EDMOND, OKLA. — The LaSalle Group has opened Autumn Leaves of Edmond, a 46-bed memory care facility in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond. Located at 1001 S. Bryant Ave., the $8.8 million project totals 28,000 square feet. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held April 24 and will be attended by Joseph Jasmon, COO of The LaSalle Group, as well as a representative from the Edmond Chamber of Commerce. Autumn Leaves of Edmond is The LaSalle Group’s first memory care facility in the Oklahoma City metro area.
Texas
AUSTIN, TEXAS — HFF has arranged a $33 million loan for the construction of Hotel Granduca, a 194-room boutique hotel in Austin. The project, located at the corner of Bee Cave Road and Loop 360, will stand nine stories and include a library, ballroom, game room, fitness center, swimming pool and restaurant. A joint venture between The Interfin Companies and Riverside Resources, the property is slated for completion in late 2015. Doug Opalka, John Bourret and Casey Wenzel of HFF worked on behalf of the joint venture to arrange the loan through IBC Bank.
LITTLE ELM, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Cos. has sold Little Elm Towne Crossing, a 170,000-square-foot retail property in the Dallas suburb of Little Elm. Henry S. Miller Cos. originally purchased the 21-acre parcel in 2005 and developed the neighborhood shopping center on the land in 2008. Tenants of the facility include anchors Hobby Lobby and 24 Hour Fitness, as well as Hibbets Sports, Planet Tan, Baskin-Robins and Monarch Dental. Robert Grunnah, Darrell Hurmis and Daniel Harris of Henry S. Miller Cos. arranged the sale. LETC Dunhill LLC acquired the asset.
SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has arranged two leases in Austin, as well as another lease and a land sale in San Antonio, on behalf of Fitness International LLC, which will open four new LA Fitness locations at the sites. John Zikos, Jonathan Cooper and Chris Booras of Venture worked with Walt Brown Jr. and Tim Dollander of Diversified Partners, master brokers for LA Fitness in the Southern U.S., on each of the deals. In Austin, Venture arranged a 40,000-square-foot lease at a facility to be constructed at 2020 W. Anderson Lane. In this arrangement, Alan Rust of Retail Solutions represented the unnamed landlord. Also in Austin, Venture arranged a 46,200-square-foot lease at a facility to be constructed in the Lamar Oaks shopping center, located at 4001 S. Lamar Blvd. In this lease, Adam Zmiel of The Weitzman Group represented the unnamed landlord. In San Antonio, Venture arranged a 45,000-square-foot lease at a facility to be constructed in the Vineyard shopping center, located at the corner of Loop 1604 and Blanco Road. In this deal, Thomas Tyng of REATA Real Estate Services represented the unnamed landlord. Finally, Venture arranged the sale of a six-acre parcel …
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 115-room Quality Inn Amarillo East, a hospitality property located at 1515 I-40 East in Amarillo. Constructed in 1985, the hotel offers free wireless internet, a business center, truck parking and free breakfast. The property is in close proximity to Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo Junior College and West Texas State University. Chris Gomes, Skyler Cooper and Jake Gaddy of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Cooper also procured the buyer, another private investor.
Having been at the same desk and phone for 37 years, I can definitively proclaim that the activity has reached a level in Waco and Central Texas that has never been experienced before. Blessed with a diverse economic base and stable market growth, the greater Waco real estate market weathered the storm of the last few years rather well with the addition of jobs and capital investment throughout the recession and sluggish economic recovery. The metro is one of only 34 of the 372 MSAs in the U.S. that has now exceeded its pre-downturn employment levels, and the city saw 20 consecutive months of economic growth in 2012 and 2013. Capital investment in the past five years has totaled nearly $1.8 billion, including corporate, university, health care and public investments. There’s considerable excitement for several reasons, one of which is a resurgence of the Interstate 35 corridor. With the rise in popularity and awareness of Baylor University, especially its sports, activity has picked up on I-35 near the school, including demo and new construction at a fever pitch. What’s more, the new stadium serves as representation of the excitement and new development. Industrial Landscape Since 2010, the majority of industrial …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Embrey Partners has opened Escape at Four Points, a 344-unit multifamily property in west Austin. The garden-style community includes one- to three-bedroom apartments ranging from 700 to 1,355 square feet, as well as a swimming pool, fitness center, resident lounge, coffee bar and game room. Located at 11210 FM 2222, the Class A complex is in proximity to Lake Travis. Embrey Partners, along with equity partners Case Pomeroy Properties and Six Pines Realty LLC, developed the property. Frost Bank provided financing for the project. Embrey Management Services manages the complex.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. will expand its WestBend mixed-use development in Fort Worth with a new 81,150-square-foot building. The facility will include 23,500 square feet of retail space pre-leased to Fresh Market, and 57,650 square feet of Class A office space. Trademark has demolished the existing parking garage on the site, which is located on the southeast corner of WestBend, and will begin construction of the new structure this summer. Completion is slated for 2015, with Fresh Market opening shortly afterwards. Trademark also announced the lease of 3,950 square feet elsewhere within the WestBend development to Grimaldi’s Pizzeria.
COMFORT, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged a $2.6 million loan for the refinancing of Guadalupe Crossing, a 68-unit multifamily property in Comfort, a city about 45 miles northwest of San Antonio. The loan includes a term of 10 years. Located at 580 Sunflower Lane, the community offers one- to three-bedroom apartments, as well as amenities such as a swimming pool, clubhouse, fitness center and laundry facility. The Dallas office of Dougherty Mortgage secured the loan on behalf of the borrower, Comfort Guadalupe Crossing Apartments LP.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $1.4 million sale of an 8,000-square-foot retail facility occupied by Family Dollar in Oklahoma City. The tenant had a full 10 years remaining on an initial 10-year net lease at the time of sale. Jordan Kaufman of Quantum represented the seller, a Houston-based developer, in the transaction. Chad Firsel, also of Quantum, represented the buyer, a California-based private investment fund.