TEXARKANA, TEXAS — Rowe Casa Organics, a provider of household and personal products made from organic materials, has leased 4,700 square feet of industrial space at TexAmericas Center in Texarkana. The company is effectively tripling its space at a newly renovated building. TexAmericas Center is an owner-operator of 12,000 developable acres and 3 million square feet of commercial space that serves Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
HOUSTON — JLL has provided a Freddie Mac loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Hanover Southampton, a 206-unit apartment community in Houston’s West University neighborhood. The property was built in 2015 and features an average unit size of 1,435 square feet. Amenities include a 10,000-square-foot lounge, rooftop pool, fitness center, a theater room and valet dry cleaning services. Cortney Cole and Dustin Selzer of JLL originated the seven-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Hanover Co. and State Farm Insurance.
HOUSTON — Energy giant Chevron has a signed lease to be the inaugural tenant at The Ion, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Houston. The Ion is a redevelopment of the former Sears building at 4201 Main St. that targets both entrepreneurial startups and established corporate users. Houston-based Rice Management Co. owns the building, which is set to open next spring. The square footage of Chevron’s lease was not disclosed.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired two outpatient imaging centers totaling 28,517 square feet in Corpus Christi. The buildings were fully leased to Radiology & Imaging of South Texas at the time of sale. Michael Moreno, Kyle Mackulak and Rahul Chhajed with Matthews Real Estate Investment Services brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Jefferson Boardwalk, a 424-unit apartment community located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The property was built on 15.1 acres in 2018 and features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and Class A amenities. Drew Kile, Will Balthrope, Joey Tumminello and Grant Raymond of IPA represented the seller, locally based developer JPI, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Texas-based developer Presidium Group has broken ground on Presidium Hill Street, a 290-unit apartment community in Grand Prairie, roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. Designed by Dallas-based O’Brien Architects, the four-story property will feature amenities such as a pool, business center with conference rooms, fitness center, rooftop terrace, a pet grooming area and bike storage space. Completion is slated for mid-2022. Veritex Community Bank provided construction financing.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — General contractor Cadence McShane is underway on a project to renovate Austin High School, the state capital’s oldest high school that is located at 1715 W. Cesar Chavez St. The renovation project will add 22,000 square feet of facilities to support the dance and athletic programs, as well as modernized gyms and a new glass stair tower on the south side of the main building. O’Connell Robertson designed the project. The school will be conducting virtual learning classes beginning Sept. 8.
IRVING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Colony, a 179-unit apartment community in Irving. Built in phases in the 1960s, the property offers proximity to multiple schools, as well as the 12,000-acre Las Colinas business and entertainment district. The Colony’s amenities include three pools, a dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Florida-based Capital Vision Management, and procured the buyer, a Dallas-based private investment group.
KATY, TEXAS — Hoover Ferguson, a provider of bulk containers and chemical tanks, has signed a 16,603-square-foot office lease at Katy Ranch Office for its new corporate headquarters. Approximately 60 employees will relocate from the current headquarters building at 2135 Highway 6 S. in Houston beginning in December. Sam Hansen and Doug Pack of Avison Young represented the landlord, Freeway Properties, in the lease negotiations.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Kaizen Development Partners, in a public-private partnership with the McKinney Economic Development Corp., will develop a 200,000-square-foot speculative office project within the District 121 mixed-use development in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. Construction of the eight-story, Class A building is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021 and to be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Perkins & Will is designing the project, and JLL is handling leasing.