Texas

HUNTSVILLE. TEXAS — The Preiss Co., a Raleigh, N.C.-based firm specializing in student housing development, has acquired Gateway at Huntsville, a 160-unit complex located at 5050 Sam Houston Ave. in Huntsville, roughly an hour north of Houston. Situated on a 12-acre site about a mile from Sam Houston State University, the property consists of six four-story buildings comprising 416 bedrooms and bathrooms. In addition to a swimming pool, grilling station and basketball and volleyball courts, the complex also offers a complimentary shuttle to and from campus.

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SPRING, TEXAS — EDGE Capital Markets has brokered the sale of West Rayford Retail Center, an 18,512-square-foot, multi-tenant retail asset in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. Located at 8633 W. Rayford Road, the property is currently leased to tenants such as Sherwin Williams and Lush & Co. Spa. Josh Jacobs and Burdette Huffman of EDGE represented the seller, LSP Rayford LLC, while Sumner Hollingsworth of Hollingsworth & Associates represented the undisclosed buyer.

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DALLAS — Colliers International Group Inc. has closed the sale of Meadow Central, a 179,184-square-foot office complex located at 10260 and 10300 N. Central Expressway in north Dallas. The property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Creighton Stark and Chris Boyd of Colliers represented the sellers, Sunwest Real Estate Group and Libitzky Property Cos., which acquired the property in 2010. The representative of the buyer, Ascent Real Estate Advisors LLC, was not disclosed.

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TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — CBRE Hotels has arranged the sale of a Holiday Inn Express & Suites, located at 2440 Gulf Freeway in Texas City, a submarket of Houston. Peet Hotels Inc. sold the 70-room property, just off Interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston, to Texas City Hospitality LLC for an undisclosed price. Eric Guerrero, Michael Yu, Rahul Bijlani and Dennis Drake of CBRE represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.

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KELLER, TEXAS — Olympus Property and its joint venture partner, Artemis Real Estate Partners, have acquired three multifamily properties consisting of 679 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Keller. Stoneleigh Cos. originally developed the three Class A properties, which will be individually rebranded as Olympus Town Center, Olympus Stone Glen and Olympus Waterford.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — HSM Equity Partners, the commercial development branch of Henry S. Miller Cos., has acquired a three-acre retail tract at the corner of McKinney Ranch Parkway and Ridge Road in McKinney, about 40 miles north of Dallas. The development plan for the tract includes a 21,000-square-foot retail center, set to begin construction in the second quarter of 2017. Joe Benton of Benton Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller, while Lynn Dowdle of Dowdle Real Estate represented the buyer. Both parties requested confidentiality.

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ELKHART, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 9,180-square-foot retail property in Elkhart, a city roughly halfway between Houston and Dallas. Family Dollar is the sole tenant of the property, located at 212 N. U.S. Highway 287, and recently extended the original 10-year, double-net lease until 2022. Geoff Ficke and Chris Adams of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed limited liability company. Other terms of the sale were not released.

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HOUSTON — Colvill Office Properties has finalized four new leases at 811 Louisiana, a 577,735-square-foot office tower in Houston’s Central Business District. Among the tenants represented in the newly secured leases are global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson, which leased a 19,222-square-foot space, and law firm McFarland PLLC, which leased a 6,150-square-foot space. Paula Bruns, Damon Thames and Chip Colvill of Colvill represented the landlord, Busycon Properties LLC, in both deals. Jeff Cairns, Bob Denney and Brandon Clarke of CBRE represented Willis Towers Watson. Kevin Kushner and William Padon of CBRE represented McFarland.

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SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Cypressbrook Co. has arranged the lease of 5,649 square feet of flex space at Portofino Tech Center, located at 19241 David Memorial Drive in Shenandoah, a city roughly 30 miles north of Houston. Denise Ksiazek of Cypressbrook represented the tenant, Cole Health Inc., a pediatrics and rehabilitation practice, in the transaction. Greg Tilton of Transwestern represented the landlord, Vara-Portofino Tech Center LLC.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — IKEA has announced that construction on its 290,000-square-foot location in Grand Prairie, set to open in fall 2017, has progressed to the point of installing the company’s iconic blue panels. The Swedish furniture outlet, which already operates one DFW location in Frisco, will be situated on 30 acres along the eastern side of Highway 161 and Mayfield Road, roughly midway between downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth. IKEA recently announced plans for two new Texas locations to be opened in summer 2019 as well, one in Fort Worth and the other in San Antonio.

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