FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS — Tannos Land Holdings III, an affiliate of Tannos Construction & Development LLC, has broken ground on a $10 million mixed-use building in Friendswood, a southeastern suburb of Houston. The four-story building will total 63,400 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space. The project is expected to be complete by early 2019.
HOUSTON — GBP Properties, a Monterrey, Mexico-based investment firm, has acquired a 30,000-square-foot industrial building located at 11150 Equity Drive in northwest Houston. GE Oil & Gas has occupied the space for the last five years. Tom Lynch and Mark Redlingshafer of CBRE represented the seller, Houston-based Investment & Development Ventures LLC, in the transaction.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Baylor Scott & White and the Dallas Cowboys will open their new 300,000-square-foot sports research facility at The Star in Frisco this Wednesday. Services that will be offered at the Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research at The Star include sports performance testing, a concussion center, imaging center, surgery suites, urgent care center, research space, outpatient rehabilitation and a pharmacy. Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White and the Cowboys are holding an official opening at the complex’s turf outdoor football field with the Frisco Independent School District, which is a partner in the new sports research and treatment complex.The facility was designed by the Dallas office of global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will. The Star is a 91-acre sports and entertainment district and serves as the world headquarters of the Cowboys.
DALLAS — Hunt Mortgage Group has provided a $12 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Cornerstone Apartments, a 240-unit affordable housing community in Dallas. Situated at 2606 Community Drive and 9709 and 9720 Starlight Road, Cornerstone was built in three phases between 1968 and 1976. Two of the phases were redeveloped in 1992 and 1995 through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. The third phase comprises 38 market-rate apartment units without affordability restrictions. Community amenities include an on-site management/leasing office, four laundry rooms, a swimming pool and playground. Dallas-based Churchill Capital arranged the 12-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, JAG CA Re-Development LLC, an entity backed by James E. Graham Jr. The company has invested $2 million in capital improvements to Cornerstone Apartments since taking over ownership, bringing the occupancy up from 70 percent to above 90 percent as of loan closing, according to Churchill Capital.
DALLAS — SHOP Cos. has arranged the sale of Haverwood Village, a 28,000-square-foot shopping center located along the Dallas North Tollway at 4809 Cole Ave. in Dallas. The property was 93.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Skillman Wok, Afrika Fusion, The Fade Shop, I-Apartments and Tsitsi’s African Styles. Tommy Tucker, Tim Axilrod and Cameron Burk of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a limited liability company based in Dallas. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Affordable Self Storage The Woodlands, a 465-unit self-storage facility located on nearly five acres in The Woodlands. The Class A facility spans 90,800 rentable square feet across five buildings. The property includes climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units and fully enclosed spaces for RVs and boats. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, an undisclosed company based in The Woodlands. Bellomy and Johnson also procured the Houston-based buyer.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Houston-based Baker Katz has signed Republic Chicken, a family-style restaurant serving Southern comfort food, to a new lease in Beaumont. Located at the corner of Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 96, the new 5,443-square-foot location sits on nearly 1.3 acres. Republic Chicken will move from its current location at 797 N. 5th St. in Beaumont. Lunden McGill represented Baker Katz internally in the lease transaction.
HOUSTON — Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LPT) has begun work on a 727,600-square-foot distribution center in north Houston. The project is a build-to-suit for Grocers Supply, a division of C&S Wholesale Grocers, which has signed a long-term lease. The property will feature 40-foot clear heights, 65-foot speed bays, 75 dock doors and parking for 211 trailers and 667 cars. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2019. Liberty Property Trust has also sold 34 acres located adjacent to the project site to the tenant.
SAN ANTONIO — REEP Equity, a San Antonio-based multifamily investment firm, has acquired two apartment communities totaling 537 units in San Antonio. The properties are 4000 Horizon Hill, a 273-unit community featuring two pools and a fitness center, and Northgate Village, a 264-unit property featuring a pool and a picnic area. Mark Brandenburg and C.W. Sheehan of JLL arranged acquisition financing for the transaction through NXT Capital.
DALLAS — San Francisco-based investment firm Berkeley Partners has sold seven industrial properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area totaling approximately 1 million square feet. The warehouse and light industrial assets encompass 28 buildings and are part of an 11-property portfolio that was 87 percent leased at the time of sale. Adam Herrin, Stephen Bailey, Chris Norvell and Ralph Smalley of HFF represented Berkeley Partners in the sale. A partnership between California-based private equity firm Circle Industrial and international investment firm FREO Group purchased the properties for an undisclosed price.
