COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — New York City-based Arbor Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: ABR) has provided a $10 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Vintage at College Station, a 200-unit apartment community in College Station. The newly remodeled property is located about two miles from Texas A&M University’s campus and features one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, wood flooring and walk-in closets. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas, business center and a dog park. Stephen York of Arbor originated the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Logistics firm Lineage Redistribution has signed a 122,500-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. Matt Carthey and Thomas Grafton with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, SCRS Fort Worth Industrial, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 25,288-square-foot life sciences lease for biotechnology firm Lexicon Pharmaceuticals at 2445 Technology Forest Blvd. in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. Dan Boyles and Jon Silberman of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The duo also recently arranged the sale of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals’ former headquarters building in The Woodlands.
IRVING, TEXAS — American Honda Finance Corp., the leasing and financing solutions arm of the Japanese automaker, has signed a 23,142-square-foot office lease expansion at the 500,000-square-foot Royal Ridge complex in Irving. Timothy Vaughan of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. John Brownlee and Michael Williams of JLL represented the landlord, Florida-based Accesso. Honda’s total footprint at Royal Ridge now encompasses nearly 100,000 square feet.
JERICHO, N.Y. AND HOUSTON — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) has announced plans to acquire fellow retail REIT Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) for roughly $3.9 billion. The combined company is expected to have a pro forma equity market capitalization of $12 billion and a pro forma total enterprise value of $20.5 billion. The merger will create a national operating portfolio of 559 open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers — one of the darlings of commercial real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic — and mixed-use assets comprising 100 million square feet of gross leasable area. In its reasoning for the acquisition, Kimco cited enhanced asset diversification and quality; expanded geographic reach in high-growth, first-ring suburbs of core markets; greater tenant diversity; a more compelling value creation pipeline; operational savings and corporate synergies; earnings accretion and NOI growth opportunities; and an increase in the company’s financial strength and flexibility. “We believe this transaction is a win-win for shareholders of both companies, who will benefit from the upside potential associated with owning the preeminent open-air, grocery-anchored shopping center and mixed-use real estate REIT in the U.S.,” says Conor Flynn, Kimco’s CEO. “This combination reflects our conviction in the grocery-anchored shopping center category, which has …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Developer Brookwood Properties LLC has completed a 1,500-unit self-storage facility at 4500 S. Congress Ave. in Austin. Buffalo, N.Y.-based LifeStorage is managing and operating the three-story, Class A facility, which spans approximately 146,500 net rentable square feet. Kansas-based Kaufman Design served as the project architect, and Louisiana-based Rosehill Construction served as the general contractor. The facility is Brookwood’s fifth in the Austin area and 11th in Texas.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Tabani Group Inc. has acquired McKinney Marketplace, a 118,967-square-foot shopping center located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. Built on 15.8 acres in 2000, McKinney Marketplace was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Kohl’s, Dollar Tree, Cato and Wendy’s. Chris Gerard, Adam Howells, Barry Brown, Ryan Shore, Greyson Fewin and Pauli Kerr of JLL represented the undisclosed institutional seller in the transaction.
DENTON, TEXAS — National Asset Services (NAS), a Los Angeles-based investment management and brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of Cooper Glen Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily community located in the North Texas city of Denton. Built in 1996, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool and a fitness center. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. Cooper Glen Apartments was approximately 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Flannery Trim, a manufacturer of aluminum and drywall products for residential and commercial buildings, has signed a 39,405-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. The tenant will relocate its corporate headquarters from California to the 87,640-square-foot Building A within Carter Industrial Park. Nick Talley of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented Flannery Trim in its site selection and lease negotiations. Scott Moore, Bob Scully and Brice Wells of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has brokered the sale of a 30,000-square-foot industrial building located at 9342 Telge Road in northwest Houston. The building is located within Aberdeen Business Park and is leased to aquatic engineering firm Oceaneering International Inc. Travis Land of NAI Partners represented the buyer, United Equities, in the transaction. Jason English of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller.