MCKINNEY, TEXAS — AHV Communities will develop a 157-unit single-family rental project in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The development will sit on a 38-acre site along U.S. Highway 380 and will house three- and four-bedroom homes with private backyards and two-car garages. The community will offer several amenities, including a pool, fitness center, dog park, grilling and picnic areas, clubhouse and a bocce ball/game court. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2023.
HOUSTON — Locally based private equity firm Three Pillars Capital Group has acquired Del Mar Apartments, a 544-unit multifamily community in Houston’s Edgebrook neighborhood. Built in 1972, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with built-in bookshelves, passthrough kitchen bars and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include three pools and a fitness center. Jim Hurd of Houston Income Properties represented Three Pillars Capital, which plans to implement a capital improvement program, in the deal. Houston-based First Choice Management sold the property for an undisclosed price.
HOUSTON — The Frankforter Group has purchased The Regard at Medical Center, a 319-unit apartment community located within Texas Medical Center in Houston that was built in 2013. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 638 to 1,418 square feet. The amenity package comprises a pool, fitness center, business center, clubhouse, conference room, courtyards wit fire pits, outdoor grilling stations and a dog park. Frankforter Group will implement a value-add program. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Chicago-based Dayton Street Partners will develop a 164,640-square-foot speculative industrial project near Port Houston. The facility will be situated on a 47.4-acre site within the 15,000-acre TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park in Baytown and function as a truck terminal as well as a storage and distribution center. Building features will include 24-foot clear heights, 214 dock doors and 6,000 square feet of office space. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2023. Veritex Community Bank is providing construction financing NAI Partners will market the project for lease.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Global Real Estate Advisors (GREA) has negotiated the sale of Vista Terraza, a 192-unit multifamily property located in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one-, two and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground and onsite laundry facilities. A locally based seller sold the asset to a New Jersey-based investor, with both parties requesting anonymity. Mark Allen, Zac Thomas and Byron Griffith of GREA brokered the deal.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 180,030-square-foot office building located at 450 Gears Road in North Houston. The eight-story building, which was originally constructed on 4.5 acres in 1984, includes a four-story parking garage and a conference center. David Carter, Doug Pack and Sam Hansen of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. Evens Grandoit of Krueger Real Estate represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
EULESS, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Glade Parks Town Center, a 559,457-square-foot retail power center located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Euless. Built in phases between 2014 and 2018, the property houses tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, Total Wine & More, Cinepolis, Ulta Beauty, Belk, Michael’s, HomeGoods, EoS Fitness, First Watch, Hopdoddy, Daiso, Old Navy, Burlington, DSW and Massage Envy. Barry Brown, Chris Gerard, Ryan Shore, Greyson Fewin and Matthew Barge of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture led by Iron Point Partners, an investment firm with offices in Dallas and Washington, D.C., in the transaction. Charlotte-based Big V Property Group acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — San Antonio-based developer Embrey has acquired a 22.9-acre site in Fort Worth for the development of a 276-unit single-family residential community. Collection Champions Circle will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom homes, as well as a pool and a clubhouse. Construction is scheduled to begin in late July or early August and to be complete in 2024. Embrey is also the general contractor for the project and will provide onsite property management services upon completion.
HOUSTON — Cheniere Energy Inc. has signed a 151,490-square-foot office lease for its new global headquarters at Texas Tower, a 47-story building in downtown Houston. The space spans floors 12 through 16 and includes 16,000 square feet of private outdoor gardens and amenity areas. Chris Oliver, Trey Strake and David Guion of Cushman & Wakefield represented Cheniere in the lease negotiations. Michael Anderson, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the landlord, a joint venture between Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge. The 1.2 million-square-foot tower is now 70 percent leased following deals with laws firms Vinson & Elkins, McGuireWoods and DLA Piper.
CORPUS CHRISTI AND NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Capital advisory firm David B. Norton Inc. has arranged a $15.5 million preferred equity investment for a 722-unit multifamily portfolio in Texas. The properties in the portfolio, which were all constructed within the past decade and feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, are located in Corpus Christi and New Braunfels, a suburb of San Antonio. The buyer was an undisclosed investment and management firm based in Austin. David B. Norton Inc. placed the preferred equity investment behind a $105 million senior loan, yielding an 81 percent loan-to-cost ratio within the capital stack.