SAN ANTONIO — Dougherty Mortgage has arranged a $6.7 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for The Ridge at Bandera, a 120-unit multifamily community in San Antonio. The property features one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and a business center. The loan, which carries a 12-year term and 30-year amortization schedule, was arranged through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of the borrower, The Ridge at Bandera LLC.
SAN ANTONIO — Hartman Income REIT has signed a 46,041-square-foot office lease renewal with General Services Administration working on behalf of the Veterans Administration (VA) at 7411 John Smith Drive in San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1983. Kacie Skeen internally represented Hartman, the landlord, in the lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — French investment bank Natixis has provided a $147.2 million floating-rate loan for the refinancing of San Felipe Plaza, a 46-story office tower located in the Galleria/Uptown area of Houston. The Class A, 980,473-square-foot property was built in 1983 and renovated in 2015. Amenities include a fitness center, multiple onsite dining options, a conference center, dry cleaner and a Starbucks. Susan Hill of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a subsidiary of Parkway Inc.
DALLAS — Kaizen Development Partners will develop The Link at Uptown, a 22-story, 300,000-square-foot office building that will be located at the intersection of Olive and Akard streets in Uptown Dallas. Designed by BOKA Powell, the property will feature two restaurants, a fitness center, conference center, golf simulators and other outdoor terrace amenities. Demolition of existing buildings on the site is planned for next summer, with vertical construction immediately following. The target completion date is fall 2021.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Miami-based Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Texas, a distributor of alcoholic beverages, has signed a 96,617-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 13755 Diplomat Drive in Farmers Branch, a northern suburb of Dallas. The brokerage firms were not disclosed, but the owner of the property is ML Realty Partners LLC, an investment firm with offices in Dallas and Itasca, Ill.
HOUSTON — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 71,566-square-foot industrial property located at 4545 Langfield Road in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property features 26-foot ceiling heights and 15 dock-high doors. William Rudolf and Kyle Golding of CBRE represented the seller, Hs-Tucson Az LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Chamberlin Houston LLC.
HOUSTON — Houston-based design/build firm Allegro Builders has broken ground on 841 Yale, an 8,400-square-foot mixed-use project in The Heights neighborhood of Houston. The three-story property, which is slated for a third-quarter 2019 delivery, will be marketed to office and restaurant users. Heritage Texas Properties will manage 841 Yale.
While most of the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) area has seen a boom in industrial construction over the past decade, the Plano and McKinney submarkets have been relatively quiet until recently. Due to significant growth in residential development in the northeastern side of the metroplex, e-commerce and last-mile distribution users are increasingly demanding space in these areas. Consequently, these submarkets are no longer considered just a home for technology-based tenants. Several new projects, either under construction or proposed, are focusing on mid-size to large users. Total combined vacancy rates in these areas for flex and warehouse product are now below 5 percent. The average rental rate for flex product is around $12.25 per square foot and the average rate for warehouse space is $6.36 per square foot. Although the vacancy rate is as low as it has been in the past five years, there is a tremendous amount of activity and several market transactions that are likely to positively impact demand for speculative industrial space. While no transactions completed at this time, there have been several prospects working on proposals in the 60,000- to 100,000-square-foot size range in Plano and another prospect looking to lease between 200,000 to 600,000 square feet …
DURANT, OKLAHOMA — Tutor Perini Corp. (NYSE: TPC) has been awarded the design/build contract for the Choctaw Casino & Resort Expansion project, which will deliver a 1,000-room hotel and resort complex in Durant, a city near the Texas border. Upon completion, the property will feature an expanded casino, multiple onsite restaurants, movie theaters and new retail space. JCJ Architecture and Friedmutter Group are the design partners. Design work is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2018 with substantial completion anticipated in the spring of 2021.
LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — Houston-based Keener Investments has acquired The Shore and Harbor Walk, two multifamily properties totaling 314 units in League City, about 25 miles southeast of Houston. Both Class B properties were built in the 1980s, have an average unit size of 880 square feet and feature pools, fitness centers, business centers and playgrounds. Keener will upgrade both properties’ unit interiors and amenity spaces. The seller was not disclosed.