MIDLAND, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of two Class A office properties totaling nearly 600,000 square feet in the West Texas city of Midland. Fasken Center is a 421,546-square-foot property that was built in phases in 1974 and 1982, according to Wikipedia. Frost Bank Tower is a 12-story, 177,952-square-foot building. David Carter and Patrick Duffy of Colliers International brokered the deal. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated the sale of a 125,000-square-foot industrial property located at 8203 Market St. in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1985 and is zoned for manufacturing. John Ferruzzo and Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented the seller, 8203 Market Street Road LLC, in the transaction. Matthew Goldsby of Belvoir Real Estate Group represented the buyer, 8203 MSR Properties LLC.
HOUSTON — Triple Crown Investments has begun work on Southside Commons, an 80,000-square-foot redevelopment project in Houston. The developer will convert the former site of Palace Bowling Lanes, located at 4191 Bellaire Blvd., into a mixed-use development. Individual components will include 10,000 square feet of retail space, 30,000 square feet of entertainment/restaurant space and 40,000 square feet of office and medical office space. Arch-Con Construction is serving as general contractor on the project, which is expected to open in late summer 2019.
DESOTO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Franklin Park of Desoto, a 240-unit, age-restricted multifamily community for residents 55 and older in Desoto, a southern suburb of Dallas. Built in 2009, the property consists of 31 buildings across 22 acres. Amenities include walking trails, a media room, resort-style pool and an outdoor fireplace. Rod Llanos and Doug O’Toole of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Will Balthrope and Jennifer Campbell of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer. Both buyer and seller are based in Texas but requested anonymity.
FRISCO, TEXAS — California-based private equity firm The Bascom Group has acquired Jefferson Stonebriar, a 424-unit multifamily community in Frisco. The newly built, Class A property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, conference room and pet park. The seller was Irving, Texas-based multifamily developer JPI. Brian Murphy and Richard Furr of ARA Newmark represented JPI in the transaction. Tip Strickland and Braden Harmon of Berkeley Point Capital secured debt for the transaction, which marks Bascom’s 35th multifamily property closed in Texas. James D’Argenio and Chang Liu sourced and managed the acquisition for Bascom.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Jenkins Organization (TJO) has acquired land in north Austin for the development of Northgate Storage, an 816-unit self-storage facility. The property will span 127,000 gross square feet and will offer climate- and non-climate-controlled units, as well as gated entry and electronic security monitoring. The opening is currently slated for May 2019.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Ridge, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has sold a 362,000-square-foot speculative warehouse in Fort Worth. The property is located within Railhead Industrial Park, a 633-acre, rail-served development. The building, which was completed in June, features 32-foot clear heights, 60 trailer parking spaces and 160 car parking spaces. An undisclosed institutional investor purchased the property after acquiring the adjacent, 299,810-square-foot property last year.
MISSION, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 270,084-square-foot industrial property located at 802 Trinity St. in Mission, a city in the Rio Grande Valley. Boston-based STAG Industrial acquired the warehouse property from Colimar Inc. for an undisclosed price. Dustin Volz, Zane Marcell and Grant Matthews of JLL, along with Edward Villareal of South Texas Commercial Real Estate, brokered the deal.
HOUSTON — Private direct lender iBorrow has provided a $6 million loan for a two-story, 41,989-square-foot coworking office building located at 1512 Center St. N. in Houston. The loan will be used to renovate the property. Upon completion, the building will offer 50 open coworking spaces, 20 dedicated desks, 134 private offices and 40 parking spaces. The borrower was not disclosed.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Richardson-based general contractor Hill & Wilkinson has completed West Hall, a 534-bed student housing property in Arlington. The community, which is the first of two phases of planned development, is located on the campus of University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The four-story, 100,000-square-foot residence hall offers double-occupancy, semi-suite or pod-style configurations. Amenities include community learning and social spaces, as well as a game room and outdoor grilling areas. BOKA Powell designed the project.
