SAN ANTONIO — Koontz Corp., a San Antonio-based development firm, has begun work on Foster Ridge Distribution Center, a 327,000-square-foot industrial facility in northeast San Antonio. The property will be situated on a 21-acre site that is located near a distribution center leased to Dollar General and an 871-acre site that was acquired by H-E-B last fall. The cross-dock facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 75 dock-high overhead doors, 130-foot truck courts and an ESFR sprinkler system. Foster Ridge Distribution Center will be able to accommodate a single large user or multiple smaller tenants. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held later this week and completion is slated for the first quarter of 2019. Houston-based Powers Brown is serving as the architect for the project and San Antonio-based R.C. Page is serving as general contractor. HFF arranged financing for the project through Voya Financial Inc. and Dallas-based Catlyn Capital Corp.
Texas
GARLAND, TEXAS — Under the auspices of a limited partnership, Henry S. Miller Cos. (HSM) will open a 763-unit self-storage facility at 1200 State Highway 66 in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The grand opening of the facility, which totals 77,000 net rentable square feet, is set for Monday, May 7. Approximately 88 percent of the units will be climate-controlled and 12 percent will be non-climate-controlled. Pennsylvania-based self-storage REIT CubeSmart will manage the facility.
DALLAS — NXT Capital, a Chicago-based lender, has provided a $19 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of a 94-unit apartment community located in the Uptown area of Dallas. The Class A property includes amenities such as a pool, resident lounge, fitness center, pet washing stations and concierge services. The non-recourse loan featured a floating interest rate. The borrower and name of the property were not disclosed.
WACO, TEXAS — Hunt Mortgage Group has provided a $9.1 million first mortgage bridge loan for West Campus Lofts, a 180-bed student housing property serving Baylor University in Waco. The loan features a 24-month term and a floating interest rate. West Campus Lofts totals 72 one-, two-, three- and four-bed units and offers amenities such as a pool and spa, 24-hour fitness center, game rooms and a study lounge. The property is located roughly half a mile from campus and was 85 percent occupied at the time of loan closing. The borrower, California Private Capital Group LLC, which manages more than 1,500 multifamily units in California and Texas, used the financing to purchase and complete the lease-up of West Campus Lofts.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Denver-based Fairfield Asset Advisors has arranged the $8.5 million sale of a 21,500-square-foot medical office building located at 1601 W. Hebron Parkway in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. USMD Health System, a Dallas-based specialty practice, serves as the anchor tenant for the building, which was built in 2015. An undisclosed buyer that specializes in medical office acquisitions recently acquired the property from an undisclosed physician and private investor.
HOUSTON — A partnership between PMRG and National Real Estate Advisors LLC has refinanced 3737 Buffalo Speedway, an 18-story, 383,777-square-foot office tower located in the Greenway Plaza submarket of Houston. The partnership developed the Class A building in 2016. At the time of the loan closing, 3737 Buffalo Speedway was 73 percent leased to tenants such as FKP Architects, Solvay America and HCA Gulf Coast Division. Amenities include a fitness center, conference center, structured parking and a full-service restaurant operated by chef John Besh. Wally Reid and Matthew Putterman of HFF secured the three-year, floating-rate loan, proceeds of which will be used to complete leasing and pay off existing debt.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between two limited liability companies, 1500 RHD LLC and GV&A 4 LLC, has acquired Las Colinas Apartments, a 177-unit multifamily community in Austin. The loan features a 9.75-year term and a 30-month amortization schedule. Dougherty Mortgage arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the transaction.
WACO, TEXAS — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA) has arranged a $4.3 million construction loan for The Containery, a retail conversion project in Waco. Private developer Bill Wetterman plans to convert an existing warehouse situated on 24,750 square feet of land into a shopping destination with boutique retail and restaurant spaces. Brandon Wilhite of MCA arranged the loan through McGregor, Texas-based TFNB Bank.
COPPELL, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated a 63,911-square-foot industrial lease at Park West Crossing, a 74-acre, eight-building business park located in the northern Dallas metro of Coppell. Jeremy Kelly and Ryan Boozer of Stream Realty represented the landlord, MLRP Park West Crossing F LLC. Bryan Graham of BLG Commercial RE represented the tenant, Black Horse Carriers Inc., an Illinois-based freight company.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — CCG Valwood, a Dallas-based investment firm, has acquired a 22,506-square-foot warehouse located at 1208 Tappan Circle in Carrollton. The property, which offers convenient access to Interstates 635 and 35 East and the George Bush Turnpike, was 60 percent leased at the time of sale. Richmond Collinsworth of Bradford Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction. Scott Gregory of Caddo Holdings represented the seller.