HOUSTON — Los Angeles-based Pacific Retail Capital Partners has committed $24 million for the redevelopment of its 1.07 million-square-foot West Oaks Mall, located at 1000 West Oaks Mall in Houston. The redevelopment includes a new grand entrance, lighting and furniture upgrades, a new pedestrian plaza, the addition of a 14-screen Edwards Theatre and several new restaurants. The redevelopment is slated for a fall 2012 completion.
DEL RIO — McShane Construction has commenced construction on the 48-unit Las Brisas Manor Senior, an independent living facility, on behalf of the developer, The Paces Foundation. The 60,229-square-foot property will feature a brick exterior and individual porches and balconies. Martin Riley Associates – Architects is designing the facility to achieve Green Built Texas designation. Funding for the project came from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs through its HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The facility is slated for a June 2012 completion.
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.
FORT WORTH — Global Income Trust has purchased the 164,000-square-foot Heritage Commons IV, a Class A office building located in Fort Worth in the AllianceTexas master planned development, for $31 million. The property is fully leased to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA. Global Income Trust is sponsored by CNL Financial Group.
RICHARDSON — Franklin Street Properties Corp. has purchased the 122,300-square-foot AT&T Services Building, an office building located at 1410 Renner Rd. in Richardson. The property is fully leased to AT&T Services through 2018 and is a part of the Richardson Telecom Corridor. The property also has two subtenants — Stewart Title of North Texas and The Dallas Morning News, owned by A.H. Belo. Gary Carr, Eric Mackey and Russell Ingrum of CBRE's Dallas office represented the seller, LBA Realty, in the transaction.
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.
FORT WORTH — Ecolab has signed a 101,500-square-foot industrial lease at 1801 Riverbend W. Dr. in Fort Worth. Richard Minker of CASE Commercial Real Estate Partners' Fort Worth office represented the landlord, Michael Milliorn, and Ken Boyd of Dallas-based Jackson Cooksey represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Wells Fargo Capital Finance has signed a lease expansion/renewal for a total of 51,836 square feet of office space at the International Plaza III building, located at 14241 Dallas Pkwy. in Dallas. Tim Terrell of Dallas-based Stream Realty Partners and Jim Fish of Travers Realty's west Los Angeles office represented the tenant. The landlord is Newport Beach, Calif.-based KBS Realty Advisors.
DALLAS — Seven tenants have executed leases for a total 33,185 square feet at the 510,528-square-foot Providence Towers, a Class A office tower located at 5001 Spring Valley Rd. in Dallas. The activity includes Confidence Music leasing 3,914 square feet; Risk Placement Services leasing 1,480 square feet; Custom Staffing leasing 3,934 square feet; The Hay Group leasing 8,285 square feet; Lucas Associates leasing 10,056 square feet; Mullin TBG Insurance Agency Services leasing 3,532 square feet and Paranet Solutions leasing 1,984 square feet. KBS partnered with Transwestern to complete these transactions.
SUGAR LAND — An investment partnership has purchased the 30,000-square-foot Voss Road Storage at 15492 Voss Rd. in Sugar Land. The undisclosed seller was represented by Neil Martin and Taylor Schmidt of the Finial Group, and the buyer was represented by Eric Smith and Peter Meyer of Self Storage Brokers of America.
