LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Mohr Capital has acquired a 90,000-square-foot industrial building in the northwest Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The building, located at 651 E. Corporate Drive, is the U.S. headquarters for HOYA Corp., a Forbes Global 2000 company and a supplier of medical and optical products. Cushman & Wakefield’s Randy Baird, Jud Clements and Robby Rieke represented the seller, Cohen Asset Management, in this transaction.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Baker Katz has redeveloped a fully leased retail site in Beaumont. The company demolished a building that had been located on the property to create five new spaces for retail tenants. Starbucks, Mattress One and Wingstop will occupy a 6,100-square-foot building at the site, and T-Mobile and Access Dental will each lease 2,800 square feet in the second building. The property is located at the northeast corner of I-10 and College Street.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Shawnee Sevilla Apartments, a 31-unit apartment property located in Dallas. John Barker and Daniel Burton of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Barker and Burton also secured the buyer, a limited liability company. The Shawnee Sevilla Apartments was built in 1972 and is a Class C multifamily asset located in a residential neighborhood at 9633 Old Seagoville Road. The property is located near two Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) bus stops, along with Crawford Memorial Park and Fireside Park. The Southeast Dallas Health Center is less than one mile from the property. The property includes 28 two-bedroom units, two one-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit. Shawnee Sevilla has a total rentable square footage of 29,810, with an average unit size of 962 square feet. The building is constructed with wood siding and brick with concrete slab foundations. On-site amenities include storage, a mechanical room and an on-site laundry facility totaling 2,046 square feet.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has represented landlord Carson Cos. in the lease of a 30,721-square-foot industrial warehouse facility located at 7618 Bluff Point in Houston. Travis Land and Nick Peterson of NAI Partners represented Carson Cos. during the negotiations, while David Carter of Colliers International represented the tenant, Akurate Dynamics LLC.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — CBRE’s U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets Group has negotiated the sale of Forest Park Medical Center – Austin on behalf of FPMC Austin Realty Partners. St. David’s HealthCare purchased the 146,997-square-foot hospital, along with a 79,708-square-foot medical office building and 508-space parking garage, for $115 million. Scott Herbold, Chris Bodnar, Lee Asher and Greg Greene of CBRE, along with KOA Partners, marketed the asset on behalf of the seller. Forest Park Medical Center – Austin was planned to be a physician majority-owned and governed hospital. The seller filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, shortly after construction was completed. Built in 2015 on 8.5 acres in the Austin suburb of Round Rock, the hospital includes 40 private inpatient suites with 12 VIP/family suites, 10 operating rooms, two procedure rooms and six intensive care rooms. The common areas and restrooms of the four-story, on-campus medical office building have been completed, along with the parking garage.
CLEBURNE, TEXAS — Hangover Opportunity Fund has sold a fully leased, three-building industrial property situated on 16.8 acres in southeastern Johnson County. The all-cash transaction was made with a private investor from Houston. The seller has spent $250,000 renovating the 144,698-square-foot Grandview Industrial Complex, which was nearly 88 percent vacant when it was bought out of foreclosure three years ago. The fund’s manager, SkyWalker Property Partners, undertook a major upgrade of the shuttered RV conversion plant and subsequently signed three long-term tenants, each leasing an entire building at 8800 FM 916. Noltex Truss DFW Inc. leases the largest building, which spans 82,210 square feet. Leland’s Industries LLC occupies a 44,988-square-foot warehouse, and AES Drilling Fluids LLC leases the smallest structure, which is 17,500 square feet. All three tenants are in place at least three more years. Zane Marcell and Dustin Volz of JLL listed the property. Houston investor Eli Sasson, who represented himself, made an all-cash offer using funds from several 1031 tax-deferred exchanges to complete the acquisition.
ABILENE, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a $10 million loan for Cimarron Apartments in Abilene. An out-of-state ownership purchased the 288-unit asset for an undisclosed price. Old Capital provided a five-year, non-recourse bridge loan with 24 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan features a rehab budget to bring the 1982-era asset up to date.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — Mainland Bank has selected Texas City Professional Office Building as its new headquarters and banking hub, signing a long-term lease for a property in Texas City now undergoing a major renovation. The bank has leased 5,555 square feet at 2501 Palmer Highway, a two-story office building with three covered drive-thru banking lanes. Mainland Bank’s new space and the balance of the 33,486-square-foot structure will be renovated this summer. A-K Texas Venture Capital owns the 90 percent-occupied building. Texas City Professional Office Building features 111 parking spaces, Wi-Fi and a digital lobby directory. Upgrades are planned for the common areas, lobby and elevator cabs. Mainland Bank was chartered in 1944 as First State Bank. Richard Barbles of Stream Realty Partners represented the bank in lease negotiations.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Falcon Realty Advisors, a Dallas-based commercial real estate company that represents retail, restaurant and entertainment tenants, has expanded into central Texas with the opening of an office in Austin. The Austin office will serve as an extension of Falcon’s Dallas headquarters by continuing operations within its tenant representation services and the development of its build-to-suit platform. The Austin branch will also be actively recruiting brokers and new team members. Travis Heinrichs, who joined Falcon in 2013 and most recently served as director of investments, will be heading the new branch as director. The firm’s portfolio consists of Austin-based Whole Foods Market and other retailers throughout the state including Petco, Mattress Firm, Robbins Brothers and iPic Theaters. Falcon is a member of Realty Resources, a member-owned retail real estate brokerage group that combines firms from more than 25 cities around the country into one network.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — NewcrestImage has purchased the 125-room, six-floor Hyatt Place hotel in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine. This is the company’s fourth Hyatt Place, joining hotels owned and operated in San Antonio, Lubbock and Plano. The new property features two meeting rooms spanning 1,100 square feet and 400 square feet, a breakfast area, outdoor pool, cocktail and coffee bar, fitness center and a business center. The hotel is located near Legoland Discovery Center and the Grapevine Mills Mall. Dallas-based NewcrestImage now owns and operates 22 properties, with another 11 hotels under construction or in development. The company’s three divisions include real estate development, construction and hotel management.
