SAN ANTONIO — Edge Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Wender Plaza, a 63,976-square-foot shopping center in San Antonio. Anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, Wender Plaza is a newly constructed, fully leased center located at the intersection of Texas State Highway 151 and Hunt Lane on the city’s west side. Chace Henke and Micha van Marcke of Edge Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Saber Power has signed a 57,214-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion near the NASA Johnson Space Center in southeast Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 13100 Space Center Blvd. was completed in 1993 and renovated in 2019. Charlie Neuhaus and Harrison Schuhmacher of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Chrissy Wilson and Paul Frazier of JLL represented the undisclosed landlord.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based Sunwest Real Estate Group and regional investment firm AKRE Partners has purchased a 36,000-square-foot warehouse in Arlington. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1000–1008 N. Commercial Blvd. was constructed on 2.5 acres in 1980. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program at the warehouse.
By Mitch Faccio, senior vice president, MLG Capital Texas’ multifamily market is at a unique inflection point. After several years of historic levels of new construction and softening fundamentals, conditions are shifting in ways that may benefit current owners and new investors. Slowing development, sustained population growth and the widening affordability gap between renting and owning are creating conditions that seem to favor existing assets. A Market Reset After Record Construction Over the last several years, multifamily development surged in Texas. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and other metros all experienced a wave of new supply that outpaced demand. By 2023 and 2024, this boom in development had led to softer occupancies, higher concessions and flat or even declining rents. Net operating income (NOI) growth slowed as the market absorbed this record wave of deliveries, according to data from CoStar Group and RealPage. Now, that dynamic seems to be shifting. Construction costs have risen faster than achievable rents, making new developments financially difficult to justify, according to data from RealPage and the 2024 Turner Construction Index. In fact, multifamily starts in many Texas metros are down significantly from recent peaks. As a result, many planned projects have stalled, and the supply …
HOUSTON — A partnership between locally based owner-operator Hanover Co., Dallas-based Rebees and Mitsui Fudosan America has delivered a 40-story apartment tower located about two miles west of downtown Houston. Hanover Buffalo Bayou is located within the 14-acre Autry Park mixed-use development along the western edge of the 160-acre Buffalo Bayou Park. The building consists of 317 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats with an average size of 1,276 square feet, as well as 5,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a landscaped courtyard with a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations, a clubhouse with a demonstration kitchen, fitness center, cinema, business center and a game room. Rents start at approximately $2,600 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.
DALLAS — The Housing Authority of the City of Dallas (DHA) has secured a $69 million bond reservation for the renovation of Roseland Townhomes and Roseland Estates, two affordable housing communities in Central Dallas. The bond reservation represents an early piece of the capital stack that enables DHA to receive 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The renovation will include new kitchens, bathrooms, plumbing, flooring, appliances and fixtures in the properties’ 274 units. DHA will also upgrade the recreation center, building infrastructure, security and landscaping. Completion is slated for 2027.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Locally based hospitality owner-operator NewCrestImage has completed the renovation of the 175-room Elmore Hotel in Southlake, located northeast of Fort Worth. The renovation of the four-story hotel, which originally opened in 2016, lasted about a year and carried a multimillion-dollar price tag. Amenities include a fitness center, outdoor pool, 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space and an onsite bar and restaurant. Coury Hospitality manages the property.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of the 85-unit McQueeney Boat & RV Storage facility in New Braunfels, located northeast of San Antonio. The facility spans 35,800 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were Texas-based entities.
PRYOR, OKLA. — TruCore Industrial, an Oklahoma-based investment firm founded by executives of net-lease brokerage group Stan Johnson Co., has sold a 70,000-square-foot warehouse in Pryor, located northeast of Tulsa. The building is situated on a 9.9-acre site within Mid-America Industrial Park and was fully leased at the time of sale to pipe and conduit manufacturer Endot Industries. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
CINCINNATI AND DALLAS — Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA) in a transaction valued at roughly $10.9 billion. Under the terms of the all-stock transaction, Comerica’s stockholders will receive approximately 1.86 shares of Fifth Third common stock for each Comerica share they own. That condition translates to a per-share price of $82.88, which was Fifth Third’s closing stock price on Oct. 3, the last business day before the deal was formally announced. The closing price also represents a 20 percent premium to Comerica’s 10-day volume-weighted average stock price. Upon closing, which is expected to occur at the end of the first quarter of 2026, Fifth Third shareholders will own approximately 73 percent of the combined company, and Comerica shareholders will own approximately 27 percent. According to Fifth Third and Comerica, the newly formed company will have about $288 billion in assets under management (AUM), making it the ninth-largest U.S. bank by that metric. In addition, the combined entity will operate in 17 of what company officials have described as “the 20 fastest-growing markets in the country, including key regions in the Southeast, Texas and California.” Company officials also anticipate …