ODESSA, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group has arranged the sale of Chimney Rock, a 294,431-square-foot retail power center located in the West Texas city of Odessa. Built in 2012 and expanded in 2016, Chimney Rock was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Academy Sports + Outdoors, Best Buy, Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, Petco, Northern Tool + Equipment, Mattress Firm, Kirkland’s and Longhorn Steakhouse. David Disney and Adam Crockett of Disney Investment Group represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Houston-based investment firm Fidelis, in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Northmarq has brokered the sale of The Borough Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily property in Fort Worth that was built in 1981. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 1,280 square feet. Taylor Snoddy, Eric Stockley, Philip Wiegand and Charles Hubbard of Northmarq brokered the deal on behalf of the seller. Kevin Leamy, Lauren Bresky, Daniel Stickane and Patrick Elliott, also with Northmarq, arranged a nonrecourse, floating-rate acquisition loan that carried three years of interest-only payments on behalf of the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
SPRING, TEXAS — Landmark Properties, a student housing and multifamily developer based in Athens, Ga., will develop The Everstead at Windrose, a 194-unit build-to-rent residential project in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. Landmark is developing the project in partnership with Principal Real Estate Investors. The development will offer townhouse- and cottage-style homes with private patios/backyards, and select residences will have attached garages. Communal amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coffee bar, dog park and grilling stations. Construction is slated to begin later this month and to be complete in 2024.
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Walker & Dunlop: Affordable Housing’s Appeal Grows for Investors
With transaction volume for market-rate housing beginning to ebb, affordable housing investment is poised to play a more central role in the months ahead. Several factors have broadened the allure of affordable housing as an investment vehicle in recent years. When the pandemic began taking a toll on market-rate housing performance, investors saw federal, state and even local governments enact measures to help residents at affordable communities maintain their rent payments and help ensure housing remained available for people struggling financially. We saw the interest level in Section 8 properties, for example, increase significantly during the pandemic, due chiefly to federal guarantees backing those rent streams. From a financing perspective, the strong commitment shown by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration to preserve liquidity for affordable housing has bolstered development and investment in the space. Due to the required hold periods, affordable housing investments are less affected by market cycles, so liquidity should remain strong. Now, changing economic forces promise to drive new equity to the affordable sphere and fuel further investment. The Federal Open Market Committee’s resolve to combat record inflation is exerting upward pressure on mortgage rates and, eventually, cap rates, which could discourage sellers …
DALLAS — Locally based investment firm 180 Multifamily Properties has acquired The Powers Properties Portfolio, a collection of 20 assets totaling 544 units that are located in historic neighborhoods in East Dallas. The properties, which were built between 1914 and 1962 and renovated in the late 1990s/early 2000s, were under the same ownership for 25 years, but the portfolio was put into a court-appointed receivership two years ago. Todd Franks, Ryan Quaid, Buck Poderski and Byron Griffith of GREA brokered the deal on behalf of the court-appointed receiver. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — New York City-based investment firm Sentinel Real Estate Corp. has purchased Debbie Lane Flats, a 331-unit apartment community in Arlington. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 895 square feet. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, full-size washers and dryers, walk-in closets, smart thermostats and private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, cybercafé, outdoor grilling areas, a business center, community kitchen, dog park, package lockers and valet dry cleaning service. Jorg Mast, Chris Paul and Danny Miller at Colliers represented the seller, Provident Realty Advisors, in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Newmark has arranged the sale of Regency at Stone Oak, a 320-unit multifamily property located in the northern-central part in San Antonio. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 2006 and offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units that range in size from 600 to 1,954 square feet. The amenity package comprises a pool, fitness center, outdoor kitchen, dog park, business center and a children’s play area. Patton Jones, Matt Michelson and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the seller, a partnership between Internacional and CenterSquare Investment Management, in the transaction. The buyer was Atlantic | Pacific Cos. Regency at Stone Oak was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Andy Hill and Tyler Nowlin of Berkadia originated $33.4 million in Freddie Mac fixed-rate acquisition financing for the deal.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Mag & May, a 240-unit apartment community in Fort Worth’s Near Southside District. Built on two acres in 2019, the property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 778 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, a fitness center, clubhouse and package lockers. Taylor Hill, Michael Ware, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Jeffrey Kindorf and Will Balthrope of IPA represented the seller, Abacus Capital Group, in the transaction. Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant and Jake Vitta, also with IPA, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through a debt fund on behalf of the buyer, Sapient Capital Group.
HOUSTON — Locally based development and management firm Finial Group has begun construction on a 90,328-square-foot industrial project in Houston that represents Phase III of Independence Business Park. The third phase will consist of three freestanding, crane-served buildings with 10 percent office finishes. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2023. Construction of Phase II of Independence Business Park, which comprised two buildings totaling 145,185 square feet, began in late 2020.
FREEPORT, TEXAS — Volkswagen Group of America will open a $114 million importation facility in Freeport, located south of Houston on the Texas coastline. The site spans 120 acres and represents a consolidation of the German automaker’s port operations in Houston and Midlothian. Volkswagen has entered into a 20-year ground lease with a partnership between the two developers leading the project, Washington, D.C.-based PRP and Dallas-based KDC. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of the year, and the facility is expected to be operational in early 2024. JLL represented Volkswagen in its site selection process. Volkswagen anticipates that at full capacity, the facility will be able to handle as many as 140,000 vehicle imports per year, primarily from its production hubs in Mexico and Europe.