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LEANDER, TEXAS — Austin-based Impact Developers has completed Hermosa Village Apartments, a 238-unit multifamily community located in the northern Austin metro of Leander. Designed by Humphreys & Partners and built by Cadence McShane Construction, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 684 to 1,450 square feet. Units are furnished with custom European cabinetry, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, individual washers and dryers and private patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor game space and a dog park. Clay Akiwinzie of Berkadia, secured a loan through La Salle on behalf of California-based Bridge Partners for the acquisition of Hermosa Village.

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SAN ANTONIO — KeyBank has provided $54.4 million in financing for Kitty Hawk Flats, a 212-unit affordable housing development that will be located in San Antonio. The financing consisted of a $23.5 million low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) construction loan, a $7.4 million bridge loan and a $23.5 million fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan. Kitty Hawk Flats will comprise six one-bedroom, 70 two-bedroom, 100 three-bedroom and 36 four-bedroom units, with units reserved for renters earning between 30 and 70 percent of the area median income. The borrower was The NRP Group. Construction is expected to be complete by March 2022. Kyle Kolesar and Robbie Lynn of KeyBank originated the transaction.

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PONDER, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage has arranged the sale of a 100,000-square-foot industrial building and 23.2 acres at 100 E. FM 2449 in Ponder, located north of Fort Worth and west of Denton. Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller represented the seller, Dallas-based Ponder Property LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Ferti Management Corp., a Canadian producer of fertilizers. The sales price was not disclosed.

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HOUSTON — The Dinerstein Companies, a locally based developer, has topped out Aspire Post Oak, a 383-unit apartment building located across from a Whole Foods Market in the Galleria area of Houston. The high-rise building will consist of seven floors of parking below the 33 residential floors. Units will feature an average size of 1,210 square feet and will be furnished with modern kitchens, smart technologies and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a 24-hour fitness center, infinity pool with tanning decks and adjacent aqua lounge, indoor and outdoor resident event space, a dog park and concierge services. Ludlow & Associates Construction is the general contractor for the project, which will also include 15,506 square feet of retail space. Dinerstein expects to begin leasing Aspire Post Oak in the second half of 2021, with rents starting at $3,000 per month.

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HOUSTON — Trammell Crow Residential will develop Allora Northwest Crossing, a 378-unit apartment community that will be located at 5550 Bingle Road in northwest Houston. Units will feature individual washers and dryers and stainless steel appliances, while amenities will include a fitness center, pool, dog park and a bike storage room. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented Trammell Crow Residential affiliate Maple Bingle Apartments LLC in the acquisition of the 16.8-acre development site. Clay Pritchett and Zane Carman, also with NAI Partners, represented the seller, an investment group led by Claude Anello. Allora Northwest Crossing is expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2021.

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MESQUITE, TEXAS — The City Council of Mesquite, located east of Dallas, has approved a zoning change for a 356,000-square-foot industrial project to be developed by Huntington Industrial Partners. The proposed development would consist of a 240,000-square-foot cross-dock building and a 116,600-square-foot front-load building. The proposed site of the project spans 22 acres on Military Parkway, east of Interstate 635.

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COMFORT, TEXAS — RGH Real Estate Holdings LLC has purchased a 412,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1206 5th St. in Comfort, located northeast of San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property was built in 2015 and features clear heights between 20 and 37 feet. Ryan Boozer, Jeremy Kelly, Lena Pierce, Mackenzie Ford and Kevin Cosgrove of Stream Realty Partners represented the buyer in the transaction. Russell Noll of Transwestern represented the seller, WINRE LLC.

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TEXARKANA, TEXAS — TexAmericas Center (TAC) has broken ground on a 150,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Texarkana. The multi-tenant building will be situated on 24 acres and will feature 32-foot clear heights, one dock door per 5,000 square feet and two drive-in doors. Completion is scheduled for summer 2021. TAC owns and operates one of the largest mixed-use industrial parks in the United States, with roughly 12,000 development-ready acres and 3 million square feet of commercial and industrial product.

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By Taylor Williams  The unimpeachable role of technology in multifamily operations has been growing for some time, but COVID-19 has accelerated the importance of these platforms to a level that is unlikely to change even after the pandemic has fizzled out. Particularly with regard to leasing units to new renters and hiring and retaining talented management professionals, multifamily operators have had little choice but to embrace new technologically advanced ways of doing business. And since competition for tenants and staff are equally intense within the major apartment markets of Texas, operators that have developed proficiencies with new apps, platforms and equipment are pulling away from the pack. A panel of multifamily owner-operators and leasing agents discussed these topics at length during the first day of the ninth-annual InterFace Multifamily Texas conference. The two-day virtual event, which was hosted and organized by Atlanta-based France Media, was held Nov. 18-19 in lieu of the fall gathering that usually brings multifamily professionals from across the state together in Dallas. The Customer Side The panelists provided anecdotal evidence of just how important technology has become to the leasing and management aspects of their operations. “We’ve used basic equipment like video-stabilizing pods, which can be …

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IRVING, FARMERS BRANCH AND GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Locally based developer JPI has sold three apartment communities totaling 1,174 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex to an affiliate of Dallas-based Lone Star Funds. The properties include Jefferson Promenade in Irving, Jefferson 1900 in Farmers Branch and Jefferson Silverlake in Grapevine. All of the communities offer pools, fitness centers, resident lounges and high-end interior finishes. The sales price was not disclosed.

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