PLAINVIEW, TEXAS — Lonestar Dirt & Paving has broken ground on The Plainview-Hale County Business Park, a 140-acre industrial development in Plainview, a city in West Texas roughly midway between Lubbock and Amarillo. The rail-served site, which is located along the Interstate 27 corridor, formerly housed a beef packing plant that closed in 2013. The timetable for completion of the project, which officially broke ground on Monday, April 23, is nine months.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Maker Bros. has broken ground on St. Elmo Public Market, a mixed-use development in Austin that is valued at approximately $120 million, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Project features include a 40,000-square-foot public market, 103,380 square feet of office space, 380 apartment units and a 156-room hotel. The development, which is situated on a 12.5-acre site at 4329 S. Congress Ave. on the city’s south side, is expected to open in May 2019.
DALLAS — Northwood Retail, an affiliate of national investment advisory firm Northwood Investors, has begun the renovation of Hillside Village, a 169,229-square-foot shopping center in Dallas. Northwood is upgrading the facades, lighting and roofs of the spaces, as well as delivering a new parking and sidewalk system. The renovation project is expected to be complete by year’s end. New tenants joining the property, which was built in 1954, include Session Pilates, Villa Nail Spa and Hillside Tavern.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — The Flower Mound City Council has approved an agreement with FM 2499 Office Venture LLC, an affiliate of Irving-based Realty Capital, to develop a 120,000-square-foot speculative office building in the northern Dallas suburb. The city will commit $25 million to the four-story, Class A project, which has a target completion date of late 2022. The project will include the development of a 480-space parking structure.
HOUSTON — LMI Capital has closed three acquisition loans totaling $9.5 million for two apartment communities and one office building located throughout the greater Houston area. The properties include a 65-unit apartment asset in Galveston County, an 80-unit apartment community in the Spring Branch submarket and a 23,000-square-foot office building located near The Woodlands. Kurt Dennis of LMI Capital placed the loans for the Galveston and Woodlands properties and Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital placed the loan for the Spring Branch property.
Trade and politics are nothing new for El Paso, Texas and its sister city Ciudad (Cd.) Juarez, Mexico. The history of the region is rooted in the interrelationship between two countries, three states and a trading route that originally ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe along the Camino Real. Today, international trade and political fights from elsewhere still have a considerable influence on what locals are talking about. But the regional industrial market continues to thrive by staying well below the radar. Despite concerns of imminent steel tariffs, restructuring of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the construction of an expanded border wall, the regional industrial economy keeps humming along, bringing the real estate market along with it. For industrial real estate tenants, the lure of a globally competitive workforce in Cd. Juarez and a link to the U.S. transportation infrastructure in El Paso makes this region a beacon for industrial users across the world. Triangle of Trade Take a two-hour drive along the loop highway circling El Paso, Cd. Juarez and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, and you will find an eye-opening list of international companies with industrial footprints. Foxconn from Taiwan, Polygroup from China, Bosch from Germany …
KYLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based Hillwood Properties and Austin-based HPI Real Estate Services will develop Hays Commerce Center, a 400,000-square-foot industrial development situated on 108 acres in Kyle, a southern suburb of Austin. The property, which will be located along the Interstate 35 corridor near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, is being developed on a speculative basis. Construction of Building I, a 220,000-square-foot asset, is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter.
GARLAND, TEXAS —Stream Data Centers, the Dallas-based data center arm of Stream Realty Partners, will develop DFW VII, a 400,000-square-foot data center campus in Garland. The first phase will deliver a 140,000-square-foot, expandable data center that is slated for completion late this year. The campus will be situated on 22.6 acres on Lookout Drive and feature two 40 MW utility feeds.
IRVING, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based development firm Jackson-Shaw and Boston-based investment firm GID has broken ground on Parc SouthWest, a 292,700-square-foot industrial project in Irving. Situated on 28 acres, the Class A development will consist of two buildings totaling 112,200 and 180,500 square feet. Parc SouthWest will be marketed to tenants seeking 20,000- to 60,000-square-foot spaces with 30- to 32-foot clear heights and abundant trailer storage and car parking. Ridgemont Commercial Construction is serving as general contractor for the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter completion. GSR Andrade is designing the property, and Stream Realty Partners will lease and manage it.
MURPHY AND WATAUGA, TEXAS — Venture Commercial has brokered the sale of Albertsons grocery stores totaling 123,737 square feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metros of Murphy and Watauga. The 62,322-square-foot Murphy store anchors the Shops of Murphy retail center, and the 61,415-square-foot Watauga store anchors the Shops of Watauga retail center. John Zikos and Charlotte Cooper of Venture Commercial represented Albertsons LLC, which owns the stores, in the transaction. Sean Porter of Capstone Commercial Real Estate Group represented the buyer, 356 Development LLC.
