DALLAS — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed a new office building and aircrew training facility within Southwest Airlines’ corporate campus in Dallas. The entire project, which began in May 2016, consists of a six-story, 425,000-square-foot office building and an attached 375,000-square-foot training center that will house 18 flight simulators. The project will also deliver a 1,950-space parking garage upon full completion during the first quarter of 2018.
KATY, TEXAS— Vista Equities Group has broken ground on the final phase of development of LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, a 34-acre, mixed-use development in Katy. Expected to be complete in early 2018, the final phase will add a 37,000-square-foot Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a five-story parking garage and an additional 7,500 square feet of retail space to the 360,000-square-foot development.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Preferred Apartment Communities Inc., a publicly traded, Maryland-based multifamily operator, has sold Enclave at Vista Ridge, a Class A multifamily community in metro Dallas for approximately $44 million. Located at 2701 MacArthur Blvd. in Lewisville, the property was built in 2003 and features amenities such as a resort-style pool, fitness centers, game room and a resident clubhouse with a lounge and theater. Steadfast Apartment REIT III Inc., an affiliate of California-based investment firm Steadfast Cos., purchased the property and will rebrand it The Pointe at Vista Ridge.
SAN ANTONIO — FourPoint Student Housing Investments has brokered the sale of Avalon Place and Hill Country Place, two student housing properties totaling 1,136 beds in San Antonio. Both Class B properties are located approximately one mile from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Chris Epp, Chris Bancroft and Meredith Wolff of FourPoint represented the seller, Blue Vista, in the transaction. The name of the buyer and other terms of sale were not disclosed.
EL PASO AND PLANO, TEXAS — Dallas-based healthcare real estate firm Caddis has acquired two medical office properties in El Paso and Plano. The company has purchased George Dieter Medical Plaza, a 15,005-square-foot property located at 1393 George Dieter Drive in El Paso, a transaction for which Capital One provided the acquisition financing. Caddis has also acquired a 21,246-square-foot building located at 5228 W. Plano Parkway in Plano, which is currently leased to Plano Orthopedic Sports Medicine & Spine Center.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Newcor Commercial Real Estate has negotiated the sale of two 5.5-acre tracts in the Houston metro of Cypress for the development of Piney Woods Storage @ Oakcrest. The facility will feature 200,000 square feet of climate-controlled storage space, 150,000 square feet of boat and RV storage space and 18,000 square feet of office and warehouse space. David Alexander of Newcor represented the buyer, Piney Woods Storage @ Oakcrest LLC in the purchase of both tracts of land.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $5.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Millennium on Post, a 51-unit student housing property in the San Antonio suburb of San Marcos. The property is located at 1651 Post Road, roughly 2.5 miles from Texas State University. Dougherty arranged the 12-year loan through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of the borrower, 1651 Millennium Post Road LLC.
DALLAS — Biel Partners has arranged the sale of a 14,000-square-foot office property located at 13748 Neutron Road in Dallas’ Northwest Business District. NoPiers.com, a company that provides home foundation maintenance services, purchased the property and will establish its headquarters within a 5,000-square-foot space beginning this summer.
CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.6 million sale of an 86-room La Quinta hotel located at 16211 E. Freeway in the eastern Houston suburb of Channelview. Skyler Cooper, Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company and procured the buyer, a partnership. Both parties requested confidentiality.
In DFW, retail real estate will experience its eighth consecutive year of performance gains as upward economic momentum strengthens consumption and bolsters the local retail sector. The national economy is operating at near full employment and the rate of job creation will start to slow, bringing two million new job opportunities to fruition in 2017. At least 100,000 of these jobs will be filled in DFW and these dynamics will affect retail property by driving up wage growth, increase rental rates and promote higher retail spending.” As a result, national retail sales are expected to increase 4 percent this year. In Fort Worth specifically, retail trade is one of largest employment sectors and accounts for more than 11 percent of all jobs. Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to see a fourth consecutive year of employers adding over 100,000 jobs as a number of large companies like Toyota, Liberty Mutual and many others expand their footprints in the metro. Advance PCS, Dean Foods, ExxonMobil, Kimberly-Clark, Neiman Marcus, Southwest Airlines and Texas Instruments are among the 21 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the area. The relocation and expansion of these businesses will draw new residents to the area. Approximately 88,000 individuals are slated …
