HOUSTON — Boston-based investment firm TA Realty has sold a three-building, 101,635-square-foot portfolio of industrial properties in Houston to ATCAP Partners for an undisclosed price. The portfolio, which is 100 percent leased, consists of 3300 Claymoore Park in Houston’s Northwest industrial submarket, and 9362 Wallisville Road and 9366 Wallisville Road in the Northeast submarket. Rusty Tamlyn and Trent Agnew of HFF represented TA Realty in the transaction.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 115,000-square-foot industrial lease at 3912 W. Illinois Ave. in Dallas on behalf of Erect-A-Line Inc., a Dallas-based paving company. Nathan Denton and Corbin Blount of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations, and Ken Wesson and Christine Vasily, also of Lee & Associates, represented the landlord, Illinois Capital Partners. Erect-A-Line plans to relocate from its current 36,000-square-foot facility to its new space in February 2018. The transaction is the largest industrial lease inked in the Oak Cliff submarket this year
TULSA, OKLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $13 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Legend at Tulsa Hills, an 86-unit seniors housing community located at 701 W. 71st St. S in Tulsa. Built in 2014, the property comprises of 68 assisted living units and 18 Alzheimer’s care units. Monique Bimler of KeyBank structured the loan, which features a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Citadel Partners LLC has secured an 8,603-square-foot office lease at 14901 Quorum Drive in Addison on behalf of Plano-based recruiting firm BG Staffing Inc. Mac Morse and Taylor Dickerson of Citadel Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Ryan Evanich and Chase Lopez of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.
As we turn the page on another successful Manufactured Housing Institute National Congress and Expo, several themes are emerging. From the amount of capital in the market to the changes in the government agencies to continued reforms in financing for chattel, or homes, the industry of manufactured housing heads into the second half of 2017 with substantial momentum, thanks in part to a number of new entrants in the market. A few statistics shared at the conference reveal the interest in the manufactured housing industry as a whole. First, this conference saw the most attendees for a National Congress and Expo since 2007. Second, the first quarter of this year has already seen a 23 percent increase in housing shipments over last year, with year-over-year increases of around 17 percent. There are likely a few reasons for this increase. But above all else, capital is plentiful, fueled by heightened interest in the industry in the private equity and REIT space, as well as low interest rates. With so much capital comes more interest. This interest has led to less ownership by traditional “mom-and-pop” entities and more competition, thus lower cap rates. In some regions, parks trading with sub-5 percent cap …
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Signorelli Co. will develop Vivacity, a 186-acre medical district located within the 1,400-acre, master-planned community of Valley Ranch in northeast Houston. Vivacity will total more than 2.5 million square feet of health, wellness and life science facilities upon completion, a timetable for which has not yet been established. Houston-based healthcare provider CHI St. Luke’s Health was recently announced as the first tenant of the development.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Motivado Group Inc., a Texas-based design-build firm, has completed The Ruckus Lofts, a 165-bed student housing property located two blocks west of The University of Texas at Austin. Amenities of the seven-story building include a fitness center, cyber café, student conference rooms and a coffee bar. Motivado Group served as general contractor on the project, which was developed by Lincoln Ventures.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Weitzman has brokered the sale of Valley Square Shopping Center, a 106,537-square-foot retail center located at 722-724 Main St. in Lewisville. Dallas-based LRIC Properties LLC acquired the property from a Florida-based investment firm for an undisclosed price. The property was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as 24 Hour Fitness, Chipotle Mexican Grill, T-Mobile and Sherwin Williams. Matthew Rosenfeld, Mike Allen, Stephen Wise and Gretchen Miller of Weitzman represented the seller in the transaction.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — NAI Rio Grande Valley (RGV) has arranged the sale of The District at McAllen, a 44,041-square-foot retail property located at 3300 N. McColl Road in McAllen. Laura Liza Paz of NAI RGV represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Daniel Galvan of Coldwell Banker Commercial La Mansion represented the buyer, Keller, Texas-based Ryan Investments. Built in 2006, The District at McAllen will house a 20,000-square-foot UFC Gym as the new owner rebrands it from an entertainment venue into a retail and office development.
HOUSTON — Hartman Income REIT, a Texas-based management firm, has negotiated a 33,803-square-foot industrial lease at 2300 Quitman St. in Houston. Hartman, which owns the property, was represented internally. The representative of the tenant, Roy USA Inc., a California-based importer, was not disclosed.
