ATHENS, TEXAS — Dallas-based Profectus Multifamily Capital has purchased a vacant Quality Inn & Suites hotel in Athens, located southeast of Dallas, with plans to convert the property into a 122-unit apartment community. The complex will offer a fitness center, business center, dog park, outdoor recreational areas and a restaurant or coffee shop. Greg Miller of locally based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group represented Profectus in its acquisition of the property, which was originally built in 1981 on a 14-acre site that can support additional future development.
SAN ANTONIO — JLL has negotiated the sale of Shops at Potranco, an 18,344-square-foot retail center in San Antonio. Tim Allen of JLL represented the seller, CSW Development, in the transaction. C.W. Sheehan and Matt Ctvrtlik, also with JLL, arranged a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Bank of Austin on behalf of the buyer, an affiliate of Austin-based Door Capital Partners. The property was built in 2019 and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Orangetheory Fitness, Jersey Mike’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and Supercuts.
HOUSTON — Bellrock Real Estate Partners has purchased Broadstone Summer Street, a 375-unit apartment community in Houston. Built in 2019, the property features stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, walk-in closets, individual washers and dryers and private patios/balconies in select units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, resident lounge, theater room, pet park, outdoor grilling stations and a rooftop terrace. Hank Glasgow and Braden Harmon of Newmark arranged a $64.7 million floating-rate acquisition loan on behalf of the new ownership through a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors. The new ownership will rebrand the property as Bellrock Summer Street. The seller was not disclosed, but Broadstone is a brand of Houston-based Alliance Residential.
SEGUIN, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co., a self-storage brokerage firm based in Austin and Houston, has negotiated the sale of K2 Storage, a 321-unit facility located about 35 miles northeast of Austin in Seguin. The property spans 53,650 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the Texas-based seller, KTCK2 Management LLC, in the transaction. The duo also procured the New York-based buyer, an entity doing business as AGAP Seguin Lettau LLC.
SAN ANTONIO — Newmark has brokered the sale of The Preserve at Westover Hills, a 276-unit apartment community in northwest San Antonio. The property features one- and two-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, playground, dog park, outdoor grilling areas and a package locker room. Patton Jones and Matt Michelson of Newmark represented the seller, Texas-based InvestRes, in the transaction. Kansas-based Cohen-Esrey Apartment Investors LLC purchased the value-add asset, which was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — Whitebox Real Estate, a Dallas-based advisory and development firm, has opened a new office at 5847 San Felipe St. in West Houston. In its decision to expand to Houston, Whitebox president and managing director Grant Pruitt cited the healthy volume of businesses relocating to Houston from California, Illinois and New York as a key factor. Industry veteran and Houston native Andrew Brod will lead the new office as managing director.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment firm Leon Capital has acquired an 81,718-square-foot industrial building located at 3601 Conway St. in Fort Worth. James Mantzuranis and Adam Jones with Stream Realty Partners represented Leon Capital in the transaction. Seth Koschak and Forrest Cook, also with Stream, represented the sellers, Wayne Corbell and Bonnie Corbell.
HOUSTON — The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is set to break ground on Phase I of TMC3, a $1.8 billion life sciences campus in Houston. The 37-acre TMC3 master plan, which will encompass approximately 6 million square feet of development, was designed by Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects. Groundbreaking is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. Phase I of the campus will include 950,000 square feet of space dedicated to research, anchored by a 700,000-square-foot facility developed by Beacon Capital Partners and strategic partner Braidwell; a 521-room hotel; 65,000 square feet of conference space; a 350-unit residential tower; over 2,000 parking spaces; and 18.7 acres of public space, including six parks designed by Mikyoung Kim Design. Upon full build-out, the development will also include six future industry and institutional research buildings and a mixed-use building with retail. The campus is expected to generate up to $5.4 billion in annual economic impact for the state of Texas, as well as 23,000 permanent jobs and 19,000 construction jobs. “It is an unprecedented time for life sciences and innovation in the U.S. and Houston has all the factors that are required for explosive growth in this space,” says Steve Purpura, president of …
PLANO AND HUTCHINS, TEXAS — CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) will open a new technology innovation center at Granite Park in the northern Dallas suburb of Plano, a move that is expected to create about 200 new jobs. The square footage and expected opening date of the center were not disclosed. In addition, the Richmond-based used vehicle retailer will open an 11-acre auction facility in Hutchins, located south of Dallas. CarMax expects to hire about 25 people at the auction house and to begin hosting virtual events by October. Lastly, the company will launch a new customer experience center (CEC) to serve its Dallas-area customers. This initiative will result in the hiring of about 75 remote positions, resulting in total employment growth of about 300 jobs. In addition to its more than 220 stores, CarMax’s corporate footprint includes its headquarters in Richmond; CarMax Auto Finance in Atlanta; and CEC locations in Atlanta, Phoenix, Richmond, Raleigh and Kansas City.
MESQUITE AND ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based TruAmerica Multifamily has purchased two apartment communities in the Dallas area totaling 541 units. Mission Ranch Apartments is a 295-unit property located in the eastern suburb of Mesquite that offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The Heights, located in Arlington, consists of 162 single-family townhomes and 84 apartments on a 35-acre site. TruAmerica plans to renovate unit interiors at both Mission Ranch and The Heights while also upgrading the amenity spaces at the latter property.