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DFW Industrial Market Poised for More Growth in 2020

by Taylor Williams February 21, 2020

The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) real estate market is remarkable. In a recent meeting with a broker from another market, he made the observation: “You guys in Texas are like a country unto yourself. It’s not that you don’t know there are 49 other states, you just don’t care!” While that was a bit of an exaggeration, the point was well taken. Certainly DFW is not immune to national affairs and recessions, but the market appears to have enough momentum to carry through 2020, though the uncertainty of the presidential election could cause a few users and buyers to pause before making decisions. In 2016, as Global President for the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), I travelled throughout North America and Europe. Continually meeting with SIOR brokers in other markets gave me unique perspective on how DFW really does compare to the rest. The leasing and absorption activity far outweigh most other markets, making it an enviable location. Texas will always be a magnet for businesses as long as it retains a pro-business state of mind: Texas is a central part of the country and a right-to-work state with no state income tax, among other attractive incentives. Oftentimes, as …

February 21, 2020

Development Healthcare Mixed-Use Texas Top Stories

Texas A&M Plans $546M Expansion at Texas Medical Center in Houston

by Alex Patton February 21, 2020

HOUSTON — Texas A&M University has unveiled plans for a $546 million expansion project at Texas Medical Center in Houston. The project will include the $145 million acquisition and renovation of the 18-story Texas A&M Engineering Medicine (EnMed) building at 1020 Holcombe Blvd., as well as $401 million construction of two new towers adjacent to the EnMed structure. The first new building is a 30-story medical tower slated for completion in June 2023. The property will include 72,000 square feet of retail space and 8,700 square feet of green space. The tower will expand the EnMed building’s engineering medicine programs, which include a combination of medical and engineering degrees. The second new building is a 19-story residential tower slated for completion in June 2022. The project will include 704 beds of student housing and a 3,444-space parking garage. Texas A&M College of Medicine students and Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing students will have first priority to occupy the housing, but students from other institutions can also apply. The expansion will be part of Texas Medical Center’s planned 1.5 million-square-foot TMC3 translational research campus. With construction scheduled to begin this year for completion in 2022, TMC3 will include 112,000 …

February 21, 2020

Acquisitions Affordable Housing Florida Multifamily Southeast

Starwood REIT Acquires Affordable Housing Portfolio for $460.9M

by Alex Tostado February 20, 2020

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Starwood Real Estate Income Trust Inc. has acquired an 18-property, 3,336-unit affordable housing portfolio located predominately in Florida and North Carolina. The portfolio was 96 percent occupied at the time of acquisition. The garden-style portfolio offers amenities such as pools, clubhouses, playgrounds, fitness centers and laundry facilities. More than 50 percent of the portfolio is located in Orlando, Jacksonville, Raleigh and Charlotte. Individual properties were not disclosed. The seller(s) was also not disclosed. Starwood REIT is a non-traded REIT managed by Miami Beach-based Starwood Capital Group.

February 20, 2020

Development Florida Multifamily Southeast

Time Equities Unveils Plans for 300-Unit Multifamily Community in West Palm Beach

by Alex Tostado February 20, 2020

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Time Equities Inc. has unveiled plans for CasaMara, a 300-unit multifamily community in West Palm Beach that will also feature 16,000 square feet of retail space. The property will comprise a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse and seven low-rise buildings offering studio to three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities will include a pool with cabanas, pool pavilion building, children’s pool, grilling stations, 60-foot water wall, Jacuzzi, coworking lounge, fitness center, bark park, game room with billiards and Wii stations, club room with art lounge and fire place, dining facilities for private parties, children’s playroom and an outdoor playground. The property is situated on 10 acres at 3111 S. Dixie Highway, two miles south of downtown West Palm Beach. MSA Architects is designing the exterior of CasaMara, while ID and Design International will design the interiors. KAST Construction is the general contractor, and Zabik & Associates is the construction manager. M&T Bank is providing construction financing. Avison Young is handling leasing efforts for the retail portion, and Lincoln Property Co. is handling leasing efforts for the multifamily portion. Time Equities expects to deliver the community in spring 2021.

