Texas

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IRVING, TEXAS — Locally based retail brokerage firm Disney Investment Group has arranged the sale of Towne North, a 124,289-square-foot shopping center in Irving. Ethnic grocer El Rancho Supermercado anchors the property, which was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. David Disney and Adam Crockett of Disney Investment Group represented the seller, an affiliate of Dallas-based Nayeb Group, which sold the property to an out-of-state private equity firm. Disney Investment Group also arranged the sale of Towne North to Nayeb Group from HSM Equities for $17 million in summer 2019.

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GALVESTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Galveston Island RV Resort, a 200-site property that is situated on a 28.3-acre tract in the coastal Texas city. Jesse Pine and Bob Kaplan of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Pine also procured the buyer, Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA). Tim Speck of Marcus & Millichap assisted with the closing of the deal.

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BEAUMONT, TEXAS — The Estes Cos., a metro Houston-based investment firm, has acquired Verandas at Beaumont Apartments, a 100-unit multifamily community in East Texas. The property features one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units and amenities such as a playground, dog park and outdoor grilling area. Estes plans to implement a value-add program. The seller was not disclosed.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — General contractor Vaughn Construction is nearing completion of the initial phase of a $135 million office project in Austin for the Texas Facilities Commission, an agency that manages government buildings throughout the state. The project includes a nine-story office building, central utility plant and an 1,850-space parking garage. Approximately 1,500 employees from the Texas Health & Human Services Commission will occupy the building beginning in June. Details about subsequent phases were not disclosed.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Hodges Ward Elliott, a hospitality brokerage firm with offices across the country, has arranged the sale of four Omni Hotels & Resorts in Texas. The hotels are located in the metro areas of each of the state’s four largest markets: Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The hotels were sold as part of a five-property, 1,729-room portfolio transaction, with the fifth hotel located in Jacksonville, Fla. John Bourret, Daniel Peek, Austin Brooks and David Auer of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller, TRT Holdings, the Dallas-based owner-operator of the Omni family of brands. The undisclosed buyer plans to renovate and rebrand all five hotels.

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DALLAS — Locally based hospitality investment firm NewcrestImage has purchased the Magnolia Hotel, a 325-room hotel located at 1401 Commerce St. across the street from AT&T’s headquarters office in downtown Dallas. The historic 29-story building was originally constructed in 1922 as the headquarters for Magnolia Petroleum and was redeveloped into a boutique hotel in 1999. NewcrestImage purchased the property from Denver-based Stout Street Hospitality for an undisclosed price. John Bourret, Daniel Peek, Austin Brooks and David Auer of Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the deal.

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HOUSTON — A partnership between locally based investment firm Hicks Ventures and New York City-based Taconic Capital has completed the $6 million renovation of 1177 West Loop South, a 341,947-square-foot office building in Houston. The program upgraded the 18-story building’s lobby, conference facilities, common areas, café, fitness center and outdoor patios. Transwestern provides leasing services for the property. Hicks Ventures purchased the building in the spring of 2019 and started the renovation in early 2020.

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NORMAN, OKLA. — Austin-based Sparrow Partners is underway on construction of Sage Cobblestone, a 168-unit active adult community in Norman. The property will be located adjacent to the Cobblestone Creek Golf Course and 2.5 miles from the University of Oklahoma. The first residents are scheduled to move in to the six-acre property in the spring 2022. Sparrow Partners will build and own Sage Cobblestone, while its subsidiary Sparrow Living will manage the property. The project team includes architect Fugleberg Koch, landscape designer Norris Design and engineering firms Kimley-Horn, Integrity Structural and Joseph Lawrence & Co. Rents will start at approximately $1,400 and $2,055 a month for one- and two-bedroom units, respectively.

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Kris Mikkelsen BFR SFR multifamily

A number of factors are driving an increase in demand for single-family rental assets. Declines in home ownership rates, increasing demand/short supply for multifamily options and baby boomer renting preferences have made renting these single-family properties an increasingly popular choice. Meanwhile, COVID-19 spurred increases in teleworking that created a desire for additional space in the home and allowed more people to move to suburban locations — accelerating demand for single-family rental properties. Seeing the growing demand and increasing rents in the single-family rental (SFR) and build-for-rent (BFR) sector, Walker & Dunlop has created a new team — Walker & Dunlop SFR & BFR Practice Group — to provide investors information on construction, bridge lending, permanent financing, equity structuring and property sales, for a market estimated at $3.4 trillion (compared to $3.5 trillion for the multifamily market).1 Popularity, high occupancy and increasing rent rates have drawn the attention of larger investors to SFR and BFR assets, according to Kris Mikkelsen, executive vice president of investment sales with Walker & Dunlop. “Currently, larger investors make up less than 2 percent of the SFR market, which has been traditionally governed by individuals or small-scale parties. But that number will increase as investors recognize …

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Trevor Koskovich Northmarq multifamily

NorthMarq has added a multifamily investment sales team to its Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., offices. The new team, which consists of Andrea Howard, Jeff Glenn, John Currin, Allan Lynch and Caylor Mark, all formerly of JLL, brings NorthMarq’s investment sales locations to 18. This addition also allows NorthMarq to expand its visibility, Carolinas coverage and service offerings to clients as the firm sets its sights on high-growth markets. Trevor Koskovich, NorthMarq’s president of investment sales, sat down with Finance Insight to discuss the multifamily investment sales market and his new five-person team. Finance Insight: What does this new team and location add to the NorthMarq platform and breadth of services? Koskovich: The new Raleigh and Charlotte locations allow NorthMarq to be in lower-regulation, high-growth U.S. regions. From an investment sales perspective, we’re really targeting high-growth markets for population movement and investment sales transaction volume. Raleigh and Charlotte continue to be part of this conversation, and we’re super excited about our new team’s ability to service those markets. This new team will help us drive more business through the Southeast and in overlapping markets, including Nashville, Chattanooga and north Florida. These team members are an integral part of our growth platform, …

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