DALLAS — San Francisco-based investment firm Shorenstein Investment Advisers has acquired Sterling Plaza, a 19-story, 320,000-square-foot office building located in the Preston Center submarket of North Dallas. The freshly renovated property was 89 percent leased at the time of sale and offers amenities such as a conference center, fitness facility and a tenant lounge. Shorenstein plans to implement additional capital improvements to the lobby, entryway, café and outdoor communal areas. The seller was California-based investment firm KBS. Robert Hill, Chris Murphy, Gary Carr and Austin Sheahan of Newmark brokered the deal. Chris Moritz, Andrew Porteous, Chris McColpin and Josh Francis, also with Newmark, are arranging the acquisition financing on behalf of Shorenstein.
HOUSTON — National investment firm Outrigger Industrial has received $96.9 million in financing for Generation Park Distribution Center, a 1.3 million-square-foot industrial property in northeast Houston. According to a property flyer from CBRE, Generation Park Distribution Center comprises an approximately 1 million-square-foot, cross-dock facility and a 255,871-square-foot, rear-load warehouse on an 87.5-acre site. Building features include 32- to 40-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths and excess trailer parking. Barings provided the debt, which Outrigger secured on behalf of Centris Industrial, the private REIT that Outrigger sponsors and manages.
KATY, TEXAS — Chicago-based RSK Real Estate Partners will develop a 156-unit build-to-rent residential community in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The site spans nine acres along Galileo Way, and the development will feature 103 three-bedroom homes and 53 two-bedroom homes with an average size of 1,600 square feet. Preliminary sitework is underway, and the first homes should be available for occupancy in mid-2026. Rick Ragan and Glenn Dickerson of NewQuest represented RSK in its site selection and land acquisition. Matthew Davis and Kristen McDade of Cushman & Wakefield represented the land seller, Morton Ranch Development LLC.
DALLAS — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 151,340-square-foot office building in North Dallas. The five-story building at 17787 Waterview Parkway was constructed on 5.2 acres in 1994. According to the Dallas Business Journal, the property was formerly home to the global technology firm Concentrix. Bruce Butler, Susan Gwin Burks and John Bowles of Avison Young represented the seller, an entity doing business as CFT NV Developments LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System/University of Texas at Dallas.
DALLAS — A partnership between three construction companies — BOWA, EJ Smith and Post L Group — has broken ground on the Dallas Independent School District (ISD) Nolan Estes Plaza, a 142,000-square-foot academic project in the city’s downtown area. Designed by Merriman Anderson Architects, the project will merge three schools within the Dallas ISD — Downtown Montessori Academy, CityLab High School and the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy — into a three-story building at 912 S. Ervay St. Completion is slated for January 2027.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A partnership between two locally based developers, Keystone Group and Larkspur Capital, is underway on Westside Village, a $1.7 billion mixed-use redevelopment project in Fort Worth. The 37-acre site is an assemblage of parcels that includes the former home of the Fort Worth Independent School District. Plans currently call for 880,000 square feet of office space, 238,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, 1,785 multifamily units and a 175-room hotel, all of which will be developed over four phases. Demolitions of multiple existing buildings on the site are now complete, and the project team has successfully rezoned about half the acreage. In addition, the first office and multifamily buildings within the development are now in the design phase, and construction of both buildings is expected to begin before the end of the year. Negotiations with several retailers are also underway, with construction of those individual buildings also slated to commence before the end of the year.
NEW CANEY, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for a 565,765-square-foot manufacturing project in New Caney, a northeastern suburb of Houston. The 32-acre site is located within East Montgomery Industrial Park, and the project is a build-to-suit for GCP Paper, a Mexican company that provides toilet paper, facial tissue and paper towels. The facility will consist of two interconnected single-story structures: an office/production warehouse and a mill building. The office/production warehouse will feature dock-high loading bays and concrete tilt-wall panel construction. Construction is slated for a summer 2026 completion. John Fenoglio and Brock Hudson of CBRE arranged the debt through Cadence Bank on behalf of GCP Paper in conjunction with Pontikes, which is serving as the fee developer for the project as well as the general contractor. The loan was structured a loan-to-cost ratio of 80 percent.
PLANO, TEXAS — Global Real Estate Advisors (GREA) has negotiated the sale of Bellevue at Spring Creek, a 278-unit apartment complex located northeast of Dallas in Plano that was originally built in 1982. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 704 to 1,247 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, playground, tennis court and a business center. The buyer was Dallas-based investment firm The ValCap Group, and the seller was not disclosed. Bellevue at Spring Creek was roughly 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — World Emblem has signed a 72,000-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The Florida-based patch and insignia manufacturer is relocating and expanding from a nearby, 35,000-square-foot space to the building at 6740 Signat Drive. About 140 employees will work at the plant to start, and the company plans to reshore 50 jobs and add up to 100 additional staff at the facility, which will initially produce up to 500,000 emblems and patches per week. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — FireTron Inc. has renewed its 15,486-square-foot lease at an industrial flex property in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The provider of fire protection equipment will remain at Avion Business Center, which according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 1984 and totals 24,944 square feet. Jason Finch of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Tyler Maner and Will Mason of Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant.