SEABROOK, TEXAS — Transwestern Development Co. (TDC) has completed Bayport 146 Distribution Center, a 454,600-square-foot industrial project in Seabrook, about 30 miles southeast of Houston. The site is adjacent to Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal. Bayport 146 Distribution Center, which can accommodate a single or multiple tenants, features 36-foot clear heights, 150- to 180-foot truck court aprons and parking for up to 74 trailers. Construction began in April 2022. Transwestern is also marketing the facility for lease on behalf of its developer affiliate.
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HOUSTON — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $17.6 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of four industrial properties in Houston. The portfolio includes a fifth property in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the quintet of assets totals 229,775 square feet. Frank Montalto and Dean Giannakopoulos of IPA originated the five-year loan, which was structured with a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 25-year amortization schedule. The names of the borrower and direct lender, a local bank, were not disclosed.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Franklin Park of Round Rock, a 76-unit assisted living and memory care community located about 20 miles north of downtown Austin. Completed in 2017 by Franklin Development Co., the property offers memory care and assisted living services. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Jack Griffin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership between Franklin Park Senior Living and an unnamed institutional investor, in the transaction. The buyer was Inspired Healthcare Capital.
HOUSTON — Electrical distribution firm Lightning Inc. has signed a 61,920-square-foot industrial lease renewal in East Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 2425 Broad St. was built in 1957 and totals 166,440 square feet. Michael Keegan and Andrew Laycock of Partners represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SL5 Urban Industrial GP LLC, in the lease negotiations. Grant Hortenstine and Drew Morris of Savills represented the tenant.
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage and investment firm Baker Katz has acquired a 20,000-square-foot freestanding retail building in Friendswood, a southeastern suburb of Houston, with plans to reposition the asset. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 18980 Gulf Freeway was originally built in 1980 as a pad structure for Baybrook Mall. Ben Brown negotiated the purchase for Baker Katz on an internal basis. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — North Texas-based developer Jackson-Shaw has acquired 67 acres at the northeast corner of State Highway 130 and Elroy Road in southeast Austin for the development of a 602,400-square-foot, four-building industrial project. Plumbing and HVAC supplies distributor Ferguson Enterprises has already preleased the entirety of the 207,180-square-foot Building 3. Method Architecture is designing the project, and Burton Construction is serving as the general contractor. AQUILA Commercial has been tapped as the leasing agent. Construction is scheduled to begin in March.
NORTHLAKE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 506,410-square-foot industrial lease at 4500 Northport Drive in Northlake, located north of the metroplex in Denton County. According to commercialcafé.com, the property was built on 25.4 acres in 2008 and includes 131 parking spaces. Trey Fricke and Reid Bassinger of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Link Industrial Properties, in the negotiations for the full-building lease. Nathan Lawrence and Krista Raymond of KBC Advisors represented the tenant, Exel Logistics.
HOUSTON — Newmark has arranged a $44 million loan for the refinancing of an acute and specialty care hospital in Houston. At the time of sale, the facility was 100 percent leased to an independent surgical hospital operator and national inpatient rehabilitation facility. John Nero, Jay Miele, Ben Appel, Michael Greeley, Adam Goss and Ron Ott of Newmark arranged the nonrecourse financing, which was structured with a 70 percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Fort Worth-based investment firm Fort Capital has acquired a portfolio of 10 light industrial buildings totaling 239,591 square feet located in various submarkets throughout Houston. The buildings were all constructed between 1980 and 1984 and had a collective occupancy rate of 86 percent at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 17,433-square-foot industrial property located at 6421 N. Shepherd Drive in Houston. The two-building complex sits on 4.4 acres and features 15-foot clear heights, 10 grade-level doors and 2,000 square feet of office space. Jeff Peltier and John Parsley of Colliers represented the seller, R & J Partnership, in the transaction. Zane Carman of Partners represented the buyer, Holdings Enterprise.