HOUSTON — HH&S Hospitality LLC has purchased Candlewood Suites Houston Medical Center, an 80-room hotel located at 10025 Main St. in Houston. The Houston-based lodging investment firm will spend an unspecified amount in renovations to the hotel’s common areas and rooms. Friendwood, Texas-based Pika Hotel Group sold the property to HH&S for an undisclosed price.
PLANO, TEXAS — EDGE Realty Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a 12,205-square-foot, two-tenant retail property located at the intersection of Dallas North Tollway and West Park Boulevard in Plano. The property is leased to Mattress Firm and Elite Care ER. Stroud Arthur of EDGE represented the seller, G Whis/Park Place LLC, in the transaction.
PLANO AND CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based development firm Billingsley Co. has received $110 million in refinancing for a seven-building, 801,153-square-foot portfolio of office properties located within the 50-acre International Business Park in Plano and Carrollton. Built between 1997 and 2001, the buildings are 87 percent leased. Trey Morsbach and Jim Curtin of HFF arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based private equity firm Velocis has acquired Legacy Oaks, a 224,262-square-foot, Class A medical office adjacent to the 900-acre South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio. The seven-building complex, which recently underwent capital improvements, was 75 percent leased at the time of sale to healthcare providers such as Baptist Health System and MEDNAX.
SAN ANTONIO, MIDLAND AND ODESSA, TEXAS — Starwood Capital Group has arranged $35.8 million in financing for seven retail properties located in San Antonio, Midland and Odessa. The portfolio spans 308,328 square feet and is 95 percent leased, collectively. Todd McNeill of Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. arranged the fixed-rate loan, which features a fixed 5.45 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the borrower, a tenants-in-common partnership.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Everson Developments is building a 51,000-square-foot, Class A medical office property at 123 Vision Park Blvd. in The Woodlands. The three-story building will be situated on 3.5 acres with access to several nearby hospitals, including Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital and Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2018. The J. Beard Co. is handling preleasing of the building
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Student housing developer EdR has opened The Local Downtown, a 304-bed, pedestrian-to-campus student housing property located at 210 N. Edward Gary St. in San Marcos. The property is located less than half a mile from Texas State University. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, game room and a fitness center with a sauna.
NORMAN, OKLA. — A joint venture between Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions LLC and Provident Resources Group (PRG) has broken ground on the first phase of a $194 million mixed-use project at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. The development will expand the university’s on-campus living options for upperclassmen as part of a public-private partnership. Located on more than 10 acres in the southern part of OU’s campus, the project will include four mid-rise buildings with 1,231 beds. Plans also call for 40,000 square feet of retail and academic space, as well as a 1,000-car parking garage. Construction of the project is slated for completion in August 2018 in preparation for the 2018-2019 academic year. OU and Balfour Beatty Communities will jointly operate and manage the housing component of the development. JE Dunn Construction is leading the project’s design/build team, in collaboration with Clark Nexsen and Oklahoma City-based Studio Architecture. RBC Capital Markets is the financial underwriter for the project. Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions provides development, asset/property management and other real estate services to higher education with a focus on public-private partnerships. PRG is a national non-profit organization that develops, owns and operates educational, healthcare, seniors housing and multifamily properties. To …
At the end of the first quarter 2017, the Houston industrial market finds itself in very familiar territory, with several dominant trends largely maintaining course. Despite continued struggles within the oilfield manufacturing sector, the overall market is still in very good shape. Large consumer goods distributors driven by population growth in the greater Houston area and plastics users responding to increased demand from expanded chemical plant capacities produce the headliner transactions in the current market. This has been the case for the last 12 to 24 months. While leasing and sales for existing manufacturing facilities have slowed in recent years, there are some bright spots to report. CoStar notes an overall market vacancy increase of less than 0.5 percent to a still-historically low 5.7 percent. Northwest and Southeast Houston lead the way in terms of major activity. Northwest Houston currently has 5.1 percent vacancy, driven by consumer product companies like Serta Mattresses, which leased 268,482 square feet at Trammell Crow’s Fallbrook Pines, and Shaw Carpet, which leased 201,600 square feet at Prologis Jersey Village. These firms are inking long-term deals for manufacturing and distribution hubs, reflecting their confidence in the area’s long-term consumer growth. Multiple large positions from FedEx and …
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged a $66 million construction loan for Phase I of Buffalo Heights, a mixed-use development that will be located at 3663 Washington St. in Houston. Phase I will be anchored by a 90,000-square-foot H-E-B. The project will ultimately deliver 2,200 square feet of inline retail, 36,800 square feet of office space and a 232-unit luxury apartment building. Completion is slated for 2019. Colby Mueck and Matthew Putterman of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, BKR Memorial II LP, and developer, Midway. New York-based U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management provided the funds.
