AUSTIN, TEXAS — Investment fund Velocis has acquired a majority interest in two Class A Austin office buildings totaling 173,870 square feet. Arboretum Atrium, located at 9737 Great Hills Trail, is a 91,083-square-foot facility that was 100 percent leased at the time of the sale. Las Cimas I is an 82,787-square-foot property located in the center of the four-building Las Cimas office park, which is situated at the corner of Bee Cave Road and Loop 360 in the Southwest Austin submarket. Moore & Associates sold the interests to Velocis and will retain management and leasing duties in addition to partial ownership.
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McKINNEY, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a multifamily brokerage division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Ashton Oaks, a 168-unit multifamily community in McKinney, a northern Dallas suburb. Built in 1988, the property features amenities such as an indoor heated pool, fitness center and multiple barbecue grills. Apartment units include fully equipped kitchens with vinyl plank flooring, 9-foot ceilings and outside storage units. Will Balthrope of IPA represented the seller, an Austin-based limited partnership. The buyer is an Illinois-based limited liability company.
PASADENA, TEXAS — WIKA Process Solutions LP, a manufacturer of industrial measuring instruments, has purchased 13 acres for a new build-to-suit facility to be developed by GSL Welcome Group. The land is located in Park 225, a business park in Pasadena, approximately 14 miles southeast of downtown Houston. The plans for the development call for a two-story, 87,900-square-foot building including 44,025 square feet of office space and a 43,875-square-foot crane-served warehouse. Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Group and Wade Bradow, owner of Park 225, collaborated on the transaction. Kingham Dalton Wilson LTD will perform design build construction services.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of 712 Main Street, a 794,186-square-foot office property in Houston’s CBD. Real estate investment firm Lionstone Group has acquired the 37-story Art Deco skyscraper, which was originally constructed in 1929 and today houses the Texas headquarters of JPMorgan Chase’s southwest banking operations, along with 42 other tenants. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. sold the building, which has been designated both a City of Houston landmark and a National Civil Engineering landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Dan Miller and Trent Agnew of HFF marketed the property on behalf of Brookfield.
HOUSTON — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $24.1 million in acquisition financing for The Palms on Westheimer, a 798-unit multifamily complex in the Galleria submarket of Houston. Terms of the loan include a five-year, fixed interest rate term with 18 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The property, located at 6425 Westheimer Road, offers efficiency, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as amenities including a fitness center, movie cinema, outdoor spa and four resort-style pools. Marty Meagher and Gardiner Champlin of NorthMarq arranged the financing through a CMBS lender on behalf of borrower WOP Palms LLC.
KINGWOOD, TEXAS — Arch-Con Construction has completed a new 123,698-square-foot Kroger Marketplace in Kingwood, a master-planned community approximately 25 miles northeast of Houston. The grocer, set to open Oct. 26, will anchor the Northpark Retail Center III, a 24-acre development at the interchange of Northpark Drive and Highway 59. Arch-Con served as general contractor on the entire complex, for which Gulf Coast Commercial Group is serving as leasing agent. CDA Architects acted as site development architect, LJA Engineering worked as site development engineer, and Robertson Loia Roof was Kroger’s architect.
SAN ANTONIO — REOC (Real Estate Operating Co.) Partners Ltd. has announced the end of its affiliation with the NAI Global network. The firm was founded in San Antonio in 1974 and has since expanded to employ more than 70 associates at its REOC San Antonio, REOC Austin, REOC Corpus Christi and REOC Del Rio offices. “With the national and international spotlight on Texas, we believe now is the time for REOC to reestablish its identity as a Texas-based and Texas-focused real estate company,” says Todd Gold, REOC president and managing partner. “By emphasizing our Texas roots, we are confident that new clients will recognize our distinct advantage over service providers not based in these Texas communities.”
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has brokered the sale of a 302,800-square-foot industrial property at 6501 Navigation Blvd. in Houston’s Downtown Eastside Industrial submarket. The building, a warehouse facility situated on 21.5 acres, houses multiple tenants. Clay Prichett of NAI Houston represented the buyer, Quasar Navigation LTD. Jim Foreman and Beau Kaleel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, GSL Navigation SUB 34 LLC.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — ARA has brokered the sale of Trinity Place Apartments, a 267-unit, Class B multifamily community in Mesquite, a suburb approximately 12 miles east of downtown Dallas. The apartments, which average 987 square feet each, were 92 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Originally constructed in 1985, the property features elevators in each of its residential buildings. Richard Furr, Brian O’Boyle Sr. and Brian Murphy of ARA marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, the name of which was not disclosed.
DALLAS — SkyWalker Property Partners has acquired the historic Hughes Brothers Candy Factory property, located at 1401 S. Ervay St. in Dallas. Acting on behalf of the Hangover Opportunity Fund, SkyWalker plans to invest approximately $3.2 million into the conversion of the facility into apartments. The five-story building totals 7,000 square feet in The Cedars, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. Theron Bryant of SCM Real Estate Services brokered the transaction. Frieda Bosh, mother of Miami Heat forward and Dallas native Chris Bosh, was the seller.