AUSTIN, TEXAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of the 194-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin Northwest Arboretum on Austin’s north side. The property is situated adjacent to two mixed-use developments, The Domain and The Arboretum, and features a 24-hour business center, outdoor pool and 6,600 square feet of meeting and event space. John Bourret, Austin Brooks and Daniel Peek of HFF represented the seller, Florida-based Driftwood Hospitality Management, in the transaction. San Diego-based Pinnacle Hotels USA purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Dallas-based hospitality development firm NewcrestImage has opened a 134-room Hyatt Place hotel in the Bricktown district of Oklahoma City. The five-story property features a 24-hour fitness center and 1,800 square feet of meeting space. The Hyatt Place is the third hotel operated by NewcrestImage in Oklahoma City.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 74,100-square-foot industrial building located at 2001 110th St. in the Dallas metro of Grand Prairie. Trey Fricke and Reid Bassinger of Lee & Associates represented the seller, 2001 110th Street Grand Prairie LLC, in the transaction. Todd Hubbard of NAI Robert Lynn represented the buyer, Dealer Industries LLC, a Carrollton-based research and consulting firm.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — JLL has arranged the sale of Kerria Square, an 82-unit multifamily community located in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) city of McAllen. Built in 2014, the property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. A pair of private investors purchased the community from Kerria Square Development LLC for an undisclosed price. Zar Haro and Moses Siller of JLL represented the buyer in the transaction.
DALLAS — Dallas County has approved the $83 million sale of the former Parkland Memorial medical campus in northwest Dallas to Dreien Opportunity Partners, according to the March 27 agenda from the county commissioners. Dreien is a development group headed by Dallas magnate Sam Ware that is also working to redevelop the Collin Creek Mall in Plano. The company is financing the acquisition in part by leasing 560 parking spaces currently used by Parkland employees. Plans for the redevelopment of the 38-acre campus, which was owned by Parkland, include condos, apartments and a hotel.
HOUSTON — S2 Capital, a multifamily investment firm based in the Dallas area, has acquired Brompton Court Apartments, a 793-unit multifamily community located near Texas Medical Center in southwest Houston. Built in 1973, the three-story property offers multiple pools, a fitness center and on-site laundry services. S2 Capital, which acquired the property from CMS Brompton Court LP, will upgrade the unit interiors and communal amenities. Mark Brandenburg of JLL arranged acquisition financing for the deal through Voya Investment Management LLC.
SHERMAN, TEXAS — Cadence McShane Construction Co. will build a new, 527,000-square-foot campus for Sherman High School in north Texas. Designed by VLK Architects, the campus will include three main academic buildings, a 2,000-seat stadium, an 800-seat auditorium, a competition gym and four practice gyms, competition baseball and softball fields and a 50,000-square-foot fieldhouse. The project is being financed through a $176 million bond package approved by City of Sherman voters in November 2017. According to the Sherman Herald Democrat, the campus will be complete in time for the 2020 school year.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Atlanta-based inventory management firm Tellworks Communications has signed a 722,733-square-foot industrial lease at Park 20/360 in Arlington. The company will occupy all of Building 1 at the 1.6 million-square-foot development, which is located at the northwest corner of Interstate 20 and State Highway 360. John Brewer and Joe Rudd of Transwestern represented the landlord, a partnership between Invesco Real Estate and Ridge, the industrial development arm of Transwestern. Ryan Keiser of CBRE represented Tellworks Communications.
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Alamo Village, a 138-unit multifamily property located in the West Texas city of San Angelo. The property was built in 1977 and consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. William Stover and Mike Moffitt of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Jenkins Organization, a Houston-based developer and operator of self-storage facilities, will open ATX Storage, a 1,022-unit facility in Austin, on March 31. Construction of the property, which features 110,025 square feet of net rentable space, began in March 2017. The Jenkins Organization will also open another Austin facility, the 736-unit Lakeline Storage, on March 31. With these two facilities coming on line, the company now operates 45 properties across five states.