SPRING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Redline Storage, a 145-unit self-storage facility located in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. The property spans 28,248 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a limited liability company based in the area. Redline Storage was close to full occupancy at the time of sale.
DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Locally based private equity investment firm MoxieBridge has acquired a 168,600-square-foot industrial portfolio in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. The portfolio, which was fully leased at the time of sale, spans seven buildings in Dallas, Fort Worth and Grand Prairie that were built between 2006 and 2009. Combined, the properties offer 560 trailer parking spaces and 34 tenant suites. With this acquisition, MoxieBridge now owns more than 1.3 million square feet of commercial and residential space in Dallas and Houston.
DALLAS AND ARLINGTON, TEXAS— Denver-based investment and management firm Baceline Investments has purchased two retail centers totaling 109,145 square feet in Dallas and Arlington. The properties include Cooper Street Marketplace, a 75,974-square-foot, multi-tenant shopping center in Arlington; and Tarrant Parkway, a 33,171-square-foot property in Dallas. The assets were acquired in conjunction with a 71,602-square-foot center in Indianapolis. The seller was not disclosed. Baceline now owns more than 2 million square feet of retail space across 15 states, a portfolio that has an occupancy rate of 91 percent.
HOUSTON — WeWork will open a 56,000-square-foot coworking space at 609 Main at Texas, a 1 million-square-foot office tower in downtown Houston that was developed by Hines. Members will have access to the building’s café and 7,000-square-foot fitness center. Michael Anderson and Damon Thames of Colvill Office Properties represented Hines in the lease negotiations. Mark O’Donnell of Savills Commercial Real Estate represented WeWork, which now has four locations in Houston. The opening is slated for late 2019.
FORNEY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Town & Country Self-Storage, a 204-unit facility in Forney, located east of Dallas. The facility spans 20,311 net rentable square feet. Roger Hendricks of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Hendricks also procured the buyer, a limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Heavenrich & Co. has arranged the sale of The Plaza at Richardson, a 124-bed skilled nursing and memory care facility in Richardson, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. O&M Investments acquired the property for $6 million, or about $58,000 per operational bed. The previous owners recently converted a wing of the facility, which was built in 2006 and upgraded in 2010, to skilled memory care. The Plaza at Richardson was 83 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Heavenrich represented the seller, StoneGate Senior Living, in the transaction.
Commercial leases typically contain standard protections for landlords that may be potential pitfalls for tenants seeking to assign or transfer interests in a lease. A lease recapture provision permits a landlord to terminate a lease and “recapture” the leased premises when the tenant requests landlord’s consent to assign, sublease or transfer the lease. These recapture rights, which are frequently overlooked, can actually have shocking results for tenants. In order to assign a lease, the landlord’s consent is required. The Texas Property Code provides that leases, unlike certain other commercial contracts, are not assignable without a landlord’s prior written consent. Many leases enlarge the obligation to get consent by expressly preventing the tenant from selling or changing ownership interests in the tenant without landlord’s consent. These provisions can frustrate tenants in their efforts to expand, increase capital, perform corporate restructuring or to sell equity or assets of their companies. In some cases, the language is so broad that it could be construed to prevent certain collateral assignments that are ancillary to tenant financing. Negotiating Strategies Savvy commercial tenants carefully negotiate assignment and transfer language to include flexibility for future changes in the company. Brokers will often request that landlords consent to …
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Fidelis Realty Partners has begun the redevelopment of the San Jacinto Mall, a 1.1 million-square-foot shopping and dining center that opened in 1981. Fidelis, which acquired the mall in 2015 from Triyar Retail Group, is demolishing one of the anchor stores that was previously occupied by Sears as part of the initial phase of the redevelopment. According to local media sources, Fidelis will ultimately reposition the mall into a 1 million-square-foot, open-air center that will be branded San Jacinto Marketplace.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based MedCore Partners, developer The National Realty Group (TNGR) and operator Watermark Retirement Facilities will develop a 225-unit seniors housing community in Georgetown, a northern suburb of Austin. The property will be situated on 13.2 acres and will feature 125 independent living units, 80 assisted living residences and 20 memory care units. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2020 and wrap up in summer 2021. A second phase is planned to add 90 independent living residences to the project, bringing the total unit count to 315.
CIBOLO, TEXAS — California-based Highridge Costa Development Co. has opened El Sereno Senior Living, a $21 million affordable seniors housing community in Cibolo, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The property features 136 units, 119 of which are reserved for seniors earning between 30 to 60 percent of the area median income. The remaining 17 units are rented at market rates. El Sereno Senior Living is currently 90 percent occupied.