BEDFORD, TEXAS — Dallas-based Henry S. Miller Cos. has arranged the sale of a 15,000-square-foot medical office building in Bedford, located northeast of Fort Worth near DFW International Airport. The property was built in 2001 and was triple-net-leased to Texas Health Family Care at the time of sale. Darrell Hurmis and Lily Chang of Henry S. Miller represented the seller and buyer, respectively, in the transaction. The sale included a 19,800-square-foot adjacent tract that will be used to provide additional parking.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of Bardin Professional Center, a 9,358-square-foot office building in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The two-story property, which was built in 2003, is situated just off Interstate 20 and was 82 percent leased at the time of sale. Leigh Richter of Bradford Commercial represented the seller, IM Bardin LLC, in the deal. The buyer, Nabua Property Holdings LLC, plans to renovate the building.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated an 8,828-square-foot office lease at 3001 E. George Bush Turnpike in Richardson, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Tommy Nelson and Ben Davis of CBRE represented the landlord, Buchanan Street Partners, in the lease negotiations. Jeff Smith of Transwestern represented the tenant, Cardiovascular Provider Resources LLC.
The current pace of development and absorption of manufacturing and warehousing space in El Paso reveals just how closely the local economy is linked to that of its sister city across the border, Ciudad Juárez. Mexico’s maquiladora system allows foreign companies to produce and export materials to that company’s home country, largely on a duty- and tariff-free basis. When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was passed in the mid-1990s, maquiladora activity saw its largest historical increase while still facing considerable competition from China for foreign investment. But when American manufacturers realized that outsourcing production to China didn’t translate to more efficient supply chains, they once again looked toward Mexico, which also boasted strong supplies of affordable labor. With the United States now locked in a trade dispute with China, the economic development initiatives offered by the current Mexican Presidential Administration and the threat of a drastically renegotiated NAFTA agreement having passed, American companies are beginning to return to Mexico. Ciudad Juárez is among the Mexican cities benefitting most from this activity, and it is translating to greater demand for storage and distribution space in El Paso. Many maquiladora companies count end users in southwestern U.S. markets as significant …
What is the economic outlook for the year, and what does that mean for the student housing industry? Hessam Nadji, president and CEO of Marcus & Millichap/Institutional Property Advisors, answered just that in the keynote speech that kicked off the 2019 InterFace Student Housing Conference, which was held in Austin earlier this month and drew approximately 1,400 attendees. Nadji began by laying out the basics on where the industry is today economically in comparison to before and during The Great Recession. “We’ve added 21 million jobs since the bottom of The Great Recession, and that has caused a 120 basis point reduction in the unemployment rate at a time when inflation is 200 basis points below where we were in 2007,” he says. “That is the crux of why everything in our industry as a whole — commercial real estate, and student housing in particular — has done so well. The combination of really good growth with very little inflation, and therefore low interest rates. “We have 7.6 million job openings today,” continues Nadji. “That is a record number of employers looking for qualified employees and about one-third of those employers are having a hard time finding qualified workers. That …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS —BMC Capital has arranged a $4.4 million acquisition loan for a multi-tenant retail property in Fort Worth. The loan featured a 10-year term, fixed interest rate of 5.25 percent and a 75 percent loan-to-value structure. The borrower and property name were not disclosed.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has secured a 40,450-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 4443 Simonton Road in Farmers Branch, a northern suburb of Dallas. Andrew Gilbert of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Boston-based TA Realty, in the lease negotiations. Adam Curran of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Inkjet Printing International LLC.
HOUSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has closed the sale of Bissonnet Corner, a 12,768-square-foot strip retail center in the Bellaire neighborhood of Houston. The property, which was built in 2008, includes a mix of local retailers, including Saltillo Mexican Kitchen and Bissonnet Dental. Chris Harden, Kris Von Hohn and Ryan Duffie of Cushman & Wakefield represented the private seller in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private investor.
COPPELL, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 20,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Coppell, located just north of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. Brian Gilchrist and Steve Koldyke of CBRE represented the tenant, telecommunications firm GW Communications, in the lease negotiations.
ELGIN, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Kensington Rental Estates, a 26-unit multifamily community in Elgin, located southwest of Oklahoma City. Derek Wilson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer, both of which were private investors, in the transaction. The property was built in 2013 and offers two- and three-bedroom units.