HOUSTON — Newmark has negotiated a 181,067-square-foot industrial lease extension at Building 11 within Central Green Business Park in Houston. John Luck, Griffin Rich, Chris Mason, John Beach, Reggie Beavan III, Andy Iversen, Joshua Brown and Trace Elrod of Newmark represented the tenant, GAC Energy & Marine Services, in the lease negotiations. Liberty Property Co. owns the facility.
SAN ANTONIO — JLL has brokered the sale-leaseback of a 166,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 5003 Stout Drive on San Antonio’s east side. The property was built in 1985 and renovated in 2019. Building features include 22.5-foot clear heights, 93 parking stalls and a 21 percent office finish. Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Joshua Villarreal and Matthew Barge of JLL represented the seller and occupant, graphic design and custom manufacturing firm Comet Signs, in the transaction. The buyer/landlord was not disclosed.
TAYLOR, TEXAS — The Boulder Group, an Illinois-based retail brokerage firm, has arranged the $2.4 million sale of a 6,912-square-foot retail property that is net-leased to Advance Auto Parts in Taylor, located northeast of Austin. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a private investor based in the Southwest, in the transaction. The undisclosed, West Coast-based buyer completed the deal via a 1031 exchange.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — The NRP Group, a Cleveland-based multifamily developer, has broken ground on The James on Grand Avenue, a 275-unit affordable housing project in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. All of the property’s units will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. The James on Grand Avenue will feature one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, business center children’s play area and a fitness center. Residents will also have access to services such as first-time homebuyer programs, financial literacy training and after school care. Leasing is expected to begin next August, with full completion scheduled for June 2023. NRP Group is developing the project in partnership with Capital Area Housing Finance Corp.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn has negotiated a 162,000-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 4717 Plano Parkway in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. The deal essentially triples the Dallas-area footprint of the tenant, third-party logistics firm JB Hudco, to 240,000 square feet. Chad Albert of NAI Robert Lynn represented JB Hudco in the lease negotiations. George Billingsley represented the landlord, Billingsley Co., on an internal basis.
TULSA, OKLA. — Aristocrat Gaming, a manufacturer of slot machines and similar products, has signed a 137,500-square-foot lease for its new headquarters at 15336 E. Admiral Place in Tulsa. The property is under construction, with the warehouse component scheduled for completion this winter and the office component slated for a summer 2022 delivery. Dwayne Flynn and Ryan Shaffer of CBRE represented Aristocrat Gaming and the landlord, Tulsa-based Miller Investments & Properties, in the lease negotiations.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has arranged a 67,095-square-foot industrial lease at North Quarter 35, a four-building, 645,000-square-foot development located in the Alliance submarket of Fort Worth. Seth Koschak, Forrest Cook and Brett Carlton of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, North Texas-based M2G Ventures, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was Prickly Pear Skin Care LLC.
EAGLE LAKE, TEXAS — Provider Nexion Health has opened Eagle’s Landing, a memory care community within its Arbor Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Eagle Lake, approximately 70 miles west of Houston. The asset offers 20 units. The Arbor Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center was one of nine Texas facilities that Nexion Health took over the operations of in December 2020.
DALLAS — California-based REIT PS Business Parks Inc. (NYSE: PSB) has acquired Port America, a 717,735-square-foot industrial development in Dallas, for $123 million. Port America, which is located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, consists of eight buildings that were 96 percent leased at the time of sale. The average tenant suite is 8,000 square feet. The seller was not disclosed.
WILLIS, TEXAS — Texas-based investment and development firm Fidelis has begun construction on The Market at Willis, a 69.7-acre mixed-use project in Willis, located about 50 miles north of Houston. Construction of Phase I will consist of a 200,000-square-foot shopping center that will be anchored by regional grocer H-E-B. Construction of Phase II, which is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of next year, will add more retail and restaurant space and a 250-unit multifamily community. Phase I is expected to open some time in 2022.