BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 101,968-square-foot industrial lease in Baytown, an eastern suburb of Houston. The tenant is Architectural Surfaces Group, and the space is located within Building 2 of GrandPort 99 Business Park. Travis Land of Partners represented the landlord, a partnership between Alto Real Estate Funds and Industrial Development & Ventures (IDV), in the lease negotiations. Colton Hector and Ed Frantz of CBRE represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — Third Coast Infrastructure LLC has signed a 20,800-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The locally based energy infrastructure company plans to move into its new space within Norton Rose Fulbright Tower, a 28-story building located at 1550 Lamar St., sometime next year. Griff Bandy of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Skanska owns the building.
DALLAS — JLL has arranged the $1.2 billion refinancing of NorthPark Center, a 1.9 million-square-foot enclosed mall in North Dallas. NorthPark Center originally opened in 1965 and has subsequently undergone multiple renovations and expansions. Today, the mall is home to nearly 200 tenants, with Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Dillard’s, Eataly and AMC Theatres serving as the anchors. A consortium of lenders led by Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs provided the financing to the owner, NorthPark Management Co., an entity that is owned and controlled by the Nasher/Haemisegger family. Timothy Joyce, Trey Morsbach and Matt Maksymec of JLL led the debt placement efforts. NorthPark Center was 98.6 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. The financing will retire the existing mortgage, and ownership will use excess proceeds to redeem equity interests in the property and return full ownership back to the family.
TULSA, OKLA. — Dallas-based Rainier Development Co. has unveiled plans for Riverline, a 37-acre mixed-use project in Tulsa that is valued at approximately $400 million. The site is located south of Joe Creek and east of Lewis Avenue in what the development team describes as “one of Tulsa’s most dynamic growth corridors.” Plans call for approximately 650 luxury apartments that will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, set above 200,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space. Rainier is developing Riverline in partnership with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Construction of the first phase is scheduled to begin next year and to be complete in late 2027 or early 2028.
DEL VALLE, TEXAS — General contractor American Constructors has broken ground on a 473,338-square-foot academic project for the Independent School District of Del Valle, located just south of Austin. The site is located within the $2 billion Whisper Valley master-planned community. The project is a new high school campus that will expand career and technical education programs and facilities for students pursuing careers in robotics, technology and manufacturing. In addition to a main academic building, the project team will also deliver a field house, concession stand and baseball/softball facilities. Pfluger Architects is designing the project, completion of which is slated for August 2027.
MISSION, TEXAS — California-based brokerage firm Faris Lee Investments has negotiated the $16.6 million sale of Mission Gateway, a retail property located in the Rio Grande Valley. Tenants at the property include Burlington and Murdoch’s. A Texas-based developer sold Mission Gateway to a REIT, with both parties requesting anonymity. Don MacLellan, Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee brokered the all-cash deal.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 182,506-square-foot office building located at 11200 Westheimer Road in the Westchase area of West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the 10-story building was originally constructed in 1982. James Kadlick, Chris Hutcheson and Harrison Kane of Colliers represented the buyer, an entity doing business as Texas Jewelry District LP, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
ROSHARON, TEXAS — SurePoint Development has broken ground on a 758-unit self-storage facility in Rosharon, located south of Houston. The site is located along FM 521 just south of Sienna Parkway, and the facility will total approximately 95,000 net rentable square feet of space. Completion is slated for next spring. The facility will be the eighth in the greater Houston area for SurePoint, which also plans to begin construction of two other facilities in the region next spring.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based STAG Industrial has acquired PortNorth 59, a 462,250-square-foot logistics facility in Humble, a northeastern suburb of Houston. The cross-dock facility sits on a 22.2-acre site and was completed in late 2024. Building features include 36-foot clear heights, 84 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 17,984 square feet of office space and parking for 231 cars and 101 trailers. PortNorth 59 was fully leased to two tenants at the time of sale. Trent Agnew, Charles Strauss, Lance Young, Brooke Petzold and Dawson Hastings of JLL represented the seller, Phelan Bennett Development, in the transaction.
ABILENE, TEXAS — JLL has arranged a $14.1 million acquisition loan for The Arch at Abilene, a 192-unit multifamily property located in the West Texas city of Abilene. The property features 72 two-bedroom units and 120 three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, clubhouse, business center, fitness center, volleyball court and multiple lounges. Scott Aiese and Alex Staikos of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Eastman Residential. The direct lender was not disclosed.