DALLAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a 4,779-square-foot retail property ground-leased to Chick-fil-A in Dallas. Ara Rostamian, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a Los Angeles-based private investor, in the transaction. Craig Stewart of ACRE Investment Real Estate Services represented the buyer, a California-based family trust that acquired the property via a 1031 exchange. The asset is located at 9111 Garland Road.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Aspen Heights West Campus, a 464-bed student housing property located three blocks from the University of Texas at Austin. The 17-story, 166-unit community features a pool, fitness center, private study areas, lounges and community kitchens. A joint venture between The Preiss Co. and TH Real Estate purchased the asset from Austin-based Aspen Heights Partners, which developed the property, for an undisclosed price. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht, Casey Schaefer, Charles Cirar, Michael Wardlaw and Colin Cannata of CBRE brokered the sale. Ben Roelke and Ian Walker of CBRE arranged a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Northwestern Mutual for the transaction. The loan featured a sub-4 percent interest rate.
HOUSTON — Stonelake Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm with offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin, will build a 200,000-square-foot speculative office project located at 4200 Westheimer Road in the River Oaks/Highland Village area of Houston. Stonelake expects to break ground on the 15-story, Class A property, which is part of Phase III of the company’s Park Place | River Oaks mixed-use development, in January 2019. The office space is expected to be available for occupancy in spring 2020. Colvill Office Properties is marketing and leasing the asset.
HOUSTON — LMI Capital, a Real Estate Capital Alliance (RECA) member, has arranged two multifamily loans totaling $49 million in Houston. In the first transaction, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital arranged a $26 million acquisition loan for a 460-unit asset in the Briar Forest/Westchase area. The loan features a 4.82 percent fixed interest rate and seven years of interest-only payments. In the second deal, Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital arranged a $23 million loan for the refinancing a 360-unit property in the Woodlake/Briar Meadow submarket. That loan includes a 4.85 percent fixed interest rate and a four-year interest-only period. The names of the properties were not disclosed.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The J. Beard Real Estate Co. has brokered the sale of a 74,940-square-foot office building located at 2700 Research Forest Drive in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The property was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to eight tenants. SJBC Commercial XIX LLC purchased the property from Dallas-based Novel Office Systems/Soft-Tech SM for an undisclosed price. Jeff Beard of J. Beard brokered the sale.
IRVING, TEXAS — Greysteel has negotiated the sale of Rock Island, a 154-unit apartment property in Irving. Floor plans at the property, which was built in 1973, include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Doug Banerjee, Boyan Radic, Andrew Mueller, Andrew Hanson, Scott Simon and Jack Stone of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
Capital sources of all types see opportunity in the apartment sectors of core Texas markets, which regularly lead the nation in employment and population gains. With so many investors trying to park money in this space, sales prices have risen, cap rates for multifamily properties in major markets have compressed and lenders are competing among themselves to finance acquisitions. When lenders compete, borrowers win. For multifamily lending in sizable markets, value-add borrowers are seeing tighter spreads on their loans, a factor of both more lenders entering the space and the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise short-term interest rates. But rising land and construction costs have also contributed to skyrocketing prices on newly built multifamily product, which has weeded out some potential investors. Rather than shun the market entirely, however, many of these buyers are targeting Class B and C assets for value-add plays that will attract residents who can afford higher rents. In Texas, these kinds of deals are being executed at record paces. “The transaction velocity for value-add multifamily deals has been at historical highs in this cycle,” says Warren Hitchcock, senior vice president in NorthMarq Capital’s Houston office. “The significant amount of capital flowing into the space, combined …
FRISCO, TEXAS — Kansas City-based VanTrust Real Estate LLC will develop The Offices Two at Frisco Station, a 210,000-square-foot speculative office project in Frisco. Construction of the six-story building, which will be located adjacent to The Star, will begin later this month with completion slated for September 2019. Amenities will include structured parking, a fitness center, conference center and tenant lounge. HKS Inc. is serving as project architect, Manhattan Construction is the design-build contractor and Kimley Horn & Associates is the civil engineer. Cushman & Wakefield will handle marketing and leasing of the property.
CONROE, TEXAS — Multifamily owner/operator American Landmark has acquired Hilltops Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily community in Conroe, located about 40 miles north of Houston. Built in 2017, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 881 square feet. Amenities include a pool, business center, game room, a fitness center and onsite laundry facilities. American Landmark plans to invest about $800,000 in capital improvements to the property, which was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller was not disclosed.
MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS — Methodist Health System has acquired 67 acres in Midlothian, a southwestern suburb of Dallas, for the development of a 190,000-square-foot acute care hospital and a 45,000-square-foot medical office building. The project is expected to employ about 300 healthcare professionals. Kyle Libby and Michael Collins of MedCore Partners represented Methodist in the land sale. Joe Rust of Joe Rust Co. represented the sellers in that deal. Construction of the new medical development is expected to begin later this year and wrap up in 2020.
