LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — A partnership between Cleveland-based private equity firm Citymark Capital and Dallas-based operator CAF Capital Partners has acquired Villas of Vista Ridge, a 323-unit multifamily community in the Dallas metro of Lewisville. The property is located at 351 State Highway 121 Bypass near a variety of entertainment and retail centers. Amenities include a pool and a fitness center. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
DALLAS — National Apartment Advisors (NAA) has arranged the sale of Mountain Valley Apartments, a 312-unit multifamily community located at 5875 Mountain Valley Lane in southwest Dallas. The property, which is situated on 17.3 acres and offers amenities such as a playground, clothing care center and a basketball court, was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Sam Pettigrew of NAA represented the buyer, California-based NVTX1 Apartments LLC, in the transaction. Mountain Valley 2002 LP sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Retail Solutions has secured a retail lease in Austin on behalf of Enterprise Rent A Car. Enterprise will occupy 49,246 square feet on a pad site located at 5350 State Highway 290. Barret Espe of Retail Solutions represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of an 8,000-square-foot retail property located at 5255 Twin City Highway in the Gulf Coast city of Port Arthur. The asset is triple-net-leased asset to home furnishings retailer Aaron’s. Riley Sharman of Colliers represented the seller, The Benjamin Revocable Trust, based in Nevada, in the transaction. The name of the buyer, a private investor, was not released.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 1,750-square-foot industrial facility located at 2029 E. Levee St. in Dallas’ Design District. The seller, Arte de Arquitectura de Mexico, will be moving from the facility into space at 3414 Doug Drive in Dallas in January 2018. Stephen Williamson of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the seller in the transaction. Hanes Chatman of Stream Realty Partners represented the buyer, Myrtle Faye Investments LLC.
CONROE, TEXAS —Sherwin Williams has signed a 4,700-square-foot lease at The Shops at 336, a shopping center located along S. Loop 336 near Interstate 45 in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. Stephen Phaigaru and Sandy Aron of Hunington Properties Inc. (HPI) represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of an 8,000-square-foot office/warehouse property located at 8715 Fallbrook Drive in Houston. Built in 2006, the property features 20-foot clear heights and 1.13 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet. Trey Martin of NAI represented the buyer, HCM Development LLC, in the transaction. Steve Adkisson of Adkisson Group represented the seller, 8715 Fallbrook LLC.
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Barcelona Apartments, a 64-unit multifamily community located along the Interstate 69 corridor in Kingsville, about 40 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. Scott LaMontagne and Zar Haro of JLL represented the seller, Coastal Barcelona LLC. Canopy Apartments LLC purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The new ownership will implement major renovations and improvements in the near future.
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — NewQuest Properties has sold two adjacent land tracts at its Stone Hill Town Center development in Pflugerville to two different hospitality franchisees. The undisclosed buyers plan to develop an 86-room Holiday Inn Express and a Tru by Hilton hotel. Construction is slated to begin in early 2018. Josh Friedlander and Rebecca Le of NewQuest represented the seller internally. Situated on 196 acres roughly 12 miles north of Austin at 500 Limestone Commercial Drive, Stone Hill Town Center features 1 million square feet of retail space, including a Super Target, as well as the 400-unit Mansions at Stone Hill apartment community. In addition to the hotels in the pipeline, NewQuest Properties is currently courting restaurant concepts to join Stone Hill Town Center.
HOUSTON — It’s much too soon to know the extent of the damage Hurricane Irma has inflicted on Florida and the Southeast, but a clearer view is starting to emerge with regard to the total impact that Hurricane Harvey has had on the Houston commercial real estate market. Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that made landfall on Aug. 25 near Rockport, Texas, was the strongest storm to hit the Texas Gulf region since 1961, according to CBRE Research. The hurricane dumped more than 50 inches of rain across the region in a matter of days and caused extensive property damage due to flooding. Moody’s Analytics estimates that the hurricane caused anywhere from $81 billion to $108 billion in property damage and economic loss, including the closing of Port Houston and many oil and gas refineries. If these estimates are correct, this would make it the second costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, only trailing Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Just a few weeks later, Hurricane Irma became the first Category 4 storm to make landfall in Florida since 2004. In its wake, the hurricane has caused severe damage in Miami, the Florida Keys and Naples, as …
