AUSTIN, TEXAS — General contractor Austin Commercial has broken ground on Mulva Hall, which will be the new home of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Designed by Perkins&Will, the 400,000-square-foot building will be situated next to the Robert B. Rowling Hall graduate business building and the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center. Mulva Hall will bring undergraduate classrooms, academic department suites, faculty offices, research centers, convening spaces and the dean’s office under a single roof. Completion is slated for 2028.
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SAN ANTONIO — Atlanta-based brokerage firm Hunter Hotel Advisors has negotiated the sale of the 106-room Hilton San Antonio North Stone Oak hotel on the city’s north side. Rooms feature kitchenettes, and amenities include a fitness center and outdoor pool. A San Diego-based investor purchased the property from an institutional investment firm, with both parties requesting anonymity. Kami Burnette and Mason McDavid of Hunter Hotel Advisors brokered the sale. The firm’s Adeel Amin arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has secured a 10,202-square-foot lease at 2155 Chenault Drive, and industrial flex property in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The tenant, software company SIMStation, is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Miami to the 74,402-square-foot Avion Business Center. Jason Finch and Justin Greenwood of Bradford represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Jessica Reinhardt of Lee & Associates represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — Goode Company Restaurants has signed a 9,304-square-foot office headquarters lease in West Houston. The operator of local barbeque and Mexican takeout and delivery concepts is taking space at 3555 Timmons Lane, a 230,440-square-foot building located within the Greenway Plaza development. Katy Gragg, John Heard and Eric Anderson of Transwestern represented the landlord, Dallas-based Novel Office, in the lease negotiations. Pollan Hausman Real Estate represented the tenant.
DENTON, TEXAS — Colliers Mortgage has provided a $55.9 million HUD-insured loan for the construction of Millennium Crest, a 245-unit multifamily project that will be located in the North Texas city of Denton. The property will offer 20 studios, 155 one-bedroom units and 70 two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, rooftop lounge and a dog park. Kevin Gould of Colliers Mortgage originated the debt, which carries a 40-year term and amortization schedule, on behalf of the developer, an entity doing business as Millennium Crest LP.
HUTTO, TEXAS — Locally based firm Urban Moment Development has completed YardHomes Cottonwood Creek, a 293-unit build-to-rent residential project in the northern Austin suburb of Hutto. The development offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 635 to 1,391 square feet and have private fenced backyards. Units feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, individual washers and dryers and smart technology. Amenities include an event lawn, pickleball court, fitness center and a dog park. Rents start at roughly $1,500 per month for a one-bedroom home.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of FreeUp Storage, a 145-unit self-storage facility located outside of Fort Worth in North Richland Hills. The facility spans 21,910 net rentable square feet across four climate-controlled units, 101 non-climate units, 34 indoor units and six commercial warehouse units. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Spartan Investment Group, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, locally based storage investment group Hinze Capital.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Fibergrate Composite Structures has opened its new, 13,126-square-foot office headquarters at The Farm at Allen, a 135-acre mixed-use development located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. The space is located within the 102,000-square-foot, recently completed FARMWorks One building. Citadel Partners and Hanna Commercial represented the tenant in the negotiations for the lease, which was signed last fall. Newmark represented the landlord, JaRyCo.
BASTROP, TEXAS — Northmarq has arranged the sale of an 11,000-square-foot medical office building in the Central Texas city of Bastrop. Texas Oncology occupies the facility, which was originally built in 2009, on a triple-net basis. Jeff Matulis, Toby Scrivner and David Annett of Northmarq represented the seller, Dallas-based Blue Drake Capital, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Maple Street Management. Jada Purchase, also with Northmarq, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A partnership between Texas Christian University (TCU) and Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate Group has broken ground on Morado on Berry, a mixed-use development on the university’s campus in Fort Worth. The development will include two student housing communities with apartments for upper-level students at 2900 W. Berry St. and 3024 Cockrell Ave. on the southern edge of TCU’s campus. The properties will also feature 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space upon completion, which is expected ahead of the 2027-2028 academic year. The communities’ 780 beds will be offered in studio, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities are set to include a fitness center and Pilates studio; rooftop pool and deck with a Jumbotron and adjacent social lounge with billiards; group and private study rooms; an outdoor living room with cooking facilities; and a large courtyard. The development team for the project includes a real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Lake|Flato, The Beck Group, JLL, OHT Partners and Kimley-Horn. American Campus Communities has been tapped to provide marketing, leasing and property management services for Morado on Berry.