DALLAS — Leap Applied Behavioral Services has signed an 11,196-square-foot lease in southwest Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 5510–5520 S. Westmoreland Road was constructed in 1985 and totals 20,357 square feet. Jason Gibbons of Finial Group represented the landlord in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. George Ndegwa of AARE Real Estate represented the tenant.
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Q4 2025 Demand Overview: Industrial and Multifamily Slowed, Office Stabilized, Retail Held Steady
Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q4 North America Market Report looks at diverging market demand across industrial, office, retail and multifamily spaces nationwide in the last quarter. Demand continued to soften for industrial spaces, while multifamily saw a reversal: decreased demand after seven consecutive quarters of strengthening. Office saw a slow increase in net absorption, but only after six years of negative absorption; retail demand was mixed. Industrial and retail spaces contended with tariff concerns, while all four types of commercial real estate saw either decreased or slowed rent growth in the final quarter of 2025. Lee & Associates’ full, detailed market report is available to read here. The overviews for the sectors below illustrate the market landscape through data on net absorption, leasing and development activity, sales transactions and rent growth, in addition to demand. Industrial Overview: Demand Falls Under Tariff Pressure Falling demand for industrial space continued in 2025 under the added strain of the United States’ aggressive trade and tariff policies affecting commercial property markets across North America. In the United States net absorption declined again in 2025 as tenant and rent growth fell to their lowest levels since the aftermath of the financial crisis. Meanwhile, inventory growth has been scaled back …
HOUSTON — A partnership between local developer Lovett Industrial and Los Angeles-based PCCP LCC has broken ground on Southport 45, a 668,077-square-foot project in southeast Houston. Southport 45 will consist of three buildings: a 395,657-square-foot cross-dock facility, a 176,452 square foot front-load structure and a 95,968-square-foot front-load building. Each building will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 2,500 square feet of office space, dock levelers and warehouse lights. Southside Bank and American National Bank of Texas are financing construction of Southport 45, which is expected to be complete in the third quarter. Other project partners include Powers Brown Architecture, general contractor Harvey Cleary, civil engineer ALJ-Lindsey and leasing agent JLL.
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of a 544-unit facility in the West Texas city of San Angelo. Lone Star Storage Center – San Angelo features 69,525 net rentable square feet of space across 334 non-climate-controlled units and 210 climate-controlled units. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were Texas-based limited liability companies, in the transaction.
ATASCOCITA, TEXAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $12.5 million sale of a 42,000-square-foot retail building in Atascocita, located northeast of Houston. EōS Fitness occupies the building, which was constructed on a 4.6-acre site in 2024, on a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed lease. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS represented the seller, an East Coast-based developer, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a Midwest-based private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
FORNEY, TEXAS — EVO Entertainment will open an 82,000-square-foot entertainment venue in Forney, about 20 miles east of Dallas. The venue will feature nine theaters, 22 bowling lanes, a full-service bar and restaurant, private event spaces, an upper-level lounge area, arcade games, rock climbing walls, a ropes course, bumper cars and laser tag. The space is located within the 120-acre Village at Gateway development. Construction is underway, and the opening is slated for the fall.
LA PORTE, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 511-unit self-storage facility located in the southeastern Houston suburb of La Porte. Spencer Mini Storage comprises 11 single-story buildings that were built in the late 1990s. About 190 (37 percent) of the units are climate-controlled, and the property also offers 79 boat or RV surface parking spaces. Adam Roossien, Matthew Wheeler, Steve Mellon and Brian Somoza of JLL represented the seller, ExchangeRight, in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between MyPlace Self-Storage and Nuveen Real Estate.
PRINCETON, TEXAS — Nuveen Green Capital and Lone Star PACE have provided $21.9 million in C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing for Ironwood at Princeton, a multifamily project that will be located northeast of Dallas. Ironwood at Princeton will total 306 units across 14 buildings. The financing is expected to translate into annual electricity and water reductions of 25 and 20 percent, respectively. The borrower was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of an 80,164-square-foot manufacturing building in North Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1121 Buschong St. was built on 6.4 acres in 2001. The building includes 14,250 square feet of office space. Justin Tunnell and Richard Glass of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Schlumberger Technology Corp., in the deal. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Atlanta-based home improvement retailer Floor & Décor has signed a 56,208-square-foot retail lease in southwest Houston. The space at 4800 W. Belfort Road formerly housed a Randall’s grocery store. Joan Collum of Partners Real Estate represented Floor & Décor, which expects to open the store in the second quarter, in the lease negotiations. Rebecca Le of NewQuest represented the landlord.