HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged a 31,512-square-foot industrial lease at 5114 Railroad St. in Houston. John Ferruzzo and Chris Kugle of NAI represented the landlord, 5114 Railroad LLC, in the lease negotiations. Travis Secor and Ryan Fuselier of JLL represented the tenant, Vac-One Services LLC, a vacuum and hydro-excavation services company.
HOUSTON, TEXAS — LMI Capital has arranged $28.7 million in acquisition and refinancing loans for two multifamily properties in Houston. Jamie Mullin of LMI arranged a 10-year, $12 million acquisition loan at 4.11 percent interest for a 330-unit asset. Brandon Brown of LMI arranged a 10-year, $16.7 million refinancing loan at 4.44 percent interest for a 270-unit property.
CONROE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Rivershire Plaza, a 39,735-square-foot office building located at 333 N. Rivershire Drive in Conroe. James Bell and Keith Lloyd of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, and Nate Newman of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
PLANO, TEXAS — HFF has secured $17.7 million in post-acquisition financing for Creekwalk Village, a 174,484-square-foot retail power center situated on 14.7 acres at 801 W. 15th St. in Plano. The center currently houses tenants such as Michaels, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble and Designer Shoe Warehouse. Chris Drew, Nat Scarmazzi and De’On Collins of HFF secured the financing on behalf of an affiliate of Sterling Organization, a Florida-based private equity firm. Southside Bank originated the loan.
SAN ANTONIO — NAI Partners has brokered the sale of a 31,926-square-foot manufacturing facility located at 1930 Hormel Drive in San Antonio. Brett Lum and Clare Flesher, both of NAI, and Tak O’Haru of White Cube represented the buyer, Takumi Stamping Inc., an Ohio-based producer of automotive parts. Ty Bragg of Cavender Hill Properties represented the seller, Forumex LLC.
DALLAS — Chicago-based private equity firm AHC Funds has received an $11.4 million construction loan for East Dallas Townhomes, a Class A multifamily property in Dallas. Once completed, the property will feature 125 rentable units averaging 1,450 square feet per unit. Justin Laub of Metropolitan Capital Advisors sourced the loan from a regional bank on a limited recourse basis. A timetable for delivery of the property has not yet been established.
Houston’s multifamily market appears to be on the verge of recovery after facing considerable headwinds in 2016. Job growth, population growth and faster-than-anticipated apartment absorption in the first half of 2017 are luring investors and lenders back to the region, putting the market on solid footing for future growth. To better understand how we arrived here and to grasp near-term expectations, let’s take a brief look back. The collapse in energy prices and the ensuing job losses of 2015 and 2016 dealt a considerable blow to the overall Houston economy, particularly the multifamily sector. Developers had already started construction on thousands of new units in 2014 and 2015. In 2016 alone, multifamily development had delivered 21,791 new units — a 20-year high. This left a tremendous oversupply of inventory to be absorbed during a period of anemic job growth – only 15,000 new jobs were created in 2016. Supply-side pressure shifted vacancies up and rents down, while investment sales volume dropped dramatically. Today, the picture is quite different. Overall economic fundamentals are steadily improving, taking the multifamily sector along with them. While the energy sector is still in a period of retrenchment, sectors such as education, health services and hospitality/leisure …
SAN ANTONIO — A joint venture between AMAC Holdings and EBEX Holdings has acquired Crescent at Alamo Heights, a 306-unit apartment community located in the Alamo Heights neighborhood of San Antonio for $37 million. Built in 1993, the property is situated on 14.6 acres and features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 669 to 1,370 square feet. Amenities include a pool, playground, picnic area and a business center.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Southlake-based N3 Real Estate has received $20 million in refinancing for a portfolio of eight retail centers totaling 172,152 square feet in various cities throughout Texas. All of the properties are shadow-anchored by Walmart locations and are 90 percent leased collectively. De’On Collins of HFF arranged the financing through Southside Bank.
HOUSTON — CBRE has arranged the sale of a four-building portfolio of industrial properties totaling 414,540 square feet in Houston. Collectively, the properties were 100 percent leased at the time of sale. Jack Fraker, Randy Baird, Heather McClain Venegoni and Tom Lynch of CBRE represented the seller, EastGroup Properties. Cabot Properties purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price.
