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Fein Breaks Ground on 326-Unit Echo Lake Apartments in North Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Locally based developer Fein has broken ground on Echo Lake, a 326-unit apartment community that will be located in North Houston. The site spans 21.4 acres within the CityPlace mixed-use development, and the property is named after the 1.2-acre lake and trail system that will serve as a focal point of the project. Designed by Steinberg Dickey Collaborative and financed by Comerica Bank, Echo Lake will have two- and three-story buildings that will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units and Class A amenities. About 40 percent of units will be townhouse-style residences with attached garages. Fein is developing Echo Lake in partnership with Open House Group, an equity investment that was arranged by John Fenoglio of CBRE. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in the second quarter of 2026, with full completion slated for mid-2027.

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AcquisitionsIndustrialTexas

JLL Brokers Sale of 297,640 SF Cold Storage Facility in Baytown, Texas

by Taylor Williams

BAYTOWN, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Blackline Cold Storage, a 297,640-square-foot facility located in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. Built in 2022 within the Cedar Port Industrial Park master-planned development, the facility features 45-foot clear heights, 22 dock doors, over 36,000 pallet positions and an ESFR sprinkler system. Trent Agnew, Will Mogk, Keenan Ryan and Clay Anderson of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Atlanta-based cold storage owner-operator Americold Realty Trust.

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Leon Industrial Begins Construction on 118,178 SF Project Near DFW Airport

by Taylor Williams

DALLAS —  Leon Industrial, a division of locally based development and investment firm Leon Capital Group, has begun construction on a 118,178-square-foot project near Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. The facility will be known as 161 Airport Center and will feature 32-foot clear heights, 130-foot truck court depths, an ESFR sprinkler system, up to 28 trailer parking spaces and additional outside storage space. Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for late this summer.

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AcquisitionsMultifamilyTexas

Greysteel Arranges Sale of 116-Unit Candle Chase Apartments in Southwest Fort Worth

by Taylor Williams

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Candle Chase Apartments, a 116-unit apartment complex in southwest Fort Worth that was built in 1969. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 715 to 1,198 square feet. Doug Banerjee and Sterling Warren of Greysteel represented the seller, Epic Capital Partners, in the transaction. The buyer, an entity doing business as Delara Chase LLC, has rebranded the property as Delara Chase Apartments.

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NVIDIA to Develop Two AI Supercomputer Manufacturing Plants in Texas As Part of $500B U.S. Investment

by John Nelson

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), a Santa Clara-based tech firm that primarily designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) for artificial intelligence (AI) use, plans to develop two new AI supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas. The new projects will include a plant in Houston that NVIDIA is co-developing with Foxconn and a factory in Dallas that NVIDIA is building with Wistron. Further real estate specifics for the new facilities were not shared, but NVIDIA plans to create “digital twins” to design and operate the factories, which will be reliant on automation and robotics. Mass production of NVIDIA AI supercomputers at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12 to 15 months, according to NVIDIA. Additionally, NVIDIA announced that it has started production of NVIDIA Blackwell chips at the TSMC Arizona campus in Phoenix. NVIDIA is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations in Arizona. The new Texas plants and the production of NVIDIA Blackwell chips in Arizona are part of the company’s $500 billion push to mass produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers on U.S. soil, which would represent the first time that the company’s supercomputers were made entirely domestically. Together, the announcements …

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AcquisitionsIndustrialSelf-StorageTexas

JLL Brokers Sale of 482-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Southwest Austin

by Taylor Williams

AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Driftwood Self Storage, a 482-unit facility in southwest Austin. Constructed on 13.5 acres in 2021, Driftwood Self Storage comprises 96,433 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. The property, which was roughly 93 percent occupied at the time of sale, also features drive-up units, covered parking and fully enclosed RV units. Steve Mellon, Brian Somoza, Adam Roossien and Matthew Wheeler of JLL represented the Houston-based seller, The Jenkins Organization, in the transaction and procured the buyer, California-based Platinum Storage Group.

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Gruns Nutrition Signs 37,581 SF Industrial Lease in Roanoke, Texas

by Taylor Williams

ROANOKE, TEXAS — Gruns Nutrition has signed a 37,581-square-foot industrial lease in the North Texas city of Roanoke. The provider of dietary supplements will occupy about half the space at the building at 215 Fairway Circle, which was completed last fall for its California-based owner-occupant, Aircraft Spruce. Todd Lambeth and Luke Clardy of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. George Curry of JLL represented the tenant.

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CenterSquare Acquires 27,500 SF Shops at Cinco Ranch in Metro Houston

by Taylor Williams

KATY, TEXAS — Metro Philadelphia-based CenterSquare Investment Management has acquired The Shops at Cinco Ranch, a 27,500-square-foot retail strip center located in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as H&R Block, Portrait Dental and Palinuro Italian Café. Kaleb Rupp of Encore Real Estate Investment Services represented CenterSquare in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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Holt Lunsford Negotiates 24,000 SF Office Lease Renewal in Plano

by Taylor Williams

PLANO, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 24,000-square-foot office lease renewal in Plano. The tenant is White Rock Oil & Gas, and the space is located within Legacy Lincoln Two, a five-story, 130,371-square-foot building. Chase Stone and Paul Hernandez of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, St. Louis-based Larson Capital Management, in the lease negotiations. John Ellerman of Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant.

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D-BAT to Open 15,000 SF Baseball, Softball Training Facility at Valley Ranch in Porter, Texas

by Taylor Williams

PORTER, TEXAS — Baseball and softball training operator D-BAT will open a 15,000-square-foot facility at the Valley Ranch, Signorelli Co.’s master-planned development located northeast of Houston. The facility, which will be constructed on a 1.3-acre site that D-Bat purchased, will offer lessons, camps, workshops, event space, batting cage rentals, a fully stocked pro shop and monthly memberships. The facility will be D-Bat’s 10th in the Houston area and is scheduled to open this summer.

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