BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft production company owned by Elon Musk, will open a new office and industrial complex in the South Texas city of Brownsville, according to reports from multiple news outlets including Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express-News. The former publication, citing a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation, reports that the “Starbase Office” project carries a price tag of about $100 million and will be developed as an expansion of an existing industrial facility, with construction starting later this month. The latter reports that the facility will rise five stories and span approximately 330,000 square feet, with construction expected to last about a year.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — A partnership between San Antonio-based Bakke Development Corp. and Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) has broken ground on an 987-unit self-storage facility in New Braunfels, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The site along I-35 spans 1.8 acres, and the building will rise four stories and house 104,875 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Project partners include Alamo Architects, civil engineer INK Civil, general contractor Independent Contractors and construction lender Frost Bank. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2025. The project marks the fifth self-storage collaboration between Bakke and BCDC, with construction on the most recent project, a 762-unit facility in McAllen, beginning earlier this month.
TEXAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of two skilled nursing facilities totaling 320 licensed beds in East Texas. The names of the properties, as well as the buyers and sellers were not disclosed. Giancarlo Riso, Amy Sitzman and Ryan Chase led the Blueprint team on the transaction. The deal closed via the buyer’s assumption of the seller’s outstanding loan, which carried an interest rate of 2.9 percent and a remaining term of over 25 years.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — SVN | J. Beard Real Estate — Greater Houston has brokered the sale of a 14,907-square-foot retail strip center in Magnolia, about 45 miles northwest of Houston. The center represents Phase II of a larger development known as Windcrest Village Square and was fully leased at the time of sale. Rosa Dye of SVN | J. Beard represented the seller, coworking concept WorkhubUSA, in the transaction. Don MacLellan of Faris Lee Investments represented the undisclosed buyer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 7,418-square-foot industrial lease at West Fork Business Center in Fort Worth. George Jennings and Trey Goodspeed of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, locally based developer Exline Capital, in the lease negotiations. William Wilson, also with Holt Lunsford, represented the tenant, CarRev LLC.
FATE, TEXAS — The City Council of Fate, located northeast of Dallas, has approved plans for Lafayette Crossing, a 267-acre mixed-use project. A California-based entity doing business as D-F Funds, which is represented by Jim Wills of Dallas-based 5054 Development, owns the land and is leading the development of the project. Preliminary plans call for retail and restaurant space, a full-service grocery store and café, hospital, light manufacturing facilities, a 120-room hotel and residences across a variety of formats, including single-family, apartments, condos and townhomes. Lafayette Crossing will also feature several open green spaces, lawns and pocket parks for public gatherings and recreational events, some of which will be developed in partnership with the city. Construction of Phase I will begin this fall with the launch of $11 million in infrastructural upgrades and is expected to be complete in spring 2028.
HOUSTON — JLL has arranged $30.6 million in financing for the 122-room Hotel Granduca in West Houston. The six-story hotel was built on 3.6 acres in 2006. Jillian Mariutti and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through Prime Finance on behalf of the sponsor, Transwestern Hospitality Group. The borrower will use the proceeds to retire existing debt and fund capital improvements, including a redesign of the lobby, breakfast area, bar, seating areas and event space, as well as a relocation of the gym and existing restaurant. The tearoom will be converted into a salon and spa, and a larger bar will be added in the adjacent space. The old restaurant space will become a meeting and event venue, and a portion of the parking lot will be converted into a tented outdoor venue.
DALLAS — New York-based Sterling Investors has purchased Centreport 2, a 430,852-square-foot industrial building in Dallas. The address was not disclosed, but the cross-dock facility is located south of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in the Upper Great Southwest submarket. Centreport 2 was built in 2017 and features 97 dock doors and 32-foot clear heights. Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss, Parker McCormack, Tom Weber, Lance Young, Pauli Kerr, Matthew Barge and Brooke Petzold of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured Sterling Investors as the buyer.
PRINCETON, TEXAS — Core Spaces, a student housing and residential developer with offices in Chicago and Austin, is nearing completion of Oxenfree at Princeton, a 408-unit build-to-rent residential community located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. The site spans 50 acres, and the development will feature a mix of single-family and townhome-style residences with three distinct architectural styles. Oxenfree at Princeton will also offer a central amenity center with a coworking space, health club, market, lounge, pool and a children’s play area. Construction began last spring. Leasing will begin in March.
PLANO, TEXAS — The Legacy Senior Communities is planning a 30-unit expansion project at The Legacy Willow Bend, the owner-operator’s flagship property in Plano. The expansion will introduce three buildings, each designed with 10 luxury flats, for a total of 30 hybrid-style independent living units spanning about 2,000 square feet each. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2025 and to be complete in spring 2026.