GRANBURY AND WEATHERFORD, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a two-property seniors housing portfolio totaling 186 units in the southwestern Fort Worth suburbs of Granbury and Weatherford. An undisclosed buyer purchased the 110-unit Gardens of DeCordova in Granbury and the 76-unit Gardens of Weatherford in Weatherford. Both properties are 55-plus facilities. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello and Max Helgeson of IPA brokered the sale.
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AZLE, TEXAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Azlewood, an 81-unit apartment complex located at 1021 Timberoaks Drive in Azle, about 20 miles northwest of Fort Worth. Built in 1982, the property offers a pool and on-site laundry facilities. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — The Retail Connection (TRC) has secured a 19,941-square-foot retail lease at Craig Crossing, a shopping center located at the corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Eldorado Boulevard in McKinney. Jamie Streeter and Wyatt Russo of TRC represented the landlord, Centcom/Vantage McKinney LLC, in the lease negotiations. Katherine Wildman and Bunny McLeod of Wulfe & Co. represented the tenant, Chair King Backyard Store, a provider of outdoor and patio furniture.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — HFF has arranged the sale of Riverbend West Distribution Center, a 301,500-square-foot, Class A industrial facility in Fort Worth. Completed in 2016, the cross-dock facility features 32-foot clear heights, LED warehouse lighting, 76 overhead dock doors and four drive-in doors. Hunt Southwest Real Estate Development sold the property, which was 86 percent leased to Ecolab and PODS at the time of sale, to Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust for an undisclosed price. Adam Herrin and Stephen Bailey of HFF led the investment advisory team.
HOUSTON — Signorelli Co., the developer of the 240-acre Valley Ranch Town Center (VRTC) mixed-use development in northeast Houston, will welcome nine new restaurants to its tenant roster by summer 2018. Breakfast and lunch eatery The Toasted Yolk Café and frozen yogurt franchise Menchies are both scheduled to open in the spring of 2018, along with a third location at VRTC for Italian restaurant Pizza Cucinova. Japanese restaurant Airi Poke and Ramen is slated to open next summer. Other dining options opening soon include Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen, Buffalo Wild Wings, RC’s NYC Pizza & Pasta, Shogun Japanese Grill & Sushi Bar and Schlotzky’s.
HOUSTON — Colvill Office Properties has secured two leases totaling 43,864 square feet at Galleria Office Tower 1, a 493,456-square-foot, Class A building in Houston. Accounting firm BKD LLP leased 29,960 square feet and recruiting firm Lucas Associates Inc. leased 14,174 square feet. Brad Beasley and Win Haggard of Colvill Office Properties represented the landlord, a partnership between Azrelli Group and Unilev Capital Corp., in both lease negotiations. Lucian Bukowski and Nicholas Bockhorn of CBRE represented BKD; Bill Boyer and Collin Grimes, also of CBRE, represented Lucas Associates.
HUDSON OAKS, TEXAS — Texas-based grocer H-E-B will open a new store in Hudson Oaks, a western suburb of Fort Worth, in 2019. The store will be located at the corner of U.S. Highway 180 and Hudson Oaks Drive. The Hudson Oaks store, the size of which has not yet been determined, will be the company’s fourth location in North Texas.
HURST, TEXAS — SVN Trinity Advisors has brokered the sale of a 40,288-square-foot office building located at 1550 Norwood Drive in Hurst, a northeastern suburb of Fort Worth. Steve Fithian and Clint Montgomery of SVN Trinity represented the seller, AREI LLC, in the transaction. John Fegan of Compass Realty represented the buyer, 1550 Norwood LLC. The multi-tenant building was constructed in 1985.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — JLL has secured $65 million in financing for the development of the first phase of Port 10 Logistics Center, an industrial project in Baytown that upon completion will span more than 3 million square feet across eight buildings. The first phase of the project, which is scheduled for a third-quarter 2018 completion, will deliver four buildings situated on a 100-acre site totaling 992,669 square feet. First Tennessee Bank provided the first lien while Nationwide Mutual Insurance provided mezzanine financing. Paul House, James Brolan and Jonathan Paine of JLL led the financing effort.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Southpark Crossing, a 308-unit multifamily community in Austin. Built in 2017, the property is located near the Southpark Meadows shopping and entertainment center and offers amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, movie theater and a resort-style pool. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherston of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of whom requested anonymity.