, the first phase of a 550-acre master-planned project in Apple Valley. Additionally, the project is fully preleased. Rick John and Dan Foye of DAUM represented Uncommon in the lease negotiations. Situated on 72 acres, Apple Valley One Million Distribution Center is planned to have a total building area of 1.1 million square feet with 40-foot minimum building height, 219 dock-high doors, four ground-level doors, electric vehicle charging stations for cars and trucks and 8,000 amps of power expandable to 16,000 amps. Additionally, the project will offer office and mezzanine space and car and trailer parking. A construction timeline has not been released, but it should move quickly since entitlement is completed.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Vintage, an apartment community in Tucson. Clint Wadlund, Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Built in 1981, The Vintage offers 204 one- and two-bedroom floor plans with private balconies or patios, window coverings and extra storage space. Community amenities include a newly renovated swimming pool and spa, laundry facility, package lockers and a 24-hour fitness center.
OAK HARBOR, WASH. — Spartan Investment Group, along with its in-house development team Spartan Construction Management, has completed FreeUp Storage Oak Harbor, a ground-up self-storage project at 33650 State Route 20 in Oak Harbor. The 78,920-square-foot facility offers 583 units across eight buildings. FreeUp Storage, Spartan’s owned and operated brand of self-storage facilities, will manage the property.
DENVER — Malman Real Estate has arranged the purchase of a 38,108-square-foot industrial property located at 901-999 Vallejo St. in Denver. 901-999 Vallejo LLC acquired the asset from East Prentice Denver Tech Center for $5.4 million. Taylor Roy and Jeff Geman of Malman represented the buyer in the off-market transaction. The seller was unrepresented.