CORINTH, TEXAS — Davidson Bogel Real Estate has negotiated the sale of two pad sites located at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Swisher Road in the north Texas city of Corinth that will be developed into Burger King and Popeye’s locations. David Davidson Jr. and Edward Bogel of Davidson Bogel represented the seller, Provident Realty Advisors, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) has acquired BLVD Place, a 216,944-square-foot, mixed-use property in Houston’s Galleria/Uptown neighborhood. Whitestone purchased the property for approximately $158 million, according to realtynewsreport.com. The property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale by tenants such as Whole Foods Market, Frost Bank and Verizon Wireless. The sale includes 1.4 acres upon which the company will develop a six-story mixed-use building featuring 46,000 square feet of retail space and 91,000 square feet of office space.
SAN ANTONIO — Oden Hughes LLC and development partner Desarrollos Delta have broken ground on Amara Apartments, a 308-unit multifamily community located at 19327 Talavera Ridge in northwestern San Antonio. The property will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from roughly 600 to 1,365 square feet. Scheduled to open in mid-2018, the 23-acre project will be the latest addition to The Rim, a 700-acre, mixed-use development with office, retail and residential space. Austin-based Kelly Grossman Architects designed the multifamily project.
BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. — Tierpoint, a Missouri-based IT firm, will build a 60,000-square-foot data center that includes infrastructure support and office space in the Tulsa metro of Broken Arrow. The initial phase of construction, which will deliver 30,000 square feet of total space and 16,000 square feet of raised floor, will cost approximately $20 million. Completion is scheduled for late 2017. The property will be TierPoint’s fourth data center in Oklahoma.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Richland Apartments, a 192-unit multifamily complex located at 7791 Woodchase Drive near the South Texas Medical Center and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Amenities include a pool, 24-hour fitness center and a resident clubhouse with a game room. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherston of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer.
DALLAS — Rosebriar Properties has arranged the sale of 4.3 acres within the Stemmons Crossroads, a 50-acre development in Dallas, for the future construction of a Marriott-branded hotel. The new hotel will be the second hospitality development within Stemmons Crossroads this year, the other project being a 103-room Holiday Inn Express. Rob Adams and Bill Hanks of Rosebriar Properties represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based oil and gas firm Lonestar Resources US Inc. has entered into agreements with unaffiliated sellers to acquire five oil and gas properties within the Eagle Ford Shale play, an oil and gas formation in South Texas with more than $30 billion in capital investment. The properties are located in Karnes, Gonzales, DeWitt, Lavaca and Fayette counties. Upon closing, which is slated for late June, the company will acquire 80.3 net producing oil and gas wells and a leasehold totaling 21,238 net acres for approximately $116.6 million.
DALLAS — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed a new office building and aircrew training facility within Southwest Airlines’ corporate campus in Dallas. The entire project, which began in May 2016, consists of a six-story, 425,000-square-foot office building and an attached 375,000-square-foot training center that will house 18 flight simulators. The project will also deliver a 1,950-space parking garage upon full completion during the first quarter of 2018.
KATY, TEXAS— Vista Equities Group has broken ground on the final phase of development of LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, a 34-acre, mixed-use development in Katy. Expected to be complete in early 2018, the final phase will add a 37,000-square-foot Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a five-story parking garage and an additional 7,500 square feet of retail space to the 360,000-square-foot development.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Preferred Apartment Communities Inc., a publicly traded, Maryland-based multifamily operator, has sold Enclave at Vista Ridge, a Class A multifamily community in metro Dallas for approximately $44 million. Located at 2701 MacArthur Blvd. in Lewisville, the property was built in 2003 and features amenities such as a resort-style pool, fitness centers, game room and a resident clubhouse with a lounge and theater. Steadfast Apartment REIT III Inc., an affiliate of California-based investment firm Steadfast Cos., purchased the property and will rebrand it The Pointe at Vista Ridge.