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HOUSTON — PCCP LLC has provided a $73.1 million senior construction loan to Houston-based Medistar Corp. for the development of the 21-story InterContinental Houston Medical Center in Houston. The hotel will include 353 rooms and a six-story parking garage, along with 11,800 square feet of meeting space and a 7,800-square-foot ballroom. Medistar has retained Houston-based TRC Capital Partners, a hotel development firm, to co-develop the project. Construction has begun and is scheduled for completion in late 2018. InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) will provide management services as the full-service operator at the property. The hotel will be developed on a 60,000-square-foot site bordered by Main Street and Old Main Street and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center of Houston. The hotel’s ground floor will contain the lobby, reception area, restaurant, bar and lounge, with the parking garage directly above the ground-floor amenities. The remaining 13 floors will contain a fitness center, outdoor pool, guestrooms and suites.

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COPPELL, TEXAS — Addison-based Biel Partners has brokered a 19,000-square-foot office/warehouse lease for Triathlon Battery Solutions Inc. The company is a United States incorporated entity with investment backing from its German parent, Triathlon Batterien GmbH. The new location will be Triathlon’s headquarters within the United States. Triathlon supplies clients with lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries powering equipment such as electric forklifts and pallet jacks, electric industrial trucks and mobile lifting platforms. Triathlon occupied its new space at 631 Southwestern Blvd., Suite 140 in Coppell earlier this month and will hold a grand opening ceremony in October. Jeremy Kelly of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, ML Realty, in the lease deal.

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HOUSTON — McCarthy Building Cos. has begun construction on a facility for Texas Children’s Hospital that will house the hospital’s pediatric and residents’ primary care group clinic. The project includes the demolition of existing interior space and construction of a 20,000-square-foot facility. When completed in November, the building will include a waiting area, exam rooms, nurses’ stations, administrative offices, staff lounge, storage, radiology and ultrasound space and a work room. Preston Hodges and Mike Kacal lead McCarthy’s specialized solutions group, which focuses on healthcare, laboratory and higher education interior renovation projects.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Transpacific Development Co. (TDC) has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution building in Fort Worth developed and occupied by logistics solutions provider DHL Supply Chain. Completed in June, the property is located at 5600 Mark IV Parkway, near the intersection of I-35 and I-820. John Huguenard and Sean Devaney of JLL represented DHL Supply Chain in the transaction. 5600 Mark IV Parkway was built with 36-foot clear heights, 154 dock doors, parking for 200 cars and 350 trailers and an ESFR fire suppression system. The building’s infrastructure was reinforced to withstand 120-mile-per-hour winds. DHL is preparing to break ground on a speculative basis on an adjacent building, totaling 712,500 square feet, with similar specifications. That building is scheduled for completion next spring.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Aprima Medical Software Inc., a provider of electronic health records, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices, has signed a lease for its 55,000-square-foot corporate headquarters at 1010 E. Arapaho Road in Richardson. The facility will house 250 Aprima employees, who will be relocating from other north Texas facilities, including the company’s current headquarters in Carrollton. Aprima expects to occupy the new facility beginning in August. The new headquarters will house Aprima’s corporate administrative functions, product development, customer support, training and project management and revenue cycle management operations. John Roper of CBRE represented the tenant in lease negotiations. Momentum Commercial Realty’s Roy Greenberg and Bryan Lurie handled negotiations on behalf of the property owner. Dallas-based Momentum Commercial Realty recently acquired the three-story office building known as 1010 Arapaho, in which Aprima’s new headquarters will be based.

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LAS COLINAS, TEXAS — Real estate developer and investor Roger Gault of Gault Co. has sold a single-tenant industrial building located at 1939 Hereford Drive in Las Colinas to an undisclosed buyer. The 25,000-square-foot building sits on 1.5 acres in the Las Colinas Walnut Hill Distribution Center. Ryan Boozer with Stream Realty was the broker for the sale. The building was purchased in 2007 and was occupied until recently by Quantum Clean. When Quantum moved out, the building was put up for lease or sale.

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HOUSTON — FourPoint Multifamily Investments has brokered the sale of Villas de Palmas, a 659-unit apartment community located in Houston’s Sharpstown District. Sharpstown has seen significant revitalization and positive growth over the last 15 years. Kevin Dufour of FourPoint brokered the sale between seller, Thrive/ Jevan Capital/Comunidad Realty Partners, and buyer, Nimes Capital. Dufour procured both the buyer and seller. At the time of sale, the seller had already completed partial upgrades to the exterior/commons areas of the property and interior upgrades to approximately 20 percent of the units. The buyer plans to complete the remainder of the renovations throughout the property and continue to enhance the asset, which was built in the late 1970s.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of McKinney Square, a 15,535-square-foot retail property located in McKinney. Philip Levy and Chris Gainey of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Levy and Gainey also secured the buyer, a private investor. McKinney Square is a multi-tenant retail strip with tenants including Swanky Boutique, Patina Green Home, Lanio’s Candies, SIP Ventures, InterimLender.com and Release 2 Systems. The two-story building was originally constructed in 1900 and was renovated in 2005.

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HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has negotiated a lease renewal for a 109,756-square-foot industrial space located at 3550 Brittmoore Road in Houston. Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the tenant, Dealer Tire, in the transaction. Jude Filippone of Transwestern represented the landlord, Claymoore Northwest Inc.

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