SUNNYVALE, TEXAS — Tom Thumb will open a new 58,000-square-foot grocery store in Sunnyvale, an eastern suburb of Dallas, that will have a coffeeshop, pharmacy and fuel station. Scheduled to open in late 2025, the store will be located within Gateway Park, a $124 million development that spans 240,000 square feet and features additional retail and restaurant space, as well as athletic facilities. The Sunnyvale Town Council approved $3 million in incentives for the store’s development.
HOUSTON — Nonprofit organization Omar Welfare Association has signed a 4,718-square-foot office lease in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 3030 S. Gessner Road spans 61,599 square feet and includes medical office space. Christian Villarreal and William Alcorn of Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was also not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Spire Realty Group has completed the $70 million renovation of City Place, a mixed-use property in downtown Fort Worth. Built in the 1970s to house the headquarters of Tandy Corp., City Place comprises two 18-story office buildings totaling 539,000 square feet, an Aloft Hotel and 31,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Spire Realty acquired the property, which is located at the intersection of Throckmorton and 3rd streets, in 2011. Since then, the Dallas-based investment firm has overseen a full renovation of One City Place; added the Aloft Hotel; invested millions in capital improvements; and turned a vacant mall on the property into City Place Center, which includes structured parking and the retail and restaurant components.
SAN ANTONIO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of Franklin Park TPC Parkway, a 269-unit seniors housing community in San Antonio. Built in two phases between 2011 to 2017, the property offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Franklin Communities sold the asset to an undisclosed, publicly traded REIT, which will retain Franklin as the operator. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle led the transaction for Blueprint.
CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 40-room Palace Inn Channelview hotel on the eastern outskirts of Houston. Rajan Patel, Chris Gomes, Allan Miller and Skyler Cooper of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — The American Oncology Network has signed a 16,390-square-foot medical office lease in Shenandoah, about 30 miles north of Houston. The space is located within the 48,000-square-foot Physicians Centre at Vision Park development, which was built last year and is now 75 percent leased. SVN | J. Beard Real Estate represented the tenant and the landlord, locally based developer i3, in the lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has negotiated a full-building, 10,000-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 8707 Fallbrook Drive was built in 2006. Jack Gaffney and Andrew Bischoff of Finial Group represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, Womack Machine Supply Co., was not disclosed.
By Kirk Cypel, chief development officer, CBG Commercial Real Estate Misconceptions about the Rio Grande Valley’s (RGV) retail market abound, particularly among those who are unfamiliar with South Texas. But those who are entrenched in shopping center ownership and development in the area are baffled and frustrated by retailers allowing these misconceptions to deter them from actively exploring the RGV. Questions like whether McAllen is an eight- or 10-hour drive from San Antonio, whether there’s an airport, if it’s safe — these are inquiries that simply make local retail owners and operators shake their heads. The same applies to brokers who inquire about securing endcap, freeway-visible spaces for under $10 per square foot. The Valley Reality The RGV is less than a four-hour drive from San Antonio and is served by three commercial airports. It resembles a metropolitan area akin to California’s Inland Empire, where several interconnected cities form a cohesive economic unit. Yet many are surprised to learn of the RGV’s considerable size, spanning 422,107 square miles — 60 percent larger than the Inland Empire and more comparable to San Diego County in size. The Council for South Texas Economic Progress reports that the population is over 1.4 million, …
DALLAS — Stream Realty Partners has completed The Quad, a 12-story, 345,425-square-foot office project in Uptown Dallas that also features about 15,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Office amenities include a fitness center, rooftop terrace, club lounge, conference center and a full acre of outdoor space. Stream Realty acquired the site in 2019, and construction on The Quad began in March 2022. Omniplan designed the property, and Austin Commercial served as the general contractor. MSD Partners, the investment advisory firm of tech magnate Michael Dell, provided construction financing. Four tenants — Revantage, Chicago Title, M Financial Group and Berkshire Residential — signed leases totaling 115,000 square feet prior to delivery.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 150,268-square-foot industrial property in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The site at 1235 W. Trinity Mills Road spans 12.4 acres. Corbin Blount of Lee & Associates represented the seller, an undisclosed, locally based limited liability company, in the transaction. Chris Beggins and Adam Graham, also with Lee & Associates, represented the buyer, an entity doing business as CUI Properties — TX.