HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Villas at Westador Portfolio, a condominium portfolio located in Houston. Clint Roberts, an associate in Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. The Villas at Westador Condo Portfolio is located at 17331 Red Oak Drive.
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SAN ANTONIO — Stream Realty Partners has broken ground on a Class A office project in San Antonio, Lockhill Crossing. The development will consist of a five-story, 126,626-square-foot office building at the corner of Lockhill Selma Road and Loop 1604. The building is situated on approximately 17 acres, and offers a 4.2 per 1,000-square-foot parking ratio with executive covered parking egress and ingress from Loop 1604 and Lockhill Selma Road, highway visibility, monument signage opportunities, Class A finishes and energy efficient systems and materials. Stream Realty has leased 16 percent of the development to two undisclosed tenants. The building is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2015. Stream Realty will lease and manage the project.
SAN ANTONIO — Laurus Corp. has acquired the Marriott San Antonio Northwest Hotel. The Marriott is located at 3233 Northwest Loop 410 in the Northwest business corridor, just north of the interchange of Interstates 10 and 410. The hotel is the only full-service Marriott-branded hotel outside the San Antonio central business district and features 296 guestrooms, two food and beverage outlets, and approximately 8,500 square feet of meeting and banquet facilities, in addition to various amenities such as an outdoor pool, gift shop, guest laundry and business and fitness centers. Laurus Corp. will be investing approximately $16 million to upgrade the entire property to the new Marriott standards.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Milhaus has closed on financing and will begin construction on a $42 million mixed-use development in midtown Oklahoma City. LIFT, located at the northwest corner of 10th Street and Shartel Avenue, will include 329 units, comprised of eco-suites, studios, and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Some of the features in the units include granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and hard surface flooring. The development will consist of 4,700 square feet of commercial space and a 445-space parking garage. The development will also feature a yoga room, café, bar, game room, fitness studio and children’s play area. Apartment units are set to be available in the summer of 2015. This is Indianapolis-based Milhaus’ first project outside of Indiana. Regions Bank provided construction financing for the project. Milhaus Construction LLC will construct the project, and Milhaus Management LLC will manage the property.
HOUSTON — Developer JPI/TDI has begun construction on a 198-unit luxury multi-family community in Houston, within the Heights submarket along the Washington Corridor. The community, Jefferson Heights, is located at 1520 N. Memorial Way. Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2016. Jefferson Heights is being developed on 1.47 acres adjacent to downtown Houston. Apartment homes will offer one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 607 to 1,253 square feet. Units will feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, nine-foot ceilings, large closets, garden tubs, separate showers, as well as washers and dryers. Jefferson Heights will offer amenities that include downtown views, a pool overlooking downtown, three courtyards, fire pits, outdoor kitchen and grill area, Wi-Fi in common areas, coffee bar and a fitness center. JLL LP arranged the remaining capitalization in the form of a mezzanine loan, which Parse Capital and equity financing provided.
HOUSTON — Global Transportation has leased 10,719 square feet 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 LP. Phil Arnett represented Global Transportation in negotiations.
HOUSTON — Ryan Watson, vice president of Q10 | Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co., has arranged $7.3 million in permanent, non-recourse financing on behalf of a Houston-based investor. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan was arranged through RAIT Financial Trust following the renovation of Bennington Square apartment homes in southwest Houston in 2012 and 2013. The 288,000-square-foot, 313-unit Bennington Square community is located at 6300 W. Bellfort St. The non-recourse financing with cash-out option to the borrower allowed the initial investment capital to be returned to the original investors.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Skanska has signed a $93 million contract to construct a new veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences education complex and renovate and expand the existing small animal hospital on the main campus of Texas A&M University. The 330,000-square-foot new building will house state-of-the-art classrooms, teaching and laboratory space, and a café with indoor and outdoor dining facilities. Combined with the expansion of the small animal hospital, the new facilities will accommodate more than 500 students. The project broke ground this month and is expected to be completed in April 2016.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — InterContinental Hotels Group will manage a dual-branded Hotel Indigo and Holiday Inn Express hotel in downtown Austin. JCI Cos. is developing the hotel, which will feature 134 Hotel Indigo rooms and 171 Holiday Inn Express rooms. The dual-branded model allows for operating efficiencies, where guests typically share the same building structure or services, such as fitness centers, pools and food and beverage facilities. Some back-of-the-house operations may also be shared or separate. The hotel is expected to open by the end of 2016.
DALLAS — Mohr Capital has acquired the Coit Medical Center in Dallas, located at 12230 Coit Road. The 32,611-square-foot medical office building was constructed in 2009 and is 34 percent leased. Scott Henry, Gary Horn and Austin Ames represented Mohr Capital internally, while Evan Kovac with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller, Passco Seneca Coit LLC. Frost Bank provided project financing.