LIVE OAK, TEXAS — Weitzman will develop Live Oak Town Center, an 830,000-square-foot retail center that will be located at the southwest quadrant of Interstate 35 and Loop 1604 in Live Oak, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. A 300,000-square-foot IKEA will anchor the property, which will also feature 530,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. The project also includes the development of a public road to be named IKEA RBFCU Parkway, which will connect the center to Loop 1604. Construction of the IKEA, which will be the Swedish furniture retailer’s only location in South Texas, is slated to begin in spring 2018 with completion scheduled for spring 2019. Construction of the adjacent space is slated for a late 2019 completion.
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WACO, TEXAS — Bob Moore Construction has completed a new distribution center for paint retailer Sherwin-Williams in Waco. The facility, which will service Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana, offers 609,000 square feet of storage space with the capacity to expand the building footprint by 33 percent in the future. Bob Moore Construction, which also built a 346,000-square-foot distribution center in Waco for Sherwin-Williams in 1990, began work on the project in early 2016. Roughly 260 employees from the older center will move to the new facility, according to local news source KWTX.
EDINBURG, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer RightQuest has broken ground on Royal Vista Apartments, a 144-unit, Class A apartment community in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) city of Edinburg. The property will be located along Sugar Road just west of Interstate 69, about three miles from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s campus. The project also includes the development of two pad sites that can accommodate retail or hotel buildings. Amenities will include a media center, fitness center, resort-style pool with cabanas, a dog park and on-site storage facilities. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in the summer of 2018. Houston-based Nations Construction Inc. will serve as general contractor on the project, which is being developed on behalf of Brownsville-based JTMR LLC.
SAN ANTONIO — Ridgeline Capital Partners, a Dallas-based investment firm specializing in the healthcare sector, has acquired Connally Oaks Medical Center, a 42,000-square-foot, Class A medical facility located at 2130 N.E. Loop 410 in San Antonio. Built in 2008, the property is situated directly south of the 371-bed Northeast Baptist Hospital. Connally Oaks is currently 95 percent leased to eight medical practices, including oncology, neurology and dentistry, on triple net leases. Ridgeline Capital has now made seven healthcare acquisitions since its inception in early 2014.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Woods Retail Plaza, a 27,750-square-foot retail property located at 4658 FM 1960 W. in Houston, across from the 285,727-square-foot North Oaks Power Center Built in 1975, the property was 87 percent leased at the time of sale and had a list price of roughly $2.4 million. Jerry Goldstein of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Orgill Inc., a wholesale distribution and retail services provider for the home improvement industry, will relocate its new world headquarters from Germantown, Tenn., to Collierville later this month. The company will move 265 employees into its new 92,000-square-foot facility, a new building located roughly 30 miles southeast of Memphis. The $21 million facility is expected to create 115 new jobs by 2022.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Meritex has broken ground on a 79,420-square-foot industrial building located next to CLT Logistics Center, an 11-building industrial campus located roughly four miles south of Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Meritex acquired CLT Logistics Center in 2016 for $46.3 million, with plans to develop on the adjacent land site. The new building will feature 32-foot clear heights, a 60-foot speed bay, store fronts with timber panel finishes and additional trailer storage. The project is the first phase of a larger plan to develop three distribution buildings on the site, which will accommodate approximately 220,000 square feet. The first phase is expected to deliver by spring 2018. Foundry Commercial will manage the project and handle the property’s leasing assignment.
FULTON, MD. — Capitol Seniors Housing has broken ground on Arbor Terrace Maple Lawn, an assisted living and memory care community in Fulton, approximately midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The $27.5 million, 73,000-square-foot community will feature 86 apartments. Baltimore-based BCT Architects designed the structure, while Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group designed the interiors. The Arbor Co. will operate the community upon completion, which is scheduled for fourth-quarter 2018. Capitol Seniors Housing is a D.C.-based, private equity-backed acquisition, development and investment management firm. The company has acquired or developed more than 90 seniors housing communities since its inception in 2003.
DACULA, GA. — Phillips Edison & Co. has acquired Mountain Crossing, a 96,606-square-foot shopping center in Dacula, 38 miles northeast of Atlanta in Gwinnett County, for $13.9 million. The name of the seller was not disclosed. Kroger anchors the center, which is also home to a UPS Store, Great Clips, Allstate Insurance and Chevron. Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison manages a portfolio of more than 345 shopping centers — 236 of which it owns directly — located in 32 states.
ANDERSON, S.C. — Berkadia has arranged the $7.9 million sale of Huntington Apartments, a 152-unit multifamily community in South Carolina’s Upstate region. Located at 150 Continental St. in Anderson, Huntington Apartments includes one- to three-bedroom floor plans and features a swimming pool, 24-hour maintenance and laundry facilities. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent occupied. Mark Boyce and Blake Coffey of Berkadia arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Texas-based Huntington Apartments LLC. Arizona-based Sante Realty Investments acquired the asset.