HOUSTON — Boyd Commercial has negotiated a 45,025-square-foot industrial lease at 9725 Kirkton Drive on Houston’s northwest side. Greg Barra and Mike Boyd of Boyd Commercial represented the tenant, Erne Fittings USA, a manufacturer of pipe fittings for permanent welds. Ryan Wasaff and Brad Berry represented the landlord, Welcome Group, internally.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners and Boston-based Cabot Properties have broken ground on a 160,000-square-foot industrial property within Frisco Park 25, a 216-acre business park located in the northern Dallas metro of Frisco. The Class A property will serve as the new corporate headquarters for PowerSecure Lighting, a manufacturer of LED lighting products. The company will occupy 75,000 square feet at the property as the anchor tenant. Completion of the project, which is being built on a 10-acre site that Cabot acquired from the Frisco Economic Development Corp., is slated for this summer.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Mason Joseph Co. Inc., a San Antonio-based multifamily lender, has closed a $38.4 million loan for the construction and permanent financing of Commons at Goodnight Apartments, a 304-unit multifamily community being built in Austin. The financing was secured through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program, which provides construction-to-permanent financing for the development of market-rate and affordable housing properties. The loan, which was secured on behalf of a public-private partnership between the Austin Affordable Housing Corp. and Louisville-based developer LDG Multifamily LLC, features a fixed interest rate for the 24-month construction period and subsequent 40-year term. The borrowers are also using equity from Boston Financial Investment Management LP in the form of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to develop Commons at Goodnight. A joint venture between Louisville-based Xpert Design & Construction LLC and Indiana-based Weber Group Inc. will serve as general contractor on the project.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Market at Parmer, a 122,349-square-foot shopping center located on Austin’s north side. San Antonio-based grocer H-E-B anchors the property, which was about 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants at Market at Parmer include Anytime Fitness, Pet Supplies Plus and Twin Liquors. Chris Cozby, Chris Gerard and Blaine Dozier of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — ML Realty Partners has acquired two industrial assets totaling 100,586 square feet in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. The properties are located at 1402 and 1406 Dunn Drive near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and the Dallas CBD. J.T. Samford of ML Realty represented the company internally in the acquisition. Adam Herrin and Stephen Bailey of HFF represented the seller.
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — BMC Capital has arranged a $9.4 million loan for the acquisition of a 250-unit multifamily property located in the West Texas city of San Angelo. The loan features an interest rate of approximately 4.5 percent, a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Keith Van Arsdale of BMC Capital arranged the loan through an undisclosed agency relationship. The name of the property and borrower were also withheld.
IRVING, TEXAS — 7-Eleven Inc. has closed on the acquisition of approximately 1,030 Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) convenience stores across 17 states. The sales price was $3.3 billion, according to local media reports. The acquisition brings 7-Eleven’s portfolio to approximately 9,700 convenience store locations in the United States and Canada. Japan-based Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd., the parent company of Irving-based 7‑Eleven, operates more than 65,000 stores in 18 countries across the globe. Sunoco’s sub-brands — APlus, Laredo Taco, Ladson Grill and Stripes — will see no immediate changes during the ownership transition. Despite overall uncertainty on the performance of retail properties today, there seems to be a strong case for the success of single-tenant assets occupied by convenience stores. In a convenience store report issued by Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. at the close of 2017, the top 10 convenience stores accounted for nearly 64.3 percent of the top 100 ranked stores in the country. 7-Eleven and Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent company of Circle-K and Kangaroo Express, dominated the rankings in the top two spots. Sunoco’s stock price closed at $31.97 per share on Thursday, Jan. 25, up from $28.37 per share one year ago. — Kristin Hiller
In recent months, a renaissance in the Houston’s urban core, paired with a flight to quality and focus on sustainable design, has created a perfect storm for the metro’s office sector. This revival has been combined with a renewed focus on living and working in Houston’s Central Business District (CBD), which has simultaneously driven a resurgence in both retail and mixed-use developments. Downtown Houston’s burgeoning multifamily market is one of the key drivers in Class A office development. Since 2013, downtown Houston has seen 3,355 new multifamily units hit the market. And according to industry estimates from the midway point of 2017, the multifamily market will continue to grow significantly — as much as 40 percent — by the end of this year. These trends, paired with a 6 percent increase in construction of new hotels, have created greater demand in the marketplace for mixed-use developments that offer diverse tenant mixes, including high-end retail and dining options. A Flight to Quality These shifting preferences among residents and employees within the city’s urban core has prompted a flight to high-quality, modern and energy-efficient buildings, as more tenants look for office space in Class A developments that boast top-of-the-line amenities. Over the …
DALLAS — A joint venture between California-based KBS Realty Advisors and Tennessee-based Southern Land Co. has broken ground on a 309-unit multifamily tower in the Highland Park area of Dallas. The 19-story, Class A tower will feature amenities such as a fitness center, pool, resident lounge, private park and a 465-space parking garage. A timeline for completion has not yet been established.
HOUSTON — Davis Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 56,000-square-foot shopping center located at 1315 S. Dairy Ashford Road in west Houston. Lee Harwood and Ashley Casterlin of Davis Commercial represented the buyer, Dasford LLC, in the transaction. The seller, Grace Point Church, purchased the property in the 1980s and will remain its primary occupant, along with Marco’s Pizza and Kingdom Kids Daycare.