DALLAS — North Carolina-based Bell Partners has acquired Routh Street Flats, a 208-unit apartment community in Uptown Dallas. Completed in 2015, the property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units with granite surfaces, stainless steel appliances and full-size washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and a rooftop terrace. Bell Partners, which acquired Routh Street Flats in a joint venture with German institutional investment firm HANSAINVEST Real Assets GmbH, will rebrand the community as Bell Katy Trail.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Mercantile Distribution Center 40, a 182,500-square-foot industrial property in Fort Worth. New Jersey-based Faropoint purchased the property from Austin-based Marbella Interests LLC for an undisclosed price. Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of the seller. Mercantile Distribution Center 40 was fully leased to a single, unnamed tenant at the time of sale.
KYLE, TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Urbana at Plum Creek, a 144-unit build-to-rent community in the southern Austin suburb of Kyle. The property was built in 2021 within the Plum Creek master-planned development. Homes come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and range in size from 632 to 1,246 square feet. Communal amenities include a pet park with washing stations, a pool and an outdoor lounge with a fire pit and grilling spaces. Scott Wadler and Matt Nihan of Berkadia arranged the three-year loan through CrossHarbor Capital Partners on behalf of the buyer, Florida-based Beacon Real Estate Group.
NEW YORK CITY AND DALLAS — CBRE Investment Management has agreed to acquire a portfolio of logistics real estate assets in the United States and Europe from Hillwood Investment Properties, an industrial developer and owner based in Dallas. Under terms of the $4.9 billion acquisition agreement, affiliates of New York City-based CBRE Investment Management will purchase the 57-property, 28.4 million-square-foot portfolio from Hillwood. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and CBRE Investment Management expects to close on the assets in stages. The portfolio includes 33 properties in the United States totaling 19.2 million square feet and 24 assets in Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom totaling 9.2 million square feet. “This milestone transaction reflects our ability to leverage the strong financial capacity of our parent company to secure compelling opportunities that help to drive strategic real assets solutions for our clients,” says Chuck Leitner, CEO of CBRE Investment Management. “Backed by a $35 billion AUM global logistics platform and a skilled team with deep domain expertise, we are positioned to be one of the world’s leading investors and operators of logistics assets.” The portfolio is one of several multi-market portfolio transactions in the industrial sector in the past …
PHOENIX — Florida and Texas dominated the list of top 25 growth cities highlighted in the U-Haul Growth Index, an annual metric tracked by the Phoenix-based moving giant. Together, Florida and Texas accounted for 15 of the top 25 markets for one-way U-Haul moving trips in 2021. Kissimmee-St. Cloud, a Central Florida metro situated less than 30 miles south of Orlando, came in at No. 1 for 2021 after finishing second in both the 2019 and 2020 rankings. Rounding out the top five in-migration markets for 2021 are Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla.; North Port, Fla.; and Madison, Wis. Arrivals of U-Haul trucks into Kissimmee-St. Cloud climbed 31 percent from 2020, while departures rose 29 percent. Arriving trucks accounted for 53.2 percent of all one-way U-Haul traffic in Kissimmee-St. Cloud, which was one of Florida’s 10 markets in the 2021 list. “Florida remains competitive, especially during the COVID era,” says Miguel Caminos, president of U-Haul Co. of Orlando. “We’ve pushed through and business is thriving. It’s not just people moving to Florida, but businesses moving because they see better opportunities here.” “Florida has always been a destination location for retirees, but more so (in 2021), a lot of people took …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Transwestern Development Co. (TDC) has started construction of Cowtown Crossing, a roughly 1 million-square-foot industrial project that will be located at the confluence of U.S. Highway 287 and Interstate 35 in Fort Worth. TDC is developing the three-building project on a speculative basis. Building 1 will total 553,384 square feet and feature 40-foot clear heights. Buildings 2 and 3 will respectively span 163,080 and 304,665 square feet and will feature 32- and 36-foot clear heights. All three buildings will have ESFR sprinkler systems. Completion is slated for late 2022.
TULSA, OKLA. — New Jersey-based investment firm First National Realty Partners has purchased Summit Square Shopping Center, a 166,552-square-foot retail power center in Tulsa. A 66,455-square-foot Reasor’s Supermarket anchors the property, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Margaret Caldwell, Gill Warner and Patrick Kelley of locally based brokerage firm Stan Johnson Co. represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The price was not disclosed. Jon Scott of Keybank originated an undisclosed amount of fixed-rate acquisition financing for the deal.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — AMAC, a national investment and development firm, has broken ground on a 203-unit multifamily project that will be located within a Qualified Opportunity Zone in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. Designed by locally based architecture firm HEDK, the property will feature one- and two-bedroom units respectively averaging 724 and 1,134 square feet, as well as three retail spaces. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, grilling areas, dog wash, lounge and clubroom. Truist is providing $29.3 million in construction financing for the project. Completion is slated for fall 2023.
SAN ANTONIO — Newmark has brokered the sale of Magnolia Heights, a 149-unit multifamily property in San Antonio’s Alamo Heights neighborhood. Built in 2020, the property houses one-, two- and three-bedroom units, plus 5,162 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling and dining areas, fitness center, resident clubhouse, coffee bar and a conference center. Cypress Real Estate Advisors sold the asset to a fund managed by New York-based Clarion Partners for an undisclosed price. Patton Jones and Matt Michelson of Newmark brokered the deal. Magnolia Heights was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm MedCore Partners has arranged the sale of the Texas Health Professional Building II, a 61,088-square-foot medical office building in Fort Worth. The property sits on 4.6 acres within the Texas Health Resources Alliance hospital campus and is primarily occupied by physicians of that provider, as well as Spine Team Texas. An institutional investor purchased the two-story building. The price was not disclosed.