GARLAND, TEXAS — Huntington Industrial Partners will develop Shiloh Distribution Center, a two-building, 248,825-square-foot industrial property that will be located along Shiloh Road in the Dallas metro of Garland. The cross-dock property will feature 32-foot clear heights and an ESFR sprinkler system, as well as a total of 183 parking spaces and 64 dock-high doors. A timetable for construction has not yet been established.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Normandale Place Apartments, a 130-unit multifamily complex located at 8713 S. Normandale St. in Fort Worth. The property offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Mark Allen of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, an undisclosed partnership and limited partnership, respectively.
BORGER, TEXAS — Arquero Property Management, a franchisee of Ace Hardware has purchased a 62,000-square-foot retail property located at 1404 W. Wilson St. in Borger, a city in West Texas approximately 50 miles northeast of Amarillo. Andrew Shaw and Dan Avnery of NAI Robert Lynn represented Ace Hardware in the transaction. Tom Roller of Coldwell Banker represented the undisclosed seller.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Industrial landlord ML Realty Partners has negotiated a lease extension with Uniwell Laboratories LLC, a manufacturer of nutraceuticals and dietary supplements. The tenant will continue to occupy 130,128 square feet at 14108 Sovereign Road in Fort Worth.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Maryland-based Global Medical REIT Inc. has acquired Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital, a 59,000-square-foot healthcare property located at 700 W. 45th St. in Austin, for roughly $40.6 million. The inpatient hospital features 50 beds and is leased to a joint venture between subsidies of healthcare providers Kindred Healthcare and Seton Healthcare.
HOUSTON — Glowzone, a family entertainment concept that features a ropes course, mini-golf and bumper cars, will open a 52,525-square-foot facility at 13150 Breton Ridge St. in northwest Houston. Balaxi One Breton Ridge LLC owns the big box property, having recently purchased it from Breton Ridge TX LLC. Randy Hopper and Gunnar Holman of JLL represented the seller in that transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Arbor Realty Trust Inc., a publicly traded REIT and direct lender, has provided a $24 million loan for the refinancing of Manor at Castle Hills, a 306-unit apartment community in San Antonio. Located at 1835 Lockhill Selma Road, the property offers amenities such as a pool, cyber café, billiards room, spa and a dog park. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan features a 30-year amortization schedule.
DALLAS — Gather Kitchen, a fast casual restaurant specializing in locally sourced items, has opened its flagship location at Thanksgiving Tower in downtown Dallas. The 2,400-square-foot restaurant will feature a bakery, outdoor seating area and floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the CBD. Greg Pierce and Ryan May of CBRE represented Gather Kitchen in the lease negotiations. Jack Gosnell and Amy MacLaren, also of CBRE, represented the landlord, Woods Capital Management.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Retail brokerage firm Venture Commercial has arranged the sale of a 4,600-square-foot retail center located at 5020 State Highway 121 in the Dallas metro of Lewisville. The property is adjacent to Grandscape, a 433-acre development owned by Berkshire Hathaway and anchored by Nebraska Furniture Mart. John Zikos, Jonathan Cooper and Don Miller of Venture Commercial represented the seller, NDC Holdings, in the transaction. Austin-based management firm Mutyala Properties purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
Long-time El Paso residents frequently hear people talking about the good things happening in our city. To be sure, El Paso is an enigma and a contradiction — a big small town with its own identity. Cultural, economic, social and ethnic differences are comfortably accommodated in a “mi casa es tu casa” openness. Contrary to our “wild west” reputation, El Paso ranks as one of America’s safest cities by size. The closest major city to El Paso is Ciudad Juarez, a city of 1.5 million people just across the Rio Grande River in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The economies of the two cities are inextricably linked and create a major trade area on the southern U.S. border with Mexico. Roughly 30 percent of El Paso’s retail sales come from Mexican shoppers who also access educational institutions, medical services and professional services on the U.S. side. American and multinational manufacturers employ more than 200,000 people in Juarez and rely on El Paso’s transportation and trade infrastructure. The expansion of both trade and interdiction at the border has generated thousands of new federal agency jobs paying wages above the city’s median incomes. Apartment development and ownership in El Paso are dominated …
