NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — San Antonio-based Mason Joseph Co. Inc. has arranged $12.1 million in construction and permanent financing for The Lodge at the Guadelupe, a 124-unit apartment community that will be located at 1355 Ranch Parkway in New Braunfels. Lev Investments and T.R. Inscore LLC will develop the project and Crane Contracting Group Ltd. will serve as general contractor. HUD provided the 40-year, non-recourse loan.
DALLAS — Co-working and office space provider WeWork has opened its new regional headquarters at Thanksgiving Tower in downtown Dallas. The company leased 84,000 square feet at the 1.4 million-square-foot office tower to provide space for roughly 1,600 employees. WeWork opened its first location in Uptown Dallas in January 2017 and subsequently leased 25,000 square feet at Legacy West in Plano.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS— GI Partners has secured a 169,136-square-foot lease renewal and expansion at 3000 Waterview Parkway in Richardson for The University of Texas at Dallas’ UTDesign program. The leased properties are part of Synergy Park, a roughly 300,000-square-foot data center and office complex owned by DataCore LP, an affiliate of GI Partners. The studio will offer engineering students 56 project stations, seven conference rooms, a computer lab and a machine shop.
A common baseball analogy that explains where we are in the real estate cycle is “What inning are we in?” Regardless of the inning, in North Texas we’re just hoping it’s the first game of a doubleheader! The first quarter of 2017 was another respectable one for leasing activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) industrial market. Total absorption for all properties was 5.5 million square feet, with 6 percent vacancy across 786.5 million square feet of industrial space. New supply totaled 6.6 million square feet for the first quarter. Just over 8 million square feet of new construction is underway in DFW, with 15 million square feet designated “big box,” or more than 200,000 square feet. Big box experienced absorption of 4.6 million square feet in the first quarter, despite having only 3.8 million square feet of new supply. The metroplex has been the beneficiary of some very large lease signings. Amazon alone is responsible for multiple leases totaling several million square feet. UPS recently leased a 1 million-square-foot property in Arlington, and Ashley Furniture announced the purchase of 358 acres in Mesquite for an 850,000-square-foot design/build distribution facility. In addition, a 1.4 million–square-foot, build-to-suit lease by a well-known real …
SUGAR LAND AND RICHMOND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $58 million sale of a portfolio of fully leased medical office properties in the western Houston metros of Sugar Land and Richmond. The portfolio includes Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital and Physicians Pavilion in Sugar Land, as well as UT Physicians facilities in Sugar Land and Richmond. Scott Niedergang and Gino Lollio of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, and procured the buyer, a public pension fund.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated a $30.2 million mortgage loan for Fox Hill Apartments, a 288-unit, Class A apartment complex located at 8800 U.S. Highway 290 in Austin. Brian Eisendrath and Annie Rice of CBRE arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of The Praedium Group, a New-York based investment firm.
AUSTIN — Arrive Hotels & Restaurants will open an 83-room hotel at the corner of East Sixth and Chicon streets in Austin, the company’s second location in the state capital. The 58,600-square-foot property will feature 3,500 square feet of event and meeting space, including an outdoor courtyard, as well as restaurant and retail space. Construction is scheduled for an early 2019 completion. Austin-based hospitality firm Alexa Management has been named co-developer of the project. Burton Baldridge Architects, also based in Austin, will serve as project consultant.
IRVING, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial has arranged the sale of Las Colinas Distribution Center, a two-building, 103,054-square-foot industrial property in Irving. Located at 3242-50 N. Skyway Circle and 3241-51 W. Story Road, the properties were 100 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as JMP Engineering and PCI Logistics. Brian Pafford and Jason Miller of Bradford represented the seller, a family trust from North Texas, in the transaction. Hahn Franklin-Mitchell of Younger Partners represented the buyer, Austin-based Gretzinger Investment Group LLC.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 51,555-square-foot industrial lease at 11470 Hillguard Road in Dallas. Brett Lewis and George Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, GLP, in the transaction. Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, Supreme Custom Fabricators Inc., an Arkansas-based construction and remodeling firm.
DALLAS — PCCP LLC has provided development firm Dunhill Partners a $63.5 million loan for the construction of the Virgin Hotel Dallas, a 16-story, 268-room located at 1909 Hi Line Drive in the Dallas’ Design District. Scheduled to be complete in late 2019, the hotel will feature a lobby restaurant, poolside bar and a workplace lounge known as the Commons Club. Dallas-based Hamilton Realty Finance arranged the financing.