CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — AQUILA Commercial will develop Cross Creek Landing, a 63,297-square-foot office project that will be located in the northern Austin metro of Cedar Park. The three-story building will be situated near The Grove mixed-use development and will offer onsite showers and a 5:1 parking ratio. Austin-based Runa Workshop is designing the project, which is slated for an early 2020 delivery. AQUILA will also handle leasing of Cross Creek Landing.
OKLAHOMA CITY — CBRE has arranged the $11 million sale of a 75,115-square-foot retail property leased to Floor & Décor in Oklahoma City. The newly built, freestanding building is located within the newest phase of Westgate Marketplace at the crossing of Interstate 40 and South MacArthur Boulevard. Local real estate firm Zerby Interests sold the property to Phoenix-based VEREIT Acquisitions LLC. Jason Little and Justin Brannon of CBRE brokered the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Chicago-based Pearlmark Real Estate Partners has originated a $4.5 million mezzanine loan for McAllister Plaza, a 190,511-square-foot office building in San Antonio. The proceeds will be used to finance tenant improvements and leasing commissions. The 12-story property is located near San Antonio International Airport and the Loop 410/Highway 281 interchange. The borrower was not disclosed.
Twenty-five years ago, the Plano-Frisco-McKinney area was replete with open fields, cows and dirt roads. Today, the intersection of State Highway 121 and the Dallas North Tollway is central to Dallas-Fort Worth’s (DFW) development activity. Every red light within a three-mile radius of that intersection has cars stacked 10 deep. The entire area is a metropolitan buzz of noise and activity. The key to understanding how real estate markets — not just retail —in these cities changed so dramatically in less than 20 years lies in geography. The (DFW) metroplex consists of about 9,286 square miles, which is roughly double the size of the Los Angeles metro area, not to mention bigger than the combined size of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The sheer mass of land in DFW and diverse city development policies ensure population densities and characters vary tremendously from one submarket to another. Consequently, retail real estate in the metroplex exists and thrives in pockets. Given the benefit of the expanded infrastructure that the Plano-Frisco-McKinney area has enjoyed over the last two decades, it comes as little surprise that the region would eventually be a magnet for rooftops — and associated retail activity. Basic Numbers CoStar Group identifies …
DALLAS — Hines has broken ground on The Victor, a 39-story residential tower that will be located within the Victory Park mixed-use development in Dallas. According to culturemap.com, the project carries a price tag of $150 million. The for-rent property will consist of 344 units featuring 10-foot ceilings, private balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, a fitness center, coworking and conference spaces, social lounges with complimentary beverage and coffee bars, a pet spa, bike shop and 9,500 square feet of street-level retail space. Munoz + Albin designed the building, which is slated for a second-quarter 2021 completion. Preleasing will begin in fall 2020.
HOUSTON — Strategic Storage Trust IV Inc., a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC, has acquired a 540-unit self-storage facility in Houston. The facility, which was built in 2007, is located at 8415 Queenston Blvd. and spans approximately 63,000 net rentable square feet. The property was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. Nick Walker and John Fenoglio of CBRE brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Gordon Partners has acquired University Plaza, a 95,960-square-foot retail center in Houston. The property was built in 1979 and is leased to tenants such as Goodwill, Dollar Tree, Arby’s and The UPS Store. Micha van Marcke and Chace Henke of EDGE Realty Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Vivid Cosmos Granite LLC, a provider of sinks, countertops and other housing fixtures, has signed a 68,562-square-foot industrial lease at Luna Distribution Center in Carrollton, a northern suburb of Dallas. George Billingsley of Billingsley Co. internally represented the landlord in the transaction. Eric Crutchfield of Stream Realty Partners represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 20,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 8317 N. Willow Place in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2018. Travis Land and John Ferruzzo of NAI Partners represented the seller, Steadfast Development, in the transaction. Marc Drumwright of Southwest Realty Advisors represented the buyer.
LAREDO, TEXAS — Stos Partners, a San Diego-based investment and management firm, has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in the border city of Laredo. The sales price was $88 million. The purchase was made via a joint venture with institutional investor Washington Capital Management. The seller of the portfolio, which consists of eight buildings, was an undisclosed, privately held national real estate firm.