DALLAS — General contractor Hill & Wilkinson will break ground this month on the 165-unit Lincoln Knox apartment complex in Dallas. The contract is worth a reported $38.6 million. The new six-story community will be located at 4501 Cole Ave. and will feature a retail component, including a specialty grocer, in addition to residences. Sarofim Realty Advisors owns the construction site, Lincoln Property Co. is construction manager and developer, and Womack + Hampton Architects LLC is serving as project architect. Completion is slated for September 2015.
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HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of a 56,666-square-foot flex property and an adjacent 6.9-acre tract in the Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City. The building, the former headquarters of Progressive Concepts Inc., includes 24,000 square feet of office space, 3,000 square feet of retail/showroom space and approximately 30,000 square feet of warehouse space. Features include one acre of paved parking and two generators. The structure is located at 5718 Airport Freeway, and the undeveloped land is located at 5722 Airport Freeway, both in close proximity to Loop 820, Interstate 35 and the Fort Worth CBD. Nick Talley of Bradford marketed the property, while Leland Prowse and Alex Bryant of Transwestern represented the buyer, Blackmon Mooring, a property restoration company which will use the property as its new headquarters.
SAN ANTONIO — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has broken ground on a 58,000-square-foot office building in San Antonio. Avnet Technology Solutions, an IT division of Avnet Inc., will occupy the two-story, Class A structure. Located on five acres within RidgeWood Business Park, the property will be situated in proximity to the intersection of Loop 1604 and Highway 281. Ryan Cos. is partnering with RVK Architects, Big Red Dog Civil Engineering, Colliers International, Pruitt Realty and Travis Commercial Real Estate Services Ltd. on the project, which is slated for completion in August.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Willowick Apartments, a 53-unit multifamily community in Fort Worth. Built in 1963, the property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 852 to 1,145 square feet plus amenities including a laundry facility, swimming pool and community center. Located at 2323 Ridgmar Blvd., in close proximity to Ridgmar Mall, the complex was 98 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Mason Green of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Fort Worth-based limited partnership, and also secured the buyer in the transaction, a Dallas-based limited liability company completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Atlantic | Pacific Cos. (A | P) has acquired The Palazzo, a 300-unit multifamily community in San Marcos. Located on Wonder World Drive, the garden-style property offers one- to three-bedroom apartments plus amenities such as two swimming pools, a fitness center, game room and basketball court. A | P is planning upgrades to common areas and unit interiors. Atlantic | Pacific Management will manage the property. San Marcos, home to Texas State University and the Central Texas Medical Center, is situated between Austin and San Antonio along the Interstate 35 corridor.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 5,362-square-foot net-leased property in Houston occupied by Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill. The restaurant, located at 17117 Tomball Parkway, is in proximity to Willowbrook Mall. Jason Vitorino of Marcus & Millichap marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Jared Aubrey, also of Marcus & Millichap, secured and represented the buyer in the transaction, an institutional investor.
HOUSTON — Moody Rambin has arranged the lease of 5,718 square feet of office space in Houston for Vericlaim Inc., a loss-adjusting and claims management company. The tenant will occupy a portion of the 2500 Wilcrest building, located at 2500 Wilcrest Drive on the city’s west side, in proximity to the Sam Houston Tollway. Griffin Jaggard and Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the property owner, IC Wilcrest LP, in the negotiations. David Husid of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Vericlaim.
Looking back five years ago to the outset of 2009, new construction was the hot topic in the San Antonio office market. In 2008, 12 new office buildings were completed, adding approximately 1.5 million square feet to the market. That equated to a 6 percent increase in existing office inventory, with the new product concentrated in the key Northwest and North Central office submarkets. Of course, new development slowed considerably as the recession set in and wore on. Fast-forward to 2013, and as of press time the San Antonio office market only added 166,630 square feet of new product. The good news, though, is that San Antonio metro employment suffered much shorter and shallower losses than other metro areas as a result of the Great Recession. What’s more, the recovery from these losses has been sharp, with nearly 58,000 jobs added since local employment hit its lowest point in 2009, or approximately three new jobs for every one lost in the local downturn. One-third of these new jobs (or about 19,000) were created in office-using sectors such as finance, insurance and engineering. As a result, the office market is recovering, led by Class A space. The rapid decline in Class …
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Garden Park Shopping Center, a 170,739-square-foot neighborhood center in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The property, anchored by World Gym and Thrift City, was 83 percent occupied at the time of the sale and has seen nine new tenants sign leases in the past 12 months. Retailers include Precision Sports Nutrition, Edward Jones, The UPS Store and Lewisville Soccer. Jennifer Pierson and Beth Pierson of CBRE represented the seller, a special servicer, in the transaction. CIG Retail Properties purchased the asset, which is located at 1565 W. Main St.
TULSA, OKLA. — The firm of Bellomy & Co. has brokered the sale of Alcatraz Storage and Alcatraz Storage North, two self storage properties totaling 132,570 square feet in Tulsa. The Class A assets, which together comprise 946 rentable units, offer climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled options, as well as RV, boat and automobile storage space. Alcatraz Storage is located at 6435 S. Peoria Ave., while Alcatraz Storage North is located at 12565 E. 21st St. John Owens of Bellomy & Co. represented the buyer, a West Texas-based private investor.