AUSTIN, TEXAS — General contractor and project manager Vaughn Construction is underway on Autry C. Stephens Engineering Discovery Building, a 210,000-square-foot academic project at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). Designed by Los Angeles-based CO Architects and Austin-based BGK Architects, the seven-story structure will be located on the eastern edge of campus and will be able to accommodate up to 32 faculty researchers and 335 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The building, which will house the operations of UT’s petroleum/geosystems and chemical engineering programs, will also feature dedicated tutoring areas and conference/meeting rooms, as well as an outdoor pavilion. The project is expected to be complete this fall.
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SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Alto, a 108-unit apartment complex in northwest San Antonio. Built on 5.7 acres in 1984, The Alto offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, clubhouse and outdoor lounge areas. Ben Kalter, Drew Garza and Will Balthrope of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Texarkana College has signed a 19,040-square-foot industrial lease at TexAmericas Center (TAC), a 12,000-acre mixed-use and industrial park located near the Arkansas-Texas border. The term is two years followed by optional terms of 12 months each. The school, which is a long-term tenant at TAC and also leased an 8.9-acre parking lot as part of the deal, will use the space for satellite classes.
SAN ANTONIO — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the sale of Alamo Ranch South, a 15,502-square-foot retail strip center in northwest San Antonio. Built in 2024, the center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as The UPS Store, Five Guys and Club Pilates. Cathy Nabours, Kyle Shaffer and Sam Nichols of SRS represented the seller, a San Antonio-based developer, in the deal. The buyer was an El Paso-based private investor.
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.
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 …
HOUSTON — Transwestern Development Co. (TDC) has completed East Belt Logistics Park, an 858,600-square-foot industrial project that is located along Beltway 8 in northeast Houston. East Belt Logistics Center consists of two buildings that span 591,560 and 267,040 square feet, both of which feature cross-dock configurations and 3,000 square feet of office space. The larger building offers 40-foot clear heights, and the smaller building offers 36-foot clear heights. Transwestern is also the leasing agent for East Belt Logistics Park.
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