DALLAS — Locally based developer Hunt Realty Investments has unveiled plans for a 3.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Uptown Dallas, according to reports from multiple news outlets including the Dallas Business Journal and constructionreviewonline.com. According to the latter outlet, the project will be developed on an 11-acre tract between North Field and North Houston streets that currently houses Hunt Realty’s Northend Apartments. The project will include commercial and residential uses, as well as a 1.5-acre park and an urban arboretum. A construction timeline is still being finalized, according to the media outlets.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — California-based investment firm Buchanan Street Partners has acquired Waters Edge at Mansfield, a 351-unit apartment community located in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. Formerly known as Aura 3Fifty-One, the community was built on 13 acres in 2019 and was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Units feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, business center and a resident clubhouse. Drew Kile and Joey Tumminello of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, Trinsic Residential, in the transaction. Buchanan Street was self-represented.
HOUSTON — Houston-based developer Radom Capital has topped out Montrose Collective, a 197,000-square-foot retail and office development in Houston’s Montrose District. According to the Houston Business Journal, the four-story project is valued at $105 million. JP Morgan Asset Management is serving as a joint venture equity partner on the project, which also includes 40,000 square feet of green space and 600 parking spaces. Construction began in early 2020.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated a 34,510-square-foot office lease for shipping firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. in West Houston. The company is relocating its regional headquarters to a building at 3250 Briarpark Drive, which was built in 1998 and rises four stories, according to LoopNet Inc. Don Foster of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kristen Baker, Jack Scharnberg and David Baker of Transwestern represented the undisclosed landlord.
DALLAS — Locally based architecture and design firm Huitt-Zollars Inc. has leased 32,519 square feet of office space at Three Lincoln Centre, a 1.6 million-square-foot campus located at 5420 LBJ Freeway in the Galleria area of Dallas. Landlord Nuveen Real Estate is currently renovating the property, a project that is expected to be complete in early 2021. Matthew Schendle and Clint Madison of Cushman & Wakefield represented Nuveen in the lease negotiations. J.R. Tomlinson of Newmark represented the tenant.
GARLAND, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital LLC and a fund managed by New York-based DRA Advisors has sold Dallas Food Center. The 1.1 million-square-foot cold storage facility is located in the northeastern Dallas metro of Garland. The property was originally built as a distribution center for grocer Safeway and has been renovated a number of times in subsequent decades. Westmount implemented a capital improvement program that raised the ceiling heights by 15 feet and added 90,000 square feet of freezer space. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to a mix of tenants that includes Kraft Heinz. The tenants carry a weighted average of 8.75 years remaining on their leases. Jonathan Bryan and Randy Baird of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Texas-based multifamily developer Presidium has begun leasing Presidium Revelstoke, a 408-unit apartment community located within Alliance Town Center in Fort Worth. O’Brien Architects designed the property, which is situated on 17.2 acres. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, fitness center with spin and yoga studios, outdoor grilling and game area, a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse with a demonstration kitchen and business center, a community playground and a dog park. Kimley-Horn served as the civil engineer for the project, and Provident General Contractors handled construction. Full completion is scheduled for next year.
LAREDO, TEXAS — A partnership between Tailwind Real Estate Equities and Dallas-based Gulf Corp. is underway on construction of Tailwind II Logistics Center, a 300,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility in the South Texas city of Laredo. Tailwind II Logistics Center will feature 36-foot clear heights, 112 dock-high doors, 140 car parking spaces and 199 trailer parking spaces. CBRE is handling leasing of the project, which is expected to be complete in fall 2021.
DALLAS — Home goods discount retailer Tuesday Morning has entered into an agreement with Miami-based Rialto Capital to sell its Dallas headquarters building, located at 6250 LBJ Freeway, and three warehouses for $60 million. The deal comes several months after the Dallas-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing major financial losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuesday Morning is also closing 230 stores, or roughly a third of its total inventory, across the country. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Weitzman has expanded its corporate services platform by launching a new branch in Austin that will focus on tenant solutions for office users in Austin and the surrounding Central Texas market. The new platform will offer services such as strategic planning and needs assessment, financial, market and labor analyses, lease restructuring, renewals, relocations, expansions, subleasing and disposition of excess space, acquisitions, dispositions and build-to-suits. Matt Epple, executive vice president and director of brokerage for Weitzman, will lead the new office. Weitzman’s office management portfolio in Texas currently spans more than 1 million square feet, including buildings in Austin such as downtown’s Scarbrough and Littlefield Buildings and the office tower at Capital Plaza.