WACO, TEXAS — Allergan, a pharmaceutical company, has begun construction on a $200 million expansion of its Waco facility. The expansion will add 322,000 square feet of manufacturing space to the current facility, nearly doubling its current footprint. Once completed, the expansion is expected to add 100 full-time employees, with the potential for the expanded operations adding as many as 250 jobs as the facility reaches full utilization. New positions that will be added include chemists, microbiologists, process engineers and production and maintenance technicians. The expansion will add a new raw material dispensary, an automated bulk formulation suite, 10 new production lines and warehousing space. Upon completion, the Waco facility will be capable of producing more than 40 different product formulations and will increase its production capacity by more than 50 percent. The construction, commissioning and validation of the facility expansion and production processes are expected to be completed by 2020. Allergan’s Waco facility is the company’s flagship manufacturing facility for its leading eye care products, including Restasis, Lumigan, Combigan, Refresh Plus, Refresh Tears and Latisse.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Yeager Office Suites of Allen LLC has purchased a 3.3-acre tract of land in the Dallas suburb of Allen from T&C Investment Venture LP. The property is located on the west side of Watters Road directly across from the newly announced Allen Convention Center at Watters Creek. Yeager Development plans to break ground in July on the two-story, 35,070-square-foot Yeager Office Suites building. Mike Barr of Barr Cos. represented the buyer, and Jane Jan of Jan’s Realty represented the seller. The Yeager Office Suites building will feature 145 office suites, five conference rooms, casual meeting areas, a lobby and reception area and a café. Yeager will develop, construct, manage and lease the project.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 22,415-square-foot, freestanding industrial manufacturing facility located on 2.8 acres at 4740 Eastpark Drive in Houston. Darren O’Conor of NAI Partners represented the seller, BV Oilfield Service & Supply, in the negotiations, while Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented the buyer, Power Supply Seals.
HOUSTON — Clint Duncan has joined CBRE as senior vice president to lead its multifamily investment property sales team in Houston and the Gulf Coast markets. Duncan has returned to CBRE after a brief stint at Berkadia. He started his real estate career as a sales advisor at Hendricks & Partners’ Houston office. Duncan has consistently been a top producer at both Transwestern and most recently CBRE, where he either originated or was a part of more than $1.7 billion in Class A and B multifamily sales over a two-year period.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — North American Properties (NAP), developer of the 86-acre, $600 million Avalon development in Alpharetta, has announced nine retailers coming to Phase II of Avalon, which is set to open in spring 2017. The new merchants include Hop City and The Spotted Trotter, which will work together to form a beer garden; Rumi’s Kitchen; Brine Fish House; The Boardroom Salon for Men; Lucky Brand; Brooks Brothers; Levi’s; and Urban Outfitters. In addition to the retailers, Phase II will include 550,000 square feet of office space, 276 multifamily units, a 330-key hotel and a 74,000-square-foot conference center. Five new retailers are set to open in Phase I of Avalon within the next six months: Tesla, AYA Med Spa, Farm to Ladle, Parisian Nail Salon and Café Intermezzo. Phase I of Avalon is fully leased and Phase II is 80 percent preleased, according to NAP.
FORT MILL, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $67.1 million sale of The Lash Group headquarters, a 247,834-square-foot, Class A office building located in Fort Mill, roughly 19 miles south of Charlotte. The office building is fully leased to The Lash Group, a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corp. The buyer, 90 North Real Estate Partners LLP, purchased the building from a joint venture between Childress Klein and The Springs Co. Cushman & Wakefield’s Charlotte capital markets team represented the seller in the transaction.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — CenterPoint Properties has purchased a three-building, 1.2 million-square-foot portfolio of Class A warehouses located in Savannah, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; and Mobile, Ala. All three buildings are fully leased and feature 32-foot clear heights, cross dock loading configurations, 50- by 52-foot column spacing and parking for trailers. All three buildings are also located near the Ports of Savannah, Charleston and Mobile. CenterPoint purchased the portfolio from Johnson Development Associates Inc. for an undisclosed price. Frank Fallon of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Retail Specialists will break ground tomorrow on The Waites, a four-story mixed-use building located at the corner of 7th Avenue S. and Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard in downtown Birmingham. According to the Birmingham Business Journal, Williams Blackstock Architects is serving as the architect for the $13.6 million development. The project, which is a redevelopment of the former Waite’s Bakery building, will feature ground-floor retail space, covered outdoor seating, designated retail parking and three floors of loft apartment residences comprising 30 one-bedroom units and 15 two-bedroom units. Confirmed retailers at The Waites include Farm Burger, Blaze Pizza and Smoothie King.
WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — Franklin Street has arranged the $7 million sale of Tuskawilla Park Apartments, a 41-unit apartment complex located at 154 Tuskawilla Road in Winter Springs, roughly 15 miles north of Orlando. Originally built as a condominium development in 2009, the apartment complex features elevators and 6,377 square feet of ground-floor commercial space that is fully leased by two local engineering firms and the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zachary Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street represented the seller, California-based Pathfinder Landology ISIS Holdings LLC, and the buyer, Virginia-based CIG Tuskawilla Park LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Pembrook Capital Management has provided a $25.8 million mezzanine loan with a first mortgage conversion feature to an affiliate of McSam Hotel Group to finance a West Side development site located within the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Area. The borrower plans to develop a 506-room Hyatt Place Hotel on the site. Demolition of existing structures is currently underway, with construction expected to commence in 2017. The purpose of the loan is a refinancing to facilitate a partner buyout and for predevelopment. Stuart Boesky of Pembrook Capital arranged the financing.