THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Sterling Construction Co., a general contractor based in the Houston area, has entered into an agreement to acquire Georgia-based specialty contractor Plateau Excavation Inc. for $400 million. The sales price includes $375 million in cash and $25 million in Sterling’s common stock and seller notes. The deal is expected to close near the end of the third quarter. Plateau had revenues of approximately $290 million in 2018.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 41,866-square-foot industrial lease at 4300 Windfern Road in Houston for Henry Avocado Corp., a year-round grower and distributor of the fruit. Darren O’Conor and John Ferruzzo of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — 180 Multifamily Properties has purchased Summit Plaza, a 65-unit apartment community located adjacent to University of Texas at Arlington. The new ownership will implement a value-add program that will convert the Class C property into a Class A community. The seller was a local investor. 180 Multifamily now owns five assets in Arlington.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Panattoni Development Co. and its equity partner MetLife Investment Management have broken ground on Bayport South, a 642,994-square-foot industrial project located at 10575 Red Bluff Road in Pasadena, an eastern suburb of Houston. The cross-dock facility will be situated near both the Bayport Container Terminal and the Barbours Cut Container Terminal. Building features will include 36-foot clear heights, 150 trailer parking spaces, 330 automobile parking spaces and 180-foot truck court depths. JLL will market the facility for lease. Construction is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2020.
EULESS, TEXAS — Seefried Industrial Properties and Clarion Partners have begun work on DFW Airfield Logistics Center, a 356,518-square-foot speculative warehouse project in Euless, located in the north central part of the metroplex. Situated on 31 acres, the project will consist of two buildings, a 145,878-square-foot rear-load building and a 210,640-square-foot front-load building. Specific features will include 28- to 32-foot clear heights, 84 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 110 trailer parking spaces and 407 automobile parking spaces. Pross Design Group is the project architect, and FA Peinado LLC is the general contractor. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2020.
SAN ANTONIO — JLL has arranged the sale of Courtyard San Antonio Airport and Courtyard San Antonio Medical Center. The properties were sold as part of a portfolio of five Marriott hotels, the other three of which are located in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. JLL marketed the properties on behalf of the seller, Colony Capital. A partnership between Flynn Properties Inc. and EMA Lodging Group Inc. purchased the assets.
HOUSTON — ENGIE North America Inc., which provides operating solutions for the energy industry, has signed a 110,000-square-foot office lease at 1360 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston. The company will relocate its North American headquarters from nearby 1990 Post Oak Blvd. and occupy floors four through nine beginning in December 2019. Louis Rosenthal and Bruce Rutherford of JLL represented ENGIE North America in the lease negotiations. Eric Anderson, David Baker and Tyler Garrett of Transwestern represented the landlord, a joint venture between Nuveen Real Estate and Allianz. Morgan Relyea and Tim Relyea of Cushman & Wakefield represented an undisclosed lessee that surrendered some of it excess space to enable ENGIE to meet its space requirements.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 43,869-square-foot industrial lease at 4000 Greenbriar Drive in Houston for Puffer-Sweiven, a provider of automation, valves, measurement and process control solutions in southeastern Texas. Ryan Searle, Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
IRVING, TEXAS — Locally based multifamily developer JPI will build Jefferson Innova, a 433-unit community in Irving’s Las Colinas district, the company’s sixth project in that submarket. JPI has closed on construction financing for the five-acre project and expects to open the property in spring 2021. Amenities at Jefferson Innova will include a pool, business center, fitness center with a yoga studio, a coffee bar and two outdoor kitchens. Humphreys & Partners is the project architect, and Glenn Engineering Corp. is the civil engineer. CrossHarbor Capital Partners is serving as JPI’s equity partner on the project.
FRISCO, TEXAS — StreetLights Residential, a multifamily developer with five offices across the country, has broken ground on The Margo, a 358-unit project within The Canals at Grand Park in Frisco. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 505 to 2,000 square feet. The Margo will offer amenities such as two pools, an entertainment lawn with outdoor games, a fitness center, game room, theater room and a private lounge. LRK served as the architect for the project, completion of which is scheduled for spring 2021.