DALLAS — The Dallas office of Duke Realty Corp. has signed leases totaling 1.4 million square feet in Coppell and northwest Dallas since the beginning of the year. The transactions include four new leases and eight renewals, plus a new lease of 127,189 square feet for Insight Merchandising, a Texas-based manufacturer of store fixtures. Occupancy in Duke’s industrial properties in the Dallas area is 98 percent. Louis Pascuzzi and David Creirer with Jackson-Cooksey represented Insight Merchandising in the new lease, while Randy Wood, vice president of leasing, represented Duke.
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SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Commons at Concord Park, a four-building, 108,116-square-foot office project in north-central San Antonio. Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation sold the property to an affiliate of Beverly, Massachusetts-based Brookwood Financial Partners, LLC for an undisclosed price. Commons at Concord Park is on Sonterra Boulevard, west of the Loop 1604/U.S. Highway 281 interchange near the Stone Oak neighborhood. The complex is 77.6 percent occupied. Brookwood selected CBRE’s Lindsey Tucker to lease the property, while Transwestern will handle management. Todd Mills, Hunter Mills and Casey Knust with CBRE represented the seller.
PLANO, TEXAS — Dallas-based KDC Real Estate Development & Investments will develop Toyota’s new North American headquarters in the Legacy West development in Plano. Toyota recently finalized the purchase of the 100-acre site and expects to occupy the campus in late 2016 or early 2017. The headquarters will be home to about 4,000 employees when finished.
HOUSTON — Beacon Investment Properties, of Hallandale Beach, Florida, has bought a 218,680-square-foot office tower in Houston’s Westchase submarket from a Boston real estate advisor for $46.3 million. The 91 percent occupied, 11-story building sits on 3.3 acres at 10333 Richmond Street. It’s Beacon’s 15th property in Houston, giving the company 2.89 million square feet of office space citywide. The property is one block from the intersection of Richmond and the Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8), and has access to Interstate 10, US 59, Loop 610 and the Westpark Tollway. Susan Hill, managing director for HFF in Houston, arranged financing. Kim Grizzle-Shapiro and Mike Martin of PM Realty Group in Houston are the leasing brokers, while Beacon Real Estate Services will take over property management.
HOUSTON — HFF has closed on the sale of Promenade Jersey Village, a 596-unit apartment community in Houston. HFF represented the seller, PCM Steeplechase LLC, an entity of Cypress Real Estate Advisors. SRA Management, an entity of Olympus Property Company, bought the property for an undisclosed amount. Promenade Jersey Village is located at 11011 Pleasant Colony near the intersection of Highway 290 and Jones Road in northwest Houston. The property is 93 percent leased and includes one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units and townhomes. Amenities include a swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, basketball and tennis courts, business center and conference room. The HFF team representing the seller included Tre Banks, Todd Marix, Todd Stewart and Chris Curry.
HOUSTON — Cadence McShane Construction will build Phase I of the Airtex Commerce Center industrial park on behalf of co-developers Molto Properties and Generational Commercial Properties. The 166,250-square-foot space is located at 431 E. Airtex Drive in Houston. The project is just east of Interstate 45 and three miles north of Beltway 8 with access to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Powers Brown Architecture is the project’s architect.
HOUSTON — Dairy Ashford Village, a 43,751-square-foot retail center at 1570 S. Dairy Ashford Road in Houston, has been sold to a Houston-based private equity group. The center is 89 percent leased. Christopher Winters and John Parsley of Colliers International represented the seller, N.J.G. & M. Texas. Keller Williams represented the buyer, DAV Entrepreneurs. The property is located next to a Kroger-anchored shopping center on Briar Forest Drive.
ANGLETON, TEXAS — The Angleton City Council has approved plans for Angelton 288 industrial park, a 35-acre site off Highway 288 at CR 341. Plans call for an 18,000-square-foot and a 24,000-square-foot building ready for occupancy in the first quarter of 2015. The park, located 45 minutes south of Houston, will span 400,000 square feet when finished. The city council also approved the expansion of utilities in the area. Development costs are expected to range from $15 million to $18 million.
TERRELL, TEXAS — Whataburger has leased a 41,000-square-foot pad site at the Terrell Market Center. The site is located at the northeast corner of FM 148 and Crossroads Parkway in Terrell, 40 minutes east of Dallas. Opening is scheduled for summer 2015. W. Thurston Witt, Jr. of UCR Dallas represented Whataburger, and Andrew Lehner, also with UCR, represented the developer, Oakridge Investments.
DALLAS — The first Bonobos in Dallas has opened at 1901 N. Henderson Ave. The 1,240-square-foot store is the first in the Dallas area and second in the state of Texas. Michael Miller of United Commercial Realty represented Bonobos in the lease transaction. Matthew Heisley of Open Realty Advisors represented the landlord, Henderson Main LP. Bonobos is a New York City-based retailer of men’s clothing.