Texas

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Houston-based Archway Properties plans to develop the 127,794-square-foot Wildwood Corporate Center, located at 460 Wildwood Forest at Interstate 45 in The Woodlands. The three-story, two-building office complex is 50 percent pre-leased. The new office property will feature an attached parking garage. The project team includes architect Kirksey Architecture and general contractor EE Reed. Terri Torregrossa and Griff Jaggard of Houston-based Moody Rambin Interests are handling the property’s leasing duties. Moody Rambin will also handle managing the property. Construction will begin in early April and wrap up in January 2014.

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TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the 74-room Rodeway Inn, a two-story hotel located at 5105 N. Stateline Ave. in Texarkana. The hotel originally operated as a Comfort Inn until it was rebranded in 2007. Allan Miller, Chris Gomes and Jake Gaddy of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Gomes also procured the buyer, a private investor.

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KATY, TEXAS — Sprouts Farmers Market has opened a 25,300-square-foot store at the southwest corner of Cinco Ranch Boulevard and Peek Road in Katy. The store is Sprouts' first location in the Houston area. Ed Page and Chris Pitts of UCR's Houston office represented both the landlord, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based AVB Development Partners, and Sprouts in the lease transaction. Page is Sprouts' southeast Texas representative for all site acquisitions. Sprouts operates more than 150 stores throughout the Western U.S.

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STAFFORD, TEXAS — Dallas-based Main Event Entertainment has plans to open a new location at the Fountain on the Lake shopping center in Stafford. The new venue is located off U.S. Highway 59 and South Kirkwood Road and is expected to employ approximately 150 people. The new Main Event Entertainment location will feature a bowling alley, a GRAVITY indoor ropes course, laser tag, game room with 100 video games and meeting space.

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CROSBY, TEXAS — Hunington Properties Inc. has arranged the sale of Crosby Plaza, a 8,133-square-foot retail property located on FM 2100 in Crosby. The center is fully leased to UPS Store, Little Caesar's Pizza and Cricket Wireless. Todd Carlson of Hunington Properties represented the seller, an out-of-state investor who purchased the property in 2006. The buyer is an investor based in Southern California. The buyer secured acquisition financing through Wilshire State Bank. Hunington will continue to operate the property.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the lease of 125,000 square feet of warehouse/distribution space at 2820 N. Great S.W. Parkway in Grand Prairie. The industrial space is located in the Paddock Distribution Center. Pete Richardson, Drew Richardson, Benedict Gordon, Bill McClung, Mike Wyatt, Robbie Baty and Grant Pruitt of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas Inc.'s Dallas office represented the tenant, Johns Manville, in the transaction. Johns Manville, a manufacturer and marketer of building products, will occupy approximately 1,000 square feet of office space in the property. Andrew McCaig and Cornelia Heins represented the landlord, Primera Cos., in-house.

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GALVESTON, TEXAS — An 85-key Courtyard by Marriott hotel has opened on a 4.8-acre site along Galveston's Seawall Boulevard. The new hotel is the second Marriott affiliate to open in the area recently. An 88-key Marriott TownePlace Suites opened for business on March 12. Dallas-based Mayse & Associates, an architecture firm, designed the 64,028-square-foot Courtyard by Marriott hotel. The new hotel's outdoor amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, restrooms and a bar area. San Antonio-based Segment Construction Group was the construction management firm and Cameron-based EBCO General Contractor LTD constructed both hotels.

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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS — Kiewit Building Group plans to begin construction of the 32,000-square-foot O.A. Grant Humanities Building, located on the Tarleton State University campus, on April 1. The two-story building will feature offices, a writing center, digital media lab, media convergence center, meeting/conference rooms and outdoor amphitheater seating. Dallas-based Randall Scott Architects is the facility's project architect. Kiewit plans to wrap up construction on the facility at the end of May 2014.

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