CYPRESS, TEXAS — Deason Financial Group has arranged a $16.1 million permanent loan for the acquisition of Blackhorse Storage & Postal, a 552-unit self-storage facility located in the northwestern Houston metro of Cypress. The 14.2-acre facility spans 261,206 net rentable square feet across a variety of unit types. The loan was structured with a five-year term, fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale. The names of the direct lender and borrower were not disclosed.
SEGUIN, TEXAS — Ranch Hand will open a 400,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility at TriPoint Logistics Center, a 120-acre development in Seguin, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The provider of automotive accessories has entered into a build-to-suit agreement with the developer, a partnership between Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co. and Baltisse US Inc. Ranch Hand plans to consolidate two regional facilities into the new distribution hub. The building will feature 36-foot clear heights and is expected to be complete in late 2026. Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates represented Ranch Hand in the lease negotiations. John Colglazier, Kyle Kennan and Gray Gilbert of Partners Real Estate represented ownership.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Atlanta-based hospitality brokerage firm Hunter Hotel Advisors has arranged the sale of a the 107-room Courtyard Amarillo Downtown hotel in West Texas. The building was originally constructed in 1928 and was converted to a hotel in 2010. Amenities include a business center, fitness center and an onsite restaurant. Summit Hotel Properties sold the hotel to local owner-operator KAMP Hotels for an undisclosed price. Mason McDavid and Kami Burnette of Hunter Hotel Advisors brokered the deal.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has secured a 101,678-square-foot industrial lease in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4006 Westport Drive is located within Kingsland Ranch Logistics Park. Abraham Richardson of Stream, along with Alex Zhang of TopSky Commercial, represented the tenant, Mars Shipping Service, in the lease negotiations. Cape Bell, Billy Gold, Joseph Smith and Savannah Smith of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Elliott Electric Supply has signed a 23,538-square-foot industrial lease in McKinney, located north of Dallas. The space is located within Building A at McKinney Commerce Center, a three-building, 319,347-square-foot development that is currently under construction. Brett Lewis and Taylor Stell of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, New York City-based Rockefeller Group, in the lease negotiations. Nick Lee of NAI Robert Lynn represented Elliott Electric Supply.
FULSHEAR, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has negotiated the sale of Cross Creek Plaza, a 16,963-square-foot retail strip center in Fulshear, a western suburb of Houston. The center was built in 2024 and is located at the entrance of the Cross Creek Ranch master-planned community. Jake Dutson of STRIVE represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. John Kourafas of Visintainer Group represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Cross Creek Plaza was fully leased at the time of sale.
DALLAS — Lincoln Property Co., a Dallas-based global real estate services firm, has acquired Capstone Development Partners, a student housing developer with offices in Birmingham, Ala., and Denver. Lincoln’s acquisition includes Capstone’s management affiliate, Capstone Management Partners. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Capstone will continue to operate as Capstone Development Partners, powered by Lincoln. The developer came in at No. 15 in the Top Developers ranking by Student Housing Business. Capstone disclosed in the first quarter that it had seven projects planned through 2028 totaling 5,900 beds. The acquisition expands Lincoln’s higher education infrastructure and enhances its development, financing and operation of on-campus and university-affiliated housing. “Capstone has long been a recognized leader in student housing and campus facilities development,” says Alison Daubert, chief strategy officer at Lincoln. “Their specialized expertise complements Lincoln’s national platform with robust resources, allowing us to better support higher education institutions with even greater experience and expertise.” Capstone says that the move gives the company access to Lincoln’s national resources and operational expertise. “With Lincoln’s support and comprehensive real estate capabilities, we are more capable than ever to assist universities in creating innovative, customized development and operational solutions that align seamlessly with their …
By Taylor Williams Although the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) industrial market is, objectively speaking, currently overbuilt, the recovery and return to healthy dynamics is already taking shape. As that unfolds, manufacturing facilities are having a moment. According to CBRE’s third-quarter data, between 2021 and 2023 — the height of the post-COVID e-commerce craze that coincided with the last days of historically low interest rates — developers in DFW added nearly 130 million square feet of new industrial product. The supply boom mostly involved warehouse and distribution facilities, and absorption of new deliveries was coming along until this spring, when Liberation Day injected a staggering dose of economic uncertainty into the market. In recent weeks, leasing activity has begun to pick back up. But investors looking to deploy capital into industrial assets see more upside on deals for manufacturing facilities at the moment, whether that means buying existing plants with heavy built-in power sources or targeting distribution buildings that can support manufacturing through light conversions. 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. At the annual DFW/North Central Industrial Texas conference …
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Capital Returns as 2025 Signals a Market Reset
By Patrick McGlohn, senior managing director, Berkadia After two years of caution and recalibration, capital is flowing back into commercial real estate. The bid-ask gap between buyers and sellers is narrowing, underwriting assumptions are stabilizing and both equity and debt investors are once again finding common ground. At Berkadia, we’re seeing equity move from the sidelines to the playing field, selectively, but decisively. Equity’s Comeback: Selective, but Strong Private equity and institutional investors are increasingly re-entering the market, with activity strongest in the “Smile States,” stretching from Northern Virginia to the western states and extending into major cities like Chicago. Much of the capital is chasing value-add and opportunistic plays rather than core, stabilized assets. Over the past couple of years, many equity investors would only touch preferred equity because of valuation uncertainty, but now we’re seeing common equity return in a meaningful way. The change reflects both greater pricing clarity and a collective sense that the bottom of the market cycle has passed. Navigating the Wall of Maturities The looming wall of debt maturities remains a defining storyline for 2025 and beyond. Nearly $950 billion in commercial mortgages matured in 2025 — roughly 20 percent of all outstanding commercial …
HOUSTON — A partnership between Hanover Industrial, a division of Houston-based owner-operator Hanover, and Chicago-based Pearlmark has broken ground on Ella 45, a 254,000-square-foot project in North Houston. Located just west of I-45, the 19-acre development will feature 36-foot clear heights and a front-load configuration. Powers Brown is the project architect, and Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer. CBRE is the leasing agent. Construction is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2026.