DALLAS — A partnership between two locally based firms, Leone Real Estate Partners and Lampasas Partners, has purchased a 24,942-square-foot warehouse in the Valwood area of North Dallas. The property features 14- to 24-foot clear heights, two dock-high loading doors, two grade-level loading doors, 4,100 square feet of office space and one acre of fenced outdoor storage space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Three new tenants have debuted at East River, a 150-acre mixed-use development in Houston by Midway. Ayna Jewels and Tomi Jewelry have opened boutique stores that span 1,600 square feet and 880 square feet, respectively. In addition, the Houston Maritime Center & Museum, which feature exhibits, artifacts and interactive displays within a redeveloped space overlooking the Buffalo Bayou Park, is now open.
DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of the DFW Bulk Portfolio, a collection of four industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet across 122.6 acres in Dallas-Fort Worth. The names and addresses of the buildings, which were completed between 1999 and 2017, were not disclosed, but they are located in the North Fort Worth, East Fort Worth and Great Southwest submarkets. The portfolio, which was fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale, features a total of 318 dock-high doors, 13 grade-level doors and parking for 1,094 cars and 179 trailers, as well as average clear heights and truck court depths of 33 and 162 feet, respectively. Trent Agnew, Tom Weber, Pauli Kerr, Keenan Ryan and Brennan Fewin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a fund backed by Los Angeles-based Ares Real Estate.
TULSA, OKLA. — BOK Financial has provided a $45 million acquisition loan for 222 North Detroit, a 260,283-square-foot office building in Tulsa. Completed in 2022, the 11-story building is located within the city’s central business district and was 95 percent leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants in the energy, legal, financial services and construction materials industries. Greg Napper, Blake Morrison and Brody Rule of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Fenway Capital Advisors.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Houston-based investment firm Welcome Group has purchased a 100,129-square-foot industrial building in Arlington. The single-tenant building at 3101 Pinewood Drive was constructed on 4.6 acres in 1977 and renovated in 2021. According to LoopNet Inc., building features include 22-foot clear heights, 13 dock-high loading doors and four grade-level doors. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — EōS Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot gym at 12707 N. MoPac Expressway in North Austin. The Dallas-based operator is backfilling a space previously occupied by Fry’s Electronics. Rise Commercial Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Global Commercial Real Estate Services represented the undisclosed landlord. The opening is set for 2027.
KELLER, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm LanCarte Commercial has arranged the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 9,800 square feet and a 2.9-acre land parcel in Keller, located north of Fort Worth. The properties are all located along South Main Street. Mark Boone and Matt Murff of LanCarte Commercial represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Texas-based Quadrant Investment Properties (QIP) will develop a new, $240 million mixed-use project in Addison, a northern metro of Dallas. Earlier this week, the Addison City Council approved a development agreement with the company. Dubbed Addison Junction, the development will span 14 acres and will feature a 155,550-square-foot office building; a 140-room boutique hotel; 30,000 square feet of entertainment space; and The Hangar, a 12,000-square-foot event venue. Plans for the project also include restaurants, a Texas-themed beer garden, rooftop patios and public plazas. A construction timeline was not disclosed. Addison Junction will be connected to Addison Circle Park and the Cotton Belt Trail Corridor, both of which are part of a 57-mile hiking and biking path system. The property will also feature proximity to the Addison Airport, the Dallas North Tollway office corridor and the town’s bus transit center. A new line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) commuter rail system and the Addison Circle Silver Line Station are also currently underway near the development site and will offer connectivity to Plano, Richardson, Carrollton, Cypress Waters Dallas and the DFW International Airport. “Addison Junction offers a rare canvas to provide a destination pedestrian-oriented district that will …
DALLAS — Los Angeles-based lending and investment firm CIM Group has provided a $132.5 million construction loan for an office-to-residential conversion project in Dallas. The project represents the second phase of Peridot, a development that converted 11 floors of office space within the 50-story Santander Tower in the downtown area into 291 apartments with one- and two-bedroom floor plans. This next phase will add another 105 apartments. The borrower is a partnership between Pacific Elm Properties and Mintwood Real Estate. Santander Tower also houses the 60-room Mint House luxury hotel on floors 49 and 50, which also represents an office conversion. Adolfson & Peterson Construction is the general contractor. A tentative completion date for the next phase of Peridot was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood will develop two speculative industrial buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet at AllianceTexas, the firm’s 27,000-acre master-planned community in North Fort Worth. Alliance Westport 15 will be a 798,494-square-foot, cross-dock structure with 40-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths, parking for 360 cars and 199 trailers and land for future expansion. Alliance Gateway 34 will be a 310,036-square-foot building with 36-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths and parking for 286 cars and 73 trailers. GSR Andrade designed both buildings. Frost Bank is financing construction, which is scheduled to begin this month and to be complete before the end of next year.