ARLINGTON, TEXAS — RealSource Group has brokered the sale of a 3,010-square-foot single-tenant retail property in Arlington that is triple-net leased to 7-Eleven. Austin Blodgett of RealSource, along with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, a private developer based in Houston. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley Investment Group represented the buyer, a 1031 exchange investor based in Southern California. The asset traded at a cap rate of 4.7 percent. The 7-Eleven store, which includes a fuel station, opened on June 10 to mark the beginning of a new 15-year lease.
BUDA, TEXAS — Minneapolis-based developer United Properties has broken ground on Phase I of Buda Midway, a project that will add 474,000 square feet of industrial space to the local supply. The site is located at the junction of Interstate 35 and State Highway 45 on the southern outskirts of Austin. Phase I will comprise three buildings — two rear-load facilities each totaling 115,090 square feet and one cross-dock facility totaling 244,285 square feet — on 35.9 acres. Completion of Phase I is slated for early 2022. Project partners include Aquila Commercial, Kimley-Horn Design and Engineering Consultants, Powers Brown Architecture, RC Page Construction and Hitchcock Design Group. Phase II of Buda Midway will include up to three buildings totaling 326,000 square feet. Once finished, the buildings will provide 30- to 36-foot clear heights, ample trailer parking and 200-plus automobile parking spots.
TULSA, OKLA. — Saint Francis Health System will undertake a $250 million renovation and expansion of its Saint Francis Hospital South campus in Tulsa. The healthcare provider has tapped Cushman & Wakefield’s project development and services team to lead the project. Specifically, the team plans to deliver a 51,000-square-foot renovation of imaging spaces and four operating rooms and a 232,600-square-foot expansion that will add four operating rooms, a six-story tower with 124 patient rooms and a 600-space parking garage. Completion of the renovation and expansion is slated for March 2025.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Manhattan-based lender Emerald Creek Capital has provided a $10.3 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 170,915-square-foot office building in the northern Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. The property sits on eight acres and contains 18 leasable units that are occupied by tenants in the finance, engineering and physical therapy industries. Matt Fantuzzi of Emerald Creek Capital originated the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
DALLAS — New Jersey-based mortgage banking firm Progress Capital has arranged an $8 million acquisition loan for Crossings at Lake Highlands, a 98-unit apartment complex in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas. The property offers amenities such as a pool, outdoor kitchen, coffee bar and a dog park. Abe Mann of Progress Capital placed the nonrecourse loan, which was structured with a three-year term plus two one-year extension options and a 78 percent loan-to-cost ratio, through a national debt fund. The borrower, RFM Property Group, plans to implement a capital improvement program.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — EVO Entertainment, an Austin-based entertainment concept that combines bowling, movies, games and food and beverages, will open a 68,733-square-foot venue at Southlake Town Square, a 130-acre mixed-use development near Fort Worth. The entertainment center, which is scheduled to open at the end of the year, will be EVO’s first in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. This location will feature a full restaurant and bar with outdoor patio space, seven movie screens, arcade games, bowling lanes, a laser tag arena, rock climbing wall, ropes course and private party rooms. Retail Properties of America, an Illinois-based REIT, owns Southlake Town Square.
DALLAS — Quiet 3PF, a third-party logistics firm based in Massachusetts, has opened a 550,000-square-foot fulfillment center at 10750 Denton Drive in northwest Dallas. The move added about 400 jobs to the local economy. Greenfield Partners LLC, which acquired Quiet 3PF along with Related Fund Management in 2018, developed the facility.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — Oldham Goodwin Group LLC, a development and management firm based in Central Texas, has completed The Huntington at Lago Mar, a 148-unit affordable independent living community in Texas City, located southeast of Houston. Units feature granite countertops, vinyl flooring and individual washer and dryer connections. Communal amenities include a yoga studio, fitness center, community room, theater, pool, outdoor grill area and bocce ball and shuffleboard courts. Construction began in November 2019.
HOUSTON — Transwestern Real Estate Services (TRS) has negotiated the sale of three warehouses totaling 198,663 square feet in Houston. The first property spans 89,000 square feet across four buildings and is located at 15800 Export Plaza. The second facility totals 59,344 square feet and is located at 11940 Brittmoore Park Drive. The third asset consists of 50,319 square feet on a 7.2-acre site at 7211 Gessner Road. Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of TRS represented the sellers in all three transactions. The buyers were all undisclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — PlattPointe Capital LLC, a boutique capital advisory firm, has arranged a $32.5 million senior loan for the construction of a six-building, 226-unit multifamily project in Fort Worth. A local debt fund provided the financing, which was structured with an 80 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The borrower was not disclosed.