NACOGDOCHES, CORPUS CHRISTI AND TYLER, TEXAS — BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a trio of loans for multifamily properties in Texas. In the first transaction, BMC arranged a $2.2 million loan for the refinancing of Northview Condominiums, a 72-unit multifamily property located in Nacogdoches. The loan featured a 10-year fixed term at 5 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s corresponding agency relationships. In the second transaction, BMC arranged a $3.9 million loan for the purchase of Bordeaux Apartments, a 102-unit multifamily property located in Corpus Christi. The loan featured a 10-year fixed term at 4.7 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s corresponding agency relationships. In the third transaction, BMC arranged a $3.6 million loan for the refinancing of Oxford Pointe Apartments, a 152-unit multifamily property located in Tyler. The loan featured a seven-year fixed term at 3.9 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule.
DALLAS — SB Hall, the new home of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business at The University of Dallas, is now open. The Beck Group built the 46,000-square-foot building, while Perkins+Will designed it. SB Hall is situated on the top of a hill on the northwest side of campus with views of Downtown Dallas and Las Colinas. The building includes nine lecture rooms, a production studio, financial markets lab and dozens of study nooks, alcoves, lounges and gathering places. A main floor atrium, which opens to the second level, includes a glass curtain wall system. The space is designed to allow reconfiguration as the campus population as its needs change. The facility is pursuing LEED certification.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — New York-based Henry Schein Inc. has expanded its footprint in Heritage Business Park, becoming the first tenant for a six-month-old industrial building in the 1.5 million-square-foot project in Tarrant County. The Fortune 500 company has signed a long-term lease for a 17,888-square-foot end cap in a 134,160-square-foot warehouse located at 1080 S. Kimball Ave. in Southlake. The tenant plans to relocate an existing division from Heritage Business Park 2, where it leases 241,000 square feet, to the new building, one of two that former owner KTR Capital Partners completed last summer. Michael Spain and Nick Talley of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord in the lease deal. The plan calls for a second-quarter move-in to Heritage Business Park 8, the smaller of the two new buildings. Jeremy Halback of USI Real Estate Brokerage Services represented the tenant in its expansion at the nine-building Heritage Business Park. Henry Schein is a provider of healthcare products and services for dental, animal health and medical practitioners.
EULESS, TEXAS — In an off-market transaction, SkyWalker Property Partners has sold the 75,679-square-foot Westpark Centre in Euless to an Atlanta-based fund targeting government-leased properties. It is the fund’s first acquisition in North Texas and second in the state. The GSA occupies 52 percent — 39,506 square feet — of the three-story office building located at 150 Westpark Way. Shane Benner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance sourced the buyer, RP CBP Euless, and was the sole broker for the all-cash transaction. SkyWalker purchased Westpark Centre in 2008. The 4.3-acre property is located off Airport Freeway and TX 121, near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Westpark Centre has been leased and managed since 2008 by Arlington-based CBCA DFW, formerly SCM Real Estate Services.
HOUSTON — Jim Autenreith and Dan Nguyen of Moody Rambin represented a private seller in the sale of 3229 Navigation Blvd., a 20,898-square-foot freestanding office warehouse property in Houston. James Womack of Property Brokerage of Texas represented the purchaser, a private investor.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Presidio Inc. has extended its lease of 34,656 square feet and expanded by an additional 5,601 square feet at Waters Ridge Tech I in Lewisville, located at 1955 Lakeway Drive. Stuart Smith of DTZ represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton at Younger Partners represented the landlord.
HOUSTON — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of Calais at Courtlandt Square, a 356-unit, Class A property in Houston’s Midtown area. ARA Newmark’s David Mitchell represented the seller, Internacional Realty, in the sale to Venterra Living, which acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Calais at Courtlandt Square was 95 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Surrounding the apartments at 210 Louisiana St. are grocery, retail, nightlife spots and restaurants such as Reef, T’afia and Brennan’s of Houston. Based in San Antonio, Internacional Realty spans a group of companies whose disciplines include acquisitions and development, management and investment. Venterra specializes in the identification, finance, acquisition and management of multifamily communities in the Southern region.
DALLAS — Trammell Crow Co. and MetLife have begun construction on Park District in the heart of downtown Dallas, the Arts District, Uptown and Klyde Warren Park. The two-tower mixed-use development spans more than 900,000 square feet of Class A office space, restaurants and residences. The 20-story office tower, PwC Tower at Park District, will feature 500,000 square feet of Class A office space with 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a global professional services firm providing assurance, tax and advisory services, is the building’s anchor tenant, occupying 200,000 square feet on floors 12-19. The tower features fitness facilities, outdoor common spaces, on-site banking and a valet. The lobby will include a conference center, executive lounge and a “great room” for tenants to use as an alternative workspace. Trammell Crow’s residential subsidiary, High Street Residential, is developing the 33-story Residences at Park District, which will feature 253 units and 13,000 square feet of retail space fronting Klyde Warren Park. Residents will have access to an amenity deck with a pool overlooking the park and the Dallas skyline, a fitness center, valet and concierge services. The retail space will have 20-foot floor-to-floor glass on two levels providing the second …
PEARLAND, TEXAS — John Burke of NorthMarq Capital’s Houston office has arranged an $8 million fixed-rate loan for a mixed-use office and retail property located on Broadway in Pearland. The interest-only loan was structured with a fixed term featuring flexible pre-payment options. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its relationship with a correspondent life insurance company lender.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a cash-out refinancing loan for the 102-unit Serrano Creek Apartments in Grand Prairie. Old Capital worked with the local ownership group to provide a non-recourse, 30-year amortized loan at a fixed rate of 4.15 percent.