LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — Capmark Finance has originated a total of $16.46 million in financing for the acquisition and renovation of two League City multifamily properties. Crows Nest Condominiums is a 176-unit property located at 501 Davis Rd., and Sandcastles Apartments, which was recently renamed Harbor Walk, is a 138-unit community located at 2751 FM 518. The loan proceeds comprised $14.75 million in first mortgage financing and $1.71 million in mezzanine debt. The fixed-rate loans carry 5-year terms with interest-only payments for the first 2 years, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Brant Smith and Andy Hill of Capmark’s Houston office originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Houston-based Mosaic Residential. The primary lender is Fannie Mae, which utilized the company’s CI Mezz-Mod Rehab Program; RCG Longview acted as the mezzanine lender.
SAN ANTONIO — Austin-based B. Knightly Development has acquired the former Lone Star Brewery in San Antonio and plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use project. Located on 23 acres, the development will feature 190 residential units, with prices starting at $129,000. Initial plans also include a 3-acre park, an Olympic-size swimming pool, concert venues, bars and beer gardens, and a movie theater. The Lone Star Brewery also features 1,100 feet of frontage on the Mission Reach section of the San Antonio Riverwalk. B. Knightly is seeking LEED certification for the project. Sustainable features will include rainwater collection systems and rooftop photovoltaic solar panels. The first residences are scheduled for completion in summer 2009. The brewery, which was built in 1884, closed 12 years ago after Lone Star moved its brewing operations to Longview, Texas.
DALLAS — AT&T has disposed of One AT&T Plaza, a 37-story office tower located at 208 W. Akard St. in Dallas, in a sale-leaseback transaction. The property was acquired by Icahn Enterprises. AT&T will remain in the building, and is in the process of relocating its corporate headquarters from San Antonio to One AT&T Plaza. The sale price was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Silver Capital and McCann Realty Partners have acquired Villas at West Road Apartments, a 240-unit, garden-style apartment community located in Houston. The residences are all two stories and have private first-floor entrances; 70 percent of the units also have attached garages. The acquisition was funded, in part, by the assumption of an existing Freddie Mac loan with a 5.82 percent interest rate. The purchase was made on behalf of Silver-McCann Apartment Group II, an acquisition fund formed by the two companies. Villas at West Road will be managed by Lincoln Property Co. The seller and the acquisition price were undisclosed.
FORT WORTH AND PLANO, TEXAS — Juniper Investment Group has secured two loans totaling $17.5 million for the company’s acquisition of two Texas affordable housing communities. Garden Gate Fort Worth is located at 6901 N. Beach St. in Fort Worth, and Garden Gate Plano is located at 1201 Legacy Dr. in Plano. Both properties contain 240 units with an average unit size of 840 square feet. Marc Sixour and Sabrina Solomiany of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler originated the financing on behalf of Juniper. Financing for the Fort Worth property totaled $7.8 million, and financing for the Plano property totaled $9.7 million. The lender was Freddie Mac.
DALLAS — Dallas-based Harvest Partners has signed a tenant for 50,000 square feet of office space at Park Lane, a 33.5-acre mixed-use development located in Dallas. The space will be occupied by Kosmos Energy, which is the first tenant to sign with the office component of the project. Upon completion in spring 2009, Park Lane will contain 750,000 square feet of office space.
HOUSTON — BMC Capital has arranged a $1.28 million acquisition loan for Sherwood Glen, a 56-unit multifamily community located at 3805 Sherwood Lane in Houston. Terms of the financing include a 5-year fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged on behalf of an Austin-based 1031 exchange buyer. It will fund the purchase of the property, as well as provide for the property’s rehabilitation. The borrower was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Gensler has been selected to provide interior design services for the new administrative offices of the Dallas Opera. The offices will be located within the Margot & Bill Winspear Opera House at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts in Dallas. The opera house is currently under construction. The space will consist of 13,000 square feet overlooking the 10-acre Performance Park. The opera house is scheduled to open in October. Foster + Partners is serving as project architect for the new opera house.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Hendricks & Partners has negotiated the sale of Bay Bluff, a 57-unit multifamily community located at 10333 Compton Rd. in Corpus Christi. Chris Ross and Scott Weems of the company’s San Antonio office represented the seller, Tulsa, Okla.-based EIG Texas Bay Bluff LLC. The buyer, Boerne, Texas-based Texas Bay Bluff LLC, acquired the property for an undisclosed amount.
DALLAS AND HOUSTON — NorthMarq Capital has secured $25.75 million in financing for two Texas properties. In Dallas, Scott Frank of NorthMarq’s Dallas regional office arranged $19 million in construction/permanent financing for Sam Moon Center Alliance, a 165,400-square-foot retail property located within Hillwood’s Alliance Town Center mixed-use development. The loan carries a 15-year, fixed-rate term with interest-only payments during the construction period, and a 20-year amortization schedule thereafter. The borrower was undisclosed, and the lender was Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. In Houston, Greg Duvall of NorthMarq’s Kansas City regional office arranges $6.75 million in first-mortgage financing for Fountains of Westchase, a 287-unit multifamily property. Terms of the loan include a 7-year term with 2 years interest-only and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan also contains a variable rate with an embedded cap provided by the lender, Freddie Mac. The borrower was ELP Simon.