LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Housing Trust Group has completed an affordable housing conversion project in the West Texas city of Lubbock. The project transformed the historic, vacant Jim Kimmel Center, which was originally constructed in 1964 as a 91-room motel, into a complex with 56 units that are reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Schmidt & Stuart Architects designed the project, which also involved the demolition of a restaurant and gas station on the site.
KILLEEN, TEXAS — Red Oak Capital Holdings has provided a $3.4 million bridge loan for Cedar Creek Apartments, a 60-unit multifamily complex located in the Central Texas city of Killeen. Built in the early 1960s and renovated in 2024, Cedar Creek is a 15-building complex with one- and two-bedroom units. Nick Jans of Red Oak arranged the 12-month loan through Regions Bank on behalf of the borrower, JCORE. Proceeds will be used to fund the acquisition of the property and subsequent capital improvements.
By Matthew Auchincloss With prices of construction materials perpetually up across the board and labor shortages persisting, multifamily developers have long been searching for new ways to improve efficiency both in pre-planning and in actual construction. That’s unlikely to change any time soon. But the quest for elevated efficiency has recently taken a number of different forms, according to Nikolas Fowler, a multifamily project executive at Birmingham, Ala.-based general contractor Hoar Construction. “What you’re starting to see is more use of off-site construction, whether it’s traditional volumetric modular or panelized or bathroom pods or some of the other things that are out there today,” says Fowler. “As more and more people realize the advantages of those systems and we have more and more challenges with labor, you’re going to continue to see people looking for new innovative ways to make those projects pencil out.” Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Construction is historically not a very innovative industry. According to research from McKinsey, construction is the second-least digitally updated industry for the modern era; the first is agriculture and hunting. “One didn’t change for thousands of years, the other didn’t …
KATY, TEXAS — Local developer Sueba USA has completed Boardwalk Square, a 353-unit apartment community located west of Houston in Katy. The midrise building features 20 open-concept floor plans including studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Units range in size from 496 to 2,088 square feet and feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, full-size washers and dryers and walk-in closets. Amenities include a CrossFit-inspired athletic club, recovery room with dry sauna and cold plunge, pool with tanning ledges and poolside cabanas, pet spa, catering kitchen and a coffee bar. Rents start at $1,265 per month for a studio apartment. Construction began in spring 2024.
HOUSTON — NewQuest has broken ground on a 163,456-square-foot retail project in northwest Houston. The project will feature two junior anchor spaces within The Grand at 249, the local developer’s $90 million project located at the interchange of the Grand Parkway and the Tomball Tollway. The spaces, which are expected to be available for occupancy by mid-2027, are preleased to Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ross Dress for Less, Burlington, Dollar Tree, Cavender’s, Petco, Sephora, Bath & Body Works and Milano’s Nails.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 78,272-square-foot industrial lease in North Fort Worth. The tenant is Wistron Corp., a provider of high-tech communications products and services, and the space is located within Building H at 35 Eagle Center. Trey Fricke and Reid Bassinger of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Bob Scully and Steve Trese of CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Alpha Industrial Properties.
CLARENDON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 49-room hotel in the West Texas city of Clarendon. Built on 2.4 acres in 2004, the hotel is operated under the Best Western Plus brand and offers amenities such as an indoor pool, business center, fitness center and meeting space. Gordon Allred and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer.
RICHMOND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $54 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Lakeview at Westpark, a 298-unit apartment community in Richmond, located southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County. Built in 2021, Lakeview at Westpark offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool with a tanning deck, fitness center with yoga and spin studios, outdoor kitchen and lounge, resident game room and a dog park. Brandon Brown of MMCC arranged the loan, which carried a fixed interest rate of 5.3 percent and a 35-year amortization schedule, through KeyBank on behalf of the borrower, Texas-based Rockstar Capital.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of three self-storage facilities totaling 669 units in Arlington. The facilities at 3016 S. Cooper St., 2331 S. Collins St. and 2306 N. Collins St. were all built in the 1970s and collectively span 80,216 net rentable square feet. Steve Mellon, Brian Somoza, Adam Roossien and Matthew Wheeler of JLL represented the seller, an undisclosed, publicly traded storage REIT, in the transaction. BreakChain Capital Investments purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Locally based firm Newcor Commercial Real Estate has completed a 617-unit self-storage facility in Tomball, located northeast of Houston. The facility sits on a 5.1-acre site at 11110 Hufsmith Road and spans 87,970 net rentable square feet across 510 climate-controlled units, 93 non-climate-controlled units and 14 dedicated boat and RV storage spaces. RightMove Storage will operate the facility. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Wednesday, June 17, and a larger opening celebration is planned for the fall.