HOUSTON — Houston-based Hines has sold a 447,605-square-foot manufacturing plant located within Greens Port Industrial Park in Houston. Situated on 41.5 acres, the property offers quick access to the Houston Ship Channel. The buyer was an undisclosed investor that acquired the property via a 1031 exchange. At the time of sale, the plant was fully leased to AFGlobal Corp., a Houston-based technology and manufacturing specialist. The sales price was also undisclosed.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Grow Your Storage (GYS) Development, a builder of self-storage properties in Texas and the Western United States, has opened Blackhawk Self Storage, an 809-unit facility in Pearland, a southern suburb of Houston. The three-story property totals 107,000 square feet. GYS partnered with Colorado-based All Pro Capital Inc., which secured debt and equity for the project.
DALLAS — NorthMarq Capital has added six multifamily investment sales specialists to its Dallas branch, which is the Minneapolis-based financial intermediary’s top-producing debt and equity advisory office. Joining the Dallas team is Taylor Snoddy, the top overall producer for Transwestern over the last two years, along with former Transwestern associates James Roberts and Philip Wiegand. Over the past two years, Snoddy, Roberts and Wiegand have closed more than $2.5 billion in multifamily sales and are on pace to exceed $1 billion in sales in 2018. Also joining NorthMarq’s Dallas office from Transwestern are Eric Stockley, Devin Etzold and Charles Hubbard, who will provide financial analysis, client service and transaction coordination.
NEW YORK CITY — The American investment team of Bahrain-based Investcorp has acquired 56 industrial properties totaling approximately 4.5 million square feet across seven major American markets. The purchase price was roughly $300 million. The portfolio includes nine warehouses in Minneapolis; 16 warehouse/flex buildings in Dallas; 14 warehouse/manufacturing buildings in Chicago; nine warehouse and flex buildings in Philadelphia and Delaware; five warehouse/manufacturing buildings in Phoenix; two industrial properties in Houston; and one industrial asset in San Antonio. All of the infill properties offer last-mile proximity to major population centers. The seller was not disclosed. “This acquisition gives us the opportunity to expand our presence in this important and growing industrial/warehouse sector in the U.S.,” says Mohammed Alardhi, executive chairman of Investcorp. “This investment further reflects our commitment to growing Investcorp’s footprint in the U.S., which is a key driver of the firm’s overall growth strategy.” At the time of sale, the properties were collectively 90 percent occupied by tenants in the e-commerce, manufacturing, design, wholesaling and food services industries. The sale marks Investcorp’s ninth industrial portfolio acquisition in the last 36 months. Since 1996, Investcorp has purchased more than 550 properties with a total value in excess of $14 billion. …
HOUSTON — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $59.4 million acquisition loan for The Westmore at Bellaire, a 580-unit apartment complex in Houston. Built in 1990, the Class A property comprises 19 three-story buildings. Caleb Marten of KeyBank secured the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program. The 10-year loan also includes five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based Leon Capital has broken ground on Society, a 262-unit multifamily community located at 6001 S. Congress Ave. in Austin. The property will offer creative office space with a tech lounge, fitness center, pool and outdoor TV lounge. Preleasing is expected to begin in summer 2019, and the first units are slated a fall 2019 delivery. Austin-based Rhode Partners is serving as project architect, and LG Wade Construction is the general contractor.
IRVING, TEXAS — SVN has negotiated the sale of Rock Island Apartments, a 154-unit multifamily property in Irving. The property was built in 1973 and was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Byron Griffith of SVN brokered the sale. The Arlington-based buyer will implement a value-add program to the unit interiors and amenities. Other terms of sale and the seller were not disclosed.
ORANGE, TEXAS — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $5.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Terrace Vines Apartments, a 104-unit multifamily asset in Orange, a city in southeast Texas. The seven-year loan features a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower is QRH Prop One LLC, which purchased the asset in early 2016. The property, which includes amenities such as a pool, playground, business center and dog park, was 99 percent occupied at the time of loan closing.
BEAUMONT, ROCKPORT AND HONDO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5 million sale of a trio of manufactured housing communities totaling 241 homes in Texas. The properties are Wenwood, a 53-home community in Beaumont; Rockport Village, a 73-home asset in the Gulf Coast city of Rockport; and Hondo Villages—Jackson & Sunset, a 115-home property in the San Antonio suburb of Hondo. Jeff Taylor, Douglas Danny and Braeden Jehle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a partnership and limited liability company, respectively. Both parties requested anonymity.
To say the multifamily investment market in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) is healthy would be an understatement. With nearly 36,000 units across 183 properties sold in the first half of 2018, according to Real Capital Analytics, a more accurate assessment would be that the sector is — figuratively — on fire. Investor demand for workforce housing remains at an all-time high. With strong economic fundamentals, buyers remain bullish on the DFW multifamily market. Historically low interest rates have attributed to cap rate compression as buyers continue to search for value-add opportunities. While cap rates remain compressed, the yields are still very attractive when compared to alternative investment options. With listings averaging more than 125 confidentiality agreements, 20 tours and 15 offers, the competition has become intense. Winning a deal in today’s market takes more than a strong offer — it takes a good reputation, determination and aggression. Buyer Strategy Buyers can differentiate themselves and establish a competitive advantage by having the equity partner, lender, contractors and management company involved in the transaction prior to the initial offer. Sellers have grown accustomed to tight timelines, limited contingencies and significant non-refundable earnest money at contract execution. In this competitive of a market, sellers …
