HOUSTON — Edge Realty Partners has negotiated the sale of a 24,000-square-foot retail property located at 5757 Westheimer Road in West Houston. The property is located within the Uptown/Galleria submarket and is home to a mix of national and local tenants. Chace Henke and Micha van Marcke of Edge represented the buyer, Last Mile Investments, in the transaction. Jim Bayne of Investar Real Estate Services represented the undisclosed seller.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has arranged the sale of an 11,475-square-foot industrial building in the northern Houston suburb of Humble. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 304-306 Wilson Road was constructed in 2016 and features a clear height of 16 feet. Darren O’Conor of Partners represented the buyer, an entity doing business as 304 Wilson LLC, in the transaction. Wyatt Huff and Hunter Stockard, also with Partners, represented the seller, Chosen Properties LLC.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — PopStroke Entertainment Group, a Florida-based, golf-centric concept, has opened a 10,000-square-foot venue in College Station. Designed by Austin-based Mark Odom Studio, the venue features a centralized courtyard with a full-service bar and kitchen, yard games and outdoor dining/lounge seating with views of the minigolf course. The venue’s four buildings were constructed using shipping containers, with ResCon Group serving as general contractor. PopStroke now operates four venues in Texas.
By Taylor Williams An attractive, successful woman walks into a bar and posts up. Within minutes, multiple men have approached her, offering to buy her a drink. And while she doesn’t really need the freebie, who can blame her for accepting it? After all, nothing’s more American than having a little extra icing on your cake. To analogize this scenario to commercial real estate, think of Texas as the woman and the burgeoning semiconductor industry as the free drinks. The state’s economy was doing just fine without the mega-boost from manufacturing initiatives stemming from the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, which has resulted in tens of billions of dollars in capital investment for North and Central Texas. But with a well-deserved reputation for welcoming businesses of all types, Texas wouldn’t be Texas if it didn’t court and embrace these manufacturers in these areas, which for many years were predominantly rural communities. Semiconductors, or computer chips, are essential elements of virtually all electronic and computing devices, including electric vehicles, phones, tablets, TVs, home appliances, solar panels and video game consoles. The CHIPS and Science Act laid the framework for the country to gain market share in terms of manufacturing these components, …
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — General contractor Hoar Construction has completed a 140,000-square-foot healthcare project in the Central Texas city of San Angelo. Designed by O’Connell Robertson, the seven-story building is an expansion of the 1.5 million-square-foot Shannon Medical Center, and the operator of that facility is also the lead developer of the project. The building comprises three levels of parking and four levels of patient care facilities, including a 19,310-square-foot intensive care unit on the third floor. The fourth floor of the facility features patient rooms, and the fifth and sixth floors remain shell space to be built out for future use. Construction began in February 2022.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Generation Housing Partners will develop Heights at Crowley, a 96-unit affordable housing project in Fort Worth. The garden-style complex will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground, dog park, daycare facility and a nature trail. Ten units will be designated for renters earning 30 percent or less of the area median income (AMI); 18 will be set aside for residents at 50 percent or less of AMI; and 52 will be earmarked for residents earning 60 percent or less of AMI. The remaining 16 units will be rented at market rates. Financing for the project includes a $9.3 million Freddie Mac 9 Percent Forward Commitment, which was secured by BWE, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits issued by the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has arranged a 47,736-square-foot industrial lease in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston. According to Crexi, the single-tenant building sits on 4.6 acres at 3012 Venergy Drive and includes 2,736 square feet of office space. Travis Land and Braedon Emde of Partners represented the landlord, an entity doing business as VEnergy Industrial Park I LLC, in the lease negotiations. Jon Farris of CBRE represented the tenant.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 13,500-square-foot industrial lease in South Fort Worth. The tenant, United Interiors Inc., is taking space at Suffolk Business Park, a four-building, 116,000-square-foot development. Alex Bryant with Street Realty represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Thomas Grafton and Trey Goodspeed with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Birtcher Anderson & Davis.
IRVING, TEXAS — Airport Lighting Systems Inc. has signed a 12,887-square-foot industrial lease near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Irving. The company is relocating from nearby Southlake to Las Colinas Distribution Center 5, an 80,900-square-foot building that was originally constructed in 1981. Trey Goodspeed of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord.
PLANO, TEXAS — A partnership between two investment firms, Los Angeles-based TruAmerica Multifamily and Ohio-based Spoke Real Estate Capital, has purchased Sheridan Park at Spring Creek Apartments, a 300-unit property in Plano. The sales price was $50.3 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that feature private patios/backyards and washer and dryer connections. Amenities include a fitness center, two pool areas and a resident lounge. Greg Toro and Rob Key of JLL represented the partnership and the undisclosed seller in the deal. Brandon Smith and Annie Rice, also with JLL, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.