PORTER, TEXAS — The Signorelli Co., has broken ground on a 120,000-square-foot Kroger in Valley Ranch Town Center, a new retail district inside the master-planned community of Valley Ranch. The 1,400-acre community is situated at the intersection of U.S. 59 and the Grand Parkway, just north of Kingwood. Sam’s Club, Academy Sports + Outdoors and several restaurants including Chili’s, Chick-fil-A and El Pollo Loco were the first to be announced in Valley Ranch Town Center. A cinema, which will be one of the anchors of the planned entertainment district along with a 10,000-seat amphitheater, will soon be announced along with other stores and restaurants. A 135-acre park called The Grove will border Valley Ranch. Also part of Town Center is Texan Drive Stadium at Valley Ranch, a football stadium for the New Caney ISD. At final completion, Valley Ranch is planned to include approximately 2,500 homes and townhomes and 1,000 multifamily residences.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The Nashville office of Doster Construction Co., along with Mainstreet, broke ground Oct. 8 on a $19.3 million seniors housing property in Fort Worth. This is the first project between Doster and Mainstreet, a national real estate developer located in Carmel, Ind. The property will include 94 beds, 69,355 square feet and will provide transitional care (short-stay rehabilitation and therapy) and assisted living. The project is expected to be complete by October 2016. As a transitional care center, the property will offer hospitality-oriented care with amenities such as a therapy gym, outdoor rehabilitation courtyard, movie theater, game room, spa, on-site chef and more.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — David Alexander of Newcor Commercial Real Estate has arranged the purchase and assemblage of four off-market land tracts totaling 37.8 acres near FM 2978 on Bogs Road in Tomball. The site is just south of The Woodlands. Alexander represented the buyer, J. Alan Kent Development, who plans to develop a residential community on the property.
SANGER, TEXAS — Drever Capital Management has acquired Trails of Sanger, a 98 percent occupied, 208-unit apartment community in Sanger, from InterCapital Partners. Brian O’ Boyle Sr. and his son, Brian O’ Boyle Jr., with ARA Newmark, brokered the transaction for InterCapital. A prior relationship with lenders Pillar Finance and Fannie Mae also helped Drever Capital assume the existing Fannie Mae loan on Trails of Sanger, according to Darby Keele, asset manager for Cohen Financial LLC of Overland Park, Kan., Fannie Mae’s delegated underwriter on the debt.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has completed a lease transaction for a 33,810-square-foot space located at 3000 W. Commerce St., Suite 110, in Dallas. Lee & Associates represented both the landlord and tenant in the transaction. Adam Graham and Mark Graybill represented the landlord, First Industrial Realty Trust. Reid Bassinger represented the tenant, Summit Direct Mail.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Elm Street Village, a 37-unit apartment property located in McKinney. Stephen Crittenden of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Crittenden also procured the buyer, a private investor with prior duplex and quadplex investment experience. The seller had owned the asset for 15 years and sold it as part of a 1031 exchange. The buyer may redevelop the site in the future. Elm Street Village is located at 1303 S. Tennessee St. The asset is a collection of duplexes, quadplexes and office buildings. Originally constructed in 1953, it is situated on the corner of Elm and Tennessee streets across from McKinney Middle School.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Berkadia has originated $17.5 million in acquisition financing for the Holiday Inn Austin Midtown. Stuart Wernick and Eli Gershenson of Berkadia’s Dallas office secured the five-year, fixed-rate financing with a senior and mezzanine structure on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Alliance Development and Compass Lodging Advisors. Berkadia selected two lenders to help secure the necessary loan proceeds required by the borrower. Located at 6000 Middle Fiskville Road, Holiday Inn Austin Midtown rises nine stories and includes 189 rooms, as well as 15,000 square feet of meeting and conference room space. Hotel amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center and cocktail bar.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $16.6 million, non-recourse CMBS first mortgage for Residence Inn in Austin. The 112-room hotel is an extended-stay property. Ashley Harkness and Chuck Butterworth of Key’s commercial mortgage group secured the financing.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — BH Properties has completed its first major lease within a former Radio Shack industrial portfolio in Fort Worth that the firm acquired in June. Chain Link Services LP leased 310,000 square feet at 1000 Terminal Road, or about half of the 628,000-square-foot industrial building, which is situated on more than 23 acres. George Curry and Jamie Galati of JLL’s Fort Worth office, along with Chris Stout of JLL’s Dallas office, represented BH Properties in the lease transaction. Jeff Givens in Transwestern’s Fort Worth office represented Chain Link Services, which serves chain restaurants and convenience stores in the procurement of materials and equipment to run food service-oriented businesses. Chain Link Services plans to enter the Terminal Road facility in phases starting in January. Chain Link Services already occupies 128,400 square feet at 4675 Railhead Road and another 60,000 square feet at a separate Fort Worth facility. BH Properties originally acquired the assets out of a bankruptcy liquidation earlier this year.
GARLAND, TEXAS — L.L. & Smith Holdings LLC has purchased a newly constructed, 167,400-square-foot industrial building completed by Huntington Industrial Partners at 3839 Distribution Drive in Garland. The project was the first industrial building built since 2008 in Garland and was the first LEED-certified building ever constructed in the city. Seth Koschak and Eric Crutchfield of Stream Realty Partners represented Huntington in the sale, and Ryan Wolcott of Stream represented the buyer.