HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 17,400-square-foot industrial building located at 1702 Nance St. in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1978. Chris Caudill and Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented the seller, 125 West Crosstimbers Ltd., in the transaction. Clark Dalton of Dosch Marshall represented the buyer, Urban Genesis LLC.
By Edward Henigin, Chief Technical Officer, Data Foundry The COVID-19 pandemic has been a highly disruptive force in the global market, changing the way businesses, communities and economies operate today — and perhaps into the future. While uncertainty has defined this challenging time, trends have been developing in the wake of the virus’ worldwide impact. One of the most prominent trends has been the shift to remote and digital means of working, communicating and learning. Across nearly every device category, in-home data usage has seen an increase in the first three months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. This year, the two-week period between March 1 and March 17 alone exhibited a 34 percent increase in smartphone data usage compared to the previous year’s usage during the same period. As a result of social distancing and quarantine protocols, many businesses have reduced onsite work or even shut down their locations in favor of work-from-home options that incorporate video conferencing platforms or other virtual applications. Today’s increased online dependence creates a focus on digital infrastructure, and data centers are only growing in importance (and in demand) as they become more widely recognized as crucial components of a resilient …
DALLAS — Granite Properties will redevelop Cedar Maple Plaza, an office complex located at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Maple Avenue in Uptown Dallas. Granite will rebrand the new 623,624-square-foot mixed-use office property as 23Springs. The locally based developer will demolish three existing buildings on the 2.5-acre site and build a 26-story office tower, two detached buildings that will house 16,000 square feet of restaurant space and a small park. Amenities at 23Springs will include a coffee and wine bar, fitness studio, conference facilities and a tenant lounge with a golf simulator. GFF is the project architect, and DPR is the general contractor. Granite has received all necessary permits and entitlements and expects to begin construction in the first quarter of 2021.
CONROE, TEXAS — A joint venture between Atlanta-based Songy Highroads and Louisiana-based Wampold Cos. has completed Margaritaville Lake Resort, a 335-room hotel located on Lake Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. The property is situated on 186 acres and is the first Texas resort of the Margaritaville brand, which features activities and amenities with themes from the music of Jimmy Buffett. The resort offers an 18-hole golf course, waterpark with outdoor pools, tennis courts, fitness center, full-service spa and 72,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, as well as multiple Buffett-themed bars and restaurants. Guests may also enjoy swimming, boating, fishing and waterskiing lessons.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $43.8 million in Freddie Mac financing for Reserves at San Marcos, a 376-unit multifamily project in San Marcos, roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. Approximately 80 percent of the units are reserved for renters earning up to 60 percent or less of the area median income. Units will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 650 to 1,350 square feet. Robbie Lynn and Hector Zuniga of KeyBank originated the financing, which carries a fixed interest rate and a 36-month term. Construction is expected to be complete by 2022.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Parkwood Terrace, a 144-unit multifamily community located in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. Built in 2000, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and resident clubhouse. Jordan Featherston, Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Drew Garza and Kent Myers of IPA represented the seller, private investor James Pinheiro, in the transaction. Los Angeles-based investment firm Langdon Street Capital purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Crowley Business Park, an 18,400-square-foot industrial complex in Arlington. The property was built on 0.9 acres in 1980. Adam Abushagur and Cliff Zimmerman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that the state would be pausing any further phases of reopening businesses following a recent increase in COVID-19 cases. Businesses that had been permitted to reopen under previous phases may continue to operate under previously established occupancy restrictions and social distancing guidelines. As part of this initiative, Gov. Abbott is also temporarily banning elective and nonessential surgeries to allow medical facilities the bandwidth to adjust to the rise in cases. The strongest uptick in new cases of late has been concentrated in Harris County, which has seen more than 1,300 new cases per day over the last three days. In addition, over the past weekend, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission suspended the alcohol licenses of more than a dozen bars in Texas, including some in the Houston area, that were noncompliant with occupancy and social distancing mandates. As of Thursday, June 25, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services had identified approximately 132,000 cases of COVID-19 and 2,300 fatalities across the state.
DALLAS — Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX), a global provider of data colocation services, has completed a $142 million expansion project at its Dallas Infomart Data Center campus. The California-based company’s Dallas campus is located at 1950 N. Stemmons Freeways, spans roughly 1.6 million square feet and offers a power capacity of 60 megawatts. The project represents that first phase of a larger development and provides 72,000 square feet of colocation space for data storage. Future expansion phases may provide as much as 144,000 square feet of colocation space. Equinix purchased the property in 2018 from ASB Real Estate Investments for roughly $800 million.
CORSICANA, TEXAS — Advantage Construction and Forge Building Co. have broken ground on a 278-unit expansion project at Mini-West Storage, a self-storage facility located in Corsicana, about 50 miles south of Dallas. The project will add 39,500 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space to the facility, which originally opened in 1987 and now features approximately 700 units. Texas Community National Bank provided construction financing for the project, which is expected to be complete in December.