MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Pegasus Industries, a provider of farming equipment, has signed a 171,398-square-foot industrial lease at McKinney Trade Center in metro Dallas. The property, which is under construction, sits on 36 acres and is now fully preleased. Brett Lewis of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Adam Graham and Ken Wesson, also with Lee & Associates, represented the landlord, Chicago-based ML Realty Partners.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated a 10,064-square-foot office lease renewal at Arlington Downs Tower, located in the central part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Erik Blais and Richmond Collinsworth of Bradford represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Jim Montgomery of Swearingen Realty Group represented the tenant, The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
By Ben Wallace, SIOR, vice president, Colliers Over the past decade, “suburban industrial” buildings have become more critical than ever. A suburban industrial building can be defined as one that is located within the suburbs of a major metroplex and designed for small- to medium-size users with above-average allotments of office/showroom space to accommodate service and light distribution uses. The typical building and infrastructure designs naturally limit heavy truck traffic and achieve higher rental rates, deterring heavy distribution and manufacturing users from locating there. With macro-level shifts in how people shop for and acquire goods and services, the need for suburban industrial buildings that are located near consumers has become increasingly important. Most cities have done an excellent job of regulating and altering development standards for these assets to meet this need while being careful to avoid creating rundown industrial areas in their communities. These cities have achieved this goal by elevating development standards to feature clean concrete exterior façades as well as the screening of dock loading areas and attractive glass entrances. The reason that many of these items are important is that the vast majority of these suburban industrial developments are not appropriately zoned when developers come to …
CEDAR HILL, TEXAS — Pratt Industries, a Georgia-based provider of recycled paper and packaging products, has opened a $253 million manufacturing facility in Cedar Hill, a southern suburb of Dallas. About 375 people will eventually work at the 1.1 million-square-foot facility, which will be known as the Cedar Hill Corrugating & Innovation Center. With the opening of this facility, Pratt now employs about 11,500 people across 71 factories in 25 states.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the $142 million sale of a 272,636-square-foot outpatient facility in Austin that is fully leased to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The two-story building was originally constructed in 2013. Services offered at the clinic include physical therapy, mental health counseling, radiation treatments, prosthetic replacements, cardiology and neurology. Will Pike, Lee Asher, Brian Pfohl, Cyrus Felfeli and Jordan Selbiger of CBRE represented the seller, Health Care Property Advisors, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS — A joint venture between two locally based firms, 2GR Equity and Connell Realty Services Inc., has completed construction of Cardinal Self Storage, a 570-unit facility located in the southern Dallas suburb of Waxahachie. Dallas-based Lone Star Self Storage will operate the 76,000-square-foot facility, which is located at the corner of State Highway 77 and Cardinal Road. Merriman Anderson Architects designed the project, and Simmons Bank provided construction financing.
HOUSTON — Omega Transactions Corp., a provider of electronic payment solutions, has signed a 4,055-square-foot office lease at 5858 Westheimer Road in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the eight-story building was constructed in 1981 and totals 130,104 square feet. John Zivley of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kevin Nolan and Kurt Kitsler of Colliers represented the landlord, TCP Spectrum Partners Ltd.
DALLAS — JLL has arranged a $255 million credit facility for SimplyHome, a developer of single-family rental properties whose holdings encompass more than 10,000 units across 100 submarkets. Colby Mueck, Matthew Putterman, Laura Brown and Davis Burnett of JLL secured the credit facility though Churchill Real Estate. Upon close, the facility refinanced an initial portfolio of homes located in the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Bryan/College Station markets.
RICHMOND, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment sales brokerage firm STRIVE has negotiated the sale of Waterview Town Center, a 13,563-square-foot retail strip center in Richmond, a southwestern suburb of Houston. Jake Dutson and Adam Gottschalk of STRIVE represented the seller, a Houston-based developer, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has brokered the sale of a 12,521-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property at 444 FM 1959 was built in 1995 and offers 103 parking spaces. Ryan McCullough, Connor Watson, Cary Latham and Wyatt Huff of Partners represented the seller, Ellington Properties LLC, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.