LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — City Office REIT has acquired Lake Vista Pointe in metro Dallas for a purchase price of $28.4 million. Lake Vista Pointe is a 163,000-square-foot office property in Lewisville. The property was built in 2007 and is fully leased to Ally Financial Inc. through 2021. The acquisition is expected to generate a full-year cash net operating income yield of 7.8 percent. The deal was financed with an $18.5 million mortgage with a fixed 4.3 percent interest rate for 10 years.
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CARROLLTON, TEXAS — RealPage Inc., a Carrollton, Texas-based provider of property management software, is forming a partnership with Zillow Inc., which provides information on real estate. RealPage’s rental site, MyNewPlace.com, will join the Zillow Rental Network. Under the agreement, multifamily rental professionals marketing their listings on Zillow will have the option to also have listings appear on MyNewPlace.
HOUSTON — Westcreek HTX Partners LLC has closed on the final three parcels of the 30-acre Westcreek at River Oaks apartment complex in Houston. Austin-based Cypress Real Estate Advisors has been selling pieces of the property, which is located at West Loop 610 between Westheimer and San Felipe. The tracts sit next to the River Oaks District project being developed by San Diego-based OliverMcMillan. Clinton Sayers and Paul Byars with Sayers & Associates Commercial in Austin represented the buyer. CBRE represented the seller.
HOUSTON — Peska, a seafood restaurant, will open a 6,000-square-foot store at Phase II of BLVD Place, a new mixed-use development under construction in Houston’s Uptown/Galleria. Ed Wulfe, chairman and CEO of Wulfe & Co., is managing partner of the development. Stockbridge Capital Group of San Francisco serves as equity advisor in the transaction. Peska is owned by the Mexico-based Ysita family, which runs four restaurants in Mexico under the La Trainera brand. BLVD Place is located on the southwest corner of Post Oak Boulevard and San Felipe Street in Houston. The complex is 80 percent leased, with a 52,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market and a 55,000-square-foot regional headquarters for Frost Bank serving as the major tenants.
VICTORIA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has announced the sale of Point Royale Apartment Homes, a 120-unit apartment complex in Victoria. Terms of the sale were not released. Joe James, Kent Myers and J. Patrick Burke, senior associates in Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office, represented the seller, developer and buyer, a limited liability company. Built in 2012, the complex is located at 4106 North John Stockbauer Drive in Victoria, approximately 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The apartments are near the Citizens Medical Center, the Caterpillar Hydraulic Excavator plant, Victoria College and the University of Houston-Victoria. Apartments at Point Royale feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include gated entry, covered parking, a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse and business center.
DALLAS — Drever Capital Management LLC has sold Honey Creek, a 656-unit apartment complex in north Dallas, following a $3.7 million, seven-year redesign that raised occupancy from 80 to 94 percent. The sales price was not disclosed. B.H. Management acquired the three-story complex, which is located at 11611 Ferguson Road just off Interstate 635. A team of brokers from ARA Inc.’s Dallas office included Brian O’Boyle Sr., Brian Murphy, Brian O’Boyle Jr. and Jakob Andersen.
SAN ANTONIO — James Avery, a Texas-based jeweler, has opened a new store at South Park Mall in San Antonio. The location features James Avery’s new store design. It’s the company’s ninth location in the San Antonio metroplex and its 70th store overall. The new store is located at 2310 SW Military Drive, just off I-35.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — NorthMarq Capital’s Denver office has arranged the $16.3 million refinancing of Trinity Place Apartments, a 216-unit multifamily complex in Midland. The loan has a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower, a division of Weidner Investment Services Inc., a Seattle-based privately held owner of several multifamily properties, through its relationship with Freddie Mac. Ben Kation and Kevin Colard of Weidner Investment Services worked on the transaction. Built in 1982, the complex includes amenities such as a clubhouse, business and fitness center, outdoor pool and laundry facilities.
FORT WORTH — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sun Ridge Apartments, a 99-unit apartment complex in Forth Worth. John Barker, vice president of investments, and Alexander Skotarek, an associate in Marcus & Millichap’s Forth Worth office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The buyer, a limited liability company, was also secured by Barker and Skotarek. Sun Ridge Apartments is located at 6608 South Freeway in Forth Worth. The complex has 99,345 square feet of total rentable space with an average unit size of 1,003 square feet. It was built in 1967 and has 34 one-bedroom, 55 two-bedroom and 10 three-bedroom units. On-site amenities include a swimming pool, laundry facilities and grade-level parking.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS — Construction is scheduled to start this month on the second phase of a new development at Tarleton State University, a unit of the Texas A&M University System. Balfour Beatty Construction will build a new, 502-bed student housing complex and renovate an existing 80-bed facility for the school’s Stephenville campus. The company also helped the university buy two pieces of land next to the campus. The new facility will consist of a single four-story building with two- and four-bedroom units. The project will be owned by an affiliate of Collegiate Housing Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.