FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a $7.5 million loan for the purchase and renovation of Villa Creek Apartments, a 161-unit complex in Farmers Branch. A local ownership group purchased the asset, which is located near LBJ Freeway, and plans to make $1.6 million in renovations. Old Capital provided the non-recourse bridge loan with a 30-year amortization schedule.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The Woodmont Co., in partnership with AIL Investment LP, has received tax incentives for the proposed Outlets at Alliance project from the city of Fort Worth. The Fort Worth City Council has voted 7-1 to approve a $20 million economic incentive for The Outlets at Alliance, a Hillwood Properties entity. The 330,000-square-foot shopping mall is planned for the east side of I-35 in north Fort Worth. The incentive is a grant of 85 percent of the city’s 1 percent sales tax if the project reaches $100 million in investment.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood, BNSF Railway and Packwell plan to build a plastics export packaging facility in the rail-connected Alliance Westport industrial sector, located within Hillwood’s AllianceTexas development in north Fort Worth. The facility will be part of a global supply chain route enabling Packwell, a Gulf Coast resin packager, to ship containerized plastic resins to end users utilizing ocean steamship lines that are affiliated partners with BNSF. The steamship lines operate between the BNSF Alliance Intermodal terminal and Asia via West Coast ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland, Calif. BNSF trains will deliver bulk covered hopper cars from new and expanded Gulf Coast plastics production facilities to Packwell’s new facility at AllianceTexas. Packwell will package the bulk resin and dray loaded containers to the BNSF ramp. The loaded containers will be delivered utilizing a heavy-load corridor from the Packwell’s packaging facility to BNSF’s Alliance Intermodal Terminal, located less than a mile away.
WACO, TEXAS — Polyglass U.S.A. plans to establish a manufacturing operation in Waco. The company will invest $19 million to build a 145,000-square-foot industrial facility at 1701 Exchange Parkway to produce modified bitumen roofing membranes. Employment is expected to reach 45 full-time associates within the first three years of operation. The Polyglass roofing facility in Waco will produce a waterproof membrane system used for commercial and industrial roofing systems. The membrane system is designed to increase roof life expectancy and is also environmentally friendly and energy efficient. The company will receive a grant from the Waco/McLennan County Economic Development Corp., as well as tax abatement participation by the city and county.
SAN ANTONIO — Bryan Leonard of NorthMarq Capital’s San Antonio office has arranged acquisition financing for a 25,379-square-foot office property located at 7540 Louis Pasteur Drive in San Antonio. The 10-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule and 75 percent loan-to-value ratio. NorthMarq Capital arranged financing for the borrower through its relationship with a local bank. The property is located in the South Texas Medical Center and is 100 percent occupied.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — American Realty Advisors has sold two Class A multifamily apartment communities in Austin. The two properties, known as ALARA Cantebrea Crossing and ALARA Canyon Creek, feature a total of 732 units and were packaged as a single portfolio. Both properties are low-density residential communities located along FM 620 North in Austin’s Northwest submarket. American acquired ALARA Cantebrea Crossing in 2006 and ALARA Canyon Creek in 2007. At the time of sale, both properties were the only multifamily luxury rental complexes within a two-mile radius. The portfolio was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — Dougherty Mortgage has secured a $1.5 million Fannie Mae supplemental loan for Bristol Square Apartments, a 341-unit apartment property located in Dallas. Bristol Square’s unit interiors include ceiling fans, oversized walk-in closets, exterior lockable storage units and washer and dryer connections. Sunrooms, patios and balconies are available in select units. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the 8.5-year loan for the borrower, McGuire Family Taraval Property LLC.
PLANO — The Vitorino Group has arranged the sale of Service King/Enterprise Rent-a-Car, a 26,375-square-foot net-leased property located in the Dallas suburb of Plano. The Vitorino Group represented the buyer and seller, both local Texas investors, in the transaction.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Broadway Plaza, an 8,228-square-foot retail property located in Garland. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Broadway Plaza is located at 6226 Broadway Blvd. The center is 83 percent leased, and all current leases are triple net. Tenants include T-Mobile, Dallas Gold & Silver, Sprint and AT&T. The building was constructed in 2011 and sits on 1.1 acres.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Austin City Council has voted in favor of removing a restrictive covenant on the historic Dabney-Horne home on the University of Texas West Campus. The property will be moved one-half mile from its current location at 507 W. 23rd St. to make room for a new student housing development. The proposed 175-foot tall project will provide 670 beds for students, of which 10 percent will be offered as affordable housing at 60 percent area median family income. Austin City Realty founder David Kanne owns the Dabney-Horne house, which was zoned historic in 1992, and uses it as his company’s headquarters. The home will be relocated to nearby 901 Shoal Cliff Court. Kanne plans to sell the site on 23rd Street to Johnson Trube & Associates, an Austin-based developer that plans to build the student housing property.
