KATY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 10,500-square-foot retail property net-leased to Walgreens in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. James Bell of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a limited liability company that acquired the property via a 1031 exchange. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
DALLAS — San Francisco-based software company Salesforce has signed a lease at The Union, a mixed-use property located at 2300 N. Field St. in Dallas that includes a 420,000-square-foot office tower and a 31-story residential building. The square footage of space was not disclosed, but Salesforce has confirmed it to be at least 100,000 square feet. According to brokers, the deal was the largest office lease executed in Uptown Dallas when it closed in late 2018. Clay Vaughn and Preston Lynn of CBRE represented Salesforce in the lease negotiations. John Brownlee, Gini Rounsaville and Brooke Oliver of Peloton Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord. The lease brings The Union to 90 percent occupancy. The office component of The Union opened in October 2018. The entire development is expected to be complete by spring 2019.
SAN ANTONIO — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Military Crossing, a 171,318-square-foot shopping center in San Antonio. Anchored by Academy Sports + Outdoors, the center was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as BioLife Plasma Services, Harbor Freight Tools, Chase and Firehouse Subs. LA Fitness is also an anchor tenant at the center, but that property was not included in the sale. Webb Sellers, Kyle Stonis, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, Santikos Real Estate, in the transaction. Eric Lehman of Lehman Real Estate represented the buyer, Nooner Holdings.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — TIC2 Holding LLC has acquired Tuscany Square Apartments, a 70-unit multifamily community in Arlington. The property features one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground and outdoor grilling area. Dougherty Mortgage provided an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing for the deal through a partnership with Old Capital Lending. The loan carried a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — G-Tech Development LLC has acquired a 32,606-square-foot industrial property located at 35002 Cooper Road in Brookshire, about 40 miles west of Houston. Reed Vestal and Taylor Schmidt of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Koomey Building LLC, in the transaction. Glen Dickerson of NewQuest Properties represented the buyer.
OKLAHOMA CITY — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a Flamingo Apartments, a 32-unit multifamily complex in Oklahoma City. Formerly known as University Manor, the property was built in 1961 and renovated in 2017. CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of Oklahoma City-based boutique real estate development and design company, Nostalgia Shoppe. The buyer, Flamingo Holdings LLC, acquired he asset through a Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan.
Todd Harrop, executive vice president and national director of capital markets at Bellwether Enterprise in Columbus, Ohio, believes 2019 will be another opportunistic year for lenders and intermediaries. REBusinessOnline discussed with Harrop the abundance of capital in this market – and how discipline and changes in capital providers’ programs have put these funds to work. What is the biggest challenge you anticipate in 2019 as an intermediary in commercial real estate? Much like 2018, we continue to be optimistic about the commercial real estate finance market in 2019. In 2018, we were challenged with a variety of market disruptors including rising interest rates, market volatility, geopolitical risks, and signs of an overall slowing global economy. In 2019, we expect these disruptors to continue. Furthermore, the debt space remains very crowded as capital flows continue to rise and opportunities have declined due to fewer refinance opportunities. The good news is capital is far from complacent and underwriting remains very disciplined, which should enable the markets to continue to function well. Where do you see the biggest opportunity for your company in 2019? In general, I believe there is an increased opportunity for mortgage bankers/intermediaries in 2019. This is due to the fact …
Records were meant to be broken. That’s a phrase commercial lenders have become fairly familiar with over the past few years. Multifamily lending, in particular, has enjoyed a good run. In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Mortgage Bankers Association released the MBA Annual Report on Multifamily Lending. According to the report, strong market conditions helped fuel a 6 percent increase in multifamily lending in 2017. Lenders provided a record high of $285 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units. Jamie Woodwell, vice president of commercial real estate research for MBA, cited a few reasons for this uptick in activity. “The multifamily lending market in 2017 benefited from improving fundamentals, rising property values and low interest rates,” he says. “The result was larger loan sizes and record levels of overall borrowing and lending…Demand came from borrowers and lenders of all sizes, with loan amounts ranging from thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions.” This breakneck pace continued last year as low unemployment, job growth and overall economic strength gave investors and lenders confidence in the market. Freddie Mac had its best year ever in terms of multifamily production in 2018. The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) closed …
It’s no secret that pop-up and experiential retail are hot topics. But it can be hard to figure out how best to engage audiences with an individual activation before, during and after the event. To help marketers solve this conundrum, Brandon Chesnutt, vice president and director of digital & development at Identity, hosted a session titled “Six Winning Pop-Up Retail Marketing Ideas Property Managers Can’t Ignore” during the 2019 Ancillary Retail Expo, a two-day conference produced by InterFace Conference Group and Ancillary Retail magazine. At issue during the session, which took place in mid-January at the Hilton Daytona Beach hotel, were a host of key topics for retailers looking to decide which pop-up retail marketing strategies generate the most attention, excitement and foot traffic. Chesnutt introduced the property owners and managers in attendance to tactics and campaign ideas that have the attention of retail marketers, including targeted social media advertising and tailored group activations. The Detroit native acknowledged that it’s an exciting time for marketers of all stripes, but said that excitement and energy comes with a host of questions about best practices in a rapidly changing industry. “The expectations of what is considered marketing are shifting,” said Chesnutt. “If …
LAREDO, TEXAS — California-based Majestic Realty Co. has broken ground on a 423,280-square-foot speculative industrial project within Port Grande Logistics Port in the south Texas city of Laredo. The development follows a 200,000-square-foot lease with Source Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, which brought the property’s first building to full occupancy. The new building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 120 dock-high doors, 242 trailer parking spaces and 208 automobile parking spaces. Completion is scheduled for the fourth quarter. Majestic acquired the 2,000-acre Port Grande Logistics Port from a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz in 2015.