BAYTOWN, TEXAS — PGIM Real Estate has provided a $78 million loan for the refinancing of a 281,849-square-foot cold storage facility located in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The newly constructed facility is situated on a 30.7-acre site within TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park. The borrower is a joint venture between Philadelphia-based BG Capital and cold storage operator Freezpak Logistics. PGIM was also involved in financing construction of the property.
DALLAS — Locally based investment firm CanTex Capital has acquired a 266,200-square-foot industrial facility in South Dallas. The 20.7-acre site is located within Mountain Creek Business Park and includes four undeveloped acres for outdoor storage or future expansion. Building features include 34-foot clear heights, approximately 8,000 square feet of office space and 285 parking spaces. CanTex acquired the facility in partnership with Dallas-based DB9 Capital. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — An entity controlled by Azrieli Group and Unilev Capital has completed the recapitalization of One Riverway, a 507,565-square-foot office building in Houston’s Galleria district. The transaction included a modification of an existing loan and an additional equity investment, although specific details on those elements of the recapitalization were not disclosed. Ownership now plans to undertake a capital improvement program that will feature upgrades to common areas such as corridors and restrooms, a full elevator modernization and delivery of move-in-ready spec suites. Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent for One Riverway.
VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 410-unit self-storage facility in Van Alstyne, about 50 miles north of Dallas. Situated on an 8.7-acre site, Van Alstyne Self Storage spans 92,220 net rentable square feet across 42 climate-controlled units, 208 non-climate drive-up units, 91 covered parking spaces and 69 uncovered parking spaces. The facility also has an onsite residence. Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local partnership, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a Dallas-based private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
HOUSTON — Locally based developer Midway has topped out CITYCENTRE Six, a 320,000-square-foot office building in West Houston. The 19-story building is being developed adjacent to a new half-acre urban plaza, which was designed by OJB Landscape Architecture, within the 47-acre mixed-use development of the same name. Partners Real Estate is the marketing agent for the project, which is 65 percent preleased to a single anchor tenant. Completion is scheduled for next spring.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated an 11,258-square-foot office sublease in West Houston. The space is located within the building at 2050 W. Sam Houston Parkway S. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 2013 and spans 333,000 square feet. Vincent Vega of Oxford Partners represented the sublessee in the negotiations. Rob Johnson of Hughes Marino represented the sublessor.
BRYAN, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of a 7,750-square-foot retail building located along North Texas Avenue in the Central Texas city of Bryan. The property is net leased to AutoZone. Adam Gottschalk and Jason Vitorino of STRIVE represented the seller, a private wealth management division of a bank, and procured the undisclosed buyer. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — It’s no secret that finding and entitling sites and procuring development financing has been challenging over the past few years. But Kevin Kazlow, director of capital markets with JLL, who moderated one of the development panels at this year’s InterFace Student Housing conference in Austin, Texas, believes there is lots to be excited about for the year ahead. Chief among them is the fact that the amount of capital allocated to alternative asset classes like student housing has doubled since 2018. “This group of panelists alone has a combined pipeline of about 40,000 beds under development, which is an incredibly impressive statistic and speaks to the continued demand for new student housing projects,” said Kazlow. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. The first step in the development process is securing a great site, which Brandt Stiles, principal with Subtext, considers part of his firm’s ‘secret sauce.’ “We have a really high expectation for our team to find super high barrier to entry, hard to entitle, fortress sites and for us, it’s all about being …
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Chinese energy company HiTHIUM has opened a $200 million battery manufacturing facility in Mesquite, an eastern suburb of Dallas. The facility spans 484,441 square feet, and mass production of battery modules and systems is expected to begin before the end of the year. Kentucky-based design-build firm Gray handled the architectural and construction aspects of the project, which could account for the employment of as many as 200 people at the height of its operation.
HOUSTON — Fort Worth-based investment firm Canyon Creek Real Estate has acquired Westchase Park I and II, a two-building, 579,032-square-foot office complex in West Houston. The 15.2-acre campus’ two buildings are connected by an 8,000-square-foot amenity center with a full-service cafe, conference center, fitness center and an outdoor seating area. The new ownership plans to make capital improvements to the property and has tapped Stream Realty Partners as the new leasing agent. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
