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By Alan Stalcup, founder, CEO, GVA Real Estate Austin’s apartment inventory grew 33 percent from 2020 to 2025, according to data from Marcus & Millichap — the fastest rate in the country. In addition, data from CoStar Group and the U.S. Census Bureau show that vacancy is sitting at 14 percent, roughly double the national average. That’s what happens when every investor in America chases the same story at the same time. Austin isn’t a bad market. It’s a great city. But the math doesn’t work right now. When vacancy is 14 percent and new supply keeps getting added, buyers aren’t buying yield; they’re buying a prayer. The opportunities in Texas didn’t disappear; they moved. And they moved to places most investors aren’t looking. The Places Nobody’s Watching The Rio Grande Valley has between 1.4 and 1.5 million people, according to Census data. That’s not a small market. It’s a large, underfollowed one. McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville — these cities have real population bases, stable renter demand and almost no institutional competition. Rents sit around $700 per month. GVA has been pushing $240 increases — roughly 30 percent — with light improvements. Not gut renovations or repositioning the asset, just new …

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ATLANTA — Pinnacle Financial Partners (NYSE:PNFP) has announced plans to establish a corporate headquarters at Ten Twenty Spring, a 525,000-square-foot office tower located in Midtown Atlanta. A partnership between locally based Portman and Perform Properties, a portfolio company of Blackstone Real Estate, developed the tower in 2024.  Founded in 2000, Pinnacle offers a range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services. The company merged with Synovus earlier this year. Pinnacle will occupy 165,000 square feet and have building signage at Ten Twenty Spring, which is situated within the Spring Quarter mixed-use district. The company will retain its bank headquarters in downtown Nashville and will relocate an estimated 400 team members to the new Atlanta office. Pinnacle’s existing footprint includes 46 locations in metro Atlanta.  “We’re planting the flag for our new corporate headquarters in a building and neighborhood that match the energy we feel about our future and our opportunity for growth in Atlanta,” says Kevin Blair, president and CEO of Pinnacle. Stream Realty Partners represented the building ownership in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented Pinnacle, which plans to occupy its new space in the second half of 2027. Consulting giant EY also recently signed a lease at Ten …

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — April Housing, Blackstone Real Estate’s affordable housing division, has reopened three affordable housing communities totaling 654 units in East Austin. Working in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), April Housing completed roughly $60 million of renovations across the following properties: Heritage Point, a 240-unit senior living community for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI); Eagle’s Landing, a 240-unit multifamily property for those earning 60 percent or less of AMI; and Village at Collinswood, a 174-unit senior living community for residents earning 60 percent or less of AMI. All three communities now offer updated units interiors, including bathrooms, kitchens, fixtures and appliances, as well as upgraded building systems and amenity spaces.

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DALLAS — Locally based developer Larkspur Capital has begun leasing Victoria Row, a 155-unit townhome project in the Cedars District near downtown Dallas. Situated on approximately eight acres at 1100 Parker St., Victoria Row features 29 buildings that were developed in phases and which are now in lease-up. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, dog park and multiple courtyards. Architecture Demarest designed Victoria Row, and Acadian Group served as the general contractor. Information on starting rents was not disclosed.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Signature 35, a 111,923-square-foot industrial project that will be located in the Alliance submarket of North Fort Worth. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 36 dock doors, 122-foot truck court depths, two oversized ramped doors and 5.2 acres of outdoor storage space. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2027. Jarrod McCabe, Brennan Fewin and Ben Pollack of JLL arranged the financing through Simmons Bank on behalf of the developer, a partnership between Indco Partners and Holley Development Co. JLL also arranged an equity investment from an undisclosed family office as part of the project’s capitalization.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — ANDREW, a hardware manufacturer for the telecommunications industry, has signed a 42,000-square-foot lease in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The company is relocating from the nearby building at 2601 Telecom Parkway to the flex building at 2920 Telecom Parkway. In addition to office, the company’s new space supports lab, manufacturing and engineering uses. As part of the relocation, ANDREW plans to invest more than $2 million to support tenant improvements and the addition of new furniture, fixtures and equipment at its new Richardson facility.

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SUFFOLK AND CHESAPEAKE, VA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a four-building industrial portfolio situated near the Port of Virginia in the Hampton Roads region of the Commonwealth. NorthPoint Development purchased the 655,852-square-foot portfolio from an affiliate of Equus Capital Partners Ltd. Bill Prutting, Chris Dale, Craig Childs, Ginna Wallace and Andrew Baquero of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. The portfolio comprises distribution facilities located at 6900, 6920 and 6950 Harbour View Blvd. in Suffolk and 2601 Indian River Road in Chesapeake. The properties were built between 2005 and 2012 and were 82 percent occupied at the time of sale to 10 tenants.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Obrecht Properties LLC has purchased 30 acres adjacent to Fort Bragg, a U.S. military base spanning 160,000 acres in central North Carolina. The Maryland-based developer plans to develop The Gateway at Military Business Park, a six-property industrial park spanning 325,550 square feet, on the site at 2755 Procurement Circle in Fayetteville. The park represents Obrecht’s entry into North Carolina. The developer plans to break ground immediately on Phase I, which will comprise two single-story buildings totaling 52,500 square feet, with plans to deliver the first phase next summer. Obrecht has tapped Neil Grant and Roger Marx of Grant-Murray Real Estate to oversee leasing at The Gateway at Military Business Park.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19.5 million sale of Westgate Square, a 136,189-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at 2625 Hiawassee Road in Orlando. Salim Valiani and Yassin Benkabbou of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private high-net-worth individual from South Florida, in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed. Built in 1981 and renovated in 1990, Westgate Square was fully leased at the time of sale to Bravo Supermarket, Goodwill, Family Dollar and Hibbett Sports.

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BRADENTON, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $10.9 million sale of Heritage Station, a 13,538-square-foot retail strip center located in Bradenton. Spanning nearly three acres across two buildings, the newly constructed property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Aspen Dental, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Five Guys, Einstein Bros. Bagels and America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses. Heritage Station sits adjacent to Marketplace at Heritage Harbour, a 500,000-square-foot shopping center. William Wamble and Patrick Nutt of SRS represented the seller and developer of the property, a joint venture between SREG, an Atlanta-based retail developer, and Bones Investment Group, a private real estate fund for professional athletes based in Tampa. The buyer was a Minnesota-based private investor.

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