HOUSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $4.5 million loan for the refinancing of Two Harbor Square, a 26,670-square-foot medical office building in Houston. The property was 94.5 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. Tyler Morss of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan through Amegy Bank on behalf of the owner, Miami-based healthcare investment firm Creative Equities.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — ParkProperty Capital, an investment firm with offices in Atlanta and Germany, has refinanced The Albright, a 261-unit apartment building in North Austin. Developed in partnership with another Atlanta-based firm, Wood Partners, and completed last summer, The Albright offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 876 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, coworking lounge, clubroom, gaming area, pet park and a rooftop lounge. Elliott Throne, Josh Odessky and Jayme Nelson of JLL arranged the floating-rate loan through global private equity firm ACRE on behalf of ownership.
DALLAS — Locally based brokerage firm Younger Partners has arranged the sale of Bent Tree Plaza, an 82,144-square-foot office and healthcare complex in North Dallas. Located along the Dallas North Tollway, the property comprises two parcels and and was 72 percent leased at the time of sale. Tom Strohbehn and Scot Farber of Younger Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Younger Partners has also been retained as the leasing agent by the new owner, which similarly requested anonymity.
SAN ANTONIO — Edge Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Wender Plaza, a 63,976-square-foot shopping center in San Antonio. Anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, Wender Plaza is a newly constructed, fully leased center located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 151 and Hunt Lane on the city’s west side. Chace Henke and Micha van Marcke of Edge Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Saber Power has signed a 57,214-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion near the NASA Johnson Space Center in southeast Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 13100 Space Center Blvd. was completed in 1993 and renovated in 2019. Charlie Neuhaus and Harrison Schuhmacher of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based Sunwest Real Estate Group and regional investment firm AKRE Partners has purchased a 36,000-square-foot warehouse in Arlington. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1000–1008 N. Commercial Blvd. was constructed on 2.5 acres in 1980. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program at the warehouse.
By Mitch Faccio, senior vice president, MLG Capital Texas’ multifamily market is at a unique inflection point. After several years of historic levels of new construction and softening fundamentals, conditions are shifting in ways that may benefit current owners and new investors. Slowing development, sustained population growth and the widening affordability gap between renting and owning are creating conditions that seem to favor existing assets. A Market Reset After Record Construction Over the last several years, multifamily development surged in Texas. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and other metros all experienced a wave of new supply that outpaced demand. By 2023 and 2024, this boom in development had led to softer occupancies, higher concessions and flat or even declining rents. Net operating income (NOI) growth slowed as the market absorbed this record wave of deliveries, according to data from CoStar Group and RealPage. Now, that dynamic seems to be shifting. Construction costs have risen faster than achievable rents, making new developments financially difficult to justify, according to data from RealPage and the 2024 Turner Construction Index. In fact, multifamily starts in many Texas metros are down significantly from recent peaks. As a result, many planned projects have stalled, and the supply …
HOUSTON — A partnership between locally based owner-operator Hanover Co., Dallas-based Rebees and Mitsui Fudosan America has delivered a 40-story apartment tower located about two miles west of downtown Houston. Hanover Buffalo Bayou is located within the 14-acre Autry Park mixed-use development along the western edge of the 160-acre Buffalo Bayou Park. The building consists of 317 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats with an average size of 1,276 square feet, as well as 5,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a landscaped courtyard with a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, a clubhouse with a demonstration kitchen, fitness center, cinema, business center and a game room. Rents start at approximately $2,600 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.
DALLAS — The Housing Authority of the City of Dallas (DHA) has secured a $69 million bond reservation for the renovation of Roseland Townhomes and Roseland Estates, two affordable housing communities in Central Dallas. The bond reservation represents an early piece of the capital stack that enables DHA to receive 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The renovation will include new kitchens, bathrooms, plumbing, flooring, appliances and fixtures in the properties’ 274 units. DHA will also upgrade the recreation center, building infrastructure, security and landscaping. Completion is slated for 2027.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Locally based hospitality owner-operator NewCrestImage has completed the renovation of the 175-room Elmore Hotel in Southlake, located northeast of Fort Worth. The renovation of the four-story hotel, which originally opened in 2016, lasted about a year and carried a multimillion-dollar price tag. Amenities include a fitness center, outdoor pool, 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space and an onsite bar and restaurant. Coury Hospitality manages the property.