HARLINGEN, TEXAS — CARDONE Industries, a Philadelphia-based remanufacturer of car parts, is underway on a $50 million distribution center within Harlingen Industrial Park in the Rio Grande Valley. The facility will span 920,000 square feet upon completion, which is slated for December. The project became the largest industrial development to ever break ground in Harlingen when construction began in December 2017. Operations at the facility are expected to begin over the summer.
HOUSTON — Houston-based general contractor Harvey Builders has completed Amegy Bank Tower, an 860,000-square-foot office building located within the Post Oak office development in Houston. Hines developed the 23-story, Class A building, which consists of 15 floors of office space situated atop an eight-story parking garage. Pickard Chilton and Kendall/Heaton Associates both provided architectural services for the project. The building will serve as the new headquarters of Houston-based Amegy Bank.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Oden Hughes LLC has broken ground on a 300-unit apartment community on 14.6 acres at 135 Foremost Drive in south Austin. The community, which is scheduled to open in 2019, will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units as well as two-bedroom townhomes. Rents are expected to range from roughly $1,127 per month to just under $2,000 per month. Amenities will include a resort-style pool with two cold spas and cabanas, a 24-hour fitness center, a sky lounge and a dog park. The project marks the sixth community that Oden Hughes has built in south Austin in as many years. This community has yet to be branded.
HOUSTON — Wolff Cos. will develop Prairie View Cricket Complex, an 84-acre athletic facility that will be located at the interchange of U.S. Highway 290 and Liendo Parkway in Houston. In January, Wolff sold the 68-acre Liendo Park and an adjoining 16-acre tract to Houston businessman Tanweer Ahmed, who plans to have two cricket fields ready for play next month and all 12 to 14 fields ready by the second quarter of 2019.
HOUSTON — LMI Capital has arranged a $6 million loan for the acquisition of a 100-unit apartment community in the Heights area of Houston. The loan featured a fixed 4.76 percent interest rate and a 10-year term. Jamie Safier of LMI Capital placed the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The lender and the name of the property were also withheld.
HOUSTON — Hines has completed 609 Main at Texas, a 48-story office tower in Houston’s CBD. The Class A property totals 1.85 million square feet and features 28,000-square-foot flexible floor plates, under-floor HVAC systems and floor-to-ceiling glass. In addition, the podium of the building allows for concealed parking for 1,500 vehicles. Amenities include a café, fine dining restaurant, a shared conference facility and a fitness center. Pickard Chilton and Kendall/Heaton Associates both provided architectural services for the project and Harvey Builders served as general contractor. The property will serve as the regional headquarters for United Airlines, which will bring approximately 1,400 employees from other offices into the building.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Manhattan Construction has broken ground on a $105 million mixed-use project in Grapevine, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. The transit-oriented development will connect Grapevine to both DFW International Airport and downtown Fort Worth. Project elements will include a 38,000-square-foot outdoor plaza, a 42,000-square-foot rail station, a 121-room Hotel Vin and a 552-space parking garage. Construction is expected to be complete by late 2019.
DALLAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 289,000-square-foot manufacturing plant located at 4949 Joseph Hardin Drive in south Dallas. The sale includes 24 acres contiguous to the facility. The property is rail-served and offers convenient access to Interstates 20, 30 and 35. Dustin Volz, Zane Marcell and Grant Matthews of JLL represented the seller, Linron Properties, in the transaction. Polk Street Industrial acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
PLANO, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of 1800 & 1820 Preston Park, a two-building, 198,759-square-foot office property in Plano. The Class A buildings were 81 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as American Flood Research, Arrow Electronics and Health Texas. Eric Mackey, Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Robert Hill, Evan Stone and Jared Chua of CBRE represented the seller, Alexander & Baldwin, in the transaction. Libitzky Property Cos. acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the Woodhollow and Pebble Cove, two multifamily assets in Dallas. Both the 236-unit Woodhollow and the 160-unit Pebble Cove are located on the 4300 block of Woodhollow Drive on the city’s south side. Both properties were built in the 1960s and share a single access gate. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers, a local investor and a local partnership, in the portfolio transaction. Silva, Braly and Mark McCoy, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a private investor who plans to invest $7 million in renovations to the exteriors and unit interiors of both properties.
