GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm Younger Partners has arranged the sale of a 76-acre industrial development site located along FM 1417 in Grayson County, about 70 miles north of Dallas. The site offers immediate proximity to Texas Instruments’ semiconductor manufacturing plant in Sherman and will be marketed to industrial users supporting that facility. John St. Clair, Davis Willoughby and Tyler Hemenway of Younger Partners represented the seller, a family estate, in the transaction. The buyer was a local entity doing business as Investment Catalysts LLC.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Plaza on the Lake, a 120,789-square-foot office building in southwest Austin. The three-story building was originally constructed on 4.6 acres in 1985 and underwent a $5 million renovation in 2021. Chris Murphy, Robert Hill and Gary Carr of Newmark represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investment firm, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate Group.
TEXAS — Walmart Health will open 18 new facilities across Texas in the coming months, including three clinics in the Houston area that opened earlier this year. Of the remaining 15 facilities, 10 will be located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and the other five will also be in the Houston area. The location in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land marks the 50th nationwide for Walmart Health, which originally launched in 2019.
WESTLAKE, TEXAS — Weider Fitness & Health has signed a 5,500-square-foot office lease in the North Texas city of Westlake. The space is located within The Terraces, an eight-building, 1.1 million-square-foot development that was originally constructed as a campus for IBM and recently underwent a $25 million repositioning. Haley Hullett of JLL represented the landlord, Chicago-based Glenstar, which bought the property in 2019, in the lease negotiations.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Locally based developer Hornrock Properties has begun leasing a 168-unit multifamily project in the Northern New Jersey community of Hackensack. Designed by Minno & Wasko Architects, the six-story building represents Phase II of a larger development known as Ivy & Green, Phase I of which totaled 221 units. Residences come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and the campaign begins with 30 percent of the units preleased. Ivy & Green offers amenities such as a pool, coworking spaces, private conference rooms, a gaming lounge, speakeasy bar, demonstration kitchen, theater and music studio, a children’s playroom, fitness center, pet spa and package lockers. Monthly rents start at $2,215 for a studio.
CHELSEA, MASS. — MassDevelopment has provided $24.5 million in tax-exempt bond financing for a 66-unit affordable housing project that will be located just south of Boston in Chelsea. The building at 170 Cottage St. will ultimately house 11 three-bedroom units, 43 two-bedroom apartments and 12 one-bedroom residences. Units will be reserved for households earning up to 30, 50 or 60 percent or the area median income. The development will also include onsite parking and 15,000 square feet of open green space. A subsidiary of Eastern Bank purchased the bond, and the project is also being funded by $19.7 million in federal tax credits. The developer is nonprofit agency The Community Builders.
NEW YORK CITY — Interactive Brokers Group has signed a 22,916-square-foot office lease expansion at 1133 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The provider of automated brokerage services for securities trading is taking an additional 5,976 square feet on the 36th floor of the 45-story, 1.1 million-square-foot building. Tim Dempsey, Roger Griswold and Chris Hogan of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, on an internal basis.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $127 million loan for the refinancing of 465 N. Park Drive, a 444-unit apartment tower in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. Built in 2018, the 48-story property features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The 40,000-square-foot amenity package includes a rooftop pool, hot tub, sauna, lounge, fitness center, conference center, green space, clubroom, rooftop sky deck and outdoor dining area. Danny Kaufman, Mary Dooley, Medina Spiodic, Tara Hagerty and Rebecca Brielmaier of JLL arranged the five-year loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between MetLife Investment Management and Allstate Investments. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. provided the loan.
ALBANY, ORE. — Gantry has arranged a $40.5 million permanent loan to retire construction financing for a multifamily property in Albany, approximately midway between Salem and Eugene. The recently completed, stabilized, Class A property features 264 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans spread across 23 buildings on 17 acres. Community amenities include a clubhouse, pool, therapeutic hot tub, sauna, 24/7 fitness center, theater room, sports court, playground and off-leash dog park. Blake Hering and Crischell Bacarro represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. Fannie Mae, via Walker & Dunlop, provided the five-year, interest-only, fixed-rate loan.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — IRA Capital has acquired a 237,000-square-foot life sciences campus consisting of four buildings in the Easton submarket of Columbus. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property is near I-270, the John Glenn Columbus International Airport and across from Easton Town Center, the 1.7 million-square-foot retail destination. The buildings are mostly leased to biopharmaceutical company Sarepta Therapeutics and houses the company’s Gene Therapies Center of Excellence. Sarepta specializes in genetic medicines for rare diseases and has four FDA-approved drugs treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. IRA closed the acquisition on an all-cash basis.