HOUSTON — The University of St. Thomas has broken ground on a 400-bed residence hall project on the institution’s campus in Houston. The 95,000-square-foot development will include a dedicated chapel and prayer room, courtyard and multi-use lounges and collaborative study zones. Units will be offered in two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations for single or double occupancy. The property will also be home to two staff apartments. The design team for the project included global architecture firm Corgan and The Lawrence Group. A tentative completion date was not announced.
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MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a 236-unit apartment complex in the southern Dallas suburb of Midlothian. Built in 2020, The Mark at Midlothian offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 881 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a dog park. Michael Ware, Joey Tumminello, Drew Kile, Taylor Hill and Jack Windham of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Lindenmeyr Munroe has signed a 100,043-square-foot industrial lease in North Houston. The distributor of printing and packaging paper is taking space at Building 3 of Patriot Business Park, a newly constructed, three-building development that was formerly known as Veterans Memorial Business Park. Tyler Maner, Natalie Gilbert and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, a partnership between Investment & Development Ventures and Standard Real Estate Investments, in the lease negotiations. Jim Foreman and Sean Duffy of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 56,780-square-foot industrial lease in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The tenant was not disclosed. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 2401 W. Marshall Drive was completed in 1966 and totals 320,366 square feet. Mark Graybill, R.J. Flores and Reed Parker of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, which also requested anonymity, in the lease negotiations.
EL PASO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Palomar West, a 248-unit apartment complex in El Paso. The property was built on a 10.6-acre site on the city’s west side in 1986 and offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 701 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and a resident clubhouse. Steven Hahn Jr., Art Barnes and William Jennings of JLL represented the seller, Dallas-based Saxony Capital Management, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
KERRVILLE, TEXAS — PNC Bank has provided financing for Heritage Oaks, The Meadows, and Paseo de Paz, three affordable housing properties totaling 224 units in Kerrville, about 65 miles northwest of San Antonio. The financing will be disbursed as part of PNC’s $251 million fund to support new construction, rehabilitation and preservation of 16 affordable housing properties totaling approximately 1,700 units across the country. The owner of the Kerrville properties was not disclosed.
THE COLONY, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of a 93-unit facility in The Colony, located north of Dallas. LifeSmart Storage operates the facility, which totals 9,300 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster, Hugh Horne and Kirk Silas of Versal represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were Texas-based limited liability companies, in the transaction.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Whole Foods Market will open a new store at Shivers Farm, a 40-acre mixed-use development in Southlake, located north of Fort Worth. The square footage was not disclosed. The groundbreaking of the new store will take place in the coming days, and the store is expected to open late next year. Trademark Property Co. is the master developer of Shivers Farm.
By Jonathan Aldaco, partner at Bell Nunnally LLP For decades, multifamily developers across Texas have faced a frustrating reality: after investing significant time and capital in projects, multifamily developments can spend months — or even years — sidelined in layers of procedural red tape before construction even begins. And while some projects eventually move forward, some never do. Senate Bill 840 (now codified as Chapter 218 of the Local Government Code) rewrites the playbook on this trend. Designed to address the shortage of housing in metropolitan areas across Texas, this new law streamlines approvals and lowers regulatory hurdles by allowing mixed-use and multifamily housing by right on commercial property. Only nine months into its implementation, Chapter 218 has made one point clear: The rules governing multifamily development in Texas have changed. Off the Sidelines, Into the Game As a threshold matter, Chapter 218 only applies to municipalities with a population of more than 150,000 that are wholly or partly located in a county with a population of more than 300,000. This means that cities like Dallas and Fort Worth and other municipalities in the metroplex like McKinney, Irving, Arlington, Frisco and Plano are impacted by Chapter 218. In total, this …
DALLAS AND HOUSTON — Newmark has arranged the recapitalization of a portfolio of five seniors housing properties totaling 1,546 units that are located throughout the Dallas and Houston areas. The properties include: The Tradition-Clearfork in Fort Worth, The Tradition-Lovers Lane and The Tradition-Prestonwood in Dallas, and The Tradition-Woodway and The Tradition-Buffalo Speedway in Houston. The properties offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services and had a combined occupancy rate of about 96 percent at the time of the recapitalization. Chad Lavender, Ryan Maconachy, Sarah Anderson, Mills Poynor and Ben McElroy of Newmark worked on behalf of the owner, Tradition Senior Living, to secure a joint venture equity investment from Kayne Anderson Real Estate. Newmark also arranged new financing for the portfolio.
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