MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm SHOP Cos. has arranged the sale of Custer Village, a 17,740-square-foot retail center located in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Original ChopShop, Clarity Eye Care, PetBar and YogaSix. Tim Axilrod of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a locally based limited liability company, in the transaction. CoSol Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed, California-based buyer.
DALLAS — Locally based financial intermediary Terrydale Capital has arranged a pair of loans totaling $5.1 million for the acquisition of two Dallas multifamily properties comprising 12 units. The properties are located at 5931 Ross Ave. and 6035-6059 La Vista Drive in the city’s Greenville area. Chris Formichella of Terrydale Capital arranged the loans through a correspondent agency lender on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
BROWNSVILLE AND MCALLEN, TEXAS — A partnership between San Antonio-based Bakke Development Corp. and Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Development Co. is underway on construction of two self-storage facilities totaling 1,562 units in South Texas. Both the Brownsville and McAllen facilities will comprise 781 units across approximately 87,000 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Alamo Architects Inc. is the architect for both facilities, and Independent Contractors Inc. is the general contractor. Both facilities are expected to be complete by the middle of next year.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — General contractor McCarthy Building Cos. has topped out the new 365,000-square-foot Texas Children’s Hospital in Austin, construction of which began last summer. The 52-bed facility will provide a range of services for women and children, including neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, postpartum care, diagnostic imaging, acute care and urgent care. The hospital will also have an adjacent, 170,000-square-foot outpatient building that will house specialty care providers and a 1,200-space parking garage. Full completion is slated for 2024.
PLANO, TEXAS — J.C. Penney has signed a 318,067-square-foot office headquarters lease at CalWest, a 1.8 million-square-foot office building located within Legacy West in Plano. The 86-acre campus offers a full-service fitness club, conference center, daycare facility and a food court/dining hall. According to The Dallas Morning News, the campus served as J.C. Penney’s headquarters from 1992 until 2020, at which point the company vacated the premises while dealing with bankruptcy proceedings. The retailer expects to take occupancy of its new space this fall. Michael Brigance and Teddy Childers represented the landlord, Capital Commercial Investments, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis.
TEMPLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $18.4 million in joint venture equity and acquisition financing for a 53-bed healthcare facility located in the Central Texas city of Temple. Kevan McCormack of MMCC arranged the debt portion of the financing through an undisclosed community bank on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, which intends to use a portion of the proceeds to convert the building into a long-term acute care hospital. California-based KPC Health will operate the facility upon completion of this project.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based developer The Woodmont Co. has broken ground on a 1,400-square-foot retail project for Starbucks in Longview, located about 120 miles east of Dallas. The new coffee shop will be situated at the site of a former gas station and will be devoid of any indoor dining space. Shell construction of the building is scheduled to be complete in June.
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Build-to-Rent Planning and Entitlements: How to Avoid Challenges
The build-to-rent (BTR) property type has gained significant traction in the commercial real estate market due to increasing interest from tenants, investors and developers. Developers moving into the BTR market before 2020 originally focused on this sector as an “in between” product for future home buyers who weren’t ready to commit to a single location but wanted additional space and amenities. The pandemic fueled tenants’ desires for more privacy and space without the long-term commitment of homeownership, which ignited growth in the sector. As costs for single-family homes continue to rise, the BTR niche also increasingly attracts would-be homeowners who are priced out of the homebuying market — and the growing demand for BTR properties draws the attention of more and more investors and developers. But not all stakeholders are immediately on board with development of BTR properties. The concept is rather new in some markets and local communities have questions about the zoning and operation of these hybrid communities, which are an intriguing mix of single-family concept and multifamily operations. Developers often need to educate municipalities about the BTR concept — and they need to plan BTR properties that work for the local community. This is where Bohler — a land …
ROWLETT, TEXAS — Locally based developer Zale Properties will build The View at Sapphire Bay, a 394-unit lakefront multifamily project that will be located in Rowlett, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Units will be available in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and will have an average size of 941 square feet. Interiors will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz/granite countertops, full-size washers and dryers and private balconies. Amenities will include a pool, coworking space, game rooms, fitness center, pet spa, garden courtyard and kitchen and a landscaped picnic area. Completion is slated for May 2024. John Brownlee and Wilson Bauer of JLL arranged $58.3 million in fixed-rate construction financing through Principal Global Investors on behalf of Zale Properties.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — New York-based investment firm Clarion Partners has acquired a 354-unit apartment community located at the entrance to The Domain in North Austin. Completed earlier this year, Modera Domain offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 846 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining areas, dog park and a resident lounge, as well as coworking and private workspaces. Patton Jones and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the seller, a joint venture between Mill Creek Residential and PGIM, in the transaction.