COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Transwestern has brokered the sale of Casa del Sol Apartments, a 116-unit student housing property in College Station. Located adjacent to the Texas A&M University campus, the complex offers one- and two-bedroom residences, as well as a laundry facility and swimming pool. Jeff Rogers and Chris Stutzman of Transwestern represented the seller, Tennessee-based real estate investment company Colorado Holdings & Management, in the transaction. A Dallas-based investment and development firm acquired the property.
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HOUSTON — Q10 | Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. has arranged an $8.3 million loan on behalf of an unnamed buyer for the acquisition of a 112,000-square-foot flex property in northwest Houston. Archer Well Co., a service and materials provider in the oil and gas industries, fully occupies the facility. Ray Driver III, Matt Franke and Travis Fite of Q10 | KDH closed the non-recourse loan within 44 days.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of a 308-unit multifamily property in Houston formerly known as The Retreat at City Park. Alliance Residential Co. acquired the Class A property and has rebranded it City Park. Completed in 2003, the community is located at 1640 East T.C. Jester Blvd. and offers one- to three-bedroom apartments averaging 836 square feet in size. The asset was fully occupied at the time of the sale. Todd Marix, Todd Stewart, Chris Curry and Tre Banks of HFF represented the seller, San Antonio-based Fulton Property Group LLC, in the transaction. Colby Mueck led HFF’s debt placement team in arranging acquisition financing for the buyer.
HOUSTON — Panattoni Development Co. has broken ground on a 135,000-square-foot speculative office building at its Beltway 8 Corporate Centre complex in northwest Houston. The Class A structure will feature a two-story lobby. Beltway 8 Corporate Centre, located on Beltway 8 just north of Clay Road, currently consists of eight buildings that are more than 99 percent occupied. Arch-Con is the design-builder on the new project, while Powers Brown provides further project design services.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Developer Long View Equity Partners Ltd. has completed a new two-building, 24,000-square-foot office complex in Austin. Located near the Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, the facilities offer space to professional and medical office tenants in floorplates as small as 1,250 square feet. Brian Novy of The Brian Novy Co. is handling leasing for the property. Locally based Cornerstone Architects designed the complex, and Sun Builders Co. of Houston served as general contractor.
DALLAS — Fults Commercial Real Estate has arranged a 21,000-square-foot office lease in Dallas for Medigain LLC, a provider of billing and analytics services for healthcare providers. The tenant will occupy space within the Willow Bend Park complex in the Far North Dallas submarket. Bob Buell, Tracy Fults and Gini Russell of Fults Commercial represented the unnamed property owner. Kurt North of Mohr Partners represented Medigain.
SAN ANTONIO — Uptown Square, a mixed-use redevelopment of a former church complex, has opened in San Antonio. Formerly Harvest Fellowship Community Church, the property includes a three-story, 36,004-square-foot office building and three retail pad sites. 1604 TC LP purchased the site in 2012 and redeveloped the asset with exterior building rock work; the addition of a pylon sign; landscaping, courtyard, parking and HVAC improvements; extension of the second floor; break room and common area amenities; and a detention pond that is currently under construction. Northrock Church purchased the adjacent 20,500-square-foot church building separately. Rialto Homes has leased 3,061 square feet of office space at Uptown Square, and gastropub The Hoppy Monk has leased one of the pad sites. The rest of the office building and the other two pad sites are available for lease. Scott Herbold, Carl Salvato and Lindsey Tucker of CBRE are marketing the property.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Golden Beach Marketplace, a 21,350-square-foot retail property in Fort Worth. Located at 10716 N. Beach St., near I-35 and State Highway 377, the strip shopping center was fully occupied at the time of the sale by tenants including Great Clips, Pizza Hut and Subway. An Albertsons grocery store shadow-anchors the facility. Jason Vitorino of Marcus & Millichap marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Jeff Smith, also of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, an out-of-state personal trust completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. The buyer obtained a CMBS cross-collateralized loan with another retail center also acquired from the same seller. Michael Laurencelle of Marcus & Millichap arranged the financing.
IRVING, TEXAS — Bright Realty has brokered the sale of a 19,038-square-foot flex property in Irving. Located on a 1.5-acre lot at 1915 Westridge Drive, the property includes both office and showroom space. Shawn Hall of Bright Realty represented the buyer, Ibrahim Investments, in the transaction. David Cook of Sperry Van Ness represented the unnamed seller.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial has arranged an industrial lease renewal and expansion totaling 34,132 square feet in Arlington. Pronto Delivery, a third-party distribution and logistics company, renewed its lease of 23,744 square feet at the warehouse located at 1034 Ave. M and also expanded by 10,388 square feet within the facility. The property, totaling 69,748 square feet in the Great Southwest Industrial District, is now fully occupied. Brendan Smith led the Bradford Commercial team representing the tenant in the negotiations. The landlord, Proterra Properties Inc., was represented internally by Chris Bly and Dan Lawson.