FRISCO, TEXAS — KWA Construction has topped out Kilby, a 258-unit apartment community located within the $600 million Frisco Square mixed-use development north of Dallas. Designed by BGO Architects and developed by Toll Brothers Apartments, the property will offer a clubroom, conference lounge, gaming lounge, two-story fitness center with a yoga deck, pet spa and an outdoor patio with grills surrounding a resort-style pool. Completion is scheduled for late 2020.
CONROE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of West Creek Apartment Homes, a 228-unit community located about 25 miles north of Houston in Conroe. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, business center and a resident clubhouse. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Jennifer Campbell and Will Griffin of IPA represented the seller, Partin Real Estate Management, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Southstar Capital Group.
HOUSTON — Parkview Financial has provided a $38 million loan for the construction of a 168-unit apartment community located at 1107 Shepherd Drive in Houston. The property will also feature 20,475 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 305-space parking structure. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor kitchen, business center and a dog park. Construction has commenced and is expected to be complete in mid-2021. Greystone arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Hunington Properties.
At MBA CREF, M&T Realty Capital’s Sean Huntsman met with reporter Nellie Day to discuss the trends he’s seeing in the multifamily and seniors housing sectors. One big takeaway: The current market demands flexibility and diversified lending. M&T Realty Capital Corp.’s lending platform is allowing the company to both succeed and expand — they had a record 2019 in terms of loan production for healthcare and seniors housing sectors. In addition to a robust pipeline of multifamily and seniors housing construction loans, M&T is also working with owners/operators who are stabilizing assets and recapitalizing equity. However, Huntsman is seeing the impact of high labor and constructions costs and some overbuilding in certain markets, indicating that stakeholders need to look closely at demand on a market-by-market basis. Watch the video for more insights from Huntsman. This video is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series, covering MBA CREF 2020. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a four-week newsletter series, followed by video interviews from MBA CREF.
2020 looks like it will be a record year in terms of delivery of multifamily units, according to Gregg Gerken, Head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate with TD Bank. But how much will Class A continue to dominate the market? “There is a movement toward rent control. Affordable housing is an obvious pressure in the industry,” Gerken says. Entitlement and construction costs mean that developers have focused on Class A projects and LIHTC-supported affordable housing projects. “But much more emphasis will have to be placed on workforce housing and Class B new delivery. There is an unmet — and almost unlimited — demand in that space,” Gerken says. The question is: can the industry influence government — especially local government — to change entitlement processes to encourage development of more affordable housing? Watch the interview for Gerken’s insights on affordable housing development. This video is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series, covering MBA CREF 2020. Click here to subscribe to the Finance Insight newsletter, a four-week newsletter series, followed by video interviews from MBA CREF.
HOUSTON — Locally based firm Investment & Development Ventures LLC (IDV) has broken ground on Phase I of South Belt Central Business Park, a development in Houston that will ultimately feature 3.5 million square feet of industrial space. The site spans 214 acres with nearly a full mile of frontage along Beltway 8 on the city’s south side. Phase I of the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter completion, will consist of a 305,016-square-foot cross-dock building and a 131,553-square-foot side-load building. Cushman & Wakefield is handling leasing of the project.
HOUSTON — Jackson-Shaw, a North Texas-based industrial developer, has acquired 45 acres in northwest Houston for the development of Nexus Park Northwest, a project that will ultimately feature 476,640 square feet of Class A industrial space. Preliminary plans call for four buildings that can accommodate users requiring between 15,000 and 200,000 square feet. Diamond Realty Investments Inc. is Jackson-Shaw’s equity partner on the project. Burton Construction is the general contractor, and Powers Brown is the architect. Construction is scheduled to begin in March and to be substantially complete by December.
LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has negotiated the sale of Academy Mini Storage, a 208-unit self-storage facility in Little River-Academy, a city located just south of Temple in Central Texas. The property was built in 2003 and features 27,000 net rentable square feet as well as nine acres for additional expansion. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, a locally based family trust, in the transaction. Academy Mini Storage was 68 percent occupied at the time of sale.
ALEDO, TEXAS — A partnership between Civitas Senior Living and Dallas-based developer Journey Capital will develop Harvest Senior Living, a 110-unit seniors housing community in Aledo, located west of Fort Worth. The 68,000-square-foot community will be situated on 7.5 acres and will feature 70 assisted living units, 20 memory care residences and 20 independent living residences. Amenities will include a salon, creative arts studio and chef-prepared dining options. Construction is scheduled to begin in June and to be complete by winter 2021.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two multifamily assets totaling 222 units in Fort Worth. The properties, the 104-unit Villas del Sol and the 118-unit Wedgewood, are located within a mile of each other near McCart Avenue on the city’s south side. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited liability company, in the transaction. Silva and Dan Mullen, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a private investor.
