GARLAND, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn has negotiated an 114,515-square-foot office/warehouse lease at 3901 W. Miller Road in the Dallas metro of Garland. Stephen Cooper of NAI Robert Lynn represented the undisclosed landlord in the transaction. Ann Huntington of CBRE represented the tenant, Stonecrop Technologies LLC, a California-based communications deployment firm.
IRVING, TEXAS — STRIVE has brokered the sale of Riverside Retail Strip, a 14,030-square-foot, Class A retail center located at 6421 Riverside Drive in Irving. Built in 2016, the center was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as Wayback Burgers, Donut House and Yummy Thai. Jason Vitorino of STRIVE represented the seller, a Dallas-based developer, in the transaction.
PLANO, TEXAS — Monogram Residential Trust Inc. (NYSE: MORE), an owner and developer of high-end apartment communities, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be purchased by a newly formed perpetual life fund led by Greystar Real Estate Partners. The purchase price is $3 billion, including debt. Other principals of the fund, known as Greystar Growth and Income Fund LP, include affiliates of APG Asset Management, GIC and Ivanhoe Cambridge. Monogram’s stockholders will receive $12 per share in cash, which represents a premium of approximately 22 percent to Monogram’s unaffected closing stock price on July 3, the last trading day prior to the public announcement of the transaction. The ownership group has retained Walker & Dunlop to secure acquisition financing for the transaction, which includes Monogram’s share of its two joint ventures with PGGM and NPS. The PGGM joint venture will be restructured, and Greystar will purchase the joint venture interests held by NPS pursuant to a separate assignable purchase and sale agreement for approximately $500 million. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. has provided a commitment letter to Greystar Growth and Income Fund for $2 billion in debt financing for the transaction. The deal is expected to close in the …
FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. has entered into a merger agreement with Austin-based residential and mixed-use developer Forestar Group Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, D.R. Horton will acquire 75 percent of Forestar’s outstanding shares for $17.75 per share in cash. Forestar has approximately 42 million outstanding shares, according to The Wall Street Journal, giving the transaction a value of roughly $558 million.
AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO — The QuikTrip Corp. will open more than 100 new gas and convenience store locations in the Austin and San Antonio areas beginning in the summer of 2018, according to a social media announcement from the company. Exact locations were not disclosed. The Tulsa-based chain, which first entered Texas in 1999, currently operates 134 locations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
SPRING, TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Modera Spring Town Center, a 396-unit multifamily asset located at 21801 Northcrest Drive in Spring. Developed in 2014, the garden-style property offers a mix of one, two- and three-bedroom units. Ryan Epstein, Jennifer Ray, Wes Breeding and Scott Bray of Berkadia represented the seller and developer, Mill Creek Residential, in the transaction. Abbey Residential Services Inc. purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 40,304-square-foot retail property in Fort Worth. Located at 7300 Rosewood St., the property is net-leased to automotive repair firm Caliber Collision. Vincent Knipp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — EDGE Realty Capital Markets has brokered the sale of 1910 N. Collins Blvd., a 7,580-square-foot office building located at the intersection of North Collins Boulevard and West Campbell Road in Richardson. Stroud Arthur of EDGE represented the seller, 1910 N. Collins Medical LP, in the transaction. Linda Marver Trust acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
TORONTO AND HOUSTON — Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Parkway Inc. (NYSE: PKY) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CPPIB will acquire Parkway, a Houston-based real estate investment trust, for $1.2 billion. The transaction, expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, equates to $23.05 per share. Parkway owns the largest office portfolio in Houston, according to CPPIB. Located in the Westchase, Greenway and Galleria submarkets, the 19 properties span approximately 8.7 million square feet and were 87 percent leased as of March. Financial services, technology and commodities tenants anchor the buildings. TPG Capital and its affiliates, which collectively own approximately 10 percent of the outstanding common stock of Parkway, have agreed to vote in favor of the transaction. Parkway will pay its previously announced second quarter dividend today, but will suspend all future quarterly dividend payments through the expected close of the transaction. “We believe there are still some near-term headwinds in the office sector for Houston, but the implied asset valuation of this transaction shows CPPIB’s appreciation for the high-quality portfolio we have assembled and the near-term stability it provides during the current downturn in the market,” says James R. Heistand, president and CEO of Parkway. …
The Houston healthcare sector has gotten off to a slow start in 2017. Financial concerns are impacting several healthcare systems as they adapt to a changing marketplace. Industry challenges such as increasing technology costs, as well as changes in payer mixes and reimbursement rates, have impacted organizations’ operating models as a whole. While the majority of organizations have effectively adjusted or are adapting to the change, companies such as CHI St. Luke’s Health, Adeptus Health Inc. and Foundation Healthcare have not fared as well, resulting in a sluggish start to the year. In late March, CHI St. Luke’s announced another round of layoffs, stating that it would eliminate more than 459 jobs and an additional 161 vacant positions statewide. This is the fourth round of layoffs CHI has announced over the previous two years as the company continues to struggle with lower patient volumes, reduced reimbursement via Medicaid and Medicare, and increased technology-related operating costs. Adeptus Health, a freestanding emergency room operator with more than 29 Houston-area locations, appears to be headed for bankruptcy, having announced in March that it would be hiring a restructuring chief. Adeptus has grown rapidly over the past several years, initially opening facilities that lacked …
