CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — NorthMarq Capital has closed $13.1 million in refinancing for an undisclosed, 218-unit multifamily property located in Corpus Christi. Randy Wolfe and Bert Roberds of NorthMarq secured the 12-year loan, which features a 12-year term, 35-year amortization schedule and three years of interest-only payments, through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program.
The resiliency of Houston’s industrial real estate market is truly astounding. Outsiders have always considered Houston to be an “oil town” whose economic success is tied to the geopolitical intricacies of the international energy markets. Yet three years into the oil and gas downturn, Houston has proven that it has a truly diversified economic base. The city’s industrial real estate market has consequently enjoyed a disproportionate benefit of that concerted effort to establish a truly balanced economy. From 2009 to 2014, while the national economy sputtered along due to anti-business policies of the Obama administration, Houston enjoyed a countercyclical economic boon as all sectors of the oil and gas industry added jobs, increased investment and drove demand for oil service-related real estate. Manufacturers and distributors made significant real estate commitments to property and equipment as they worked to meet the demand for materials and services related to the growth in domestic shale exploration and production. When the music stopped in November 2014, outsiders and pundits threw their hands in the air, called it the end of Houston’s growth story and declared that it would be the 1980s all over again. Houston real estate veterans, however, trusted the diversified economy and …
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — KWA Construction is nearing completion of Phase I of Arlington Commons, a 1,300-unit multifamily redevelopment project in Arlington valued at approximately $350 million. Developed in four phases by The Nehemiah Co. and designed by JHP Architecture/Urban Design, the project is redeveloping complexes that were built in the 1970s. The first phase will deliver 353 units. The project is being financed in part by $10.5 million in economic incentives from the City of Arlington.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Walker & Dunlop has structured a $100 million Freddie Mac revolving credit facility for Presidium Group LLC, a multifamily investment firm with offices in Austin and Dallas. The credit facility was initially secured by Presidium’s acquisition of Solaris and The Violet, two garden-style multifamily properties in Austin totaling 722 units. Solaris totals 562 units and is located roughly three miles southeast of the CBD, while The Violet features 160 units and is located about six miles south of downtown. The credit facility includes an additional $50 million in excess capacity for a potential of $150 million in total financing. Alex Inman of Walker & Dunlop structured the five-year, non-recourse line of credit, which features a full term of interest-only payments.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — Berkadia has brokered the sale of Estates at Fountain Lake, a 306-unit multifamily community in the southwestern Houston metro of Stafford. The property was built in 1998 and offers one- and two-bedroom units with full-size washers and dryers and private terraces or balconies. Illinois-based Prime Property Investors Ltd. sold the asset to Missouri City, Texas-based GPI Investments LLC. Ryan Epstein, Cutt Ableson, Jennifer Ray and Scott Bray of Berkadia represented Prime Property Investors in the sale and arranged an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing on behalf of GPI Investments.
CEDAR HILL, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of Primrose at Cedar Hill, a 132-unit seniors housing community located in the southwestern Dallas metro of Cedar Hill. Built in 2003, the property was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center and an on-site laundry facility. Chris Deuillet and Chandler Sims of CBRE represented the seller, Cedar Hill Seniors Housing LLC, in the transaction. Kaufman Investments purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
DALLAS AND DESOTO, TEXAS — Greystone has secured the $19 million refinancing of two undisclosed seniors housing assets located in Dallas and nearby suburb DeSoto. The properties, which total 500 units, represent affordable housing options for seniors earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). Both loans were secured through Freddie Mac’s Targeted Affordable Housing (TAH) Express program.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Atlanta-based Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ), Riverside Resources and Ironwood Real Estate will develop 300 Colorado, a 309,000-square-foot office tower that will be located in downtown Austin. Total development costs of the project are anticipated to be about $175 million. The property will be situated across the street from Cousins’ Colorado Tower, a 373,334-square-foot office asset. The property is 100 preleased to independent oil and gas firm Parsley Energy Inc., which has signed a 12-year, 302,000-square-foot lease; and restaurant Del Frisco’s, which has signed a 10-year, 7,000-square-foot lease. The partnership expects to begin construction in December and deliver the building in December 2020.
DALLAS — A partnership between Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Crescent Real Estate LLC will redevelop 2401 Cedar Springs, a 200,000-square-foot office building located in the Uptown area of Dallas that it recently acquired from Guidestone Financial Resources. Jack Crews of JLL represented Guidestone in that sale. The single-tenant property was built in 1989 and will soon be vacant. The redevelopment project will focus on the building’s exterior façade and lobby and will deliver new amenities while modernizing the tenant spaces and common areas. A timetable for completion of the project has not yet been established.
SAN ANTONIO — Canadian investment firm Western Wealth Capital (WWC) has acquired Sedona Canyon, a 296-unit multifamily community located at 4620 Thousand Oaks Drive in northeast San Antonio. The sales price was approximately $19.5 million. Built in the 1980s, the property offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, tennis court, business center and resident clubhouse. The sale marks WWC’s third acquisition of a multifamily asset in San Antonio.