HOUSTON — Locally based developer Triten Real Estate Partners has topped out Phase I of The Mill, a project in Houston’s East End district that will add 341 multifamily units to the local supply. The seven-story building, the site of which originally housed a lumber mill that was constructed in the 1890s, will include 6,000 square feet of retail space and a seven-story parking garage. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, clubroom and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Michael Hsu Office of Architecture designed the project, and Arch-Con Corp. is serving as the general contractor. Preleasing will begin in the first quarter of next year.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 12.5-acre office development site in Missouri City, a southwestern suburb of Houston. The site has over 1,000 feet of frontage on Knights Court Road and is across the street from Elkins High School. Chris Hutcheson, Harrison Kane and James Kadlick of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. The size and construction schedule of the office condominium park that the undisclosed buyer intends to build on the site have not yet been determined.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated a 41,920-square-foot industrial lease renewal in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 11710 N. Gessner Road was built in 2015, totals 155,400 square feet and features 30-foot clear heights. Ryan Hartsell and Matt Rogers of Oxford Partners represented the tenant, Wartsila North America, a provider of energy equipment and technologies, in the lease negotiations. William Carpenter and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, California-based Panattoni Development.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank has signed a roughly 15,000-square-foot office lease at The Crescent Fort Worth, a mixed-use development in the city’s Cultural District. Members of PNC’s corporate, commercial and private bank teams will relocate to the new space, which features traditional offices and conference rooms with modern high-tech workspaces, early next year. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations. Crescent Real Estate owns the property.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm ShainRealty Capital has acquired Landmark at Courtyard Villas, a 256-unit multifamily property located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The apartment complex was built in 1999 and has an average unit size of 905 square feet. Wes Racht, Nick Fluellen and Bard Hoover of Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of the property. ShainRealty Capital plans to invest about $3 million in capital improvements and rebrand the property as Infinity at Sunnyvale. The seller was a private investor.
EULESS, TEXAS — Dallas-based Knightvest Capital has sold Reagan at Bear Creek, a 216-unit apartment complex located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Euless that was built in 1998. According to Apartments.com, Reagan at Bear Creek offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a resident clubhouse. Knightvest Capital originally acquired the property in September 2017 and implemented a value-add program. The buyer was not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of the 128-room La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Austin Southwest hotel. The hotel offers an outdoor pool, fitness center, business center, meeting/event space and free shuttle service to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Michael Yu and Rahul Bijlani of CBRE represented the seller, Highgate, a hospitality investment and management firm with five offices across the country, in the transaction. Houston-based K&K Hotel Group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price and was self-represented.
BRYAN, TEXAS — Texas-based brokerage firm Oldham Goodwin Group has arranged the sale of a 90,000-square-foot office building in the Central Texas city of Bryan. The buyer, Capital Farm Credit, will also occupy the building via a late 2024 relocation from its current headquarters facility in nearby College Station. Clint Oldham of Oldham Goodwin represented Capital Farm Credit in its purchase of the building from Arizona-based Levine Investments. Jody Slaughter of Oldham Goodwin also arranged an early lease termination with the existing tenant, California-based telecommunications firm Viasat Inc.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Belt Power has signed a 14,031-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. The Georgia-based supplier of industrial equipment is taking an additional 8,598 square feet at Woodlands Business Center, a three-building development. Michael Spain and Jason Finch of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SL Project Texas LP, in the lease negotiations. Sam Skinner of ICON Commercial Interests represented Belt Power.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHH) has broken ground on 1 Riva Row, a 268-unit multifamily project that will be located about 30 miles north of Houston in The Woodlands. The development will feature a 13-story tower and four-story residential living building with two-story townhomes on the ground level, as well as traditional studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool with cabanas, outdoor grilling and dining areas, a 24/7 fitness center, sports lounge and a rooftop terrace. Residents will also have access to roughly two miles of walking and jogging trails along The Woodlands Waterway. Completion is slated for late 2025.