BURLESON, TEXAS — Locally based general contractor KWA Construction has completed Atlantica at Burleson, a 217-unit multifamily project located on the southern outskirts of Fort Worth. Designed by Womack + Hampton Architects and developed by Sovereign Properties, the community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, dog park, resident clubhouse and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Rents start at $1,300 per month for a one-bedroom apartment. Jacobson Equities purchased the property in August 2022.
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PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 188-room hotel portfolio in the East Texas city of Port Arthur. The 92-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Port Arthur was constructed in 2010 and renovated in 2019, and the 96-room TownePlace Suites Beaumont Port Arthur was originally constructed in 2014. Both hotels are part of the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) family of brands. Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Texas-based Daugherty Property Group, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, an out-of-state, 1031 exchange investor.
EULESS, TEXAS — California-based brokerage firm Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of an 11,620-square-foot retail building located in the central metroplex city of Euless. The property, which is an outparcel building to the 194-acre Glade Parks Town Center mixed-use development, was fully leased at the time of sale to Sleep Number, Salata, Jersey Mike’s, LoveSac and Total Men’s Primary Care. Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee represented the buyer, a family office based in the Midwest that acquired the asset via a 1031 exchange, in the transaction. Venture CRE represented the undisclosed seller. The all-cash deal traded at a cap rate of 5.92 percent.
DALLAS — Ecobat, a provider of battery recycling services, has signed a 28,258-square-foot office sublease at PwC Tower in Dallas. Rick Hughes and Joel Zandstra of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ecobat, which is subleasing the space from the namesake tenant, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in the lease negotiations. Ben Davis and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented PwC. MetLife Investment & Management owns the 20-story, 500,000-square-foot building.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — TSB Realty has negotiated the sale of 21 Rio, a 296-bed student housing community located near the University of Texas at Austin. Built in 2009, the 21-story property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and 2,680 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, rooftop pool with a sundeck, resident lounge and a convenience store. Nimes Real Estate purchased the property from a joint venture between CA Student Living and Principal Real Estate for an undisclosed price. TSB Capital Advisors also arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.
DEL VALLE, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of FM 812 Storage, a 257-unit facility in Del Valle, a southeastern suburb of Austin. The facility spans approximately 43,250 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the buyer, an Austin-based family partnership, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS — Basis Multifamily Finance, a subsidiary of New York City-based Basis Investment Group, has provided an $12.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Sunridge Apartments, an affordable housing property located in the East Texas city of Nacogdoches. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and onsite laundry facilities. The sponsor was New Jersey-based Ambo Properties. Sunridge was 93 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Texas-based owner-operator Franklin Park Senior Living has sold Appletree Court, a 112-unit assisted living facility in Richardson, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The property was built in 1999 and was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Jack Griffin of Cushman & Wakefield represented Franklin Park in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between Winterpast Capital Partners and Marcus Investments. Cushman & Wakefield also arranged acquisition financing through a regional lender for the deal.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — BigShots Golf, a Dallas-based, tech-driven sports entertainment concept, will open an approximately 50,000-square-foot center in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The site spans 12 acres and is located within the EpicCentral entertainment district. The space will house a two-story driving range with 80 interactive, climate-controlled tee boxes, as well as a 27-hole indoor putting course, a 7,500-square-foot private event space and a full restaurant and bar. The venue will be the third in Texas for BigShots Golf and the concept’s eighth location nationally.
By Colin Grayson, Lument If you consider multifamily real estate assets to be a good investment, you are in good company. At mid-year, asset managers and private equity firms alone held an estimated $325 billion of levered dry powder set aside for this purpose, enough cash to finance nearly every acquisition closed in the United States in 2021, the highest investment sales volume on record. Despite nearly unanimous support for the asset class, however, multifamily transaction volume in the third quarter slumped year-over-year for the first time since the peak of the pandemic. The mainspring was a sharp rise in mortgage financing costs triggered by high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to raising rates to bring it under control. Generic rates for 65 percent loan-to-value (LTV) first mortgage debt stood on 5.71 percent at the end of November, representing an increase of 248 basis points since the beginning of the year. Even as financing costs soared, asset pricing changed very little. Initial net cash flow yields of transactions closed in the third quarter of 2022 averaged only 4.6 percent, according to Real Capital Analytics, an increase of 10 basis points from second-quarter 2022 levels. At the same time, cap …