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InterFace Panel: Supply Chain Issues Continue to Challenge Multifamily Developers

by Taylor Williams September 20, 2021

By Taylor Williams Facing extended construction timelines and elevated costs of materials due to COVID-19’s disruption of global, national and local supply chains, multifamily developers are being forced to pivot, improvise and forge new relationships with suppliers in order to manage overall risk levels within their projects. Even before the pandemic, real estate developers and users across all asset classes understood how crucial competent supply chain management was to their budgets. But the global health crisis has reinforced that fact, especially for developers whose product type remains in high demand, such as housing providers in the rapidly growing state of Texas. In terms of basic economics, when COVID-19 hit and ground global commerce to a halt, suppliers across a range of industries decreased their inventories in response to sluggish demand for sundry goods and services. With vaccines now widely available, travel picking back up and businesses reopening at full capacity, pent-up demand is being unleashed on these industries, including real estate development, forcing suppliers to rebuild their inventories. Yet this process is not a simple matter of flipping a switch back on. Furthermore, being aware of a problem is very different from actually solving it. And a global pandemic that …

September 20, 2021

Development Mixed-Use Texas

Crescent Real Estate Breaks Ground on $250M Mixed-Use Project in Fort Worth

by Taylor Williams September 20, 2021

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based developer Crescent Real Estate has broken ground on a new mixed-use project in Fort Worth’s Cultural District that is valued at $250 million, according to The Dallas Morning News. Current plans for the project, which was announced in February, call for 175 residential units, a 200-room boutique hotel and a 160,000-square-foot office building that will house the headquarters of tenants such as Goff Capital, Canyon Ranch and Contango Oil & Gas. Crescent Real Estate also plans to move its headquarters into the new office building. Construction is scheduled to be complete in mid-2023.

September 20, 2021

Development Mixed-Use Texas

Century Pacific, Valor Club USA Open Office in San Antonio

by Taylor Williams September 20, 2021

SAN ANTONIO — Valor Club USA, an organization dedicated to helping veterans and servicemen and women transition from military to civilian life, has opened an office in San Antonio. The group’s president, Michael McDowell, is overseeing construction of a 200-acre campus with recreational facilities, residential units, a hotel and commercial and retail space. In addition, the development will feature veteran support services and an entertainment district anchored by an indoor/outdoor performance and training center. Gensler designed the project.

September 20, 2021

Acquisitions Industrial Texas

CBRE Negotiates Sale of 387,838 SF Harris Ridge Business Center in North Austin

by Taylor Williams September 20, 2021

AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Harris Ridge Business Center, a 387,838-square-foot industrial park in North Austin. Harris Ridge consists of five buildings that were constructed in phases between 2008 and 2021. The park was fully leased at the time of sale to a roster of 11 tenants with an average suite size of 32,392 square feet. Boston-based TA Realty purchased the property from Austin-based HPI Real Estate Services for an undisclosed price. Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of HPI.

September 20, 2021

Acquisitions Multifamily Texas

Nicholas Residential, Hughes Capital Buy 473-Unit Apartment Community in Dallas

by Taylor Williams September 20, 2021

DALLAS — A fund backed by Dallas-based Nicholas Residential and Hughes Capital Partners have purchased Bellevue at The Bluffs, a 473-unit apartment community located in the Bluffview neighborhood of Dallas. Built in 2019 and formerly known as Aura Bluffview, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, resident clubhouse, business center and a lounge. Paul Harris, Eric Calub, Thad Wetterau and Gregory Smith of Berkadia represented the seller, Texas-based Trinsic Residential Group, in the transaction.

September 20, 2021

Acquisitions Multifamily Seniors Housing Texas

Livingston Street Capital Acquires 402-Unit Active Adult Portfolio in North Texas

by Taylor Williams September 20, 2021

FORT WORTH AND DENTON, TEXAS — An affiliate of Livingston Street Capital has acquired a portfolio of two active adult communities totaling 402 units in North Texas. The properties include a 162-unit community in Fort Worth, which the firm has rebranded as The Spring at Silverton, and a 240-unit community in Denton, which the firm has rebranded as Sunstone Village. These assets bring Livingston’s active adult and independent living portfolio to nearly 600 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth market and more than 1,500 units nationally.

September 20, 2021

Acquisitions Hospitality Texas

Joint Venture Acquires Three Hotels in The Woodlands from Howard Hughes Corp. for $252M

by Taylor Williams September 17, 2021

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — A joint venture led by Los Angeles-based investment firm Lowe has acquired three hotels in The Woodlands, located about 30 miles north of Houston, from The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) for $252 million. The properties include The Woodlands Resort, a 402-room hotel that was built in 1972; Embassy Suites by Hilton, The Woodlands at Hughes Landing, a 205-room asset that was constructed in 2015; and The Westin at The Woodlands, a 302-room property that was completed in 2016. CoralTree Hospitality, a subsidiary of Lowe, will manage the hotels. In addition, the new ownership will invest approximately $25 million in capital improvements across all three properties.

September 17, 2021

Acquisitions Industrial Self-Storage Texas

JLL Negotiates Sale of 780-Unit CubeSmart-Branded Self-Storage Facility in Hutto, Texas

by Taylor Williams September 17, 2021

HUTTO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Park 79 Self Storage, a 780-unit facility that is operated under the CubeSmart brand in Hutto, a northeastern suburb of Austin. The property was built on 3.2 acres in 2019. Brian Somoza and Steve Mellon of JLL represented the seller, a locally based entity doing business as Park 79 Storage LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Wasatch Storage Partners.

September 17, 2021

Acquisitions Industrial Texas

MAG Capital Partners Acquires 402,046 SF Manufacturing, Distribution Property in Waco

by Taylor Williams September 17, 2021

WACO, TEXAS — MAG Capital Partners has acquired a 402,046-square-foot manufacturing and distribution property in Waco that has served as the headquarters of Hobbs Manufacturing since 1993. Hobbs Manufacturing, founded in 1953, employs about 200 people at the Waco plant, where it produces synthetic fiber batting and other fiberfill products for the apparel, home furnishings and industrial markets. Dax T. S. Mitchell and Andrew Gi of MAG Capital Partners negotiated the transaction directly with the seller. The sales price was not disclosed.

September 17, 2021

Development Loans Mixed-Use Texas

Knighthead Funding Provides $59.5M Construction Loan for Austin Mixed-Use Project

by Taylor Williams September 17, 2021

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Knighthead Funding has provided a $59.5 million construction loan for a mixed-use project that will be located about three miles from downtown Austin. The project will comprise 200 multifamily units, 22,318 square feet of office space and 4,884 square feet of retail space. The residential component will consist of 170 market-rate units and 30 affordable housing units. The borrower was a partnership between Austin-based Pearlstone Partners and New York City-based ATCO Properties. A tentative completion date was not released.

September 17, 2021

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