GARLAND, TEXAS — KWA Construction has begun construction on Firewheel Senior Living Residences, a 154-unit, 171,572-square-foot seniors housing community located at 5151 N. President George Bush Highway in Garland. The property will feature a resort-style pool, grilling stations and a dog park. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2018. Seneca Investments is serving as the developer of the project.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 713 Northpark Central Drive in Houston on behalf of motor manufacturer BasinTek LLC. Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of NAI brokered the deal. The transaction is the sixth-largest industrial lease negotiated in Houston this year, according to NAI’s data.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Pennsylvania-based investment firm Sigma Hospitality has opened Home2 Suites by Hilton Baytown, a 96-room hotel located off Interstate 10 at 7512 Garth Road in the Houston metro of Baytown. The hotel will offer amenities such as a combined laundry and fitness center, outdoor pool and meeting space that can accommodate up to 61 people. The property is also pet-friendly.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of two multifamily properties totaling 512 units in the Houston metro of Humble. The properties are Eagle Crest, a 200-unit community located at 5303 Atascosita Road, and Timberlakes at Atascosita, a 312-unit community located at 18551 Timber Forest Drive. Both properties were built about 15 years ago and feature pools, fitness centers and clubhouses. Clint Duncan and Matt Phillips of CBRE represented the seller, Gaia Real Estate. Houston-based Mosaic Residential purchased both assets for undisclosed prices.
SEABROOK, TEXAS — Lloyd Jones Capital, a Miami-based investment firm, has acquired Regatta Bay Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily complex located at 2555 Repsdorph Drive in Seabrook, a city about 35 miles southeast of Houston. Built in 2003, the three-story property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a resort-style pool, fitness center and business center. FRBH Regatta Bay LLC sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA) has brokered the sale of Oak Grove Square Shopping Center, an 8,890-square-foot shopping center located at 3203 Nacogdoches Road in San Antonio. The property was 75 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Lefty’s Barbers, Primo Tax and Mobilex USA. Bradley Suttle of SACA represented the buyer, a California-based investor, in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
HOUSTON — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $15.2 million acquisition loan for Staybridge Suites Houston — Medical Center, a newly constructed, 120-room hotel located at 9000 S. Main St. in Houston. Philip Justiss, Alex Draganiuk and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital arranged the recourse loan through IberiaBank Corp. on behalf of the borrower, St. Louis-based Midas Hospitality.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage has closed a $14.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Park Hill Apartment Homes, a 168-unit multifamily community in San Marcos. The 12-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule and three years of interest-only payments, was arranged through Old Capital Lending on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Park Hill SM LLC and Prudential Investment Properties LLC.
SAN ANTONIO — Houston-based DC Partners will develop The Thompson Riverwalk Hotel & Condos, a 167-room hotel in San Antonio that will feature 66 residential units in floors 12 through 19 known as The Arts Residences. San Antonio-based Universal Service Group will co-develop the 20-story property, which has an estimated cost of $116 million, according to local publication The Rivard Report. Amenities will include a rooftop bar and lounge and more than 6,900 square feet of meeting space.
ROCKWALL, TEXAS — Lollicup USA Inc., a Chino, Calif.-based producer and distributor of beverage and paper products, will develop a $50 million, 700,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Rockwall, about 25 miles east of Dallas. The project is expected to create approximately 200 new positions. Construction is scheduled to begin by November, with completion slated for October 2018.
