PONCA CITY, OKLA. — Investment advisory brokerage firm ARA has brokered the sale of Meadowbrook Village, a 130-site manufactured home development in Ponca City, located about 40 miles north of Stillwater. Constructed in the 1970s, Meadowbrook Village features an on-site office, laundry facility and storm shelter. The all-age community, situated in proximity to major area employers including a ConocoPhillips refinery, is serviced by municipal utilities. A local owner-operator purchased the distressed asset out of receivership. Andrew Shih, Brian Vita and Todd Fletcher of ARA represented the seller in the all-cash transaction.
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HOUSTON — NAI Houston has arranged a 29,306-square-foot warehouse lease in Houston’s South Inner Loop submarket for Rud and Pickarts Marketing Co. Located at 6006 Griggs Road, the facility is in close proximity to the interchange of I-610 and I-45. The tenant is a provider of marketing services for manufacturers of industrial, retail and food packaging and food service and janitorial supplies. Darren O’Conor of NAI Houston represented Rud and Pickarts in the negotiations. Matteson Hamilton and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the unnamed landlord.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Full-service commercial real estate company Live Oak-Gottesman has arranged a 24,320-square-foot data center lease in Austin for Axium Nanofibers, a developer of novel materials for a range of consumer and industrial applications. The tenant will occupy space within Met Center 6, located at 8201 E. Riverside Drive, within the five-building Met Center development. The lease brings Met Center 6 to full occupancy and the larger complex to 76 percent occupancy. Live Oak-Gottesman represented the property owner, publicly traded data center REIT Digital Realty Trust, in the negotiations.
The Dallas/Fort Worth industrial market is one of the healthiest in the country and dodged the recession unscathed. Texas leads the nation in job growth and has now enjoyed six years of economic growth, and the cold hard facts underpin our high-performance industrial marketplace. Some 548,000 jobs have been added to the state of Texas since 2008, and Dallas/Fort Worth ranks third among metro areas in the state for job growth, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Approximately 1.2 million new residents were added to the Dallas/Fort Worth area from 2000 to 2010. Business Facilities magazine ranks Dallas as the No. 3 center in the U.S. for logistics and distribution, while Fort Worth is ranked No. 5 for aerospace and manufacturing. We know about Houston’s oil and gas-fueled economy, San Antonio’s growing entertainment and defense sector and Austin’s phenomenal growth backed by tech companies and anchored by state government. But what’s up with North Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth economic drivers? For readers in the developer camp, they will be pleased to know that DFW was on track to have a record year of absorption in 2013 by the time we went to press with this article in …
DALLAS — HFF has arranged a refinancing loan for Casa Linda Plaza Shopping Center, a 326,868-square-foot grocery-anchored retail property in the Lakewood submarket of Dallas. Located at 9440 Garland Road, the asset was 84 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Albertson’s, Pei Wei, Starbucks, Torchy’s Tacos, Petco and Wells Fargo. Originally constructed in 1945, the property is the second-oldest shopping center in Dallas. Adam Herrin of HFF arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, AmREIT Casa Linda LP, through GE Capital Real Estate.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Real estate investment company Advenir has acquired a 295-unit multifamily complex in Mesquite, which will be rebranded Advenir@Mission Ranch. Constructed in 2002 and previously known simply as Mission Ranch, the Class A property offers one- to three-bedroom apartments featuring nine-foot ceilings, brushed nickel fixtures, wood plank flooring and fireplaces. Communal amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, business center and social room. Virtu Investments sold the asset. The transaction marks the third multifamily acquisition for Advenir in the DFW Metroplex in the past six months.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an 83-room hotel in Longview. Located at 112 S. Access Road, the two-story, limited-service property includes exterior corridors, complimentary breakfast, a business center, outdoor swimming pool and fitness center. Allan Miller, Skyler Cooper and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Gomes procured the buyer, another limited liability company. As the time of the sale, the Hampton Inn franchise was terminated, and the property will soon be converted into a Days Inn.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a 4,307-square-foot retail property occupied by Chase Bank in the Houston suburb of Humble. Fifteen years remain on the tenant’s 20-year ground lease, which operates as a triple-net lease and includes four renewal options of five years and 10 percent rent increase each. Jim Gibson and Todd Moore of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a Houston-based developer. An Oklahoma investor purchased the asset at a 5 percent cap rate.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — HFF has brokered the sale of Wood Ridge Plaza, a 211,673-square-foot retail property in The Woodlands. Located on 19.5 acres along I-45 North across from The Woodlands Mall, the power center was 87 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Pier 1 Imports, Kirkland’s Office Depot, Mattress Firm, Pappas Bar-B-Q, Dailyspa and Chair King. Rusty Tamlyn, Ryan West and Matt Berry led the HFF team in marketing the asset on behalf of the seller, CSHV Woodlands LP, an institutional pension fund advisor. A private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital Partners LLC purchased the property free and clear of existing debt. Weiss Realty LLC will manage the center, which was last renovated in 1997.
SAN ANTONIO — Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (Canyon Realty) has provided a $55.2 million senior construction loan for the 253,606-square-foot fifth phase of the RIM, a power center property in San Antonio. The phase, located at the interchange of I-10 and Loop 1604, is 91 percent pre-leased to tenants including Hobby Lobby, PetSmart, Total Wine & More, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill and Bowl & Barrel. RIM V, as it is known, is located in the center of the other four phases, which are fully occupied and house such retailers as Target, Bass Pro Shops, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Best Buy, T.J. Maxx, Lowe’s and Michael’s. Canyon realty arranged the financing on behalf of an affiliate of Thomas Land and Development LLC.