FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hunt Southwest Real Estate Development has acquired a 16.7-acre site in the Riverbend West Business Park in northeast Fort Worth and will develop a 301,500-square-foot spec warehouse and distribution facility at the site. Construction on Riverbend West Distribution Center, located at 2101 Reeves Place, will commence immediately with completion expected in the third quarter of 2016. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, cross-dock configuration, an ESFR sprinkler system and dedicated trailer parking positions. Holt Lunsford Commercial’s Donnie Rohde, Chance Olin and George Jennings will lease the industrial property to prospective tenants.
IRVING, TEXAS — Transwestern has represented MultiView Inc. in a 109,610-square-foot lease renewal for the digital marketing company’s corporate headquarters at One Panorama Center, located at 7701 Las Colinas Ridge in Irving. Transwestern’s John Fulton represented MultiView in the transaction, while Duane Henley and Nathan Durham, also of Transwestern, represented the building owner, Regent Properties. One Panorama Center is an eight-story, Class A office tower. The property is 10 minutes from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and near MacArthur Boulevard. Regent acquired the property in October 2014 and has implemented interior and exterior improvements since the purchase.
HOUSTON — SOAP Hand Car Wash has leased a 31,446-square-foot outparcel at Shoppes at Memorial Villages, located at I-10 and Wirt Road in Houston. SOAP Hand Car Wash is a local Houston business owned by J. Ryan Alcorn. SOAP uses as few as 10 gallons of water per wash, while the average tunnel car wash uses between 40 and 55 gallons, and washing a car at home can use 100 gallons or more. SOAP is scheduled to open this summer. The landlord, Weingarten Realty Investors, was self-represented by Brody Farris in the deal. Clay Graham of Fox & Graham Real Estate represented SOAP.
PASADENA, TEXAS — California-based Plastic Express has pre-leased 394,489 square feet in Phase II at Port 225 in Pasadena, near the Port of Houston. Phase II consists of three buildings under construction with expected completion in the second quarter of 2016. Totaling 753,864 square feet, the project is now 65 percent pre-leased. Completed in 2008, Phase I consists of three buildings totaling 697,000 square feet and is 100 percent leased. At completion, Port 225 will consist of six distribution buildings totaling 1.45 million square feet. Plastic Express was founded in 1970 and provides custom-tailored and logistical solutions for the plastics industry, as well as non-plastic materials including steel, paper, lumber and other products. Transwestern’s Brian Gammill and Darryl Noon represented the building owner, Clarion Partners, in the lease transaction. Jeff Huberman, Mike Spears and Robert McGee of Lee & Associates represented Plastic Express. Houston-based Transwestern Development Co. is providing development and construction management services.
HOUSTON — Houston Medical Records has renewed 8,742 square feet of office space at the Norfolk Tower building located at 2211 Norfolk St. in Houston. Griffin Jaggard and Terri Torregrossa of Moody Rambin represented the building owner, The Realty Associates Fund IX. Travis Taylor with Lee & Associates represented the tenant in negotiations.
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS — Q10 KDH’s Larry Peters has arranged $2 million in permanent financing for Plainview Apartments in Plainview. The property consists of 15 one-bedroom units, 97 two-bedroom units and 18 three-bedroom units with an average unit size of 924 square feet. The units are situated throughout 49 one- and two-story buildings spanning 120,132 square feet. The fully occupied property is situated on 9.3 acres at 2504 W. 16th St.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Terramont Village Shopping Center, a 24,794-square-foot retail property located in Village of Sterling Ridge in The Woodlands. Jerry Goldstein of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office, along with and Nate Newman of the firm’s The Woodland’s office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, EDENS, a retail REIT based in Columbia, S.C. Goldstein and Newman also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. Terramont Village Shopping Center is located at 30340 FM 2978 Road, just south of its intersection with Woodlands Parkway.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Lutz Real Estate Investments, in a joint venture with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, has sold University Square and Laurel Ridge Apartments located near Texas A&M University in College Station. Kevin Larimer of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction. Lutz and Harrison Street acquired University Square and Laurel Ridge in December 2012. Upon acquisition, Lutz upgraded the unit interiors, amenities and technology infrastructure, and made cosmetic upgrades at both properties.
BURLESON, TEXAS — Kroger Marketplace is now open in Burleson Commons, located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard (State Highway 174) and FM 731 in Burleson. Kroger conducted a grand opening of the 120,000-square-foot store on Jan. 8. The grocery store, which features a Kroger Fuel Center and Kroger Pharmacy, joins Premiere Cinemas as a co-anchor of the shopping center, which is owned and managed by Peoria, Ill.-based Cullinan Properties. SRS Real Estate’s Dallas/Fort Worth office represented Cullinan Properties in the transaction. The new store will feature more than 60 shopping aisles and more than 20 checkout lanes, as well as a Starbucks coffee shop. The store will employ more than 300 associates. Daily hours of operation are from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.; pharmacy hours may vary.
HOUSTON — TriGate Capital has purchased Northbelt Office Center II, a two-story office building located at 785 Greens Parkway in Houston. C-III Asset Management, which took control of the property via foreclosure in April 2014, sold the office building. The property totals 124,000 square feet and is 68 percent occupied. The building is expected to be less than 50 percent occupied following a planned tenant move-out in mid-2016. TriGate has invested capital to reposition the building, including exterior and interior renovations. TriGate purchased the property without an operating partner and has hired Transwestern for third-party leasing and management services.