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DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged acquisition financing for Signature Exchange, two Class A office buildings in north Dallas. CBRE worked on behalf of America’s Capital Partners to obtain the financing. Signature Exchange was constructed in 1982 and went through a renovation in 2013. It is now 92 percent occupied. The property is located two miles north of I-635 on the west side of Preston Road. Greg Greene, Scott Lewis and Taylor Pearce of CBRE’s Dallas office secured the financing on behalf of the borrower. Gary Carr, Robert Hill, John Alvarado and Eric Mackey of CBRE’s Dallas Office investment group represented the seller, CBRE Global Investors.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Parkway Properties has chosen Balfour Beatty Construction for renovations at One Eleven Plaza, a downtown Austin tower built in 1987. Balfour Beatty will deliver the project alongside landscape architecture firm dwg. and Michael Hsu Office of Architecture. Fareground at One Eleven Congress is the renovation of the plaza and lobby space at One Congress Plaza, located at the corner of 2nd Street and Congress Avenue. Following preconstruction planning by Balfour Beatty, the Fareground at One Eleven Congress project is underway with completion expected in spring 2017.

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WACO, TEXAS — Time Manufacturing, headquartered in Waco since 1968, plans to expand its truck-mounted hydraulic lift manufacturing operations in Waco. Time will invest $5.8 million to expand its facilities by 50,000 square feet at Texas Central Parkway and add 121 jobs during the next four years. The factory manufactures 20 to 25 aerial lifts per day, for a total of 3,500 to 4,000 units a year. The lifts are sold at dealerships throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Latin America and parts of Asia. Time has additional operations in Bethel, Pa. and the United Kingdom.

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EL PASO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Sundial, a 112-unit apartment property located in El Paso. Kent Myers and Joe James of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Sundial is located at 5515 Alabama St. The property boasts two swimming pools, a resident clubhouse, playground and three on-site laundry facilities. Interiors feature newly renovated units, dishwashers and disposals.

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DALLAS — Wellington Realty has negotiated the sale of the Summer Glen Apartment complex located at 9624 Rolling Rock Lane in Dallas. With a total of 206 apartment units, the Summer Glen Apartment complex was built in 1972 and renovated in 2000. David Shaffer, Kirby Hall Jackson III and Caleb Jones of Wellington Realty sold the asset.

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Right now, the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area is one of the hottest multifamily markets in the country with an eye-opening 34,000-plus units currently under construction. Long-term trends suggest that even if construction slows somewhat, demand for north Texas apartments will outstrip supply for the foreseeable future. The reason is straightforward. Dallas has much going for it that employers find extremely appealing, including a central location equidistant from both coasts, an educated workforce, a diverse economy and a favorable business climate. These underlying advantages are simply not going to change. In the last three years, a number of companies, including Toyota North America and Nationstar Mortgage, have relocated their headquarters to Dallas-Fort Worth, while others, like Southwest Airlines and AT&T, have added thousands of positions to their headquarters. Most recently, American Airlines announced plans to create a corporate campus west of its current location near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Dallas-Fort Worth has also become a popular site for regional corporate centers. State Farm is constructing a 2 million-square-foot campus on Dallas’s main north-south light rail line in suburban Richardson. When it is completed in 2016, the company will have more than 5,000 employees in north Texas. Liberty Mutual announced this …

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HOUSTON — i3 Interests and Atlas Real Estate Partners have closed a 202,978-square-foot acquisition of a three-building portfolio located on the campus of the Tenet Health Systems-operated Northwest Medical Center in Houston. Scott Carter of Transwestern represented the seller. Texas Capital Bank provided financing. The company plans to update the portfolio’s lobbies, landscaping, corridors, bathrooms, elevators and internal building components that will be followed by a rebranding campaign. Transwestern will provide both leasing and property management services.

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WACO, TEXAS — Coca-Cola Refreshments has received a tax abatement incentive to expand its Waco presence with a $13.3 million blow-molding line. The line will be used for in-house production of bottles in its Waco facility, located in Texas Central Park. Coca-Cola established its first Waco manufacturing facility in 1995, and Coca-Cola Enterprises constructed a 50,000-square-foot regional distribution center to supply the central Texas market in 2007. The expanded operations are a result of the company’s continued growth in product demand and a long-established partnership with the city of Waco, McLennan County and the Waco Industrial Foundation.

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DALLAS — Cornerstone RPC Storage Development, a joint venture between real estate development firms Rosewood Property Co. and Cornerstone Development, has begun construction on Phase II of a $75 million self-storage development plan. The firm will build three self-storage facilities in infill locations located in Dallas, Carrollton, Texas and Denver. Cornerstone has begun preparation to break ground on a 105,606-square-foot, 928-unit self-storage facility on the southeast corner of Maple Avenue and Butler Street in Dallas. Located in the Dallas Medical District, the facility is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2016. In addition to the Dallas facility, Cornerstone plans to break ground on an 110,150-square-foot storage facility on E. Hebron Parkway in Carrollton. The 776-unit, multi-story facility will offer climate control in 94 percent of its units and is expected to open in the third quarter of 2016. The development company also closed on a property in metro Denver to develop an 116,325-square-foot self-storage facility. All three new developments will be managed by and branded Extra Space Storage.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — SVN (formerly Sperry Van Ness) has arranged the sale of Olympic Club Apartments, a 305-unit garden-style community located at 504 Dudley Circle in Arlington. Todd Franks and Jon Krebbs of SVN marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Colorado partnership. The team also procured the buyer, a local partnership. The new owner plans to upgrade the buildings’ interiors and amenities to compete with other complexes in the immediate area.

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