ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Round Rock Storage and Clark Street Annex, a 390-unit self-storage property located at 1400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. and 1320 Clark St. in Round Rock. Nicholas Ling of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Ling also secured the buyer, a limited liability company. Round Rock Storage and Clark Street Annex includes two properties with a total of 39,895 square feet.
HOUSTON — US Property Trust has acquired South Main Shopping Center in Houston. Shadow anchored by Target, South Main’s tenants include Chase Bank, FedEx, Schlotzsky’s, T-Mobile, Papa John’s, State Farm and Wing Stop. The 17,233-square foot property is located on Main Street near NRG Stadium, the Houston Medical Center and Rice University. Tom Clarkson of West Star was the broker for the transaction. Orr Commercial was the seller.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Gables Residential plans to develop Gables Republic Square, a 24-story, Class A mixed-use residential and hotel project in downtown Austin. HFF arranged joint venture equity for the project through The Carlyle Group on behalf of Gables Residential. Due for completion in early 2019, Gables Republic Square will be located at 400 Lavaca St. and will include 221 residential units, along with a separately owned, 159-key Hotel ZaZa. The residential component will feature a ground-floor lobby with residential units located on floors 13 through 24. The Hotel ZaZa lobby, valet, bar and spa will occupy the ground floor, while the hotel ballroom, restaurant and swimming pool will be located on floor seven and guest rooms on floors eight through 12. Floors two through six of the property will be reserved for residential parking, and two levels of subgrade parking will be reserved for the hotel. The residential units will feature granite or quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, in-unit washers and dryers, wood or wood laminate flooring and balconies. Residents will have access to a rooftop amenity area featuring views of the city, as well as a swimming pool, hot tub, outdoor kitchen, fireplace, clubroom, library and fitness center.
IRVING, TEXAS — The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has opened its new headquarters facility in Irving. ACEP is a national medical specialty organization representing physicians who practice emergency medicine. The new facility encompasses 60,000 square feet at 4950 W. Royal Lane and includes offices for roughly 150 ACEP executives, staff and volunteers. The space also provides training, meeting and collaboration space and an on-site walking trail. Dallas-based architecture and interior design firm BOKA Powell designed the building and Structure Tone Southwest was the project’s general contractor. The ACEP headquarters project team also included Swearingen Realty Group (brokerage/interiors project management), Cawley Partners (developer), RLG Consulting Engineers (civil and structural engineering), Purdy-McGuire Inc. (mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering) and Belle Firma (landscape design). ACEP employees moved into the space in late August.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Timberbrook Apartments, a 70-unit apartment property located in Dallas. John Barker and Daniel Burton of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Barker also secured the buyer, an individual/personal trust. The 69,745-square-foot property sits on 3.1 acres at 2468 Laughlin Drive and consists of eight, two-story brick buildings featuring pitched roofs.
HOUSTON — Restaurants Nobu and Fig & Olive will open at The Galleria in Houston. The property, which is owned by Simon Property Group, includes more than 75 retail stores and restaurants. Nobu, in a transaction that was brokered by RKF, will open its first location in Houston and second in Texas at The Galleria in fall 2017. The restaurant will serve Peruvian-Japanese fusion cuisine in a 10,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by Saks Fifth Avenue. New York-based Fig & Olive is a French-style restaurant that will also open in fall 2017. It will be the brand’s first location in Texas and the lease was also brokered by RKF. Fig & Olive will occupy more than 7,000 square feet.
PLANO, TEXAS — Daiso Japan, a retail store known for selling items for $1.50, has scheduled a grand opening celebration weekend for its Plano store on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-24. The Plano Daiso store is located at 101 W. Spring Creek Parkway, Suite 731. Daiso operates 3,300 stores worldwide with a total of 44 stores in the United States, and plans to open 20 stores throughout Texas. The company’s first Texas location opened last summer in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton.
FRISCO, TEXAS — NewQuest Properties has acquired land to develop a retail center in Frisco. Construction will begin on the development, which will be known as Frisco Ranch, in October. The 110,000-square-foot center will be situated on nine acres just northeast of the intersection of Preston Road and Warren Parkway. The site was acquired through direct negotiations between the seller, Lebanon Joint Venture, and Houston-based NewQuest Properties, which was represented by Heather Nguyen and John Nguyen. Three anchor tenants have signed on for the development. The tenants are: 99 Ranch Market, which has preleased 44,875 square feet; Daiso Japan, which has leased 10,000 square feet; and 85°C Bakery Cafe, which has leased 3,000 square feet. The same trio of retailers also anchors NewQuest’s Carrollton Town Center, a similar retail center located in Carrollton. Callaway Architecture of Dallas is the architect for Frisco Ranch, which is expected to open in summer 2017.
UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Storage & Moving Logistics, a 34,813-square-foot self-storage facility located in the San Antonio suburb of Universal City. Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Karr and Cunningham also secured the buyer, a local investor. Storage & Moving Logistics is located at 115 Villa Drive. The property is situated on 3.8 acres and features a newly renovated on-site manager’s residence, perimeter fencing and lighting, keypad gated entry and 24-hour video surveillance. The property is comprised of 218 drive-up units and 90 uncovered parking spaces.
HOUSTON — Jason Whittington of NAI Partners has represented Houston Engineering & Scientific Society Inc. (HESS) in renewing a 21,466-square-foot special events and meeting facility lease in Houston. HESS is the only occupant in the two-level, freestanding building located at 5430 Westheimer Road. HESS moved into the property in 1996. Henry Hagendorf and Dean Wilkens of Tanglewood Property Group represented the landlord, Franklin Post Oak Ltd.