HOUSTON — NAI Partners has brokered the sale of a 15,000-square-foot industrial asset located at 929 E. Airtex Drive in Houston. Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented the buyer, Brennan Industries Inc., a manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic fittings and adapters. The seller was not disclosed.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Arch-Con Corp, a general contractor with offices in Houston and Dallas, has broken ground on Underwood Port Logistics Center, a 404,160-square-foot industrial asset near Port Houston in Pasadena. Developed by Triten Real Estate Partners and Carlyle Group, the property will feature 36-foot clear heights, clerestory windows, full dock packages at the overhead doors and proximity to both the Bayport and Barbours Cut Terminals.
DALLAS — Transwestern has arranged the sale of Highland Road Village, a 332-unit multifamily community located at 2704 S. Cockrell Hill Road in southwest Dallas. Built in 1965 and renovated in 2000, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 418 to 1,222 square feet. Amenities include a soccer field, playground and access to nearby jogging trails. Taylor Snoddy, Philip Wiegand and James Roberts of Transwestern arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, New York-based Code Capital Partners. The buyer was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Southlake, Texas-based Napali Capital LLC has acquired Westwood Apartments, a 187-unit multifamily property in Dallas, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. The community was built in 1969 and consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units across 15 buildings. Amenities include a pool and on-site laundry services. Napali will invest approximately $400,000 in capital upgrades. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Wile Interests has announced plans to develop Medical Plaza West, a 70,000-square-foot medical office building in Houston. The Class A property will be part of the Katy Green mixed-use development on the city’s west side. Construction is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of 2019. CBRE will handle leasing of the property.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Accounting firm Whitley Penn has signed a 45,872-square-foot office lease at the 25-story Frost Tower in downtown Fort Worth. The property features high-speed elevators, floor-to-ceiling windows and a fitness center. Cannon Camp and Todd Burnette of JLL represented Whitley Penn in the lease negotiations. Seth Koschak and Tyler Maner of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Anthracite Realty.
The Midland-Odessa retail market continues to get stronger due to the rise in oil prices over the last year. West Texas intermediate crude oil prices have risen from around $46 per barrel in June 2017 to more than $72 per barrel as of June 27, 2018. According to a recent survey from the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve, new technology is allowing energy companies to break even at $25 per barrel. In addition, the Midland Development Corp. (MDC) notes that the combined Midland-Odessa unemployment rate is down to 2.8 percent, which is the lowest on record. The rise in prices, combined with this scaling of the oil-driven economy, is contributing to local consumers having more disposable income. In turn, spending at restaurants, hotels and retail stores in the Midland-Odessa area is up across the board. Housing Connects The Dots Due to the rise in oil prices and strong economic growth, demand for more housing developments in the Midland-Odessa market is strong and getting stronger. And wherever there’s a boom in housing, a new wave of retail development is likely to follow. According to the MDC, roughly 500 single-family building permits had been issued as of March, the highest first-quarter …
HOUSTON — A partnership between Houston-based Hines and Canadian development/investment firm Ivanhoe Cambridge will develop a 47-story office tower in downtown Houston. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, the 1 million-square-foot property will be located on the 800 block of Texas Avenue. The building will feature multiple food and beverage offerings, a full-service conference facility, public gardens and a fitness center. JLL arranged construction financing for the project, which will also include an 11-story parking garage, through New York Life Real Estate Investors. Law firm Vinson & Elkins has signed a 16-year, 212,000-square-foot lease to become the property’s anchor tenant along with Hines, which will relocate its global headquarters to the new building and occupy 155,000 square feet.
KYLE, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based Majestic Realty Co. has acquired 46 acres for the development of a 500,000-square-foot industrial project in Kyle, located along the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. Branded Majestic Plum Creek Business Park, the property will deliver Class A, tilt-wall buildings that can accommodate all manner of industrial uses. Majestic will invest approximately $39.7 million in the project, which is being developed on a speculative basis. Construction is scheduled to begin during the fourth quarter. Tate Hinkelman and Marshall Davidson of Avison Young represented the seller, Plum Creek Development Partners, in the land deal. Joe Birdwell of American Southwest represented Majestic.
HOUSTON — Schlumberger Technology Corp., a division of international oilfield services firm Schlumberger Ltd., (NYSE: SLB) has renewed and expanded its office lease in Houston. The company now occupies 226,000 square feet at 1430 Enclave Parkway in the Energy Corridor area on Houston’s west side. Owned by Atlanta-based Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM), the Class A property totals 312,564 square feet. The size of Schlumberger’s original footprint was not disclosed, but the new lease carries a 10-year term and the company now occupies roughly 72 percent of the total leasable space.