HOUSTON — Partners, the brokerage and investment firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has negotiated the sale of a 70,248-square-foot industrial property located at 5959 Harvey Wilson Drive in Houston. Clay Pritchett and Zane Carman of Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as Rhone Harvey Wilson LP, in the transaction. Chris Caudill, also with Partners, represented the buyer, All Points Warehouse Inc, a provider of intermodal freight and storage services.
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Multifamily Opportunity Matrix Reveals Most Promising Markets for Investors, Developers
By Arbor Realty Trust Inflationary environments set many investors’ minds to thinking about multifamily properties, which have tended to perform as well or better than other property types in the face of economic headwinds. Product type is no guarantee of success, however, and careful site selection is essential to ensure a project will have the renter demand and pricing power the owner needs to succeed. Arbor Realty Trust, in partnership with Chandan Economics, developed the opportunity matrix featured in Arbor’s Top Opportunities in Large Multifamily Investment Report 2022. The opportunity matrix helps clients navigate the nation’s apartment markets, enabling them to compare relative strengths from one metro to the next and identify those offering the greatest potential for development or investment. Its ranking system, which analyzes eight key categories, found the top three U.S. metro markets for large multifamily investment in 2022 are San Antonio, Kansas City and Las Vegas. “Reviewing what made these communities rise to the top of our 50-metro ranking will demonstrate how investors can use the matrix to compare the climates of opportunity in the markets in which they operate, or to suggest new fields of opportunity for their next venture,” said Matt Maison, vice president …
PORTLAND, TEXAS — McLeod Cobb Investments will develop Portland Town Center, a $100 million multifamily and retail project that will be located near Corpus Christi in South Texas. Plans for Portland Town Center currently call for 200,000 square feet of retail space that will be anchored by a 128,500-square-foot Target store, as well as 300 multifamily units. The design team includes Osborn & Vane Architects Inc. and Terra Associates Inc, and Arch-Con Corp. is the general contractor. Plains Capital Bank provided construction financing for the 45-acre project. Construction is scheduled to begin in November.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Manulife Investment Management has acquired Alliance Gateway 11, a 788,160-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Fort Worth. The facility sits on a 38.2-acre site near Alliance Airport on the city’s north side. According to commercialcafé.com, the single-tenant facility was built in 2007 and features 930 car parking spaces. The property was fully leased to an undisclosed e-commerce user at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — Arizona-based investment banking firm Arriba Capital has provided a $37.4 million construction loan for a dual-branded hotel that will be located at 1514 Leeland St. in downtown Houston. The hotel will total 221 rooms under the Home2 Suites by Hilton and Tru by Hilton brands and offer shared amenities such as a lobby bar, breakfast dining areas, meeting space, an outdoor pool, fitness room, laundry facilities and a market pantry. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2024. The borrower and developer is Houston-based PA Hospitality, which will also manage the property. Hall Structured Finance provided the loan.
MARLOW, OKLA. — Partners, the Houston-based firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has negotiated the sale of a 40,000-square-foot industrial building in Marlow, about 70 miles south of Oklahoma City. The sale included 8.6 acres of undeveloped land. Jon Silberman and Pierce Beyer of Partners represented the seller, Cimarron Energy, in the transaction. Steve Fithian and Trent Herrera of SVN Trinity Advisors represented the undisclosed buyer.
DENTON, TEXAS — Weitzman has arranged the sale of a 13,562-square-foot retail strip center in the North Texas city of Denton. The centers sits on 1.1 acres at 111 E. University Drive. Tenants include The UPS Store, Taqueria Monterrey and Sangam Indian Restaurant. A local investor sold the property to a California-based limited liability company for an undisclosed price, with both parties requesting anonymity. David Zoller of Weitzman brokered the deal.
DALLAS — Two locally based firms, De La Vega Development and StreetLights Residential, have broken ground on Phase I of The Central, a 27-acre mixed-use project located at the corner of North Haskell Avenue and the North Central Expressway. The initial phase comprises a park within the center of the site, development of which will be led by De La Vega, and The Oliver, an apartment building that StreetLights will develop in partnership with Mitsui Fudosan America. Both pieces of the project are slated for December 2023 completions. Units at The Oliver will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coworking space, resident lounge and a dog park. Additional plans for The Central ultimately call for more than 4 million square feet of office, residential and retail/restaurant space, as well as dedicated open green spaces and event areas. Steve Williamson of Transwestern arranged the land sale between De La Vega Development and Streetlights Residential.
SAN ANTONIO — Locally based investment firm The Lynd Group has acquired Parc 410, a 344-unit apartment community in San Antonio’s Leon Valley submarket. Built in 1985, the garden-style property offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 716 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a clubhouse, fitness center, outdoor grilling and picnic areas, a dog park and a basketball court. As part of a $6 million capital improvement program, Lynd will install package lockers and a children’s playground, as well as upgrade unit interiors and other common areas.
COLUMBUS, TEXAS — DWG Capital Partners has sold a 35,835-square-foot light industrial facility in Columbus, located west of Houston. The investment and advisory firm acquired the asset in April 2021 via a sale-leaseback with the tenant, The Theut Co., a division of Denver Glass Interiors. Simon Miller of Endaxi Capital Partners represented DWG Capital Partners and the buyer, a private partnership based in Oregon, in the off-market transaction.