IRVING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 153-room hotel located near Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. Built in 1997 and renovated in 2025, the Courtyard Dallas DFW Airport North/Irving offers an onsite restaurant and bar, outdoor pool, fitness and business centers, a mini-golf area and 1,350 square feet of meeting and event space. Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the California-based seller in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
HOUSTON — Arnold & Porter has signed a 22,718-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The law firm is taking space at 811 Main, a 974,884-square-foot office building. Eric Anderson and John Heard of Transwestern represented the landlord, Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Kevin Saxe and Wyatt McCulloch of CBRE represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — Local owner-operator Braun Enterprises has completed the renovation of 2120 Montrose, a roughly 11,000-square-foot office building located just west of downtown Houston. The renovation included upgrades to both the exterior and interior of the building, which now offers four suites that can be leased individually or collectively. Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent for 2120 Montrose.
By Taylor Williams The American office market remains awash in change as both tenants and landlords continue to grapple with now-familiar quandaries, from devising ideal hybrid work schedules to rightsizing inventory to putting forth the best mix of amenities, all while negotiating down to the last nickel of rent and last day of term. There are no right or wrong answers to these dilemmas outside of what works best for a particular company or building. Aside from flight to quality, there are very few common denominators across the spectrum of office usage from the tenant perspective. And aside from certain “must have” amenities and features, from the landlord perspective, there is no one-size-fits-all formula for wooing tenants back into buildings. For Texas cities with growing populations and well-located, obsolete office buildings, there are rarely obvious, cost-effective options for revitalizing or converting those structures. And above all else, there’s not a lot of clarity on the future of office utilization as a whole. So in the meantime, all that tenants and landlords — and their brokers — can do is try to make the smartest deal possible based on the information they have today. “In today’s market, every deal has …
NEW YORK CITY — Tredway, a multifamily owner-operator based in New York City, has acquired a portfolio of 16 affordable housing and mixed-income residential properties totaling approximately 1,200 units in Texas. The sales price was $65.5 million. The majority of the properties are located in South Texas or West Texas cities such as Alamo, Amarillo, Brownsville, El Paso, Lubbock, Odessa, San Juan, Santa Rosa and Victoria. Other markets represented within the portfolio include Fort Worth and the Central Texas cities of Copperas Cove and Lampasas. Tredway plans to invest more than $10 million in capital improvements across the portfolio to preserve affordability and is partnering with Housing Services Inc., a nonprofit organization that will provide social services across the portfolio. The seller was not disclosed. Berkadia originated an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing for the deal.
LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS — A limited liability company doing business as 100 CS Park LLC has purchased Plantation Park Apartments in Lake Jackson, a southern suburb of Houston, for $31.5 million. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 2016 and totals 238 units. Residences come in one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, wood-style flooring, walk-in closets and full-size washers and dryers. Select residences offer private patios or balconies. Amenities include a pool, outdoor entertainment and grilling areas, a clubhouse, fitness center, business center and a resident lounge with a game area and entertainment space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 207-unit boat and RV storage facility in Farmersville, about 45 miles northeast of Dallas. Known as A-Affordable Boat & RV Storage Farmersville, the facility was built on 12.7 acres in 2023 and spans 101,520 net rentable square feet. Danny Cunningham, Brandon Karr and Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Ciera Bank, in the transaction. Cunningham and Karr also procured the undisclosed, Dallas-based buyer.
DALLAS — Los Angeles-based investment and development firm CIM Group has sold Best Buy Plaza, a 177,434-square-foot shopping center located in North Dallas. Built on 14.6 acres in 1995, Best Buy Plaza was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Total Wine & More, Cavender’s, Hyper Kidz and Best Buy. CIM Group originally acquired Best Buy Plaza in 2016 and subsequently implemented a capital improvement program. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
GARLAND, TEXAS — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided a $56 million HUD-insured construction loan for StoneHawk Rosehill, a 269-unit multifamily project in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The site spans more than seven acres, and the development will offer one- and two-bedroom units, 51 percent of which will be subject to income restrictions. Amenities will include a pool, clubhouse with fitness and business centers, an onsite leasing and management office and outdoor recreation areas, including a landscaped courtyard. Brandon Baksh and Brian Yee of Dwight originated the financing through HUD’s 221 (d)(4) program on behalf of the locally based sponsor, StoneHawk Capital Partners.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between St. Louis-based developer Sansone Group and Principal Asset Management has broken ground on a 682,000-square-foot industrial project in Austin. The site is located 10 miles south of downtown Austin near the Tesla Gigafactory, and the project represents Phase II of a 134-acre development known as Austin Hills Commerce Center. Burton Construction is the general contractor for the Phase II, which will consist of a single building, and Stream Realty Partners has been appointed as the leasing agent. Phase I of Austin Hills Commerce Center comprised three buildings totaling 538,000 square feet. The development is ultimately planned to feature 1.3 million square feet across six buildings.