DALLAS — A joint venture that includes BDT & MSD Partners, Trammell Crow Co. and The Retail Connection has topped out a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use project in the Knox Street area of Dallas. The site spans four acres and is adjacent to the Katy Trail. Plans call for a 140-room hotel with 47 for-sale residences; 150,000 square feet of office space that is fully preleased to ISN Software Corp. (anchor tenant), law firm Paul Hastings LLP and BDT & MSD; 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space that includes a concept from Sant Ambroeus, a New York City-based operator of Italian food-and-beverage and hospitality concepts; a 27-story, 186-unit apartment building known as The Lora; and a half-acre park. The first components of the project are expected to be delivered this summer. Highland Park Village Associates is leasing the remaining retail and restaurant space.
HOUSTON — Triad Electric & Controls has signed a 535,478-square-foot industrial lease in East Houston. The electrical and instrumentation contractor will occupy the entirety of both buildings at greensPORT Logistics Park, a 38.2-acre development by North Texas-based Jackson-Shaw that was completed last year. Beau Kaleel, Michael Foreman and Brooke Swerdlow of Cushman & Wakefield represented Jackson-Shaw in the lease negotiations. Chaundra Broughton with KW Commercial represented Triad Electric & Controls, which is a subsidiary of The Newtron Group.
VALLEY VIEW, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of A-Affordable Boat & RV Storage, a 451-unit facility located in the North Texas city of Valley View. The facility was built on 12.5 acres in 2023 and totals 175,254 net rentable square feet. The unit mix comprises 381 covered parking spaces, 29 uncovered spaces, 23 climate-controlled self-storage units, 17 non-climate-controlled drive-up units and a 720-square-foot apartment. Danny Cunningham, Brandon Karr and Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Ciera Bank, which had foreclosed on the property in early 2025, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Locally based development and investment firm BCS Capital Group has broken ground on Humble Westfield Business Park, a 168,840-square-foot industrial project that will be located on the northeastern outskirts of Houston. The 11.4-acre development will have four buildings that will range in size from 32,000 to 55,000 square feet. Urban Cos. is serving as the architect and general contractor for the project. Altar Group is the civil engineer, and Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the fall.
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Charlotte-based Truist Bank has provided a $66 million construction loan for a 203-unit multifamily project in Port Chester, located along the New York-Connecticut border. The site is located at 70 Abendroth Road in the downtown area. The six-story building will include roughly 20 affordable housing units that will be reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income, as well as 10,000 square feet of retail space, a community facility and structured parking. John Alascio and Chuck Kohaut of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan on behalf of the developer, Hudson Cos.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged the $53.6 million sale of 929 MASS, a two-building, mixed-use property in Cambridge, located across the Charles River from Boston. The property consists of an 18-story building with 96 apartments, 12,451 square feet of commercial space and 101 parking spaces, along with a contiguous five-story building with 31 residential units. Travis D’Amato, Michael Coyne, Brendan Shields, Kevin Gleason and Maggie McFarland of Walker & Dunlop represented the undisclosed, institutional seller in the transaction. The buyer was John M. Corcoran & Co.
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. — Saddleback Real Estate Developers has sold a 50,000-square-foot industrial building in Hackettstown, about 65 miles west of New York City, for $13 million. The buyer was Bytech, a Brooklyn-based mobile accessories manufacturer. The newly constructed building at 999 Willow Grove St. features clear heights of 28 to 32 feet, four loading doors and an acre of outdoor storage space. Robert Adams of Garden State Realty brokered the sale of the building, which was financed by Kearny Bank.
SCARBOROUGH, MAINE — The RAM Cos., a Maine-based investment firm, has purchased a 66,000-square-foot vacant industrial building in Scarborough, located just south of Portland. The site at 16 Washington Ave. spans 15 acres within Scarborough Industrial Park. The building, which was formerly owned and occupied by packaging products and services provider Sonoco Corp., offers a clear height of 23.5 feet and more than 100 parking spaces. RAM Cos. plans to make capital improvements to the building.
The Raleigh/Durham office market is not yet in full recovery mode; however, the latest data suggests something just as important: stabilization. Compared to many U.S. office markets still experiencing significant stress, Raleigh-Durham is holding its ground — and in several respects, outperforming national trends. Currently, the combined Raleigh-Durham office market totals approximately 118.7 million square feet, with Raleigh making up roughly two-thirds of the inventory and Durham the remainder. Together, they form one of the Southeast’s most dynamic and resilient office regions. Vacancy elevated, improving While higher than pre-pandemic norms, vacancy is trending better than many peer markets. Raleigh’s vacancy rate currently sits around 11.1 percent, while Durham’s vacancy rate is approximately 9.8 percent, according to research from CoStar Group. Combined, this market boasts a blended office vacancy rate of roughly 10.7 percent, well below the 14.1 percent national average. Over the past 12 months, Raleigh recorded positive net absorption of approximately 574,000 square feet, while Durham experienced negative absorption of about 480,000 square feet. Combined, the market landed near equilibrium, which sends an encouraging signal that the market is no longer sliding backward, even if growth remains uneven. The area’s post-pandemic growth is shaped by hybrid work models, changing …
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has sold two industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston, to institutional investment firm BGO (formerly known as BentallGreenOak). The sales price was not disclosed. The structures are Buildings 9 and 10 within Empire West, a 10-building, 3.9 million-square-foot development that was completed in phases over the past six years. Both buildings were fully leased to Tesla at the time of sale. Construction of Phase I of Empire West began in summer 2020 and comprised three buildings totaling roughly 1 million square feet. The second phase was completed in fall 2022 and totaled another 2.3 million square feet across six buildings. Other tenants at Empire West, which also features a 16.6-acre outdoor storage yard, include Professional Packaging, H-E-B, Ferguson Enterprises, Pointsmith Point-of-Purchase Management Services and Cotton Commercial USA. Seth Koschak, Matteson Hamilton, Justin Robinson, Mustafa Ali and Adam Jackson of Stream Realty Partners coordinated with Eastdil Secured to broker the deal. Earlier this year, Stream sold Buildings 1, 3 and 8 within Empire West, which collectively total approximately 1 million square feet, to Kansas City-based investment firm NorthPoint Development. That sale included the aforementioned outdoor storage …