VICTORIA, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate, the investment and brokerage firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has negotiated the sale of a 37,221-square-foot warehouse in Victoria, located roughly midway between Houston and Corpus Christi. Chris Caudill of Partners represented the buyer, Waste Management of Texas Inc., which also plans to occupy the facility, in the transaction. Nancy Garner of Woolson Real Estate Inc. represented the seller, Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based developer PlaceMKR will undertake a 2 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment project at a 22.5-acre site at the intersection of East Riverside Drive and State Highway 71 in Austin. The site currently houses a storage facility and a former mobile home park. Designed by Steinberg Hart on land owned by Artesia Real Estate, East Riverside Gateway will be a seven-building development that will feature residential, office, retail and restaurant uses, as well as some 4,000 onsite parking spaces. More specifically, four of the buildings totaling approximately 1,100 units will be devoted to multifamily usage, with street-level retail connecting all the structures. Construction will occur in phases, with the initial phase expected to begin within 12 months pending the developer’s securing of an equity partner. The development team is also in the processing of obtaining entitlements and permits.
HOUSTON — International developer Skanska has topped out 1550 on the Green, a 28-story, 375,000-square-foot office building located within the Discovery Green area in downtown Houston. Designed by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, the building will include 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and tenants will have access to a fitness center and outdoor terraces with event spaces. CBRE is marketing the office space for lease, while SHOP Cos. is leading the lease-up of the retail component. The development team expects to begin welcoming tenants to the building before the end of the year.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — TriStar Glass has signed a 184,283-square-foot industrial lease in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. The Oklahoma-based glass fabricator will occupy the entirety of the facility at 3405 Roy Orr Blvd., which previously served as a Coca-Cola bottling plant. David Eseke and Clay Balch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, which expects to be operational by the end of the summer, in the lease negotiations. An affiliate of Connecticut-based investment firm CoreOne Industrial owns the property.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm CIM Group has sold Hartland Plaza, a 184,128-square-foot office building in downtown Austin. The building was constructed in 1984 on a 3.4-acre site that includes a four-story parking garage. CIM Group also implemented a capital improvement program at Hartland Plaza between 2017 and 2019. Amenities include a fitness center, lounge, conference facilities, salon and an onsite restaurant. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. JLL represented CIM Group in the transaction and arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Evo Pak Packaging has signed a 24,129-square-foot industrial lease at 3440 Highway 114 in Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the building, which is located within Champions Circle Business Park, was built in 2022 and totals 82,240 square feet. Keaton Brice and Andrew Gilbert of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Alexan Springdale, a 251-unit apartment community in East Austin. Alexan Springdale features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that have an average size of 824 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining areas, fitness center, game room and a clubhouse. Patton Jones and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the seller, Trammell Crow Residential, in the transaction. New York-based Sterling Equities purchased the asset, which was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale, for an undisclosed price.
BIXBY, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $14.7 million in joint venture equity for a 161-unit, build-to-rent residential community in Bixby, a southern suburb of Tulsa. The development will offer one-bed duplexes and two-, three- and four-bedroom farmhouse-style homes. Residences will feature private garages and backyards, and communal amenities will include a pool, fitness center and a clubhouse. Justin Shuart and Travis Headapohl of MMCC structured the equity on behalf of the developer, a partnership led by ACRE Development Partners.
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — General contractor Hoar Construction has broken ground on a 142,000-square-foot healthcare project in the Central Texas city of San Angelo. The seven-story building will be an expansion of the 1.5 million-square-foot Shannon Medical Center, and the operator of that facility is also the lead developer of the project. The building will comprise three levels of parking and four levels of patient care facilities, including a 19,310-square-foot intensive care unit. Completion is slated for summer 2024.
HOUSTON — Locally based investment firm Pagewood has acquired a 97,997-square-foot industrial property located at 10205 Market St. Road in East Houston. The multi-tenant facility, which was built in phases during the late 1980s/early 1990s, offers proximity to Port Houston as well as Interstates 10 and 610. Nick Spearman oversaw the transaction for Pagewood, which plans to implement a value-add program, on an internal basis. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The property was 80 percent leased at the time of sale.