KELLER, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm LanCarte Commercial has arranged the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 9,800 square feet and a 2.9-acre land parcel in Keller, located north of Fort Worth. The properties are all located along South Main Street. Mark Boone and Matt Murff of LanCarte Commercial represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Texas-based Quadrant Investment Properties (QIP) will develop a new, $240 million mixed-use project in Addison, a northern metro of Dallas. Earlier this week, the Addison City Council approved a development agreement with the company. Dubbed Addison Junction, the development will span 14 acres and will feature a 155,550-square-foot office building; a 140-room boutique hotel; 30,000 square feet of entertainment space; and The Hangar, a 12,000-square-foot event venue. Plans for the project also include restaurants, a Texas-themed beer garden, rooftop patios and public plazas. A construction timeline was not disclosed. Addison Junction will be connected to Addison Circle Park and the Cotton Belt Trail Corridor, both of which are part of a 57-mile hiking and biking path system. The property will also feature proximity to the Addison Airport, the Dallas North Tollway office corridor and the town’s bus transit center. A new line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) commuter rail system and the Addison Circle Silver Line Station are also currently underway near the development site and will offer connectivity to Plano, Richardson, Carrollton, Cypress Waters Dallas and the DFW International Airport. “Addison Junction offers a rare canvas to provide a destination pedestrian-oriented district that will …
DALLAS — Los Angeles-based lending and investment firm CIM Group has provided a $132.5 million construction loan for an office-to-residential conversion project in Dallas. The project represents the second phase of Peridot, a development that converted 11 floors of office space within the 50-story Santander Tower in the downtown area into 291 apartments with one- and two-bedroom floor plans. This next phase will add another 105 apartments. The borrower is Pacific Elm Properties. Santander Tower also houses the 60-room Mint House luxury hotel on floors 49 and 50, which also represents an office conversion. A tentative completion date for the next phase of Peridot was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood will develop two speculative industrial buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet at AllianceTexas, the firm’s 27,000-acre master-planned community in North Fort Worth. Alliance Westport 15 will be a 798,494-square-foot, cross-dock structure with 40-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths, parking for 360 cars and 199 trailers and land for future expansion. Alliance Gateway 34 will be a 310,036-square-foot building with 36-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths and parking for 286 cars and 73 trailers. GSR Andrade designed both buildings. Frost Bank is financing construction, which is scheduled to begin this month and to be complete before the end of next year.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Locally based developer Triten Real Estate Partners has completed a 171,000-square-foot distribution center in Humble, a northern suburb of Houston. Known as McKay at Will Clayton Logistics Center and built on a speculative basis, the property features multiple drive-up ramps with oversized doors, fenced truck courts, 41 dock-high doors and 4,360 square feet of office space. Project partners included Method Architecture, Angler Construction and Grey Wolf Engineers. CBRE is the leasing agent. Construction began last October.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 29.5-acre commercial development site in Tomball, a northeastern suburb of Houston. The address was not disclosed, but the site is located off Mechanic Street near the downtown area. Tom Condon Jr. of Colliers represented the buyer, the Tomball Economic Development Corp., in the transaction. The seller, Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, was self-represented. Future plans for the site were not announced.
WESTLAKE, TEXAS — Century21 Mike Bowman has signed an 18,000-square-foot office lease in Westlake, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. The real estate services company is relocating from nearby Grapevine to the first floor of the 274,992-square-foot Building 8 at Terraces at Solana, a 1.1 million-square-foot complex. A partnership between two Chicago-based firms, Glenstar and Singerman Real Estate, owns Terraces at Solana.
HOUSTON — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided a $59 million HUD-insured loan for Alden Park Kingsland, a 423-unit apartment community in West Houston. The garden-style property comprises 10 three-story residential buildings, a community clubhouse, a mail kiosk building and a car center/maintenance building. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, according to the property website. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, resident lounge, business center, dog park and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Evan Fromen of Dwight Capital originated the financing through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — JLL has arranged $29.5 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio of eight light industrial buildings totaling 275,602 square feet in Houston. Known as the Houston Prime Shallow Bay Portfolio, the buildings feature clear heights up to 25 feet, 76- to 126-foot truck court depths and “abundant” dock and drive-in doors. Melissa Rose, Jack Britton, Josh Barker, Jovi Rodriguez and James Lovell of JLL arranged the loan through an undisclosed bank as part of a larger, $107.8 million financing package that includes industrial portfolios in Charlotte and Denver. The borrower was Miami-based Adler Real Estate Partners.
HOUSTON — California-based investment firm BKM Capital Partners has purchased a portfolio of two adjacent industrial properties totaling 242,555 square feet across eight buildings in southwest Houston. Southwest Business Park totals 131,000 square feet across three buildings, and Stonecrest Business Center totals 111,555 square feet across five buildings. Combined, the properties offer 39 suites with a current occupancy rate of about 70 percent. BKM Capital, which plans to implement capital improvements, purchased the portfolio for $29.5 million from Fort Worth-based investment firm Fort Capital.