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DALLAS — Churchill Capital Co. of Dallas has arranged a $4.7 million loan for the acquisition and improvement of a 173-unit Class C multifamily community located at 1810 John West Road in northeast Dallas. The Buckner Village Apartments are garden-style, one- and two-story units with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The 7.6-acre complex was fully renovated in 2009 and features gated access, a pool and a playground. Duke Stone and Steve Forson of Churchill Capital arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through a local bank on behalf of the borrower, JAG Re-Development.

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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — The Woodmont Co. has completed the $6.3 million sale of North Hills Village, a 188,856-square-foot retail center located in North Richland Hills, to a private investor. Brad Cruickshank, Trip Green and Randy Bell of The Woodmont Co. represented the seller, a subsidiary of LNR Partners LLC, in the transaction. Built in 1988, the two-building property is located at 7520-7640 N.E. Loop 820 and is situated on 16.4 acres. It was 34 percent occupied at the time of sale with tenants including Cinemark Theaters, Mattress Firm, Subway and T-Mobile. North Hills Village is adjacent to City Pointe Center, a 74-acre mixed-use and municipal complex currently in development.

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HOUSTON — Boyd Commercial LLC/CORFAC International, a full-service commercial real estate services provider in Houston, has negotiated the sale of a 21-acre Houston property to Summer Street Retail LP, a business entity backed by Gulf Coast Commercial Group. The Houston Business Journal reported that the property sold for $40 million. Previously owned by Texas Tile Manufacturing LLC, an affiliate of Tarkett USA Inc., the property was marketed for sale by Conrad Bernard of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC, as well as the firm’s founder, J. Michael Boyd. They were the only brokers involved in the transaction. Tarkett ceased manufacturing at its facility located at 1705 Oliver St. in Houston last fall and used portions of the property as warehouse product as recently as June. The French-owned company had occupied the site since 1932, constructing in excess of 750,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space in the ensuing years.

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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS —EastGroup Properties has purchased a 28-acre site in Lewisville for the development of four Class A industrial buildings totaling 350,000 square feet. The project will accommodate tenants ranging from 12,750 square feet to 122,000 square feet. The development, CreekView 121, will benefit from the site’s direct access to TX-121 and its proximity to I-35 East, Dallas North Tollway, DFW International Airport, Nebraska Furniture Mart and Toyota’s new headquarters.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — NAI Partners and NAI Robert Lynn have represented GEICO with the relocation and leasing of its regional office. The new complex, located at 2280 N. Greenville Ave. in Richardson, is the former headquarters of Fossil Inc. The office spans 233,000 square feet and will serve more than 1,600 GEICO associates. Griff Bandy and Jon Silberman of NAI Partners, along with Tom Lynn and Nick Lee of NAI Robert Lynn, represented GEICO in the transaction. Chuck Sellers and Lauren Perry of Peloton Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, CNL Commercial Real Estate.

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PLANO, TEXAS — HFF has arranged $10.2 million in first lien financing for the acquisition of Ruisseau Village, a 124,567-square-foot neighborhood retail center in Plano. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, a private real estate investor, to place the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Morgan Stanley Bank N.A. Located at 3303-3309 N. Central Expressway, Ruisseau Village is situated on 12.6 acres at the northwest corner of West Parker Road and North Central Expressway, which connects Plano to downtown Dallas. Renovated in 2014, the center consists of two single-story buildings leased to Top Golf, Hertz, Boxes to Go, Monarch Dental, Jazzercise, Kelly Moore Paints, The Mum Shop, Rover Dramawerks and restaurants including Bavarian Grill and A-Star Buffett. Kevin Mackenzie, Greg Brown and Jim Curtin led HFF’s debt placement team representing the borrower.

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HOUSTON — Texas Children’s Pediatrics has agreed to open a new pediatric center in The Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Houston. Texas Children’s Pediatrics will occupy the top floor of one of the four Boardwalk buildings. Located off Highway 290 and Barker Cypress Road, the mixed-use waterfront development offers retail and restaurant spaces, as well as a central green area for events and boat slips for lake access. The Boardwalk at Towne Lake serves as an amenity the 3,000 residents of Towne Lake, a 2,400-acre master planned community connected by a 300-acre recreational lake. Texas Children’s Pediatrics is the largest pediatric primary care network in the country with 50 practices throughout the Houston area. Boardwalk at Towne Lake’s four buildings feature 40,000 square feet of waterfront office space and 60,000 square feet of retail space.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Brandywine Realty Trust has acquired the remaining interest in the Broadmoor campus located at 11501 Burnet Road in Austin. The acquisition provides full ownership of the seven-building, 66-acre, 1.1 million-square-foot office campus located directly adjacent to The Domain. The Broadmoor campus was developed for IBM, which has been the sole occupant and a joint venture partner with Brandywine and its predecessor company since the campus was developed in 1991. Brandywine has started developing a master plan to ensure an accelerated transition to a mixed-use, multi-tenant destination that will offer new amenities for workers in and around the campus. Brandywine has also launched the marketing campaign for two established buildings that will be available for lease by April 2016, providing 345,000 square feet of Class A office space for Austin’s new and expanding businesses.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage’s urban multifamily team has arranged the sale of Parkside Towns. Lew Wood, Andrew Doster and Darden Orand of Henry S. Miller Brokerage represented the townhome community in the transaction. Balynally LLC purchased the 135-unit community located at 2300 Hibiscus Ave. in Richardson. Built in 2014 through a joint effort by the Henry S. Miller Cos., Atticus Real Estate and their partners, the community contains 135 units in 41 total buildings with an average unit size of 1,346 square feet. The community is located in the northeast quadrant of Coit Road and Campbell Road in west Richardson. Humphreys & Partners Architects was the architect.

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DALLAS — HFF has arranged the sale of and arranged financing for Energy Square, a 948,678-square-foot, Class A office project in Dallas. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the sellers, Lincoln Property Co., Champion Partners and Long Wharf Real Estate Partners. Energy Square was purchased by a partnership between GlenStar Properties and USAA Real Estate Co. The new owner was also assisted in securing floating-rate financing through Wells Fargo Bank by HFF. Energy Square consists of a 10.3-acre site containing three buildings, plus a one-acre development site zoned for a mixed-use development. The properties feature a fitness center, three conference centers, multiple food service options, Grub Burger Bar restaurant, an outdoor plaza and direct access to the DART Light Rail. Energy Square is 82 percent leased to tenants including New York Life Insurance Co., Davaco and Advanced Homecare. Located at 4925 and 4849 Greenville Ave. and 6688 N. Central Expressway, respectively, Energy Square is situated just off the North Central Expressway near Southern Methodist University north of downtown Dallas.

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