HOUSTON — Transwestern’s Houston office has arranged the sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio totaling 117 units in Houston’s Spring Branch District. Ed Cummins and Ryan Mendez of Transwestern represented the seller, OSD Ltd., in the transaction. The off-market deal involved the sale of Spring Gardens, a 79-unit apartment complex located at 1714 Wirt Road, and Johanna Square, a 38-unit complex located at 1715 Johanna Drive. An unnamed buyer purchased both properties.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners represented Rockwell Management in the lease of 8,200 square feet at the 1900 St. James Building in Houston’s Galleria submarket. Sam Hansen of NAI Partners represented the landlord, Rockwell Management, in the transaction. Connor Tamlyn of CBRE represented the tenant, ioMosaic.
HOUSTON — Rent Recover has leased 4,840 square feet at the Park Plaza Business Park building located at 11104 W. Airport Blvd. in Houston. Spencer Starkey, Kurt Kistler and Griffin Jaggard of Moody Rambin represented the building owner, Stafford Office Park II LP, in the transaction. Brian Strait with Lincoln Property Co. represented the tenant in negotiations.
FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS — Terra Verde Group, in a partnership with Wheelock Street Capital, has acquired Boot Ranch, a 2,052-acre master-planned community located in Fredericksburg, from Lehman Brothers. The acquisition includes estate and cabin home sites, a 55,000-square-foot clubhouse and village complex, a 4.5-acre pool and sports campus, an 18-hole golf course, a 34-acre golf practice park and a par-3 course. The new ownership group plans a regional marketing outreach for the property. Additional amenity enhancements are scheduled for 2016.
FRISCO, TEXAS — HFF has arranged $45 million in acquisition financing for Amalfi Stonebriar, a 395-unit, Class A apartment complex in Frisco. Working on behalf of the borrower, Pure Multi-Family REIT LP, HFF placed the 12-year, fixed-rate loan through TIAA-CREF. Amalfi Stonebriar is located at 5725 Town & Country Blvd. in the north Dallas suburb of Frisco across from the future headquarters of Toyota and FedEx, as well as the new Liberty Mutual office campus. Completed in 2014, the property has units ranging from 603 to 1,689 square feet, with 69 percent of the units one-bedroom and 31 percent two-bedroom. Amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, grilling areas, courtyard and a business center. The asset is 94 percent occupied. John Brownlee and Michael Cosby led the HFF debt placement team representing the borrower.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Baceline Investments, a private equity real estate investment and management company, has acquired Northwest Crossing, a single-story shopping center in Garland. Baceline purchased the 33,336-square-foot property for $3.4 million. Located at 1250 Northwest Highway, the retail center was acquired in line with Baceline’s value-add acquisition strategy. The primary tenants at Northwest Crossing include Cricket Wireless, Metro PCS and Little Caesars Pizza. Baceline Investments is a Denver-based company specializing in the acquisition, management and sale of shopping centers in select secondary markets.
DEL RIO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Del Rio Corners, a 12,990-square-foot retail property located in Del Rio. Jason Vitorino of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Vitorino also procured the buyer, a limited liability company. Del Rio Corners is located at 2409 Veterans Blvd., less than six miles from the Texas-Mexico border. Built in 2005, the asset is situated on 1.2 acres.
As the 16th largest city in the United States and one of the fastest growing metro markets, Fort Worth is consistently a hot market in Texas and hasn’t slowed down post-recession. The current retail market is showing a low vacancy rate of 6.5 percent along with increasing rental rates. Surprisingly, these rates have not slowed leasing activity. Instead, the combination of increasing rates and dwindling vacancies have spurred new development. In years past, Fort Worth has been seen as a secondary market to Dallas, but with its strong economy and high returns, the city is now able to stand on its own. Fort Worth is seeing a lot of capital being tossed around the market. With a strong economy and low operations costs, money is pouring in from all angles, including from out-of-state and international investors. California, New York and overseas investors are beginning to recognize the stability of the city and the potential for stronger returns, and are aggressively starting to pursue opportunities here. For example, Iowa-based Lockard Development is in the process of expanding its Walmart anchored Renaissance Square power center at Berry Street and Hwy 287 in East Fort Worth to include more national credit tenants. Lockard …
HOUSTON — Senior Quality Lifestyles Corp. (SQLC), a Texas-based nonprofit developer of seniors housing, has completed financing for the expansion and renovation of The Buckingham, a seniors housing complex in Houston. Financing was completed through the sale of $109 million in series 2015 bonds. The project will add space for 187 additional residents. Ziegler Capital Markets served as bond underwriter for the transaction. Construction has already begun. Currently, The Buckingham has 204 independent living apartments, 43 assisted living suites, 16 memory care residences and 60 private skilled nursing rooms. The Buckingham acquired six additional acres to accommodate the project and will add 106 independent living apartment homes, 33 assisted living suites, 18 memory care residences and 32 private skilled nursing rooms. The new independent living apartment homes will be offered in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of 8312 Burnet Road, a fully occupied, 12,500-square-foot retail center in Austin’s Burnet Road corridor. A local investor purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Michael Bullard of CBRE’s Austin office represented the buyer. Tim Jarvis and Bill Ott of BBD Commercial represented the unnamed seller. The asset’s 13 tenants include Austin Fashion Exchange, Metro PCS, Liberty Tax and ASC Sports Cards.
