IRVING, TEXAS — New York City-based Extell Development Co. has acquired Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas, a 405-room hotel located within Irving’s Las Colinas district, for $235 million. The sale price equates to about $580,000 per unit. The property offers access to a golf course and has several onsite bars and restaurants. According to hotel-online.com, the seller was Blackstone, which acquired the property from CW Capital Asset Management in 2014 for $150 million.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Zydeco Development Corp. has broken ground on Phase II of MetCenter, an office project in central Austin that will feature 410,000 square feet of office space. The property offers proximity to both the downtown area and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Onsite amenities will include hiking and biking trails, as well as basketball and tennis courts. Completion of Phase II is slated for April 2019. JLL is leasing the project.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of Las Cimas II and III, a 313,716-square-foot office property in Austin. Completed in 2000 and 2001, the two buildings are located at the intersection of Loop 360 and Bee Cave Road on the city’s southwestern side. Amenities include a Whole Foods Market deli, fitness center and a conference room. HFF represented the seller, international investment firm GLL Real Estate Partners, and procured the buyer, Boston-based Rockpoint Group LLC.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has arranged a refinancing for Franklin Park Alamo Heights, a 221-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in San Antonio. The borrower is a joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Franklin Development Properties. The amount of the loan was not disclosed. Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE secured a three-year, floating-rate loan with 24 months of interest-only payments through an undisclosed debt fund.
MCLEAN, VA. — Freddie Mac has announced that Deborah Jenkins will be named executive vice president and head of its Multifamily division, effective immediately. Additionally, Jenkins has assumed a role as member of the company’s Senior Operating Committee. “Debby’s transition into her role as head of the Multifamily business has progressed very well,” said Donald Layton, CEO of Freddie Mac. “Debby is dedicated to ensuring this growing segment of our company continues to be an industry leader, innovator and a critical financier of rental housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income families.” In September, Freddie Mac announced the retirement of CEO Donald Layton taking place in the second half of 2019, as well as the commencement of the CEO Succession Plan and the elevation of former head of Freddie Mac Multifamily, David Brickman, to president of the company. Since 2010, Jenkins has led Multifamily Underwriting and Credit, overseeing all credit approvals and due diligence processes, asset level securitization activities, as well as credit policies and governance for all Multifamily’s products.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) has begun work on a 110,000-square-foot retail redevelopment project in Beaumont. The company will backfill a former Macy’s store located at Parkdale Mall with a Dick’s Sporting Goods, Five Below and a national home furnishing store. The openings are slated for spring 2019. Parkdale Mall’s tenant roster includes Dillard’s, JC Penney, Sears, H&M, 2nd & Charles and Tilt Studio.
The retail market in Reno/Sparks continues to improve with big box retailers moving to the market and a steady decrease in the vacancy rate. The retail market in Reno/Sparks has seen an overall decrease in vacancy for the fifth consecutive quarter with the current vacancy rate hovering just under 7 percent. Average market rent is currently $1.50 per square foot, triple net, and appears to be slowly climbing as we continue to experience positive net absorption. Tenants moving and expanding in the area include Big Lots leasing 30,112 square feet in Spanish Springs, and Harbor Freight and Tractor Supply Company leasing 16,016 square feet and 38,326 square feet, respectively, in Sparks. Sprouts Farmers Market has opened two new locations in Reno and Sparks over the past 12 months, absorbing roughly 60,000 square feet. Grocery Outlet, Tuesday Morning, Marshall’s Home Goods, Burlington and Raley’s Supermarkets have also expanded in northern Nevada. The Reno/Sparks market has seen increased activity in the finance services and fast-casual restaurant industries. New fast-casual restaurants in the area include Mod Pizza, California Pizza Kitchen, Burrito Bandito, Sizzle Pie, Pine State Biscuits and Habit Burger. Chase Bank and United Federal Credit Union have opened several locations in Northern …
HOUSTON — A robust American economy is strengthening the fundamentals of the country’s office market, keeping vacancy in check and driving asking rents up, according to a new report from Houston-based Transwestern. Strong job growth resulting in a 3.7 percent unemployment rate in October, coupled with a 3.5 percent increase in GDP during the third quarter, propelled the U.S. office market to nearly 23 million square feet of positive net absorption. Year-to-date absorption in the office market has now increased by 17.1 percent compared to the first three quarters of 2017, per the report. Year-over-year, the national vacancy rate has held steady at 10.1 percent, nearing its lowest mark during the current cycle. Asking rents have increased by 4 percent year-over-year to a national average of $26.03 per square foot. Transwestern’s report tracked competitive single- and multi-tenant office buildings in 49 select U.S. markets. Owner-occupied, medical offices and government-owned buildings were not included in the analysis. According to Ryan Tharp, director of research in Transwestern’s Dallas office, the combined momentum from quarterly job and GDP growth was strong enough to offset soft wage gains, which would otherwise have dampened the sector’s performance. Despite a tight labor market, wages increased by …
BOSTON — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets, acting as advisor to HCP Inc., has arranged the sale of a portfolio of seniors housing communities managed by Brookdale Senior Living. HCP agreed to sell the 17 Brookdale-managed properties to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) for $264 million. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved in the transaction included Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, James Dooley and Sam Dylag.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $16.2 million sale of Bathhouse Studios, a 14,000-square-foot mixed-use building in the East Village of Manhattan. Located at 538 E. 11th St., the property includes studio and event space as well as a residential unit above. Built in 1905, the property is a former public bathhouse and was converted into a studio in 1995 by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Eddie Adams. The ground floor of the building features 20-foot ceilings with oak floors, exposed brick and antique frosted windows. The residence above possesses 16-foot ceilings with oak floors throughout and a 2,200 square-foot outdoor deck. Michael DeCheser, Andrew Berry, Mei Ling Wong and Bryan Hurley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Alyssa Adams, in the transaction. The buyer was 538 East Eleventh LLC.
