HOUSTON — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged $7.8 million in refinancing for a 138,633-square-foot office building located at 2224 Bay Area Blvd. in the Clearlake area of Houston. Adam Lipkin of Grandbridge arranged the refinancing for the six-story property on behalf of a sovereign wealth fund operated by the Republic of Nauru, a South Pacific island nation. The property is primarily leased to a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group, a publicly traded NASA contractor.
STILLWATER, OKLA. — Integrated Facility Services (IFS) has begun work on a $7.1 million HVAC and plumbing project for The Ranch, a $58 million retirement community under the Epworth Living brand in Stillwater that is currently under construction. Situated on 55 acres near Oklahoma State University, the 325,000-square-foot property will feature amenities such as 35,000 square feet of common area space, a fitness center, coffee shop and library. Completion of The Ranch is slated for March 2018.
GALVESTON, TEXAS — Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) has sold Broadway Shopping Center, a 74,604-square-foot retail center located at 5908 Broadway Ave. in Galveston. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to tenants such as Big Lots, Family Dollar, Subway and Anytime Fitness. Ryan West of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer, a private investor, were not disclosed.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — E Contractors, a Houston-based construction firm, has broken ground on Egrets Landing Sugar Land, a 22,000-square-foot, Class A office property. The building will be situated on 1.5 acres at the corner of U.S Highway 59 and State Highway 6 in the Houston metro of Sugar Land. E Contractors expects to complete the two-story building in January 2018.
When Ross Perot Jr. broke ground on the world’s first industrial airport in north Fort Worth in 1988, even he didn’t realize what a big deal it would become. Named “Alliance” in recognition of the collaboration between Perot’s Hillwood, the city of Fort Worth and the Federal Aviation Administration, the project kicked off a development spree that now spans 18,000 acres. With the airport, a major intermodal yard, two Class I rail lines and a number of interconnecting highways, Alliance has had a profound impact on establishing the industrial real estate market in Fort Worth’s northern sector. The development is still going strong, but other firms such as Trammell Crow Co., IDI and Stream Realty Partners have joined the party with surrounding projects that build on Hillwood’s foundation. The latter recently completed work on a new 538,000-square-foot Northlake headquarters for Farmer Brothers Coffee, which includes a 125,000-square-foot roasting plant and 258,000-square-foot distribution center. Industrial development remains brisk in other areas of Fort Worth, too, most notably in Railhead Industrial Park, Mercantile Center and Carter Industrial Park, where Hunt Southwest is underway with a 657,000-square-foot spec project. This project follows a 301,500-square-foot facility the developer opened at the Riverbend West development …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trammell Crow Co. and joint venture partner PGIM Real Estate have begun construction on Phase II of 35-Eagle, a 106-acre industrial park located near Alliance Airport in north Fort Worth. Phase II will deliver three new buildings: a 1.1 million-square-foot cross-dock warehouse; a 312,654-square-foot rear-load warehouse; and a 233,961-square-foot cross-dock warehouse. Completion of all three buildings is scheduled for the fourth quarter. Phase I of the project delivered two Class A buildings totaling roughly 1.6 million square feet in the fourth quarter of 2016. Those properties are now 90 percent occupied.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — SWBC Real Estate LLC has broken ground on Central Park at Craig Ranch, a 276-unit multifamily complex situated on 4.5 acres within the 2,200-acre, master-planned community of Craig Ranch in McKinney. Amenities will include a clubhouse with a business center, 24-hour fitness center, a resort-style pool and an attached parking garage. The project is expected to be complete by December 2018, with the first units becoming available by April 2018.
DENTON, TEXAS — Andy B’s Entertainment and Bowling Centers, a Missouri-based company that provides food, drink and games, has entered into an agreement to purchase land in north Texas on which to build a new 45,000-square-foot location. The new establishment will be located within Rayzor Ranch Town Center, a 600,000-square-foot retail development located at 2750 W. University Drive in Denton. Construction on the property, which will be the company’s fourth location under the Andy B’s brand and its 11th overall, is slated to begin late this year.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Salt Lick BBQ will open a new location in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Grapevine in 2018. The new restaurant, which is situated on a 10-acre tract, will feature 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor dining space, as well as a specialty wine and beer bar. A general contractor has not yet been assigned to the project, construction of which is scheduled to begin this fall.
HOUSTON — The Dupuy Group, a transport and logistics firm, has signed a 212,961-square-foot industrial lease at 3240 South Loop on Houston’s south side. The property features 5,175 square feet of office space, 30-foot clear heights, two drive-in doors and 19 rail doors. David Boyd of Boyd Commercial represented Dupuy in the lease negotiations. Kelly Landwermeyer of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties. The company has also renewed two leases at its nearby industrial facilities located at 7700 and 7703 Cannon St.
