HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has arranged the sale of a 41,450-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 14199 Westfair Drive E was constructed on 2.7 acres in 2008 and features 28-foot clear heights. Perry Mazzone and Matt Rogers of Oxford Partners represented the buyer, Immobile Industrial LLC, in the transaction. Wyatt Huff, Hunter Stockard and Gray Gilbert of Partners Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller.
By Taylor Williams According to the results of Texas Real Estate Business’ annual reader forecast survey, to many commercial brokers and owners in Texas, the change of power in the White House is very much a good thing. In the survey, respondents across a wide range of commercial jobs, practices and asset classes shared expectations for 2025 across an even wider range of topics. But as is usually the case every fourth December, it was the results of the presidential election that generated the most insight and feedback from participants. Like the man himself, the commentary on Donald Trump was often polarizing, but it’s a welcome respite from years of focusing on inflation and interest rates. Across two separate surveys, 45 brokers and owners/developers answered, via free-response format, the same question of how Trump’s re-election would impact the industry in the short run. Though in their entirety, responses ran the gamut from effusive to disheartened and everything in between — with many respondents unsurprisingly opting to remain anonymous — the overall resulting feeling is clearly one of optimism. During his first term as president, Trump, a major commercial developer himself, routinely pressured the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, which …
DALLAS — Locally based investment firm S2 Capital has purchased Landmark at Gleneagles, a 590-unit apartment community in North Dallas. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 683 to 1,300 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, business center, pool, playground, basketball court, tennis court, game room, lounge and outdoor grilling and dining areas, according to Apartments.com, which also noted that the property has been rebranded as The Monte. S2 Capital purchased the asset as part of a sale of a larger, 1,768-unit portfolio that included four properties in Tennessee.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Provident Industrial, a division of locally based firm Provident, will develop A20 Logistics Center, a 161,408-square-foot project that will be located at 5000 E. Bardin Road in Arlington. The development will feature 32-foot clear heights, 34 dock doors, two oversized drive-in doors with ramps, 130-foot truck court depths and 2,100 square feet of speculative office space. Construction will begin in the coming days and is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2026. Provident Industrial is developing A20 Logistics Center in partnership with Humphreys Capital and Farmers Bank & Trust. JLL will market the property for lease.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Paragon Furniture has signed a 121,740-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. The local manufacturer and distributor of flexible school furniture will occupy the entire building at 3253 Boswell Drive, which is located in the Handley neighborhood on the east side, for its new distribution center. Langston Sutcliffe of Partners Real Estate represented Paragon Furniture in the lease negotiations. Brian Gilchrist of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Infrastructure consulting firm Halff has sold its 91,251-square-foot office building in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The building sits on a 6.7-acre site at 1201 N. Bowser Road. Jonathan Carrier of JLL represented Halff in the transaction. Digital Realty purchased the building for an undisclosed price. The sale was executed in conjunction with Halff signing an 80,000-square-foot lease at Galatyn Commons for its new Richardson office.
EL PASO, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Retreat at Mesa Hills, a 752-unit apartment community in El Paso. Developed in phases beginning in 1995, Retreat at Mesa Hills is located just off I-10 in the city’s Upper West Side neighborhood. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 538 to 2,127 square feet. Amenities include three pools with a tanning deck and private cabanas, a fitness center, two tennis courts, two sand volleyball courts, clubroom, game room, theater and an onsite Starbucks Coffee shop. Steven Hahn Jr., Art Barnes, Roberto Casas and William Jennings of JLL represented the seller, JRK Property Holdings, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
MANOR, TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged the sale of The Grand at Manor, a 271-unit apartment complex located on the northeastern outskirts of Austin. Built on 12.5 acres in 2021, the property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a dog park. Kelly Witherspoon, Justin Cole, Adam Sumrall and Justin Chambers of Berkadia represented the seller, California-based investment firm Bailard, in the transaction. The buyer was Texas-based investment and development firm Presidium. Cody Kirkpatrick, Noam Franklin, Chinmay Bhatt and Matthew Tu, also with Berkadia, arranged joint venture equity for the deal through an undisclosed, foreign family office.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Infrastructure consulting firm Halff has signed an 80,000-square-foot office lease in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The space is located within Galatyn Commons, a four-building, 800,000-square-foot campus that features a 10,000-square-foot fitness center, 8,000-square-foot food hall and a 150-person conference center. Andrew Taguwa, Taylor Dickerson and Rachel Gorney of JLL represented Halff in the lease negotiations. Cushman & Wakefield’s Chris Taylor and Zach Bean represented the landlord, Mapletree, a global investment firm based in Singapore.
DALLAS — KERA will open a new 60,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Uptown Dallas. At the end of February, the public broadcasting group will relocate from 3000 Harry Hines Blvd. to a temporary space at One Arts Plaza in downtown Dallas while the new headquarters is being built. Construction of the new building, the site of which is adjacent to the Katy Trail, will begin in the fourth quarter and is slated for a late-2027 delivery. Architecture firm Corgan is designing the new facility, which will include performance spaces and podcast studios, and Kaizen Development Partners will lead construction.