SAN ANTONIO — EōS Fitness will open a 38,602-square-foot gym in northwest San Antonio. The site is located within Bandera Pointe shopping center in the Braun’s Farm neighborhood, and the Dallas-based operator will backfill a space previously occupied by Gold’s Gym. Rise Commercial Partners represented EōS Fitness in the lease negotiations. Global Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Bridge33 Capital. The opening is set for next year.
HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated the sale of a 35,650-square-foot commercial development site located at 8323 Braniff St. in Houston. The site is located near William P. Hobby International Airport on the city’s south side. The site’s specific zoning designation was not disclosed. Jack Rathe of Stream represented the sellers, a pair of private investors, in the transaction. Daniel McKinney with McKinney Real Estate Inc. represented the buyer.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of San Clemente at Davenport, a 31,832-square-foot retail center located at the corner of Loop 360 and West Lake Drive in northwest Austin. Mexican restaurant Fresa’s anchors the center, and other tenants include Iron Fitness and Greenlake Energy. JLL represented the seller, Texas-based HPI Real Estate Services & Investments, in the transaction. Houston-based Whitestone REIT purchased the center for an undisclosed price.
DALLAS — McDermott Will & Emery has signed a 25,024-square-foot office lease at the 19-block Harwood District in Uptown Dallas. The international law firm is relocating within the district to the top floor of Harwood No. 14, which is the newest addition to the development. The space can accommodate about 65 lawyers and staff. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.
INOLA, OKLA. — Emirates Global Aluminium plans to open a $4 billion manufacturing plant near Tulsa in northeastern Oklahoma, an initiative that is expected to facilitate the direct creation of about 1,000 new jobs. A timeline for opening was not announced, but Recycling Today reports that construction could begin as soon as the end of next year. The facility will be located on more than 350 acres at Tulsa Port of Inola, a 2,200-acre industrial park with access to rail and nautical transportation networks. Once complete, the facility will be the largest of its kind in the country, producing billets, sheet ingots, high-purity aluminum and foundry alloys. The new Emirates facility is also expected to be responsible for the creation of 1,800 indirect jobs. According to ChemAnalyst, at full capacity, the plant will be able to annually produce 600,000 tons of the metal, a figure that reflects a virtual doubling of the current domestic aluminum production. The project team says this facility represents be the first manufacturing plant for this material to come on line in the United States in the past 45 years. The news follows that of the $300 million investment from CBC Global Ammunition, which also selected …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — San Antonio-based owner-operator EMBREY will develop The Hatchery, a 344-unit lakefront apartment community that will be located just east of downtown Austin. Designed by San Antonio-based Lake | Flato Architects and Dallas-based GFF, The Hatchery will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a rooftop pool and clubhouse, fitness center, a residential lounge with coworking space, game room, grab-and-go market, central courtyard and outdoor kitchens and gaming lawns. Frost Bank is financing construction of the project, the first units of which are expected to be available by mid-2027. Full completion is slated for mid-2028.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment firm Entrada Partners has acquired a 243-bed student housing property located near the western portion of the University of Texas at Austin campus. Built in 2012 and known as 24Longview, the property offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans across 70 units. The amenity package comprises a pool, fitness center, lounge area, study rooms, green space and onsite laundry facilities. Kent Myers and Jordan Featherston of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. De’On Collins, Jayme Nelson and Samantha Jay of JLL arranged acquisition financing for Entrada Partners, which plans to implement capital improvements at 24Longview.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Chicago-based REIT First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: FR) has broken ground on a 176,000-square-foot speculative project in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The building will be the sixth and final structure within First Park 121, a 1.2 million-square-foot development located at the corner of Midway Road and FM 544. Building features will include 36-foot clear heights, 36 dock-high door positions, two ramps, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 118 cars and 249 trailers. Alliance Architects is designing the project, and Cerris Builders is serving as the general contractor. Westwood is providing civil engineering services, and Lee & Associates is the leasing agent. Construction is expected to last 12 to 14 months.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — EōS Fitness has signed a 40,000-square-foot retail lease in southwest Fort Worth. The site is located at the southwestern quadrant of Altamesa Boulevard and Chisholm Trail Parkway, and the Dallas-based gym operator will operate as a co-tenant alongside BJ’s Wholesale Club. The opening is slated for some time in 2027. Segovia Partners represented EōS Fitness in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Texas-based Hunington Properties, was self-represented.
HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated a 27,021-square-foot industrial lease in Houston. The space is located at 1537 Greengrass Drive on the city’s northwest side. Jeremy Lumbreras and Boone Smith of Stream represented the landlord, Texas-based investment firm Stonelake Capital Partners, in the transaction. David Holland of JLL represented the tenant, an entity doing business as JC Zora LLC.