Texas

NKF Brokers Sale of 330-Unit Apartment Community in Metro Austin

by Taylor Williams May 20, 2019

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of The Ace, a 330-unit multifamily community located in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. The Class A property is located near the corporate campuses of Dell, Apple and Samsung, as well as The Domain, a shopping and dining destination. Units at the property, which was built in 2018, average 918 square feet and offer wood-style flooring, stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. Amenities include a pool, multiple outdoor recreation areas, 24-hour fitness center and coworking facility with private offices and collaborative space. Patton Jones of NKF represented the seller, Birmingham-based LIV Development, which sold the property to Virginia-based Weinstein Properties for an undisclosed price. The Ace was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale.

May 20, 2019

Development Hospitality Texas

Sam Moon Group Breaks Ground on 148-Room Hyatt House Hotel in Metro Houston

by Taylor Williams May 20, 2019

SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Hospitality developer Sam Moon Group has broken ground on a 148-room Hyatt House hotel within the Metropark Square mixed-use development in Shenandoah, located north of Houston. The five-story property will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens and separate living guestrooms. Communal amenities will include a pool and a fitness center, a bar and a lounge. VCC is the general contractor for the project, and Type Six is the architect. Veritex Community Bank provided construction financing for the hotel, which is slated to open in November 2020.

May 20, 2019

Leasing Activity Retail Texas

Crunch to Open $2.5M Gym in Corpus Christi

by Taylor Williams May 20, 2019

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — National fitness chain Crunch will open a $2.5 million, 25,000-square-foot gym in Corpus Christi. The facility will be located within the Carmel Village Shopping Center and will be open 24 hours a day beginning in fall 2019. The gym will offer more than 70 classes per week, a training area with indoor turf and tanning beds. Crunch also plans to open 21 more gyms throughout Central Texas over the next five years.

May 20, 2019

Acquisitions Multifamily Seniors Housing Texas

SLIB Negotiates Sale of 40-Unit Seniors Housing Community Near Austin

by Taylor Williams May 20, 2019

PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Heatherwilde Assisted Living, located in the Austin suburb of Pflugerville. A local partnership looking to exit the seniors housing industry sold the property to a Fort Worth-based owner-operator for an undisclosed price. Heatherwilde features 40 units on a 2.6-acre lot. The community is situated adjacent to Pflugerville Health Care Center and Pflugerville Middle School. Matthew Alley of SLIB arranged the sale as a value-add opportunity for the buyer.

May 20, 2019

Development Retail Texas

Trademark Property Co. to Redevelop 1.7 MSF Memorial City Mall in Houston

by Taylor Williams May 17, 2019

HOUSTON — Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Co. has been tapped by MetroNational, the owner of Memorial City Mall in Houston, to redevelop the 1.7 million-square-foot shopping center. Redevelopment plans include reimagining the south side of the mall, which recently saw its anchor tenant Sears close its doors, as well as creating additional public spaces and adding more entertainment uses. The mall is located along the Interstate 10 corridor, just inside Beltway 8, and is part of the 265-acre Memorial City mixed-use development. A timeline for construction has not yet been established.

May 17, 2019

Acquisitions Office Retail Texas

HFF Negotiates Sale of Office, Retail Properties Totaling 421,617 SF in Dallas’ Victory Park

by Taylor Williams May 17, 2019

DALLAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of several office and retail buildings totaling 421,617 square feet within Victory Park, a 75-acre mixed-use development in Dallas. Ryan Shore, Barry Brown and Chris Gerard of HFF represented the seller, Orlando-based investment firm Estein USA. Charlotte-based Asana Partners purchased the properties for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. The Victory Park area, located where Uptown and downtown Dallas converge, houses approximately 3,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of office space, the W Dallas Hotel and American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks and Stars.

May 17, 2019

Loans Multifamily Texas

Thorofare Capital Funds $24M Acquisition Loan for Multifamily Portfolio in San Antonio

by Taylor Williams May 17, 2019

SAN ANTONIO — Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $24 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of multifamily properties totaling 338 units in San Antonio. The five-year, nonrecourse loan features a floating interest rate, 75 percent loan-to-cost structure and flexible prepayment options. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund expenditures for capital improvements. The borrower was not disclosed.

May 17, 2019

Loans Multifamily Texas

Arbor Provides $18.3M Fannie Mae Loan for Refinancing of Houston Apartments

by Taylor Williams May 17, 2019

HOUSTON — Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has provided an $18.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of an undisclosed apartment community in Houston. The loan was sourced through Fannie Mae’s ARM 7-6 program, which allows borrowers to secure seven-year loans with floating interest rates with the option to be converted to fixed-rate loans. Matt Norman of Arbor’s Bloomington, Ind., office originated the loan on behalf of an undisclosed borrower.

May 17, 2019

Acquisitions Retail Texas

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 4,885 SF Retail Property in Austin Leased to QuikTrip

by Taylor Williams May 17, 2019

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 4,885-square-foot commercial property net-leased to QuikTrip in Austin. Anthony Pucciarello and Vincent Knipp of Marcus & Millichap had the exclusive listing to market the property on a sale-leaseback basis. Derrick Dougherty, also with Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, which acquired the property via a 1031 exchange.

May 17, 2019

Market Reports Multifamily Texas Texas Market Reports

Strong Leasing, Low Deliveries to Define McAllen Multifamily Market in 2019

by Taylor Williams May 17, 2019

Relative to past cycles, the multifamily market of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has seen a record number of new deliveries of Class A product over the last four years. The metro’s population has grown significantly during the current economic expansion. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of the city of McAllen alone has increased by 9.5 percent over the past decade. Combined with a relatively low cost of living throughout the region, the market’s natural growth has prompted greater demand for multifamily product while also allowing more residents to gravitate to higher-quality housing. With demand rising over the last few years and developers adding record volumes of new supply in order to meet it, 2019 purports to be a year in which developers focus more on leasing up existing projects rather than greenlighting or breaking ground on new ones. To better understand the depth of supply additions to this market between over the last four years, consider fluctuations in the vacancy rate. Vacancy Movement In 2014, just before the building boom began, the market had a vacancy rate of 5.5 percent. At the peak of the construction cycle, which occurred in mid-2017, vacancy stood close to 14.5 percent. …

May 17, 2019

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