IRVING, TEXAS — Newmark has arranged the sale and financing of The Towers at Williams Square, a 1.4 million-square-foot office campus in Irving’s Las Colinas district. The Towers at Williams Square consists of four buildings, three of which are interconnected, and that recently underwent $25 million in renovations across the lobbies, amenity spaces and other common areas. Chris Murphy, Gary Carr, Robert Hill and Austin Sheahan of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Andrew Porteous, Clint Frease, Chris McColpin and Josh Francis, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, a joint venture between Vanderbilt Office Properties, Hillwood and TriPost Capital Partners. The campus was 76 percent leased at the time of closing.
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NORMAN, OKLA. — Dallas-based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group (DIG) has negotiated the $82.2 million sale of University Town Center, a 416,766-square-foot retail power center in Norman, home of the University of Oklahoma. Built in 2009, the center was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Academy Sports + Outdoors, Kohl’s, Ulta, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, Michaels, DSW Shoes, Petco and Office Depot. According to OU Daily, the seller was an affiliate of Rainier Cos. The buyer was a partnership between Mazaheri Properties and Champion Hotels. David Disney of DIG represented the seller in the transaction, and Phillip Mazaheri of Price Edwards & Co. represented the buyer. DIG also brokered the sale of the property in 2019.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — A limited partnership (LP) managed by Weitzman has acquired Cooper Street Annex, an 87,857-square-foot shopping center in Arlington. Cooper Street Annex was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Cavender’s Boot City, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Chuck E. Cheese Adventure World and WellMed. Stephen Schmidt, Nick Cate and Eric Yoo internally represented Weitzman in the transaction. Hudson Lambert of SummitRE represented the undisclosed seller.
MANVEL, TEXAS — Malabar Hill Capital, a locally based developer, has broken ground on The Market at Meridiana, a 27,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center that will be located in Manvel, roughly 25 miles south of Houston. Situated at the entrance of the Meridiana master-planned community, The Market at Meridiana is 54 percent preleased to tenants including La Dolce Nail Salon, Select Physical Therapy and Twisted Egg Shack. A tentative completion date was not announced.
The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) represents the most serious attempt in 55 years to challenge the NYSE-Nasdaq duopoly and signals something that has not happened in generations: New York City’s monopoly on exchange infrastructure now has a credible challenger. As the TXSE prepares to launch in phases through 2026, EMBREY, a San Antonio-based investment and development firm, shares insights on how the exchange could further reinforce Dallas-Fort Worth’s (DFW) emergence as one of the country’s most important financial and economic centers. We also consider the direct implications for long-term economic growth and multifamily demand correlated to the launch of TXSE. Announced in 2024 and approved by the SEC in 2025, the TXSE has already raised more than $270 million from institutions including BlackRock, Citadel Securities, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Charles Schwab. The exchange’s pitch to public companies centers around lower listing costs, fewer prescriptive requirements and a governance framework designed for operators. Combined with the state’s broader efforts to position itself as an increasingly attractive destination for business and corporate investment, the TXSE reinforces a larger shift already underway across North Texas. The exchange arrives at a time in which DFW has already evolved into one …
HUTCHINS, TEXAS — Chicago-based Krusinski Construction Co. (KCC) is underway on the tenant build-out of Wintergreen Distribution Center, a 560,030-square-foot industrial project in Hutchins, a southeastern suburb of Dallas. The project is a build-to-suit for for HVAC products and systems provider Cooper & Hunter, which will occupy 266,788 square feet within the building. Completion is slated for June. Designed by Azimuth Architecture and delivered in 2024 by IAC Properties, Wintergreen Distribution Center sits on a 34-acre site and features 40-foot clear heights, four drive-in doors and parking for 328 cars and 151 trailers.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of four industrial outdoor storage (IOS) sites in Texas. The facilities — located at 1927 W. Commerce St. in Dallas, 3405 Aldine Bender Road in Houston, 3928 Naco Perrin Blvd in San Antonio and 8601 Tuscany Way in Austin — traded as part of a 56.2-acre, 230,000-square-foot IOS portfolio that also included a facility in Chicago. Alex Wilson of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Transport Properties, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Local development and investment firm Pinecroft has broken ground on a $16.2 million healthcare project in The Woodlands, located north of Houston. The project, a 39,883-square-foot medical office building, is fully preleased to providers in specialty practices such as primary care, nephrology, urology, cardiology and infectious diseases. Browne McGregor Architects designed the project, and O’Donnell Snider Construction is serving as the general contractor. Completion is slated for early 2027.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Local financial intermediary Foss Real Estate Partners has arranged $7 million in bridge financing for Oakhollow Business Park, an 84,469-square-foot industrial property in Arlington. According to a property brochure on LoopNet Inc., Oakhollow Business Park was built on a 5.5-acre site in 1984 and renovated in 2020. The loan was structured with a 70 percent loan-to-cost ratio and a fixed interest rate of 6.5 percent. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Outrigger Industrial has sold a 1 million-square-foot building within Generation Park, a 4,000-acre master-planned development in northeast Houston. The building sits on a 72-acre site at 12515 Lockwood Road and features 40-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and “abundant” car and trailer parking. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Additionally, Outrigger has entered into a lease with Representative Materials Co. for the entirety of its other, 255,871-square-foot building within Generation Park. Jarret Venghaus, Jeff Venghaus and David Holland represented Outrigger in both transactions. JLL also represented both the buyer in the sale and the tenant in the lease negotiations.
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