HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated a 14,000-square-foot office lease at M-K-T, a mixed-use development by Triten Real Estate Partners and Radom Capital LLC that is located in The Heights area of Houston. Russell Hodges, Bubba Harkins, and Jenny Mueller of JLL handled the transaction on behalf of the landlord. The tenant, accounting firm Miller Grossbard Advisors LLP, will relocate in the second quarter of 2020. M-K-T is a collection of adapted industrial buildings being transformed into a creative mixed-use destination for office, retail, restaurants, health and fitness.
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In 2019, Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) once again represents the nation’s top metro for job creation and net migration. These market conditions are occurring at an opportune time as more than 26,000 multifamily units have been completed throughout the market this year, marking a record wave of annual deliveries. This influx of new apartments will increase the metro’s rental inventory by 3.3 percent, yet robust demand for new supply allows net absorption to match delivery volume, lowering overall vacancy by 20 basis points. Prolonged Absorption Over the past three years ending in June, DFW’s apartment stock expanded by 10 percent, or 74,000 units, yet vacancy adjusted moderately during this period. Unit availability hovered in the high-4 to high-5 percent range, with demand supported by the creation of 400,000 jobs, robust in-migration and the widening gap between a monthly mortgage payment and average rent. The extended period of strong leasing velocity was highlighted by the second quarter of 2019, when a record 12,000 apartments were absorbed. Performance during this three-month stretch lowered vacancy by 90 basis points on a quarter-over-quarter basis. With employment growth slated to further improve during the second half of this year — the result of corporate relocations and …
KILLEEN, TEXAS — Greystone has arranged the sale of The Willows Apartments, a 232-unit multifamily asset located in the Central Texas city of Killeen. Built in 1983, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool and an outdoor picnic area. Nicholas Brown of Greystone represented the seller and procured the out-of-state buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Draper & Kramer Inc. has purchased St. Paul’s Square, a 211-unit multifamily community in McKinney, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 735 to 2,073 square feet and featuring wood-plank flooring, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and washer and dryer connections. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas, a coffee bar, business center and rentable storage units. The transaction marks Draper & Kramer’s third acquisition in Texas.Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Tommy Lovell III, Joey Tumminello, Richard Robson and Grant Raymond of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, Himalayan Ventures LLC in the transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Atlanta-based hospitality investment and management firm Peachtree Hotel Group has acquired Home2 Suites by Hilton El Paso Airport, a 111-room hotel located at 6308 Montana Ave. in El Paso. The property, which is located less than two miles from El Paso International Airport, features amenities such as a fitness center, business center, outdoor pool and an airport shuttle service. The seller was not disclosed.
IRVING, TEXAS — ESRP, a brokerage firm specializing in tenant representation, has negotiated a 114,500-square-foot office lease in Irving for biotechnology firm Caris Life Sciences. Greg Burns and Christopher Schafer of ESRP handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the tenant, which will relocate to a newly constructed facility that offers lab and office space. Myers & Crow Co. developed the property, which is owned by a fund managed by Kawa Capital Partners.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — American Tile & Stone has signed a 58,296-square-foot industrial lease extension at Luna Distribution Center, a 1.3 million-square-foot development in Carrollton, a northern suburb of Dallas. George Billingsley of Billingsley Co. represented the landlord on an internal basis. Ryan Boozer with Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant.
Until about six years ago, the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) industrial market was considered a second-tier market, lagging behind the likes of New York-New Jersey, Chicago and Los Angeles in terms of investor interest and demand. Today, the metroplex is not only holding its own with the traditional gateway markets, but in some cases surpassing them, thanks to growth from an exceptionally diverse group of tenants and industries. Natural population growth throughout North Texas has prompted stronger demand for industrial space across a range of user bases: e-commerce, global logistics, consumer products, building materials, pharmaceuticals, food, furniture, aviation. Some notable, six-figure leases that have been executed in the metroplex over the last 12 months and which reflect the diversity of tenant demand — as well as the geographic range of submarkets seeing strong activity — include the following: Smuckers (1.1 million square feet in south Dallas), furniture provider Steelcase (618,000 square feet in Carrollton), marketing firm Taylor Communications (232,000 square feet in south Dallas), ITW Food Equipment (184,000 square feet in Fort Worth), Alliance Glazing (137,000 square feet in Garland), Panoramic Doors (127,500 square feet in Fort Worth) and CEVA Logistics U.S. (100,000 square feet in Coppell). As these deals illustrate, …
SAN ANTONIO — Locally based firm Concord Properties will break ground in mid-September on Concord Park III, a 101,000-square-foot office building that will be located on East Sonterra Boulevard in north-central San Antonio. Designed by Dallas-based HKS Architects, the four-story property will feature a conference center, outdoor seating areas and a deli. Concord Park III is expected to be available for occupancy in the first quarter of 2021. Endura Advisory Group LLC will handle leasing.
WACO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Village Square, a 205-unit multifamily community in Waco. Built in 1983, the property features amenities such as a pool, outdoor grilling area, volleyball court, onsite laundry facilities and access to walking and biking trails. Sean Scott, Nick Fluellen and Bard Hoover of Marcus & Millichap represented the San Antonio-based seller and procured the Dallas-based buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.