AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Malin, a members-only coworking concept, will open a 12,123-square-foot space at 1515 E. Cesar Chavez St. in East Austin. The space, which is scheduled to open next summer, will feature 28 dedicated desks, 10 private offices and four meeting rooms. Brent Powdrill, Bethany Perez and Kevin Kimbrough of JLL represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Casey Casper and Kendall King of HPI Real Estate Services & Investments represented the tenant.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Basis Industrial, a privately held real estate owner and operator headquartered in Boca Raton, has acquired four commercial properties in Florida and Texas for a total of approximately $160 million. Bank United, Banesco and Thorofare provided roughly $110 million in financing for the transaction. Beach Point Capital Management provided a preferred equity/mezzanine loan of roughly $70 million, with the borrowers, Basis and NexPoint, providing the remaining funds. In addition to the acquisitions, the loans and equity will fund a $60 million refinancing for two of the borrowers’ existing commercial properties in Florida. The six properties, including those being refinanced, total over 1.3 million square feet. The four acquired properties include: The properties that Basis refinanced were Crystal Pointe and Gateway & Commercial Point. Crystal Pointe is a 96,888-square-foot property located at 4500-4870 North Powerline Road in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Crystal Pointe is currently 100 percent leased. Gateway & Commercial Point is a 253,701-square-foot asset located at 7550-7800 Southland Blvd. in Orlando. The property is currently 97.6 percent leased. “This is a huge step for Basis’ growth and my vision,” says Daniel Weinstein, founder and CEO of Basis Industrial. “We expect to add millions of square feet over the next few years in targeted …
DALLAS — Harwood International will develop Harwood No. 15, a 23-story, 340,000-square-foot office building that will be situated within the locally based developer’s 19-block namesake district in Uptown Dallas. Harwood No. 15 will feature spa-like amenities, including saunas, steam rooms and a cold plunge, as well as a conference center, fitness center and a 20,000-square-foot rooftop park. The design team includes Kengo Kuma & Associates and Corgan. Construction is set to begin in mid-2024 and to be complete in late 2026. Harwood most recently completed the 27-story Harwood No. 14, which is now 76 percent leased. The entire Harwood District currently has an occupancy rate of about 93 percent.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Minneapolis-based developer Ryan Cos. has topped out Rivette Tower, a 345-unit apartment community located in Austin’s Mueller District. The project comprises two three- and five-story buildings with 2,500 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Units will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with 15 percent of the residences (about 50 units) reserved for renters earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a pool, rooftop deck, coworking space and outdoor gathering areas. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy next spring. Construction began in March 2022.
ANNA, TEXAS — Locally based developer JPI, in partnership with the City of Anna, has begun leasing Parmore Anna Senior Living, a luxury independent living community located approximately 50 miles north of Dallas. The property will be the first of its kind in Anna and JPI’s second installment in its new line of senior housing developments. The Anna Housing Finance Corp. is also a partner on the project. The 150,000-square-foot community will span over nine acres and include 185 apartments. Rents start at $1,100 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
HOUSTON — Engineering and industrial services firm Acuren Inspection has signed a 10,829-square-foot industrial lease renewal in northwest Houston. The space is located within Four Seasons Business Park, a 204,532-square-foot development that was constructed on 11.8 acres in 2011, according to commercialcafé.com. John Buckley and Jack Gaffney III of locally based brokerage firm Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Judd Harrison of KBC Advisors represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 9,800-square-foot industrial building in West Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building at 9101 Sovereign Row was originally constructed in 1957. Stephen Williamson of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Turner Peterson of Mercer Co. represented the buyer, Apel Construction Services.
By Taylor Williams Retail owners are facing critical questions about whether to sell or hold their properties in the current environment, which is still defined by uncertainty about whether interest rate hikes have truly peaked and investment sales prices have actually bottomed out. Investment sales decisions frequently hinge on analysis of cap rates, defined as a property’s net operating income divided by its sales price. Generally speaking, higher cap rates indicate lower sales prices and are therefore sought by buyers, whereas lower cap rates reflect higher prices and are preferred by sellers. Cap rates are fluid and tend to move linearly with interest rates. Thus, the Federal Reserve’s campaign of 11 interest rate hikes totaling 500 basis points over the last 20 months has caused cap rates in all asset classes to rise, or as industry folks say, to decompress. The extent to which this cap rate movement influences an investor’s sell-or-hold dilemma varies from deal to deal, but the common denominator is that it complicates all such decisions. At the inaugural InterFace Houston Retail conference, a panel of capital markets professionals delved into the numerical analysis and anecdotal evidence that investment sales brokers are relying on to guide clients …
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Is a Rebound in the Cards for Investment Sales Anytime Soon?
Would-be commercial real estate investors and sellers for the last several months have been waiting for a sign that the Federal Reserve has tamed inflation, therefore giving the central bank reason to officially end its tightening program. October’s better-than-expected consumer price index increase of 3.2 percent — versus the 3.3 percent consensus — may have delivered that signal. The futures markets immediately reduced the probability of a Fed interest rate hike in December to zero, with many capital markets analysts suggesting that it would begin to cut rates midway through 2024. But just an end to rate hikes could fuel investment sales activity, says Jeff Rinkov, CEO of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services. “Once investors see some positive sentiment from the Fed, I think they’ll start to get interested in deploying what we believe is an enormous amount of capital that has been waiting on the sidelines,” he explains. “I also think that’s when investors will be met by more accommodating sellers. At the moment, price discovery continues to be very challenging and is driving a sluggish transaction environment.” Crashing Sales Indeed, investment sales volume through three quarters of 2023 totaled $276.3 billion, a year-over-year decline of 55 …
MESQUITE, TEXAS — A partnership between Phoenix-based developer Creation Equity and Crow Holdings Capital has completed Mesquite 635, an industrial project located on the eastern outskirts of Dallas that totals roughly 556,000 square feet. Mesquite 635 comprises two rear-load buildings and one front-load building. Building A spans 159,728 square feet and features 32-foot clear heights and 37 trailer parking spots. Building B comprises 156,144 square feet and offers 32-foot clear heights and 27 trailer stalls. Building C totals 239,918 square feet and features 36-foot clear heights and 46 trailer parks. LGE Design Build served as the project architect and general contractor.