HOUSTON — Port Houston will open a 95,000-square-foot headquarters office at East River, a 150-acre mixed-use development that is under construction in the city’s Historic Fifth Ward. The port authority purchased two tracts, and its development plans also include a 300-space parking garage that will connect to the office building via a skybridge. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and to be complete in summer 2025. Locally based developer Midway owns East River. The port was self-represented in the land deals.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based developer The Woodmont Co. has broken ground on Berkshire Corner, a 12,002-square-foot, multi-tenant retail project in North Fort Worth. The strip center is preleased to tenants such as Jersey Mike’s Subs, Blue Mound Nail Spa, Blue Mound Liquor, Mynt Barbershop and ProSmiles Dental. Completion is slated for late 2023/early 2024.
By Ron Gilbreath, managing director of asset & property management, Westmount Realty Capital It’s no trade secret that global lockdowns during the pandemic had a significant and lasting impact on supply chains worldwide. EY’s 2023 poll revealed that 72 percent of senior-level supply chain executives experienced negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic, resulting in the emergence of a concentrated focus on supply chain visibility. The crucial point to acknowledge during this continued disruption is that these impacts are closely tied to the just-in-time (JIT) inventory management system. As a result of these challenges, businesses are actively reassessing their distribution network strategies, leading to a surge in demand for industrial warehouse space. With the necessity to maintain greater inventory levels, companies are re-evaluating their warehouse space requirements and distribution setups to mitigate the risk of future supply shortages. The lockdowns disrupted two essential elements of JIT strategy: steady production and supplier reliability. Suppliers forced to comply with government lockdowns incurred major disruptions across various business lines due to the challenge of maintaining consistent production. This is a key component of JIT delivery that relies on having materials physically present during the production process. When these materials are unavailable, …
HOUSTON — Affinius Capital, which is a joint venture between San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate and New York-based Square Mile Capital Management, has provided a $90.6 million acquisition loan for an industrial park in Houston. The four-building, 1 million-square-foot development is located on Fairbanks North Houston Road near U.S. Highway 290 and Beltway 8. Building features include 32-foot clear heights and 180- to 185-foot truck court depths. The borrower was Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — A partnership led by Atlanta-based Integral Group has broken ground on EVIVA Trinity Mills, a 436-unit multifamily project located in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The project is being developed as part of Trinity Mills Station, a 25-acre urban village located adjacent to a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Green Line Station. The community will house studio, one- and two-bedroom units and roughly 11,000 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for November 2025. Other members of the development team include Koa Partners and Artemis Real Estate Partners.
HOUSTON — BWE, the commercial lender formerly known as Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, has provided a $7.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Coral Hills Apartments, a 172-unit affordable housing complex in Houston. The 16-building property offers amenities such as a pool, courtyard and onsite laundry facilities. Units are reserved for renters earning up to 30, 50 and 60 percent of the area median income. Jon Killough and John Roberts of BWE originated the financing, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, 15-year term and a 40-year amortization schedule. The borrower was Alabama-based Envolve Communities.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Energy services provider JP Oil Holdings has sold a 74,301-square-foot industrial building located at 3801 Arapaho Road in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 5.4 acres in 1981 and features 14- to 16-foot clear heights. Mac Morse and Paul Clarkson of Citadel Partners represented JP Oil Holdings in the transaction. Jeremy Mercer and Keenan Cook of Mercer Co. represented the buyer, Georgia Underground & Supply.
DALLAS — Financial advisory firm Preston Hollow Community Capital has relocated its office headquarters from Comerica Bank Tower to PwC Tower at Park District in Uptown Dallas. The space overlooks Klyde Warren Park and spans 15,000 square feet. The firm’s new headquarters space on the sixth floor was designed by BHA and built out by Metroplex General Contractors. Scott Hage of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. MetLife Investment Management owns the 20-story, 500,000-square-foot building.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Atlanta-based developer Seefried Industrial Properties, in partnership with Truist Securities, is underway on construction of an 842,043-square-foot, build-to-suit project in Oklahoma City. The new facility will act as a hub for depot support for the military engines of Pratt & Whitney, which are maintained at Tinker Air Force Base. The facility, which is expandable to 942,000 square feet, will feature an 86,000-square-foot office component, and future development plans include an adjacent, 100,000-square-foot training facility. In addition, the main warehouse will offer 40-foot clear heights, up to 120 dock-high doors, six grade-level doors, 515 auto parking stalls (including EV charging spots) and 103 trailer spaces. Construction is slated for a second-quarter 2024 completion.
PLANO, TEXAS — J.C. Penney has reopened its 320,000-square-foot corporate office at The Campus at Legacy West (CALWest) in Plano, welcoming back some 2,000 associates in the process. The department store chain originally opened in CALWest campus in 1992 when it relocated to Texas from New York City, but the offices were largely shuttered after J.C. Penney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The office now features an open floor plan to encourage collaboration among employees, who will also have access to amenities such as pickleball courts, an arcade, fitness center and a golf simulator. J.C. Penney first re-affirmed its commitment to the space in March 2022 by signing a new lease.