SAN ANTONIO — Investment firm IRA Cos. has acquired the Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio’s ambulatory surgery center and three of its medical office buildings in San Antonio. The properties total 55,457 square feet. All of the medical office buildings were fully leased to a single tenant at the time of sale. Alan Grilliette and Justin Brasell of Transwestern represented Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio as the seller in the transaction.
TULSA, OKLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $5.6 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of a 54-unit, 111-bed skilled nursing facility in Muskogee County, located southeast of Tulsa. The property was originally constructed in 1974 and features 58 ventilator beds. Historical occupancy has averaged 75 percent. Jay Healy of Berkadia originated the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower through HUD’s 232/223(f) program. The name and address of the property were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Trammell Crow Co. and MSD Capital, which manages the investments of tech magnate Michael Dell, has topped out a 35-story office project at 601 W. 2nd St. in downtown Austin. According to the development team, at 590 feet, the 814,081-square-foot building will be the tallest office building in Austin upon completion in May 2022. Pelli Clarke Pelli and STG Design served as the architects for the project, construction of which began in January 2019. DPR Construction is the general contractor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — New York City-based investment and development firm Tishman Speyer has purchased Building II at The Foundry, a 240,000-square-foot office complex in Austin. The two-building complex was 96 percent leased at the time of sale and offers amenities such as multiple fitness centers, bike storage spaces and outdoor terraces. Earlier this year, Tishman Speyer closed on the Foundry I building, which opened in 2019. At the time, the company announced that the follow-up acquisition of Foundry II would be executed once construction was completed. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Cielo Property Group, in the sale of The Foundry. CBRE leases the property.
KILLEEN, TEXAS — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Summerlyn Apartments, a 200-unit multifamily property located in the Central Texas city of Killeen. Built in 1974, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, basketball and volleyball courts and outdoor picnic areas. Andrew Hanson, Doug Banerjee and Chris Castillo of Greysteel represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
ROYCE CITY, TEXAS — Kinloch Partners, a developer of single-family rental (SFR) properties throughout the Southeast, has acquired land in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Royce City for the development of a new community. The number of homes was not disclosed, but the project is part of Kinloch Partners’ broader effort to add roughly 500 new SFR units to the local supply within the next 18 months. Homes will range in size from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet, and rents will start at less than $2,000 per month.
GARLAND, TEXAS — The Multifamily Group (TMG), a Dallas-based brokerage firm, has negotiated the sale of Crossings Apartments, a 151-unit complex located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The property was built in 1969 and features an average unit size of 806 square feet. Amenities include a pool, grilling areas and onsite laundry facilities, according to Apartments.com. Jon Krebbs of TMG represented the seller, a family office based in Fort Worth, in the transaction, and procured the undisclosed buyer. Old Capital Lending provided a Freddie Mac floating-rate acquisition loan to the new ownership.
By Taylor Williams In an era in which land and construction costs are perpetually on the rise, developers of affordable housing must be able to navigate a complex web of federal, state and local programs in order to secure gap financing — the capital that covers the delta between total development costs and those covered by tax credit equity, municipal bonds or other types of subsidies. Understanding and effectively utilizing the various initiatives and incentives — density bonuses, private activity bonds, tax increment reinvestment zones, energy efficiency compliance — is no easy task. Time and manpower aside, this process is further complicated by the fact that state and municipalities have their own laws and regulations when it comes to these programs. But successfully navigating them is key to eliminating development costs not covered by tax credits — the critical piece of financing that lies at the heart of virtually every affordable housing project in Texas. For without these subsidies, the economics of paying market-rate land prices and record-high construction costs to develop housing in which rent levels are capped simply doesn’t work. “As developers that want to build high-quality affordable housing that’s basically indistinguishable from market-rate product, what we need …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Cielo Property Group has acquired the second half of a city block near Frost Bank Tower in downtown Austin with plans to build a 750,000-square-foot office tower. The project represents the first phase of a larger development that could ultimately consist of two adjacent high-rise office buildings totaling 1.6 million square feet. Cielo acquired the 0.8-acre site at the southern end of the block for an undisclosed price following its purchase of the northern end of the block in early 2020. The Austin-based developer is still mulling plans for the north end, which can accommodate up to 886,200 square feet.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 458,810-square-foot industrial property located on a 97.1-acre site in Wichita Falls, about 115 miles northwest of Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1978 and features 21- to 45-foot clear heights and 12 dock-high doors. Nathan Denton, Reid Bassinger and Trey Fricke of Lee & Associates represented the seller, an entity doing business as 8600 Central Venture, in the transaction. Michelle Hudson and Tom Hudson of Hudson Peters Commercial represented the buyer, Panda High Plains.