Texas

WINDCREST — Whitestone REIT has signed SKECHERS USA to a 10,000-square-foot lease for a new outlet store inside the Windsor Park Centre, a shopping center located at 8610 Fourwinds Dr. in Windcrest. Other tenants in the center include The University of Phoenix, Michaels, Cavender's Boot City, Office Depot and PetSmart. Ross Dress for Less and Mattress FIRM are expected to be open for business in the center during 2012. Whitestone REIT was self-represented by Dan Nixon and Richard Vaughan in the lease transaction. Leslie Mayer of Cushman & Wakefield's Los Angeles office and Gene Williams of The Weitzman Group's San Antonio office represented the tenant.

COPPELL — CBRE has secured $13.5 million in financing for the 90,225-square-foot Coppell Market, a grocery-anchored shopping center located at the northeast corner of North Denton Tap Road and Highway 121 in Coppell. The shopping center is anchored by a 69,800-square-foot Market Street store and was 97 percent leased at the time of closing. Scott Lewis of CBRE's Debt & Equity Finance Group in Dallas arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital on behalf of the borrower, an entity controlled by UCD Development and Rainier Capital Management.