CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — Cadence McShane Construction Co. has completed Scottsdale Crossing Building One, a speculative light industrial/office flex property totaling 27,500 square feet in Cedar Park, approximately 20 miles north of Austin. Located at 5900 Highway 183-A, the property is part of developer TIG Real Estate Services’ larger Scottsdale Crossing Commerce Park development. Built for a single or multiple tenants, the single-story facility features a tiltwall panel exterior, overhead dock doors and aluminum windows. Studio 8 Architects, based in Austin, provided architectural services for the project.
Texas
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of two office buildings totaling 165,146 square feet in Houston’s Energy Corridor. The 102,880-square-foot property located at 1250 Wood Branch Drive was 88.9 percent leased at the time of the transaction, and the 62,002-square-foot property located at 11931 Wickchester Lane was 76.6 percent leased. Both offer convenient access to Interstate 10. Martin Hogan and Dan Miller led the HFF team representing the seller, Peloton Capital Partners. Dornin Investment Group purchased the assets.
SAN ANTONIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a multifamily brokerage division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Meridian, a 146-unit apartment complex in San Antonio. The asset, located at 680 E. Basse Road, is in close proximity to Quarry Golf Club, Alamo Quarry Market and two of the city’s most prestigious office properties, The Concord and One International Center. Features of the community include private alarms, garden tubs, double ovens, a clubhouse and multiple fitness rooms. Will Balthrope and Scott Lamontagne of IPA represented the seller, a private investor based in San Antonio. The buyer is a national acquisitions and management firm also based in San Antonio.
HOUSTON — Hoar Construction has completed Granite Briarpark Green, a 300,000-square-foot spec office property in Houston’s Westchase district. Developed by Granite Properties, the 12-story, Class A tower features a two-story entry lobby, fitness center and 361,000-square-foot parking facility exclusively for Granite Briarpark Green tenants. PGAL served as architect on the project, which is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and boasts energy performance 21 percent above current construction sustainability standards.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has arranged the lease of 81,255 square feet of industrial space at 2677 Northaven Road in Dallas. The property offers 28-foot ceiling clear heights, 18 dock-high loading doors and close proximity to the interchange of Interstates 635 and 35 East. Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, GTI Management Co., in the negotiations. Tim Vogds with CBRE represented the tenant, Logistics Plus.
Dallas/Fort Worth’s office market has experienced some of the strongest leasing activity in its history and will continue to tighten through 2013 as job sectors that demand space lead to record expansion. Additions to local office inventory should more than double this year compared with 2012. Meanwhile, pre-leasing has been steady, and its impact on the vacancy rate is predicted to be minimal. However, vacancy may start to inch up in 2014 as developers fill the pipeline with sizable speculative projects. Far North Dallas has become a draw for major corporate relocations, and therefore a hotbed for office development. This is due in part to the area’s relatively affordable housing and well-rated schools. Space slated for delivery this year in Far North Dallas has been largely spoken for, but the area is also home to one of the largest speculative projects underway, a 342,000-square-foot office tower scheduled to become available in late 2014. Office development has also increased in the Fort Worth area. That being said, near-term deliveries are expected to be light and limited to buildings less than 75,000 square feet, including some properties dedicated entirely for medical uses. Looking at both quarterly trends and monthly updates, healthy employment …
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Courtyards at Mustang, a 228-unit multifamily property in Grapevine, approximately 20 miles northeast of Fort Worth. The apartment community, which was constructed in 1973, includes amenities such as two swimming pools, four laundry facilities, a basketball court and a baseball/soccer field. Located at 2913 Mustang Drive and in close proximity to Highway 26, the asset garnered multiple offers in a marketing period lasting less than 30 days. John Barker of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership. Barker also secured the buyer, another partnership.
HOUSTON — Cassidy Turley has arranged the lease of 225 RailPort, a 600,000-square-foot build-to-suit distribution complex soon to break ground in Houston’s Port submarket, for Frontier Logistics. Developer Avera plans to begin construction in November and expects to complete the facility, located at Beltway 8 and State Highway 225, in the third quarter of 2014. With 20,000 linear feet of rail access, the complex will serve Frontiers’ clients in the plastics industry. John Nicholson of Cassidy Turley represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
DALLAS — Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hilton Worldwide’s brand of upscale extended-stay hotels, has opened its newest location in downtown Dallas. Lowen 1025 Elm LP owns the building, which was originally the United Fidelity Life Insurance building and underwent extensive renovation as part of Homewood Suites’ adaptive re-use program. Lowen Hospitality Management LLC will manage the new property, which totals 130 suites over 10 stories. Located at 1025 Elm St., in close proximity to the West End and the Dallas Convention Center, the hotel includes amenities such as an indoor pool, 24-hour on-site pantry, golf simulator and fitness center.
HOUSTON — Thomas Properties Group Inc. has signed Statoil Gulf Services LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA, to a long-term lease for 581,000 square feet at the CityWestPlace campus in Houston’s Westchase District. Statoil, which previously occupied 225,000 square feet at CityWestPlace, will now occupy all 431,000 square feet of the complex’s Building 2 and 150,000 square feet of Building 4. The location will serve as the Statoil’s North American headquarters. Chip Colvill, Clark Thompson, Win Haggard Jr. and Michael Anderson of Colvill Office Properties represented landlord Thomas in the negotiations. Mark O’Donnell of Studley Inc. represented Statoil.