FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Texas-based multifamily developer Presidium has begun leasing Presidium Revelstoke, a 408-unit apartment community located within Alliance Town Center in Fort Worth. O’Brien Architects designed the property, which is situated on 17.2 acres. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, fitness center with spin and yoga studios, outdoor grilling and game area, a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse with a demonstration kitchen and business center, a community playground and a dog park. Kimley-Horn served as the civil engineer for the project, and Provident General Contractors handled construction. Full completion is scheduled for next year.
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LAREDO, TEXAS — A partnership between Tailwind Real Estate Equities and Dallas-based Gulf Corp. is underway on construction of Tailwind II Logistics Center, a 300,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility in the South Texas city of Laredo. Tailwind II Logistics Center will feature 36-foot clear heights, 112 dock-high doors, 140 car parking spaces and 199 trailer parking spaces. CBRE is handling leasing of the project, which is expected to be complete in fall 2021.
DALLAS — Home goods discount retailer Tuesday Morning has entered into an agreement with Miami-based Rialto Capital to sell its Dallas headquarters building, located at 6250 LBJ Freeway, and three warehouses for $60 million. The deal comes several months after the Dallas-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing major financial losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuesday Morning is also closing 230 stores, or roughly a third of its total inventory, across the country. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
WHITESTOWN, IND. — Colliers International has arranged the sale-leaseback of Whitestown Business Park Building 2, a 636,742-square-foot industrial building in Whitestown, about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The sales price was undisclosed. Constructed in 2019, the building is located at 3632 Perry Blvd. It is fully leased to Puma North America Inc. Alex Cantu, Jeff Devine and Steven Disse of Colliers represented the seller, Puma. An affiliate of Walton Street Capital, a Chicago-based real estate private equity firm, purchased the asset. The property serves as the largest of Puma’s two national distribution hubs, handling 75 percent of its e-commerce business. The sportswear retailer took occupancy of the facility in June of this year.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Weitzman has expanded its corporate services platform by launching a new branch in Austin that will focus on tenant solutions for office users in Austin and the surrounding Central Texas market. The new platform will offer services such as strategic planning and needs assessment, financial, market and labor analyses, lease restructuring, renewals, relocations, expansions, subleasing and disposition of excess space, acquisitions, dispositions and build-to-suits. Matt Epple, executive vice president and director of brokerage for Weitzman, will lead the new office. Weitzman’s office management portfolio in Texas currently spans more than 1 million square feet, including buildings in Austin such as downtown’s Scarbrough and Littlefield Buildings and the office tower at Capital Plaza.
INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a medical office portfolio spanning seven properties and 439,000 square feet for an undisclosed price. The assets are primarily located on hospital campuses in metro areas within Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The Class A portfolio is 93 percent leased to healthcare systems such as Ascension, Franciscan, AMITA and University of Missouri Health. Mindy Berman, Daniel Turley, Tim Joyce and Brannan Knott of JLL represented the undisclosed seller. Healthpeak Properties Inc. purchased the portfolio.
CHICAGO — Peppercorn Capital, a Chicago-based commercial real estate development company, has sold a 70,000-square-foot warehouse in Chicago for $12 million to Prologis. The property is located at 455 N. Ashland Ave. and features a ceiling height of 22 feet and five docking systems. Peppercorn purchased the asset in 2017 and leased it to movie production and equipment companies.
INDIANAPOLIS — NorthMarq has arranged an $11.9 million loan for the refinancing of La Joya Apartments in Indianapolis. Built in 1974, the 320-unit workforce housing community is located 10 miles from downtown. Lawrence Larisma and Ryan Taylor of NorthMarq arranged the loan with Freddie Mac. It features a 15-year term and a fixed rate. The borrower was undisclosed.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has negotiated the sale of Park Beach Apartments in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood for $2.2 million. The 77-unit single room occupancy (SRO) building is located at 5327 S. Cornell Ave. SRO refers to a form of housing that is geared toward residents with low incomes who rent furnished single rooms. The buyer will continue operating the property as an SRO. Park Beach Apartments includes 27 private bathroom units and 50 semi-private units. Jimal Gilbert and Lee Kiser brokered the transaction. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
While the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly made life tougher for active adult investors, there is still capital available. It has just become harder to get. “The equity is pretty rational right now. It’s the TINA phenomenon — there is no alternative,” said Mark Marasciullo, chief investment officer with The United Group of Companies, which develops active adult properties. “There is, institutionally speaking, more and more equity piling up on the sidelines. The market’s pretty liquid, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. There’s a lot of capital out there, but it’s fickle.” The comments came during a roundtable session titled “Investment Outlook for the Active Adult/55+ Market” at France Media’s InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference. The event was held virtually on Nov. 5 and 6. Marasciullo hosted the session, which invited attendees to openly lead the discussion. Marasciullo noted that continued high housing prices could keep move-ins high for active adult operators. Housing website Redfin reports that home-buying demand surpassed pre-pandemic levels by June. “If you’re contemplating selling your house, you’re looking around and saying ‘there’s never going to be a better time.’ Our industry has caught a bit of a tailwind,” said Marasciullo. “I’m actually very …