AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Muskin | Elam Group has arranged the sale of Runnymede Apartments, a 252-unit affordable housing complex in North Austin. Information on floor plans and income restrictions was not disclosed. Amenities include a pool, playground, basketball court, resident learning center and onsite laundry facilities. Muskin | Elam represented the seller, a Texas-based nonprofit organization, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Berkadia has provided $30 million in agency debt for the refinancing of two seniors housing communities in Texas. The unnamed facilities provide assisted living and memory care services, and the financing comprises two seven-year, floating-rate Freddie Mac loans. Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco, Steve Muth and Alec Rosenfeld of Berkadia originated the loans on behalf of the borrower, Austin-based Journeyman Group.
HOUSTON — A joint venture between ShopOne Centers, Pantheon and an unnamed institutional investor has acquired Beltway South, a 114,099-square-foot retail center in Houston. Kroger anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Petco, Cato Fashions, Subway and State Farm. This transaction marks ShopOne’s first investment in Texas. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — CannonDesign has signed a 9,897-square-foot office lease at the 52-acre Greenway Plaza office complex in Houston. The integrated design services firm will occupy space on the fifth floor at 20 Greenway Plaza, a 433,132-square-foot building. Abby Alford of Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Rima Soroka of CBRE represented the landlord, Stockdale Capital Partners.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Sola Galleria, a 330-unit apartment community in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, computer lounge, coffee bar, clubhouse kitchen, zen lounge, outdoor grilling and dining stations and a gaming/media room. Joey Tumminello, Drew Kile, Taylor Hill, Michael Ware and Jack Windham of IPA represented the seller, a partnership between HLC Equity and The Hampshire Cos., in the transaction. Cameron Chalfant, Brian Eisendrath, Harry Krieger and Scott Arenzon, also with IPA, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of the buyer, San Diego-based MG Properties.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — A joint venture between Silverstone Partners and JSB Capital Group has purchased a portfolio of four build-to-rent properties totaling 277 homes in the West Texas city of Midland. The specific names and addresses of the properties, which are collectively known as The Seed Portfolio, were not disclosed. The portfolio features an average home size of 1,300 square feet. The seller was Related Cos. Silverstone affiliate Claireville Residential will manage the properties.
SAN ANTONIO — A joint venture between two Texas-based retail owner-operators, San Antonio-based Headwall Investments and Houston-based Fifth Corner, has acquired a 102,803-square-foot shopping center in San Antonio. Sunset Ridge Shopping Center was originally built in 1950 and was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to a roster of more than 25 tenants, including Jefferson Bank, Great Clips, Baskin-Robbins and Orangetheory Fitness. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — SunStrong Management has signed an 18,280-square-foot office lease at the 52-acre Greenway Plaza office complex in Houston. The solar asset management and service firm will occupy space on the fifth floor at 20 Greenway Plaza, a 433,132-square-foot building. Alvarez & Marsal represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Rima Soroka of CBRE represented the landlord, Los Angeles-based Stockdale Capital Partners.
WEBSTER, TEXAS — Venu, a hospitality and entertainment owner-operator based in Colorado, has signed a letter of intent to open a 12,500-seat amphitheater in Webster, a southeastern suburb of Houston. According to local media sources, including Community Impact Newspaper and CultureMap Houston, the project is valued at $150 million. Known as Sunset Amphitheater Houston and spanning 34 acres, the venue will be located within Flyway, an 80-acre entertainment district that is anchored by Great Wolf Lodge. Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman is a partner on the project via the Aikman Club, a 350-seat, membership-based elevated space that will be located at the center of the venue. A construction timeline was not announced.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a portfolio of four multifamily properties totaling 277 units in the West Texas city of Midland. The properties, which are collectively known as the Midland Value-Add Portfolio, include Brighton Court, Delmar Villas, Enclave and Signature Place. All four properties were built in the early 1980s. Will Balthrope and Drew Garza of IPA, in association with Tommy Lovell III and Richard Robson of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
