ARLINGTON, TEXAS — General Motors (GM) will invest $1.4 billion in improvements for its 4.3 million-square-foot Arlington Assembly Plant. Roughly 4,100 employees work at the facility, which will receive a new paint shop, body shop and general assembly area upgrades as part of the deal. The company will also be developing additional workspace at Arlington Logistics Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial project under construction at the site of the former Six Flags Mall, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Tennessee-based developer MAA has completed Phase II construction of Post South Lamar, a multifamily community located at 1500 S. Lamar Blvd. in Austin. The property features a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units. Phase II delivered 344 units, restaurant and retail space and amenities such as two pools, an outdoor dining area, fitness center and rooftop terrace.
OKLAHOMA CITY — California-based lender iBorrow has provided $12 million for the refinancing of the Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City, a 218-room hotel located at 2945 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. The undisclosed borrower, which purchased the property in 2016 and has since invested approximately $8.1 million in it, will rebrand the asset as a Wyndham hotel.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sublett Corners Shopping Center, a five-building, 87,900-square-foot retail center located at 5900-5912 S. Cooper St. in Arlington. Situated on 10 acres and shadowed-anchored by Albertson’s, the Stein Mart-anchored center was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Bill Jordan of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of whom are private investors.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — TREK Investment Group has brokered the sale of Coronado Shopping Center, a 48,716-square-foot retail center located at 3303 Wimberly Road in Amarillo. Parker Carroll of TREK represented the buyer, Assertive Realty Group LLC, in the transaction. The name and representative of the seller were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Greystone has provided $68.1 million for the refinancing of Vineyards at Forest Edge, a 1,218-unit multifamily property located at 9669 Forest Lane in Dallas. Built in 1984, the property features 11 swimming pools, four playgrounds, a 24-hour fitness center, social center and a kids club. Rob Meehan of Greystone originated the CMBS loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower that acquired the property in 2015.
PASADENA, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 41,113-square-foot industrial building situated on 2.3 acres at 2330 Pasadena Blvd. in the eastern Houston metro of Pasadena. Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented the seller, Whatley Properties LLC, in the transaction. Robin Webb of Bay Cam Properties represented the buyer, JGBM LLC.
MEXIA, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Co. (HSM) has brokered the sale of Mexia Plaza, a 16,600-square-foot retail center located at 1322 Milam St. in Mexia, a city approximately 40 miles east of Waco. Shadow-anchored by Walmart, the property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as Cricket Wireless, Hibbett Sports and Payday Loans. Lane Kommer of HSM represented the seller in the transaction, and Michelle Hudson of Hudson Peters represented the buyers.
SAN ANTONIO — LYND Co., a San Antonio-based investment firm, has acquired a portfolio of 11 multifamily properties located in various markets throughout Texas. The portfolio spans 2,405 units with an average age of 12 years. The largest concentration of the portfolio’s assets is in Dallas, with properties in Houston, Midland, Odessa and El Paso as well.
HOUSTON — Oil and gas firm Apache Corp. has signed a 26-month lease extension at Post Oak Central, a 1.3 million-square-foot campus in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood, with owner Parkway Inc., a publicly traded REIT. Apache, which currently occupies 524,000 square feet within the complex, will remain on the site through February 2022. Tim Relyea and Scott Wegmann of Cushman & Wakefield represented Apache in the lease negotiations.