IRVING — Houston-based PM Realty Group (PMRG), a national, full-service commercial real estate firm, has been awarded the leasing assignment for President's Medical Center, located at 380 W. LBJ Fwy. in Irving. The 54,000-square-foot Class A medical facility is adjacent to Baylor Irving Medical Center. Kyle Libby of PMRG will be the leasing manager for President's Medical Center.
Texas
DALLAS — Gary Gene Olp, founder and president of GGOArchitects, has been elected chairman of the North Texas Green Council chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The North Texas Green Council was formed in 2002 by 12 individuals to pursue a stronger and more sustainable building practice in North Texas. The chapter now has more than 900 members and serves as a resource for information and education on sustainable practices in the North Texas region. Olp has been involved with the LEED rating system since the inception of the USGBC and has acquired Silver certification for five buildings, Gold certification for two buildings and Platinum certification for one building.
DALLAS — The Stephen B. Swann Athletic and Wellness Center at the Episcopal School of Dallas, located at 4100 Merrell Rd. in Dallas, has received LEED Gold certification. Opening last fall, the 114,000-square-foot facility includes a gymnasium, an indoor running track, strength and conditioning workout rooms, sports medicine facilities, a dance studio, locker rooms, a team room and coaching offices. ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge and The Beck Group of Dallas completed the project for the Episcopal School of Dallas. A significant feature includes daylight sensors on all light fixtures within 15 feet of exterior walls.
ALLEN — Austin-based Capital Commercial has acquired Millennium Business Park, a two-story, 95,877-square-foot office building at 505 Millennium Dr. in Allen that sits on 10 acres of land. Creighton Stark, a senior vice president of Colliers International, brokered the office transaction.
HENDERSON — Atwoods Ranch & Home, a retailer, has acquired a 140,373-square-foot industrial building at 1610 Industrial Dr. in Henderson. Atwoods currently operates 47 stores in five states offering a wide range of products including clothing, tools and hardware, lawn and garden supplies, sporting goods, pet supplies, feed, farm and ranch supplies and seasonal goods. The company plans to use the facility as a distribution center for its retail stores. Kipp Collins of Binswanger represented Atwoods in the acquisition.
DALLAS — Memphis, Tenn.-based Financial Federal has expanded its commercial/multifamily division by opening an origination office in Dallas under the direction of Don Farmer, a mortgage banking veteran. Farmer most recently served Bridger Commercial Funding in Dallas. Financial Federal is a Program Plus Seller/Servicer for Freddie Mac as well as a loan production and servicing correspondent for several life insurance companies.
AUSTIN — Education Realty Trust has executed a 60-year ground lease with the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System for a new collegiate apartment community near the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) campus. Construction is expected to begin this summer for a summer 2013 opening. Named 2400 Nueces for its address, located at the intersection of 24th Street and Nueces, the community will be two blocks from UT-Austin's core. The building will contain residential floors above parking along with mixed-use retail at street level. The 304 units will provide 622 beds in a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. The project is targeted to meet LEED Silver certification requirements and will be financed through Education Realty Trust's On-Campus Equity plan — The ONE PlanSM. Page Southerland Page will serve as the project's architect and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. will serve as its general contractor.
FORT WORTH — Universal Recycling Technologies has leased the 19,800-square-foot balance of Northpoint Trade Center's Building II, located at 731 Eight Twenty Blvd. in Fort Worth. The lease makes the national recycling organization the largest tenant in the 100,500-square-foot warehouse, and the new space is contiguous to Universal Recycling's previous 20,000 square feet in the warehouse. Based in Janesville, Wis., Universal Recycling operates seven recycling facilities throughout the U.S. Tim Vogds of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) represented Universal Recycling, while Todd Lambeth of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Bel Air Industrial.
DALLAS — Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates has represented the seller in a 52,500-square-foot industrial sale at 14105 Inwood Rd. in Dallas. The seller, 14105 Inwood, LLC, sold the property to FR Warehouse Project, LLC, represented by Dave Anderson of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).
DALLAS — Andy Austin and Patrick Halstin of Halstin Group have signed a 10-year lease to launch Private Social, a casual upscale dining concept with Tiffany Derry of Top Chef fame, at the 263,921-square-foot One McKinney Plaza at the corner of Hall Street and McKinney Avenue in Dallas. Marc Marrocco of The Weitzman Group negotiated the retail lease for Gaedeke Group, the leasing and management firm for the mixed-use building. Halstin Group was represented by Jason Puig of SRS Real Estate Partners. Private Social plans to launch this summer.