FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Fowler’s RV Park, a 217,800-square-foot manufactured housing community in Fort Worth. The property comprises 65 recreational vehicle sites, 10 apartments and four commercial units on five acres. The property, which was close to fully occupied at the time of sale, was acquired at a 10 percent cap rate and a price of approximately $22,900 per site. A local bank provided acquisition financing at a 70 percent loan-to-value ratio. Jeff Taylor, Douglas Danny and Braeden Jehle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — HFF has negotiated the sale of Beechcrest Shopping Center, an 89,679-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in southwest Houston. The property is located near Beltway 8 at the intersection of Beechnut and Wilcrest streets, which have a combined traffic count of nearly 60,000 vehicles per day. Beechcrest Shopping Center was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as DD’s Discounts, Dollar General, Pizza Hut and Lone Star Title. Ryan West, John Indelli, Charles Strauss and Ethan Goldberg of HFF represented the seller, South Florida-based Global Fund Investments LLC, in the transaction. Houston-based Wu Investments acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
DALLAS — California-based CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired Lakewest Rehabilitation & Skilled Care, a 118-bed skilled nursing facility located in Dallas. Next Gen P LLC is the operator of the property, which was acquired for roughly $10 million. Initial annual cash rent will be approximately $900,000. The seller was not disclosed.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — The Richland Cos., a privately held full-service real estate firm, has purchased Lone Star Heart Center, a 4,830-square-foot medical office building located in the West Texas city of Amarillo. The property, which was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to a single tenant, offers access to Interstate 40 as well as multiple medical facilities and a large selection of lodging options. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB), a Virginia-based multifamily REIT, has sold Archstone Toscano, a 474-unit multifamily community in Houston, for $98 million. The company announced the deal in its first-quarter earnings report. Built in 2013, the community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 642 to 1,745 square feet and offering stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a resort-style pool with a sundeck, fitness center, business center, outdoor grilling areas, access to hiking and jogging trails and a clubroom with a TV and coffee bar. The buyer was not disclosed.
CORSICANA, TEXAS — Karr Self-Storage, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Mini-West Storage, a 735-unit facility located in Corsicana, about 60 miles south of Dallas. Built in stages between 1986 and 2016, the property comprises 192 climate-controlled units and 543 non-climate-controlled, drive-up units totaling 81,050 net rentable square feet. Additional features include property-wide surveillance cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting and the capacity for future expansion. Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Karr Self-Storage represented the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer, a Colorado-based owner-operator. The sale included two adjacent parcels, one of which houses a self-service car wash. The sales price was not disclosed.
ROWLETT, TEXAS — Southeastern Business Intermediaries (SBI), an Atlanta-based self-storage brokerage firm, has negotiated the sale of Long Horn Self Storage, a 345-unit facility located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Rowlett. The sales price was approximately $3.5 million. SBI represented the buyer, a national self-storage investment and management firm, in the transaction. Craig Rice of CSD Realty Co. represented the undisclosed seller.
HOUSTON — Minneapolis-based NorthMarq Capital has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for The Park at Clear Lake, a 342-unit apartment community in Houston. Units at the property, which was built in 1973, feature walk-in closets, dishwashers and laundry facilities. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. Warren Hitchcock of NorthMarq arranged the funds through an undisclosed balance sheet lender. The borrower was also undisclosed, but the property’s website redirects to Madera Residential’s homepage.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — AQUILA Commercial will redevelop Airport Center, an 86,099-square-foot office building located at 6505 Airport Blvd. in Austin. Located adjacent to the Austin Community College Highland Campus redevelopment project, the site will later house a mixed-use development that will include 326 apartments. Runa Workshop is the architect for the project, construction of which is scheduled to begin in July and wrap up by year’s end. The property will be rebranded Highland Tech Center.
DALLAS — Locally based developer HALL Group has topped out HALL Arts Hotel & Residences, a 28-story commercial project in the Dallas Arts District. The project’s residential component will consist of 50 units ranging in size from 1,600 square feet to 10,000 square feet for the penthouse. The hospitality component will comprise 183 guestrooms and 20 suites, along with various amenities. The residential and hotel components are slated to open in early 2020 and fall 2019, respectively.