Texas

DALLAS — Dallas-based Billingsley Co. plans to build a new, 150,000-square-foot office building and four-lane roadway at Cypress Waters, Billingsley's 1,000-acre mixed-use development in Dallas. The three-story property is Billingsley's first office building in Cypress Waters and will break ground in July. The project is slated for a July 2014 completion. Additionally, Phase I of Cypress Waters' multifamily communities will open this year. Scotch Creek and Parsons Green are scheduled to open this summer and Sycamore Park is expected to open in the fall.

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DALLAS — L'Oreal USA has selected Alliance Architects Inc. to design its new 513,947-square-foot distribution center, which will be located on a 50-acre site within the Ridge Logistics Center in Dallas. The new facility will be situated on the corner of Telephone Road and Dallas Avenue. The property will have expansion capabilities of up to 400,000 square feet. The distribution center will include 13,000 square feet of office space, separate shipping and receiving areas, locker rooms and indoor/outdoor break areas. Ridge Property Trust is the developer for the build-to-suit property and Hill & Wilkinson are the general contractors. The Alliance design team includes Scott Meyer and Ashley Griffith.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has sold the 185,500-square-foot Plaza 35, an office building located at 12234 N. Interstate 35 in Austin's North Central submarket, to Karlin Real Estate. Stream Realty purchased the foreclosed property in 2011 before bringing it to full occupancy. Plaza 35's tenants include Virtex Enterprises, Logisticare Solutions and Yodle Inc. A division of Dell once occupied the office building as a call center. Daniel Farrar and David Blackbird of Stream Realty executed the company's business plan for the property, including its purchase, lease up and sale. Farrar was offered an equity stake in the property as an incentive for sourcing the deal. Farrar moved from Austin to Charlotte, N.C., in January to lead Stream Realty's office there.

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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Satterfield & Pontikes Construction has been awarded a $93 million contract to construct two new schools in the Lewisville Independent School District. The company will construct ninth-grade centers totaling 110,000 square feet each at Marcus High School and Flower Mound High School to help reduce crowding. The additions will encompass classrooms, a library, a 2,200-seat basketball arena, science labs, cafeteria, 7,000-square-foot black box theater and administration areas. The work will include parking, covered walkways, utilities and demolition. Work at Flower Mound High School will also include renovations to the fine arts area, replacement of the football stadium sound system and renovations of the lockers in the old field house and inside the school. Flower Mound High will also receive new sports facilities, including a multi-court tennis complex and an indoor practice facility. Dallas-based PBK Architects designed the additions and renovations. Satterfield & Pontikes will complete the project before the beginning of classes in August 2014.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Conifer Health Solutions has broken ground on its new corporate headquarters, located in the Duke Bridges Office Park at the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Warren Parkway in Frisco. Duke Realty is developing the four-story, 200,000-square-foot office building. Conifer currently leases office space in Hall Office Park. Conifer plans to eventually hire 500 employees to add to its existing 600 employees. Corgan, an architecture and interior design firm, is designing the new office space. Jones Lang LaSalle assisted Conifer in finding the site.

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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Cleveland, Ohio-based ka architecutre has finished the construction of the one-level, 400,000-square-foot renovation at Post Oak Mall in College Station. CBL & Associates Properties Inc. is the mall's developer, as well as its owner and manager. The new design includes an updated food court, new entrances, new flooring and lighting throughout the mall concourses, improved signage and a new logo.

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DALLAS — The Dallas office of HFF has arranged $250 million in financing for three Omni hotels totaling 1,339 rooms. The three hotels include the 614-room Omni Fort Worth at 1300 Houston St. in Fort Worth, the 378-room Omni Houston at 4 Riverway in Houston and the 347-room Omni Chicago at 676 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. Whitaker Johnson, John Bourret and Jim Curtin of HFF's Dallas office led the team that arranged the 15-year, fixed-rate loan through Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. The HFF team arranged the loan on behalf of the buyer, Omni Hotels Corp., a subsidiary of Irving-based TRT Holdings.

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DALLAS — Canyon Capital Realty Advisors LLC has provided a $15 million mezzanine construction loan for the development of Sylvan | Thirty, a 6.34-acre mixed-use project in Dallas. The project will include 201 residential units and 49,134 square feet of retail space. Sylvan | Thirty will be located at the intersection of Interstate 30 and Sylvan Avenue. The development is pre-leased to Cox Farms Market, Matador Meat & Wine, Teiichi Fish Market, Pearl Cup Coffee and Sync Yoga. The borrower, a partnership between Ozxaca Interests LLC and Wood Partners, plans to complete the first retail building and initial phase of residential properties by the end of the year.

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BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. — Johnson Capital has arranged a $4.2 million loan to refinance the Mayfair Shopping Center, a 64,935-square-foot shopping center, and a ground lease held by Arvest Bank in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa. Jason Pumpelly of Johnson Capital's Dallas office, along with Brett Patrick of the firm's Tulsa office, arranged the 10-year loan through Morgan Stanley. The loan has a 30-year amortization schedule and a fixed rate of mid 4-percent.

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