SAN ANTONIO — SmartStop Self Storage, a self-managed REIT that owns 112 operating and under-development self-storage properties across 17 states and Toronto, has sold a 440-unit facility in San Antonio. The property, which spans 83,400 net rentable square feet, was acquired in January 2016 by Strategic Storage Growth Trust Inc. (SSGT) and was part of the portfolio merger between SmartStop and SSGT that was completed in January 2019. The undisclosed buyer plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use property with office and multifamily uses.
HOUSTON — A partnership led by Senterra Real Estate Group has acquired four acres at 3440 Richmond Ave. in Houston for the development of a mixed-use project, specific elements and construction schedules of which were not released. The site is located at the northwest corner of Buffalo Speedway across from the eastern edge of the Greenway Plaza campus and includes a pad site currently occupied by BB&T Bank. David Hightower of Midway and Davis Adams of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Midway and Cathexis RE Holdings, in the deal. Senterra was self-represented.
HENDERSON, NEV. — RealComm Advisors has arranged the sale of an industrial property, located at 1550 Executive Airport Drive in Henderson. Executive Airport Industrial LLC acquired the asset from DEV Investment for $14.9 million. Situated within AirParc South, the property features 106,680 square feet of industrial space. Greg Pancirov of RealComm Advisors represented the buyer, while Mike De Lew, also of RealComm Advisors, represented the seller in the deal.
MUSTANG, OKLA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Silver City Town Center, an 89,600-square-foot retail center in Mustang, a southwestern suburb of Oklahoma City. The property was approximately 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Mustang Urgent Care, Four Star Fitness, Mustang Optical, Laura’s Laundromat, Bronco Bowl, Playbox Indoor Playland and Marco’s Pizza. Aaron Johnson, Barry Brown, Austin Ross and Ross Crawford of JLL represented the seller, Fields Investments, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 34,482-square-foot industrial asset located at 10130 W. Gulf Bank Road in Houston. Patrick Wolford of Lee & Associates represented the seller, CDG Properties LLC, in the transaction. Joe MacDougall of MacDougall & Co. Inc. represented the buyer, 10130 West Gulf Bank-2019 LP.
DALLAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC), a mixed-use and residential real estate developer and operator with projects across the country, has announced a series of changes for the nine-year-old company. The Dallas-based firm plans to focus on its master-planned communities in Texas, Hawaii, New York, Maryland and Nevada and sell its non-core assets valued at roughly $2 billion over the next 12 to 18 months. HHC expects to net $600 million in cash proceeds from the sales. The Dallas Morning News reports that HHC will put several high-profile projects up for sale, including the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk in New Orleans, the Bridges of Mint Hill in Charlotte, Elk Grove in Sacramento and 110 North Wacker, a 56-story office tower under construction in Chicago. HHC says the office tower will deliver in October 2020 and is 69 percent preleased. HHC recently sold Cottonwood Mall in Salt Lake City for $56 million and plans to shop Monarch City, a 261-acre mixed-use project that the Allen City Council approved earlier this summer. Leadership change, HQ move Paul Layne, president of HHC’s Central region, is taking over as CEO effective immediately as David Weinreb and Grant Herlitz are stepping down from …
With more than 30 cranes in Nashville’s skies, it’s safe to say the Music City commercial real estate market is humming along. In fact, Davidson County approved $4.2 billion of commercial and residential construction permits in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, according to the Nashville Business Journal. Over the last three fiscal years, the county approved $11.4 billion in permits. While that’s an outstanding level of capital investment in a county with under 900,000 residents, it should be noted that Nashville’s MSA comprises 1.9 million residents encompassing 13 counties — all of which are experiencing record levels of construction permits. New companies coming to the city are driving the office market and construction demand, with several large announcements in the last year including Amazon, AllianceBernstein and Mitsubishi, and the city is continues to rapidly attract companies in the financial services, tech and healthcare industries. With a limited number of buildings available for adaptive reuse, most development taking place in the market is new construction. In fact, more than 460,000 square feet of Class A space was delivered in the third quarter of 2019. The majority of that figure was in Midtown and the Cool Springs/Franklin submarkets, with Aetna and Ramsey Solution’s …
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Seniors housing occupancy increased to 88 percent in the third quarter of 2019 from its lowest level in eight years (87.7 percent) recorded during the previous quarter, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). NIC is an Annapolis-based data firm serving the seniors housing industry. Of the 31 metropolitan markets that comprise NIC’s Primary Markets, San Jose (95.5 percent) and Minneapolis (91.3 percent) experienced the highest occupancy rates in the third quarter. Las Vegas (82.3 percent) and Houston (81.5 percent) recorded the lowest occupancy rates. San Antonio experienced the largest occupancy increase from a year ago, rising from 80.2 percent to 84.6 percent. Baltimore saw the largest year-over-year decrease, falling from 92.5 percent to 90.6 percent. “San Jose retains the distinction of having the highest occupancy rate of any major market in the country, as significant barriers to entry constrain development,” says Chuck Harry, NIC’s head of research and analytics. “Houston, on the other hand, places fewer restrictions on development, which is pressuring occupancy.” During the quarter, net new unit demand totaled 4,977 units, the greatest number of new units in any quarter since NIC began reporting the data in …
UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA. — Lifespace Communities has completed a $39.5 million expansion project at Friendship Village of South Hills in Upper St. Clair, located approximately 12 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. The project, construction of which began in summer 2017, added a new building with 50 assisted living apartments, 32 memory care suites and various amenities and wellness services. Perkins Eastman Architects designed the expansion, and LECESSE Construction served as the general contractor.
NEW JERSEY — Capital Funding LLC has provided a $13.8 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. Preferred Care operates the property, which features 126 beds. Further details on the name, location and borrower were not disclosed. Craig Casagrande originated the transaction for Capital Funding.