PASADENA, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 41,113-square-foot industrial building situated on 2.3 acres at 2330 Pasadena Blvd. in the eastern Houston metro of Pasadena. Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented the seller, Whatley Properties LLC, in the transaction. Robin Webb of Bay Cam Properties represented the buyer, JGBM LLC.
MEXIA, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Co. (HSM) has brokered the sale of Mexia Plaza, a 16,600-square-foot retail center located at 1322 Milam St. in Mexia, a city approximately 40 miles east of Waco. Shadow-anchored by Walmart, the property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as Cricket Wireless, Hibbett Sports and Payday Loans. Lane Kommer of HSM represented the seller in the transaction, and Michelle Hudson of Hudson Peters represented the buyers.
SAN ANTONIO — LYND Co., a San Antonio-based investment firm, has acquired a portfolio of 11 multifamily properties located in various markets throughout Texas. The portfolio spans 2,405 units with an average age of 12 years. The largest concentration of the portfolio’s assets is in Dallas, with properties in Houston, Midland, Odessa and El Paso as well.
HOUSTON — Oil and gas firm Apache Corp. has signed a 26-month lease extension at Post Oak Central, a 1.3 million-square-foot campus in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood, with owner Parkway Inc., a publicly traded REIT. Apache, which currently occupies 524,000 square feet within the complex, will remain on the site through February 2022. Tim Relyea and Scott Wegmann of Cushman & Wakefield represented Apache in the lease negotiations.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — Crescent Communities has unveiled plans for Bigby, a mixed-use development in Nashville’s Cool Springs submarket. Situated at the intersection of East McEwen Drive and Carothers Parkway in Franklin, Bigby will comprise 30,000 square feet of retail space, a 280,000-square-foot office tower, 40,000 square feet of loft office space, 330 apartments, 15 townhomes, a 200-room hotel, a 12-acre park, public plazas and roughly 2,015 parking spaces. Bigby will connect to existing properties developed over the past couple decades by Crescent Communities, including the One and Two Greenway office buildings and apartment communities the Venue Cool Springs and Cadence Cool Springs. The project team includes architect ESa, landscape architect Hodgson Douglas and Foundry Commercial. Crescent Communities will develop Bigby’s retail, multifamily and office components.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — MPV Properties and Bowman Development Group have partnered to develop Vermillion Village, a 30-acre mixed-use development in downtown Huntersville, roughly 15 miles north of Charlotte. Situated off Interstate 77 at North Church Street and Huntersville-Concord Road, the project will feature a 78,000-square-foot supermarket, 18,000 square feet of additional retail shops and 400 residential units. MPV will handle the development of Vermillion Village’s commercial portion, and Bowman will handle the residential component. The developers have committed to provide at least $250,000 for road improvements surrounding the project. The Huntersville Town Board approved plans for Vermillion Village earlier this month, and the land sale is expected to close in July. The estimated timeline for the project is three to five years, and the developers plan to build the retail portion first.
BRASELTON, GA. — Ackerman & Co. has fully preleased Braselton Logistics Center, a 1 million-square-foot distribution facility in Braselton, roughly 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. Uline, a shipping and packaging supply distributor, has signed a 10-year lease to occupy the entire facility, which will serve as the company’s Southeast U.S. logistics hub. Ackerman & Co. owns Braselton Logistics Center in a joint venture with The Yates Group and JAC Real Estate Investments LLC. Brett Buckner of Ackerman, Todd Yates of the Yates Group and Julian Brown of Transwestern represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Dave Desper and Blaine Kelley of CBRE represented Uline, which will consolidate its nearly 600,000 square feet of operations in nearby Gwinnett County to the new facility. The cross-dock facility will feature 40-foot clear heights, a Ductilcrete warehouse floor slab, white TPO roof with skylights, LED lighting and parking space for 521 trailers and 639 cars. The facility’s office space will also be customized to Uline’s specifications. The ownership plans to deliver the distribution center by the end of the year, and Uline is scheduled to occupy the facility in the first quarter of 2018.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Inland Private Capital Corp. has sold the 272-unit Lost Creek Resorts at Lakewood Ranch Apartments in the Tampa Bay area. Inland sold the asset through an asset management subsidiary via a 1031 investment program for $50.5 million. Located at 11140 Lost Creek Terrace Lakewood Ranch in Bradenton, the nine-building property features 92 one-bedroom units, 124 two-bedroom units and 56 three-bedroom units. Built in 2012, the community was fully occupied as of May 31, 2017. The buyer was undisclosed.
ATLANTA — Crestlight Capital LLC has purchased an 11-story, 217,090-square-foot office building located at 730 Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta. The private real estate investment firm has tapped Hunter Henritze, Michael Howell and Caroline Cole of Lincoln Property Co. Southeast to lease and manage the Class B asset. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale and features loft office build-outs with exposed ceilings and modern finishes. The building is situated within walking distance of the Fox Theatre and the North Avenue and Midtown MARTA stations. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), MDG Design + Construction, Citi Community Capital, Raymond Jones, Smith & Henzy, BSR Management and Cary Fields have secured nearly $160 million in financing for the restoration of Michelangelo Apartments, a 494-unit affordable housing community located in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The 43-year-old development will be renovated and preserved as affordable housing for an additional 40 years through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program. Built in 1974 using a HUD Section 236 loan guarantee, Michelangelo Apartment comprises four towers offering a total of 80 studios, 126 one-bedroom, 191 two-bedroom, 77 three-bedroom and 20 four-bedroom apartments, as well as 50,000 square feet of retail space and underground parking. The renovations and improvements, which will happen with tenants in place, will include full kitchen and bathroom renovations, conversions to an energy-efficient hydronic boiler system from electric heaters, elevator modernization, façade repairs, lobby modernization, public hall beautification, conversion to energy-efficient LED lighting throughout the buildings and landscaping improvements.
