SANTA FE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of four self-storage properties totaling 677 units in Santa Fe, located south of Houston in Galveston County. All four properties were built between 1979 and 1984 on a combined 4.4 acres. The portfolio consists of 655 non-climate-controlled units, 21 outdoor parking spaces and an efficiency apartment. Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, private investor Raymond Haak, in the transaction. Knobler also procured a Los Angeles-based private investor as the buyer.
DESOTO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of I-20 Corporate Center, a 385,472-square-foot industrial park in the southern Dallas suburb of DeSoto. Built in 1986 and expanded in 1992, the property serves as the North American headquarters of Diab America, a manufacturer of core materials for the marine and aerospace industries. Building features include 28- to 33-foot clear heights, 21 overhead dock doors and roughly 23,000 square feet of office space. Stephen Bailey, Dustin Volz, Zach Riebe and Pauli Kerr of JLL represented the seller, locally based investment firm Bradford Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was a joint venture between Denver-based Triumph Capital Group and Mexico City-based Abilia.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based firm Sabot Development, in partnership with Geyser Group, has broken ground on a 364-unit multifamily redevelopment project in East Austin. The 3.7-acre site, which houses the existing Goodwin Apartment Homes, was rezoned to allow for new commercial space and permanent affordability. To that end, Goodwin Apartments will include 5,000 square feet of commercial space, and 10 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable housing, with leasing priority given to current residents. Davies Collaborative is the project architect, and Cadence McShane is the general contractor. Completion is scheduled for early 2024.
WEBSTER, TEXAS — Partners Capital, the investment management platform and development arm of Partners Real Estate Co., has sold Clear Lake Business Park, a 149,305-square-foot industrial flex property located in the southern Houston suburb of Webster. Cary Latham and Josh Lass-Sughrue of NAI Partners represented Partners Capital, which originally acquired the asset in February 2019, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON, PEARLAND AND CONROE, TEXAS — Berkadia has provided a Fannie Mae loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of three multifamily properties totaling 901 units in the Houston area. Parkland at West Oaks totals 323 units and is located on the city’s west side. Radius at Shadow Creek comprises 350 units and is located in the southern suburb of Pearland, and West Creek consists of 228 units and is located in the northern suburb of Conroe. The properties are part of Wisconsin-based MLG Capital’s Southstar Sun Belt Multifamily Portfolio, which also includes a 214-unit community in Lake Worth, Florida. John Koeijmans and Austin Blankenship of Berkadia originated the financing.
PALESTINE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Security Storage of Palestine, a two-property, 839-unit portfolio located about 120 miles southeast of Dallas. The main facility was built in phases between 1980 and 2014 and spans 97,370 net rentable square feet of space across 30 climate-controlled units and 631 non-climate-controlled units, as well as 12 outdoor parking spaces. The second facility comprises 156 non-climate-controlled units totaling 20,000 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an unnamed private investor, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a Dallas-based 1031 exchange investor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Sarasota, Fla.-based Floridays Development will build a 276-room hotel in East Austin. Designed by FK Architecture, the project will include a pool and an 89,123-square-foot parking garage. Other project partners include landscape architect Blacksmith Collaborative, civil engineer WPI Inc. and structural engineer SCA Consulting. A tentative construction completion date was not released, but demolition work on the site’s existing structures is underway. The hotel operator was also not disclosed.
KATY, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based BH Properties has purchased Mason Creek II, a 127,955-square-foot vacant office building in the western Houston suburb of Katy. Jeff Hollinden of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The three-story building was developed in 2015 as the second piece of a speculative project. The first building of that development, a 136,000-square-foot structure, is fully leased to GEICO Insurance. BH Properties has tapped Moody Rambin to lease Mason Creek II.
HOUSTON — Locally based investment management firm LandPark Advisors has acquired Easy Self Storage, a 234-unit facility located in northwest Houston. Originally built in 1984 and expanded in 2021, the facility consists of 43,025 net rentable square feet of space across 62 climate-controlled units and 172 non-climate-controlled units. LandPark Advisors plans to implement a capital improvement program and rebrand the property under the flag of its management company, Right Move Storage. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
The multifamily investment sales sector had well-documented success in 2021 with a record volume of over $220 billion in transaction activity. Factors driving competition for transactions within the sector included: increasing home prices, widespread interest in renting and the easing of COVID-19 restrictions bringing renters back into the nation’s cities, all of which drove the average, nationwide multifamily occupancy rate above 97 percent. With firmly rooted fundamentals, investor interest across the spectrum of multifamily has been intense. Traditionally popular core investment products (stabilized and value-add assets located in primary and secondary markets) were the clear winners with investors. Some multifamily REIT stocks increased by 75 to 100 percent in 2021, explains Arthur Milston, senior managing director with NAI Global and co-head of the company’s Capital Markets Group. Milston sat down with REBusinessOnline to explain where NAI Global sees growth and opportunities in 2022. REBusiness: Who are the primary investor groups acquiring multifamily? What types/locations are they attracted to? Milston: Historically, multifamily has always had very fragmented ownership compared to other asset classes. Currently, the dominant players are the large aggregators of product, whether it be REITs or institutional investors that are buying, typically in conjunction with an operating partner. Pension …