February 20, 2020

Development Multifamily North Carolina Southeast

Joint Venture Breaks Ground on $44.8M Apartment Complex in Metro Raleigh

by Alex Tostado February 20, 2020

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — A joint venture between Dominion Realty Partners, Amzak Capital Management and Kite Realty Group has broken ground on Holly Springs Apartments, a planned 239-unit complex in Holly Springs. The property will offer communal amenities such as a pool, multiple outdoor fireplaces, dog park and a 24-hour fitness center with a yoga and cycle room. Unit interiors will include nine-foot ceilings, decorative pendant lighting, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, subway tile backsplash and vinyl plank hardwood floors. United Bank is providing financing for the project, which is expected to cost $44.8 million to develop. Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio is the architect, Armada Hoffler Construction is the general contractor and Piedmont Land Design is the project’s civil engineer. The developers expect to deliver the first units and clubhouse by the end of 2021.

February 20, 2020

Development Florida Retail Southeast

Ferber to Develop 250,000 SF Shopping Center Near Jacksonville

by Alex Tostado February 20, 2020

ST. JOHNS, FLA. — The Ferber Co. will develop Durbin Creek Crossing, a 70-acre shopping center in the south Jacksonville suburb of St. Johns. Ferber is scheduled to break ground this summer and expects to deliver the asset by fall 2021. The property will offer 250,000 square feet of retail space across 10 outparcels sized between 0.8 and 2.6 acres. Ferber has signed Aldi to a 19,000-square-foot lease. Other tenants coming to Durbin Creek Crossing include ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, First Florida Credit Union and Tire Kingdom. Nancy Sumner and Katy Figg of Colliers International are handling the leasing efforts on behalf of Ferber. The site is located at the corner of St. Johns Parkway and Racetrack Road, 21 miles south of downtown Jacksonville. The remaining 22 acres of wetlands at the southern portion of the site will serve as an environmental buffer protected by a conservation land use designation for the single-family communities south of the site.

February 20, 2020

Acquisitions District of Columbia Hospitality Southeast

Park Hotels Sells Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel in D.C.’s Georgetown District for $90.4M

by Alex Tostado February 20, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. has sold the Embassy Suites by Hilton Washington DC Georgetown, a 197-room hotel in Washington, D.C., for $90.4 million. The property is situated at 1250 22nd St. NW in Georgetown, one mile west of downtown D.C. The hotel offers an indoor pool, fitness center, arcade, complimentary breakfast, baggage storage and a business center. The buyer was EOS Investors LLC.

February 20, 2020

Development Industrial Texas

Ascendant Commercial Buys Land in South Fort Worth for 2.2 MSF Industrial Project

by Taylor Williams February 20, 2020

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Ascendant Commercial, a Dallas-based investment and development firm, has purchased land at the northwest corner of Interstate 35 and State Highway 1187 in south Fort Worth for a 2.2 million-square-foot industrial project. Construction of Phase I of the project is expected to commence this summer and to feature an 850,000-square-foot speculative distribution center. Delivery is slated for May 2021. CBRE is handling leasing of the new facility.

February 20, 2020

Company News Office Texas

Cushman & Wakefield Acquires Houston-Based Colvill Office Properties

by Taylor Williams February 20, 2020

HOUSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired Colvill Office Properties, a Houston-based provider of office agency leasing services. The company currently oversees marketing and leasing efforts for roughly 17 million square feet of Class A office space throughout the Houston area. The Colvill portfolio includes more than 30 individual properties in the central business district, Energy Corridor/Katy Freeway, Galleria/Uptown, Westchase, West Belt, Springwoods and Inner Loop submarkets. Colvill CEO and president Chip Colvill will join Cushman & Wakefield as executive vice chairman.

February 20, 2020

Development Multifamily Texas

KWA Construction Tops Out 258-Unit Kilby Apartment Community in Frisco Square

by Taylor Williams February 20, 2020

FRISCO, TEXAS — KWA Construction has topped out Kilby, a 258-unit apartment community located within the $600 million Frisco Square mixed-use development north of Dallas. Designed by BGO Architects and developed by Toll Brothers Apartments, the property will offer a clubroom, conference lounge, gaming lounge, two-story fitness center with a yoga deck, pet spa and an outdoor patio with grills surrounding a resort-style pool. Completion is scheduled for late 2020.

February 20, 2020

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