HOUSTON — Levey Group has arranged an 11,200-square-foot, 10-year lease with PCI Promatec at its Sam Houston Business Park in Houston. PCI Promatec will occupy space located at 8846 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. W. The company specializes in fire stops, penetration seals, fire wrap and rigid fire barriers developed for nuclear, power and chemical processing, as well as heavy industrial applications. Sam Houston Business Park is a Class A, industrial flex, office and distribution business park. The business park includes three tilt wall facilities featuring storefront entrances, generous clear heights and column spacing and dock-high and grade-level loading docks. A fourth 56,000-square-foot building is under construction. Other park tenants include Flotek, Ringers Technologies, Tyndale USA, NDLI Logistics, Westermann BG and Doorscapes Inc. Joseph Smith of CBRE represented Levey Group, and Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented Promatec in the transaction. With Promatec’s lease, phase I of the development is now fully percent leased.
HOUSTON — HighStreet Net Lease Group represented a private investor in the acquisition of a single-tenant net-leased asset located at 26050 NW Freeway in Houston. Denny’s occupies the property and has multiple years remaining on a ground lease with an established multi-unit franchisee that has operated the location since its development more than 10 years ago. The 4,000-square-foot property is located in a retail corridor of northwest Houston. The immediate area is home to retailers such as Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Hobby Lobby, Target, Kroger, JC Penney and Bed Bath & Beyond. The Denny’s net leased investment property was an off-market transaction.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Zimmerman Enterprises LLC has acquired Northridge Court, a 33,979-square-foot retail center in Carrollton. Northridge Court is situated on nearly 2.3 acres at 2741 E. Belt Line Road near the Marsh Lane intersection. The property was 56 percent leased at the time of sale. Leigh C. Richter and Kevin J. Santaularia of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the California-based seller, Venice Ltd. Evan Bloom of Street Commercial LLC negotiated for the local buyer, a retail investor who leases and manages properties in-house. The property is close to the Dallas North Tollway and President George Bush Turnpike. The seller has owned the property since the early 1990s. Built in 1979, other tenants in the center include Kitchen Design Concepts and Dr. Smile.
The rapid decline in oil prices brought good news for most Americans, who saw lower prices at their local gas station for the past several months. For those in the oil industry, particularly in energy hot spots like Texas, the news was not as well-received. The price drop has led to layoffs and uncertainty over the potential effect on new construction. “Right now we don’t know how long it’s going to last,” says Patrick Jankowski, senior vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP), an economic development group serving the Houston area. “It looks like we’re in for 12 to 24 months with uncertainty and unease. But by 2017 we should be in good shape.” According to a report from GHP, the spot price for West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark for light sweet crude oil, peaked at $107.95 a barrel on June 20, 2014. The price was $47.53 on March 24 of this year, which represents a decline of 56 percent. In January, crude traded as low as $44.45 a barrel. Jankowski says prices on both ends of the extreme are unsustainable. Oil prices under $45 per barrel can’t and won’t last; at the same time, neither …
TERRELL, TEXAS — Oakridge Investments has completed infrastructure work for the Terrell Market Center development, located at the intersection of I-20 and U.S. Highway 80 in Terrell. This includes the expansion of FM 148 to four lanes and a new frontage road and off-ramp for westbound I-20. The completed infrastructure makes way for a 62,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s that will have 84 gas pumps on 19.5 acres. The store is expected to open in summer 2015. Along with Buc-ee’s, 52.5 acres are slated for future use by Baylor Scott & White, along with Starbucks, Dairy Queen and Whataburger.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA), a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, has arranged the sale of Timber Plaza, a 21,940-square-foot shopping center located at 6025 Tezel Road in San Antonio. Bradley Suttle of SACA represented the seller, a California-based partnership, in the transaction. A locally based private investor was the buyer. Built in 1985, Timber Plaza serves residents and visitors on the far west side of San Antonio at the corner of Tezel and Timber Path.
TULSA, OKLA. — Dougherty Mortgage has arranged a $2.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Country Club Villa Apartments, a 68-unit multifamily property located in Tulsa. The 10-year loan includes one year of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was originated by Dougherty’s Dallas office for the borrower, Stone Ranch Apartments LLC.
DALLAS, HOUSTON, MIDLAND and ODESSA, TEXAS — BB&T Corp. has completed the acquisition of 41 branches in Texas from Citibank. The branches will officially open as BB&T branches, making BB&T the 14th largest bank in Texas with 121 branches and $5.1 billion in deposits. The acquisition, which was announced in September 2014, includes retail branches in the Dallas, Houston, Midland and Odessa markets, including $2.2 billion in deposits and $81 million in loans based on Feb. 28, 2015, balances. BB&T received regulatory approval for the acquisition from the FDIC and the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks in February 2015. The $1.2 billion in deposits and $122 million in loans acquired previously are primarily in the fast-growing Austin, Bryan-College Station and San Antonio markets.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of 550 Bailey, a recently renovated, Class A office building in Fort Worth’s cultural district. The seven-story, 122,828-square-foot asset was renovated in 2008. It includes an adjacent multi-level parking garage and surface parking, which has an overall parking ratio of 3.5 parking spaces per 1,000 rentable square feet. Transwestern Investment Group, on behalf of Diversified International Partners, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Eric Mackey and Robert Hill of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the anonymous seller. Since 2008, ownership invested approximately $6 million to transform the former single-tenant corporate headquarters building into a multi-tenant office property. An additional $5 million went into leasehold improvements over the same period. Renovations include the remodeling of the lobby and common areas, upgrades to the elevators, exterior landscaping enhancements and the construction of a covered walkway from the parking garage to the office building.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap Inc., has arranged the sale of Arioso, a 288-unit apartment community in Grand Prairie. Will Balthrope and Drew Kile represented the seller, JPI, an Irving-based developer, builder and investment manager of Class A multifamily assets. Troy, Mich.-based The Hayman Co., a privately owned commercial real estate company, was the buyer. The apartment complex is located at the intersection of I-20 and State Highway 360 at 3030 Claremont Drive. Built in 2007 on 13.5 acres, Arioso has nine floor plans and 52 townhomes. The average unit size is 976 square feet. Apartments feature maplewood cabinets with nickel hardware and hardwood-style flooring in kitchens. Community amenities include a clubhouse, two swimming pools, a fitness center and an outdoor fireplace area with barbecue grills.