HOUSTON — A partnership between local developer Lovett Industrial and Los Angeles-based PCCP LCC has broken ground on Southport 45, a 668,077-square-foot project in southeast Houston. Southport 45 will consist of three buildings: a 395,657-square-foot cross-dock facility, a 176,452 square foot front-load structure and a 95,968-square-foot front-load building. Each building will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 2,500 square feet of office space, dock levelers and warehouse lights. Southside Bank and American National Bank of Texas are financing construction of Southport 45, which is expected to be complete in the third quarter. Other project partners include Powers Brown Architecture, general contractor Harvey Cleary, civil engineer ALJ-Lindsey and leasing agent JLL.
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SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of a 544-unit facility in the West Texas city of San Angelo. Lone Star Storage Center – San Angelo features 69,525 net rentable square feet of space across 334 non-climate-controlled units and 210 climate-controlled units. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were Texas-based limited liability companies, in the transaction.
ATASCOCITA, TEXAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $12.5 million sale of a 42,000-square-foot retail building in Atascocita, located northeast of Houston. EōS Fitness occupies the building, which was constructed on a 4.6-acre site in 2024, on a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed lease. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS represented the seller, an East Coast-based developer, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a Midwest-based private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
FORNEY, TEXAS — EVO Entertainment will open an 82,000-square-foot entertainment venue in Forney, about 20 miles east of Dallas. The venue will feature nine theaters, 22 bowling lanes, a full-service bar and restaurant, private event spaces, an upper-level lounge area, arcade games, rock climbing walls, a ropes course, bumper cars and laser tag. The space is located within the 120-acre Village at Gateway development. Construction is underway, and the opening is slated for the fall.
LA PORTE, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 511-unit self-storage facility located in the southeastern Houston suburb of La Porte. Spencer Mini Storage comprises 11 single-story buildings that were built in the late 1990s. About 190 (37 percent) of the units are climate-controlled, and the property also offers 79 boat or RV surface parking spaces. Adam Roossien, Matthew Wheeler, Steve Mellon and Brian Somoza of JLL represented the seller, ExchangeRight, in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between MyPlace Self-Storage and Nuveen Real Estate.
PRINCETON, TEXAS — Nuveen Green Capital and Lone Star PACE have provided $21.9 million in C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing for Ironwood at Princeton, a multifamily project that will be located northeast of Dallas. Ironwood at Princeton will total 306 units across 14 buildings. The financing is expected to translate into annual electricity and water reductions of 25 and 20 percent, respectively. The borrower was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of an 80,164-square-foot manufacturing building in North Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1121 Buschong St. was built on 6.4 acres in 2001. The building includes 14,250 square feet of office space. Justin Tunnell and Richard Glass of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Schlumberger Technology Corp., in the deal. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Atlanta-based home improvement retailer Floor & Décor has signed a 56,208-square-foot retail lease in southwest Houston. The space at 4800 W. Belfort Road formerly housed a Randall’s grocery store. Joan Collum of Partners Real Estate represented Floor & Décor, which expects to open the store in the second quarter, in the lease negotiations. Rebecca Le of NewQuest represented the landlord.
HOUSTON — Fairstead, an affordable housing owner-operator based in New York City, has purchased Coolwood Oaks, a 168-unit affordable housing complex in East Houston, for $43.3 million. Built in 1984, the 10-building property houses units that are reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of area median income. Fairstead plans to implement a $14 million renovation of the property and has tapped DNA Workshop as the architect and interior designer for the project. Financing for the acquisition and capital improvements included LIHTC equity and loans from a variety of sources, including PNC Bank, Houston Housing Finance Corp. (HHFC) and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).
HOUSTON — Accesso, a Florida-based owner-operator, will renovate 3900 Essex, a 235,620-square-foot office building in West Houston. Plans for the capital improvement project include lobby renovations and construction of several spec suites throughout the 12-story building. These upgrades build on recently completed enhancements of the HVAC, fire and security systems and newly updated common areas and amenity spaces at 3900 Essex, including a fitness center and a conference facility. Accesso also secured a two-year loan extension in conjunction with the announcement of new capital improvements.
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