HOUSTON — BBVA Compass, a Birmingham, Ala.-based bank, has provided a $28.1 million loan for the refinancing of Hotel Derek, a 312-room hotel located in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. The hotel features a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor pool, more than 10,000 square feet of meeting space and an outdoor movie theater. Colby Mueck and Scott Hall of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Lowe Enterprises Investors, a Los Angeles-based advisory and management firm. Lowe has invested more than $8.8 million in upgrades into the property since 2012.
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SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park will open a 37,000-square-foot venue at Sam Moon Center in Shenandoah, a northern suburb of Houston. The venue will offer trampoline activities, indoor skydiving, ropes courses, climbing walls and a café. Michael Stern of Edge Realty Partners represented Urban Air in the lease negotiations. Steve Greenberg and Kendall Isben of The Retail Connection represented the landlord, Sam Moon Group. The opening is slated for July.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based healthcare investment firm Caddis has acquired Atascocita Medical Center, a 30,906-square-foot medical center located in the northern Houston metro of Humble. The property opened in 2015 and is currently 94 percent leased to urgent care clinic Memorial Hermann Medical Group Pediatrics Atascocita, as well as primary and specialty care practices. Caddis also recently re-acquired the 43,119-square-foot Prairie View Medical Plaza in Flower Mound, which it developed in 2012 and sold in 2015. The seller of Prairie View Medical Center, which is 100 percent leased, was Ridgeline Capital Partners.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 40,000-square-foot industrial lease at 850 S. Jupiter Road in the northeastern Dallas metro of Garland. Brett Lewis and Corbin Blount of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, supply chain management firm Galaxy Global Logistics. Michael Peinado of Lincoln Property Co. represented the undisclosed landlord.
HURST, TEXAS — JLL has arranged the sale of a 13,900-square-foot retail property located at 340 Grapevine Highway in the eastern Fort Worth metro of Hurst. Frost Bank owned and occupied the single-tenant property, which was purchased by Westover Hurst LLC. Pat McDowell and Todd Burnett of JLL represented Frost Bank in the sale. Mack House of The Westover Group represented the buyer. The sale includes the 2.1 acres of land surrounding the building.
ST. LOUIS — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $20 million construction loan for Hibernia Apartments in the Dogtown neighborhood of St. Louis. The 100-unit apartment property will include 16,000 square feet of retail space to be occupied by a local grocer. David Garfinkel and Dan Baker of NorthMarq arranged the loan through The Bank of Washington. Indianapolis-based Pearl Cos. is developing the project. Completion is slated for the end of this year, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Fields Foods is expected to fill the grocery space.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build LLC has completed two office build-outs for Level Office, a company that rents private offices, co-working desks and meeting space. Summit renovated and expanded two of the company’s four Chicago locations. The 21,348-square-foot Level Office River North features private offices, office suites, co-working desks, reception, event space and conference rooms. This location also features a unique space off the first floor where a loading dock was converted to open office and lounge space. Summit’s scope of work also included building out a new floor plan for all four floors. Private offices feature a custom glass storefront, and a first-floor community kitchen includes bamboo and tile flooring and custom millwork. For the second project, Level Office West Loop, Summit built out amenity spaces and perimeter offices similar to the River North location. Summit also added two conference rooms and five phone booths. A 7,200-square-foot space on the 17th floor now serves as the primary amenity floor for all Level Office tenants within the building. Warren Johnson Architects Inc. served as the architect for both projects.
CLAYTON AND MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Gershman Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of two office buildings near St. Louis. Tim Balk of Gershman represented the seller, CUNA Mutual Financial Group Inc., in both transactions. BMO-1 The Westport LLC purchased a 91,131-square-foot building located at 11960 Westline Industrial Drive in Maryland Heights for $6.2 million. The property was 78 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Kantar Health, YOH Services and Lindenwood University. VAD Realty LLC purchased a 20,838-square-foot building located at 222 S. Meramec Ave. in Clayton for $2.7 million. The Class B property is situated next to Two Twelve Clayton, a newly completed multifamily development.
CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a PNC Bank ground lease in Chicago for $4 million. The single-tenant property is located at 8700 S. Cottage Grove Ave. near I-94. There are 22 years remaining on the original 30-year PNC Bank ground lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, an East Coast-based real estate partnership. Jon Busse of Colliers International represented the buyer, Burlingame Midland LLC. The new owner completed a 1031 exchange for the recent sale of a retail property occupied by Home Depot in Midland, Mich.
INDIANAPOLIS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 30,375-square-foot office building in Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 3530 S. Keystone Ave. Teresa Harwood and Matt Broderick of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Keystone Business Property LLC. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers International represented the undisclosed buyer.