AUSTIN, TEXAS — Valor Capital Partners (VCP) has acquired The Overlook at Rob Roy, a 100,000-square-foot, Class A office building in southwest Austin. Built in 2002, the property is located just off Bee Cave Road. This is the fifth acquisition in the Austin area for VCP, which will build an additional two-story parking structure at the property. Equitable Commercial Realty (ECR) represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Everson Developments has broken ground on a 58,000-square-foot medical office building at 121 Vision Park Blvd. in Shenandoah, a northern suburb of Houston. Designed by Ziegler Cooper, the three-story, Class A property is slated for completion by year’s end. The J. Beard Real Estate Co. is handling leasing of the property and recently secured its first tenant, Gill Plastic Surgery & Dermatology.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has secured a 55,376-square-foot industrial lease at 2115 Exchange Drive in Arlington. Mark Graybill and Colton Rhodes of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Global Logistic Properties, in the lease negotiations. Reed Parker of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, Blue Ribbon Delivery Inc., a transportation and logistics firm.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated a 41,458-square-foot industrial lease at 7875 Northcourt Road in northwest Houston on behalf of Asia Cabinetry, a wholesale cabinet distributor. The space will continue to serve as the company’s headquarters, although it represents an expansion from its previous space. Jeff Venghaus and Geoff Perrott of JLL represented Asia Cabinetry in the lease negotiations. Darryl Noon of Transwestern represented the landlord, CPF Alamo Crossing LLC.
ADDISON, TEXAS — British tech firm Basis Technologies has relocated its North American headquarters from Vancouver to Dallas, signing a 4,200-square-foot lease at 16301 Quorum Drive in the Dallas suburb of Addison. Ryan Hoopes of Colliers represented the company in its lease negotiations. Basis Technologies plans to hire 100 additional employees in the U.S. over the next five years.
Compared to the four major MSAs in Texas, El Paso has often been overlooked by national and regional retailers. But times change, and interest in retail real estate in West Texas is at an all-time high. Major retailers that have taken space in El Paso are experiencing steady sales growth and expanding their footprints. Over the last couple years, we’ve seen new leases for major retailers, including At Home Furniture — which leased more than 100,000 square feet at its newest location — Ross Dress For Less, Tuesday Morning, Marshall’s and Sprouts Farmers Market, to name a few. Like the rest of Texas, El Paso’s economy is growing and strengthening. The city has posted a 3.7 percent unemployment rate to start the year, which is lower than the state (3.9 percent) and national (4.1 percent) averages. The city’s population continues to grow, driven by downtown office development, greater military spending (El Paso’s resident military base, Fort Bliss, houses tens of thousands of active duty and reservist military personnel, their families and civilian workers) and a reduction in crime in Ciudad Juarez, the sister city located just across the border. These forces have combined to imbue El Paso with a unique, …
DALLAS — Billingsley Co. has refinanced 9111 Cypress Waters Boulevard, a newly built, 223,319-square-foot office building that Billingsley developed in Dallas. Trey Morsbach and Jim Curtin of HFF placed the 15-year loan through Lincoln Financial Group on behalf of the borrower, Billingsley. The building is located within the 1,000-acre Cypress Waters development, which upon completion will feature 8 million square feet of office space, 45,000 square feet of retail space and up to 10,000 multifamily units. 9111 Cypress Waters, which houses 7-Eleven’s North American headquarters, was 94 percent leased at the time of the placement of the loan. Proceeds were used to take out a construction loan.
CORINTH, TEXAS — Karr Self-Storage, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Anchor Bay Boat & RV Storage, a 593-unit facility in the North Texas city of Corinth. The property’s net rentable square footage is 71,185 square feet. Brandon Karr of Karr Self-Storage represented the seller, a private investor, in the sale. Karr, Danny Cunningham and Will Parisi of Karr Self-Storage procured the buyer, a Texas-based private investment group.
HOUSTON — Henry S. Miller Brokerage Co. (HSM) has brokered the sale of Commons at Lincoln Green, a 102,996-square-foot retail center located at 11303 Veterans Memorial Drive on Houston’s north side. Built in 1980 and situated on 8.2 acres, the property will soon be anchored by an El Rancho Supermarket. Shawn Ackerman of HSM represented the seller, a private trust, in the transaction. Dallas-based Khaled Properties LLC purchased the center for an undisclosed price.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — Edifis Group, a Houston-based development and investment firm, will redevelop Palmer Plaza, a 98,816-square-foot shopping center in Texas City, about 40 miles southeast of Houston. The redevelopment of the center, which was built in 1987, will upgrade the center’s landscaping, decorative lighting and signage. New tenants including Aldi, Ross Dress for Less and Chick-il-A will join Palmer Plaza upon completion of the project.
