SAN ANTONIO — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Crestway Self Storage, located at 7095 Crestway Road in San Antonio. Lockaway Storage acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2008, the 22,300-square-foot property features 161 units. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson and John Arnold of Bellomy & Co. represented the undisclosed, San Antonio-based seller in the deal.
HOUSTON — Bay Area Regional Medical Center and Medistar Corp. are developing a new ambulatory surgery center at Gemini III, Medistar’s three-building medical campus in Houston. The facility will feature new medical equipment, two special procedure rooms and four operating suites with future expandability to six operating rooms. Plans are underway now for the surgery center, with construction slated for completion late this year. Located on the same campus, Gemini I and II are fully leased to orthopedic surgeons, pain management and primary care physicians.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Cos., dba HSM Hwy 66 Storage LP, is developing a self-storage facility located at 1020 Hebron Drive in Garland. The 77,000-square-foot facility will feature 763 storage units. Construction began in mid-January and units are expected to be available in early fall. The property will offer interior and drive-up units, security and controlled access and an on-site manager. CubeSmart will manage the facility.
HOUSTON — Morgan, a multifamily development, construction and property management firm, has broken ground for the construction of its latest Pearl apartment development in Houston’s Midtown district. Located at 3120 Smith St., the project will feature a 40,000-square-foot Whole Food Market on the ground floor and 264 apartment units above. Slated to open in 2019, the new development will be located across the street from the first phase of Morgan’s Pearl Midtown, which opened in 2014. Amenities at the development will include a dog park and wash area, bike storage room, Uber waiting room, sky lounge, pool and a fitness center. Ziegler Cooper is serving as architect, while Carnegis Group is providing interior design services.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary The Woodlands Development Co. have opened a self-storage property located on College Park Drive in The Woodlands. The 654-unit property is the company’s initial national venture into self-storage operations. The company is also developing a second self-storage facility along FM 2978 in The Woodlands totaling 784 units. The second facility is set to open in April. CubeSmart will manage both facilities. The properties will feature gated entries, video surveillance and individual entry alarms on each unit.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Pasadena Park Shopping Center, a retail property located at 6801 Spencer Highway in Pasadena. A limited liability company sold the 163,992-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the property was 91 percent leased by a variety of tenants, including Big Lots, Dollar Tree, Surplus Warehouse and Harbor Freight. Jerry Goldstein of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and secured the buyer, a limited liability company, in the deal.
SHERMAN, TEXAS — J.P. Hart Lumber Co. is developing a lumber and building materials distribution center within Progress Park, a 3,300-acre master-planned business park in the Dallas suburb of Sherman. The company acquired 37.6 acres along Progress Drive to develop the $5.5 million to $6.5 million facility, which will create 37 full-time positions. J.P. Hart Lumber Co. contracted with Sherman Economic Development Corp., represented by Bob Hagewood and Cannon Green of Stream Realty Partners, to acquire the site for an undisclosed price.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Citadel Partners has brokered an office lease at 14901 Quorum Place in Addison. RD&F Advertising will occupy 10,000 square feet of space at the property. Scott Morse and Taylor Dickerson of Citadel Partners represented the tenant, while Ryan Evanich, Chase Lopez and Jordan McFarland of Stream Realty Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the deal.
NEW YORK — DRA Advisors has purchased a 19.8-million-square-foot industrial portfolio that spans 21 U.S. markets for $1.1 billion. The portfolio contains a total of 184 properties that are 94 percent leased to more than 500 tenants. The properties reside in industrial hubs such as Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio. The assets range from less than 15,000 square feet to 925,000 square feet, according to CoStar Group. Cabot Properties Fund II sold the portfolio, concluding the fund’s disposition activity. The fund was launched in late 2005. This acquisition will allow New York-based DRA Advisors to expand its industrial footprint to more than 45 million square feet. DRA’s industrial assets are primarily located in Texas, California, Illinois, Indiana and Florida. The private equity real estate firm currently has more than $10 billion of assets under management. This includes more than 70 million square feet of commercial real estate and more than 12,000 residential units. Eastdil Secured and Cushman & Wakefield represented Boston-based Cabot Properties in the transaction. The private equity real estate firm manages and operates about 160 million square feet of industrial properties throughout North America and the United Kingdom that are valued at $57 billion. — Nellie Day
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) Private Real Estate has purchased Quarry Oaks I and II, a two-building office complex located at 10900 Stonelake Blvd. in Austin. Principal Real Estate Investors sold the 292,421-square-foot complex for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to tenants including Forepoint, Microsoft Corp. and Microchip Technologies. HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
