LAREDO, TEXAS — Logistics and foreign trade services firm Cargoquin Inc. has signed a 118,842-square-foot industrial sublease at 810 Nafta Blvd. in the South Texas city of Laredo. Matthew Boltz, Trace Elrod, Garrett Gibbons Jr., Chris Mason, John Beach, Reggie Beavan III, Andy Iversen, Jack Brewer and Chris Mathis of Newmark represented the sublandlord, SL Source Logistics Laredo LLC, in the lease negotiations. Forum CRE represented the subtenant.
HURST, TEXAS — Gardner Capital has broken ground on Gala at Central Park, an affordable seniors housing community in the Fort Worth suburb of Hurst. The 94-unit complex, which will offer a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments, will include a three-story residential building and a two-story clubhouse with a variety of amenities. Construction in slated for completion in early 2022. Treymore Construction will serve as general contractor for the project. Hurst Public Facility Corp. is the development partner, while NDC Corporate and Redstone are the financial partners for the transaction.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Comfort Inn North Dallas Galleria, an 82-room hotel located at 7815 LBJ Freeway that is operated under the Choice Hotels International brand. Chris Gomes and Allan Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1519 Industrial Drive in Missouri City, a southwestern suburb of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2019. Jake Wilkinson and Darren O’Conor of NAI Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the transaction. The representative of the tenant, logistics firm CW Global, was also not disclosed.
By Taylor Williams The decision by Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, to recently bring its investment sales services for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) industrial market not only represents an opportunity to gain share of a booming market, but also to capitalize on a pronounced shift in buying patterns. COVID-19 has drastically accelerated demand for e-commerce services and industrial space on the leasing front. As investors that put new acquisitions on hold early in the pandemic regain their aggressiveness and as more capital sources diversify into the asset class, the line between requirements for institutional and private investors is growing blurrier. Ultimately, the shift in investment philosophy for industrial product in major markets boils down to private buyers targeting assets that have typically been considered institutional quality. This trend is a factor of several marketplace tendencies: the cautiousness with which institutional capital proceeds, the willingness of private investors to accept lower returns and the general mixing up of the Tier 1 industrial buyer pool. Like demand for industrial product from both tenants and the capital markets, the creeping of private buyers into the institutional space was taking place before the pandemic. But the overlap has become …
HOUSTON — Dallas-based investment firm Sealy & Co. has acquired a 663,821-square-foot warehouse and distribution building located at the intersection of McCarty Drive and Loop 610 in northeast Houston. The rail-served property is situated on 40 acres and features 200 trailer parking spaces with additional expansion capacity. Tom Lynch and Faron Wiley of CBRE, along with Scott Sealy Jr. and Jason Gandy of Sealy & Co., handled the transaction on behalf of the buyer. First Industrial Real Estate Trust sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
CONROE, TEXAS — Wisconsin-based investment firm MLG Capital has purchased Heights at Harper’s Preserve, a 328-unit apartment property located within the Harper’s Preserve master-planned community in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. Heights at Harper’s Preserve offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, resident lounge and a complimentary breakfast and coffee bar. MLG Capital now owns approximately 10,700 apartments in Texas. The seller was not disclosed.
TULSA, OKLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Tulsa Hills Storage, a self-storage facility that consists of 71 climate-controlled units, 176 non-climate-controlled units and 19 parking spaces for a total of 266 storage options. Trey Hammond, Mike Mele and Luke Elliott of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Paul Korte, Brett Biery, Anthony Isler and McAuley Properties LLC, in the transaction. Attic @ Tulsa Hills LLC acquired the property for an undisclosed price.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 19,451-square-foot industrial lease at Southlake Business Park, located on the outskirts of Fort Worth. Matt Carthey, George Jennings and Hogan Harrison of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Joe Santaularia of Bradford Commercial represented the tenant, American Bear Logistics.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 7,168-square-foot industrial property located at 1515 Globe St. in southeast Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property was built in 1980. Michael Keegan, Darren O’Conor and Andrew Laycock of NAI Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.