OKLAHOMA CITY — Tulsa-based investment firm Admiral Square Inc. has sold a 41,000-square-foot industrial building located at 4601 SW 36th St. in Oklahoma City. Jason Hammock, Caitlin Mazaheri and John Lenochan of CBRE represented Admiral Square in the sale. Brett Price and Kris Davis of Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort represented the buyer, 857 Traction Avenue LP, which purchased the property for roughly $2.2 million.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The Silver Group has brokered the sale of a 3,900-square-foot retail property leased to Jack in the Box in Fort Worth. The property is located at 3459 Altamesa Blvd. on the southern outskirts of town. The buyer, seller and sales price were not disclosed.
San Antonio is a testament to the old proverb that slow and steady wins the race. Instead of becoming overheated in response to the benefits of strong employment and population growth, the metro’s retail market continues to take a measured approach to growth. That approach has enabled an exceptional occupancy rate for its brick-and-mortar retail inventory. Development vs. Occupancy Measured, demand-based construction is one of the key reasons that San Antonio’s current retail market enjoys a near-record balance of supply and demand. Currently, the market’s overall occupancy is a healthy 94 percent. We expect this rate to be maintained as retail demand continues during a time of very limited construction of new retail product. The market’s limited retail construction of only 360,000 square feet this past year was dominated by H-E-B, which opened two new stores in 2017. The locations came on line either freestanding or with limited peripheral small-shop space, further tightening the market for available space. To illustrate exactly how low new construction is, we compared the current market to a decade ago, when the economy was in a similar cycle. The market’s occupancy at year-end 2007 was 91.2 percent, healthy but notably below the current 94 percent …
HUTCHINS, TEXAS — Indianapolis-based development firm Scannell Properties has completed a 450,000-square-foot distribution center at 1401 W. Wintergreen Road in Hutchins, a southern suburb of Dallas. The rail-served property was developed as a build-to-suit project for Biagi Bros., a California-based logistics firm for the beverage industry. Ware Malcomb provided design services for the project and Evans General Contractors handled construction. The facility is the third industrial facility leased to Biagi Bros. in Texas.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Hill & Wilkinson has completed the renovation and expansion of Buckner GreenRidge Villas, a seniors housing community in Austin that provides housing and services to 400 seniors each year. O2 Architecture provided design services for the project, which delivered 69 additional one- and two-bedroom units and 70 parking spaces, as well as a central courtyard. The community will now be able to house and serve up to 138 more seniors.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh-based Greystone Affordable Development has closed $38.5 million in financing for the rehabilitation and development of a portfolio of affordable housing properties in Oklahoma. The multifamily portfolio consists of 13 properties totaling 294 units and serving low-income households across eight counties in Oklahoma. The financing was secured on behalf of Oklahoma-based Green Cos. Development Group Inc., which owns and operates the properties. Most of the funds were placed through USDA’s Rural Housing Services and the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Love Funding has secured a $5.6 million loan for the refinancing of Winfield Estates, a 156-unit affordable seniors housing community in Texarkana, a city on the Texas-Arkansas state line. Built in 2001, the property consists on 39 one-story buildings with units that are all reserved for senior residents earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income. The financing was secured through HUD’s 223(f) loan insurance program and will be used to implement capital repairs to the property, as well as to pay off existing debt.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 54,891-square-foot office lease renewal at 2600 N. Loop West in Houston. Jon Silberman of NAI Partners represented the tenant, PFS Group LLC, a provider of accounts receivables solutions and programs, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — The Cedar Park City Council has approved a land use plan amendment for Indigo Ridge North, a 126-acre mixed-use project that will be located in the Austin metro of Cedar Park. According to plans submitted to the city, the project will include 100,000 square feet of retail space, 270,000 square feet of office space, 50,000 square feet of boutique office space, a 400-key hotel, 1,050 residential units and 120 high-rise residential units. Austin-based Thompson Morris is developing the project.
CLEVELAND — Cleveland-based KeyBank Real Estate Capital has closed a $90.8 million FHA 232/223(f) loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of seniors housing properties in Texas. The portfolio consists of eight properties totaling 541 units and 1,063 beds across various markets in Texas. The FHA loan proceeds were used to pay off the balance of a $315 million bridge loan, which was provided by a KeyBank-led syndicate and used to fund the acquisition of 30 Texas-based skilled nursing facilities. The borrower was a joint venture led by Capital Senior Ventures and BlueMountain Capital Management. Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera of KeyBank structured the initial syndicated bank loan.