SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — A local developer doing business as LJ Parkway LLC has sold Riverstone Plaza, a 28,000-square-foot retail center in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. Built in 2018, the property was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to a roster of 16 tenants that includes salons, medical services, a learning center and restaurants. Marc Peeler of NewQuest Properties represented the seller in the transaction. Bob Yuanjie of Ping Management LLC represented the undisclosed, locally based buyer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood will develop Alliance Center East 1, a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial project that will be located within the company’s AllianceTexas master-planned community in Fort Worth. Building features will include 40-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths, 236 car parking spaces and 271 trailer parking spaces. The site can be expanded to offer parking for as many as 1,438 cars and 511 trailers. RGA Architects is designing the project, and Hillwood Construction Services is serving as the general contractor. Frost Bank provided financing for construction, which is scheduled to begin in July and be complete in the second quarter of 2022. According to the development team, Alliance Center East 1 will be the largest speculative building that Hillwood has developed in its 30-year history.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Dalcor Cos., a Dallas-based development and management firm, is underway on Watterscape Urban Residential, a 469-unit apartment community that will be located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. The property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and keyless entry mechanisms. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, business center, collaborative work areas and a dog spa. Moss Construction Group, in a joint venture with Landmark, is the general contractor for the project, which is expected to be complete in December 2022.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based general contractor KWA Construction has completed Phase II of Columbia Renaissance Square, a project that added 120 units of affordable seniors housing to the local supply. Developed by Columbia Residential and designed by JHP Architecture, the property features one- and two-bedroom floor plans with full-sized kitchens, espresso cabinetry and vinyl plank flooring. Amenities include a clubhouse with a catering kitchen, business center, fitness center, wellness room, theater room and a landscaped gazebo and courtyard. Phase I of the project consisted of 140 units, 85 percent of which were affordable.
HOUSTON — Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group has acquired a portfolio of seven industrial buildings in Houston totaling 123,800 square feet in Houston. The properties are located in the city’s Northwest, Southeast and North industrial submarkets. The tenant roster has a weighted average lease team of 4.68 years and includes users in the industrial equipment, industrial services, consumer goods, energy and construction industries. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — McKinney, Texas-based Independent Financial has signed a 12,000-square-foot office lease at Rosewood Court in Uptown Dallas. The company plans to take occupancy of its new space on the 10th floor in September. Bill McClung of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Haley Collard represented the landlord, Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co., on an internal basis.
FLORIDA AND TEXAS — Waypoint Residential LLC, through several subsidiaries, has acquired land for the development of five multifamily projects in Florida and Texas. All told, the Class A, garden-style developments will comprise more than 1,350 units with a total capitalization surpassing $240 million. Four of the projects will be located in Florida, within the markets of Gainesville, Orlando, Stuart and Palm Bay. The Texas project will be located in suburban San Antonio. In Gainesville, Waypoint plans to build a 235-unit property on SW 20th Avenue. The community will be near several retail and entertainment options and seven miles from the University of Florida. Waypoint is planning a 312-unit community along Lake Wilson, about 25 miles south of downtown Orlando. The project will offer convenient access to Interstate 4, Highway 27 and Ronald Regan Parkway. The Stuart project, located directly off US-1, will feature 270 units. Stuart is located on the Atlantic Coast approximately midway between Miami and Orlando. The Palm Bay project will comprise 252 units. Palm Bay is situated within Florida’s “Space Coast” and near employers such as L3 Harris, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Health First. The Texas development will be located in Boerne, about 30 miles …
By Taylor Williams E-commerce has revealed some fundamental truths about how humans consume goods, mainly that price point and convenience are by far the most important criteria in purchase decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic has served to further ingrain these mentalities and to suck more people into the world of online shopping in the name of adhering to public health guidelines. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2020, a year in which a global health crisis spurred furious increases in online shopping, total e-commerce sales clocked in at $791.7 billion, up a staggering 32.4 percent from 2019. E-commerce sales accounted for 14.4 percent of all retail sales in 2020 — essentially double the 7.3 percent proportion in 2015. In addition, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is projecting that e-commerce sales will grow by 18 to 23 percent in 2021, yielding a total annual sales volume in excess of $1.1 trillion. Based on 2020 figures provided by the NRF, which cited total retail sales of just over $4 trillion, the e-commerce component is now poised to account for more than a quarter of the market. Especially in the early days of the pandemic, the need to minimize shopping trips and shelter …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Interstate Crossing, a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Fort Worth. Dallas-based Hunt Southwest developed the property, which provides immediate proximity to Interstates 820 and 35, on a speculative basis. Building features include 40-foot clear heights, 195-foot truck court depths and ample trailer and automobile parking. Jack Fraker, Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE represented Hunt Southwest in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed, publicly traded REIT.
PORTER, TEXAS — The Signorelli Co., the locally based developer behind the 1,400-acre Valley Ranch master-planned community, has opened Valley Ranch Self Storage, a 750-unit facility located in the northeastern Houston suburb of Porter. The three-story property has a gross square footage of 100,000 square feet and offers climate-controlled space. Units range in size from five-by-five feet to 10-by-30 feet, with units on higher levels accessible by elevator.