NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Courtyards on Glenview, a 241-unit multifamily community in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills. The 257,087-square-foot complex is located at 4401 Glenview Court, and was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Chris Deuillet and Nita Stewart of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the seller, Courtyards on Glenview LP, in the sale of the property to EB Real Estate Group LLC for an undisclosed price.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Aspen Heights has topped out on Rise – 8th and Nueces, a 198-unit apartment tower located at 805 Nueces St. in downtown Austin. This project will be Aspen Heights’ first non-student housing development. The 22-story project will feature a rooftop infinity edge pool, deck and lounge, a rooftop dog park and a top-floor fitness center overlooking the State Capitol Building. Aspen Heights worked with local firm Greenstar Development to source the land, fund the project and assist with development. Rhode:Partners is the project’s architect.
DALLAS — Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA) has arranged $6.9 million in both debt and equity for the construction of Block at Bennett, a 22-unit high-end condominium development in Dallas. MCA arranged the financing on behalf of a partnership sponsored by Larkspur Capital. The property will be located near the corner of Bennett Avenue and Fuqua Street in the Dallas neighborhood of Henderson. The construction loan was funded by a regional bank and was structured with limited recourse. The equity partner is a foreign investment fund.
HOUSTON — Cousins Properties Inc. has signed a 12-year, 29,000-square-foot headquarters lease with CommunityBank of Texas, NA at 9 Greenway Plaza in Houston. Greenway Plaza is a 10-building, 4.4 million-square-foot office portfolio. The space leased in 9 Greenway Plaza provides the bank first floor lobby presence and tower space on the ninth floor for bank executives and personnel, according to Bob Boykin, senior vice president and market leader for Cousins Properties. Charlie Neuhaus and Harry Holmes of Avison Young represented CommunityBank of Texas in the lease transaction. Boykin, Bubba Harkins and Warren Savery represented Cousins Properties in-house.
HOUSTON — Tailored Brands Inc. (NYSE: TLRD), the recently formed parent company of the Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank menswear brands, plans to close approximately 250 of its stores in fiscal year 2016, according to the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report released March 9. The store closures will include 80 to 90 Jos. A. Bank stores, all 58 of its outlet locations and 100 to 110 of its MW Tux stores. Houston-based Tailored Brands ended fiscal year 2015 on Jan. 31, 2016, with a $1 billion net loss. According to the earnings report, the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) operating loss includes a $1.15 billion “goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge,” which was related to Jos. A. Bank’s poor sales performance, as well as a store reorganization program that Tailored Brands initiated in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015. Jos. A. Bank’s comparable sales in the fourth quarter decreased 31.9 percent from fourth-quarter 2014 due to a decline in average transactions per store. Men’s Wearhouse’s fourth-quarter comparable sales increased 4.3 percent in that same time period. “While our fourth-quarter and full-year results were consistent with our revised guidance, we remain very disappointed by the weak Jos. A. Bank results,” says …
WACO, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of The Hype, a 200-unit student housing community located near Baylor University in Waco. Community amenities of the 430-bed property include a resort-style swimming pool and hot tub, cabanas, water and sand volleyball courts, an outdoor theater, gas grills, an outdoor fire pit, a 24-hour fitness center, an off leash dog park and a five-acre play scape with hammocks and an organic garden. Ryan Lang of ARA Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — Dallas-based ORIX USA Corp. has boosted its ownership stake in RED Capital Group LLC from 88 percent to 100 percent, making RED a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. ORIX originally invested in RED in 2010. RED’s executive management team will remain in place and continue to operate RED as an independent entity based in Columbus, Ohio. “Increasing ORIX’s investment in RED has been a strategic objective of mine for the last few years, as I have seen firsthand the strength of the RED team and its platform,” says Hideto Nishitani, chairman, president and CEO of ORIX USA. “This is an attractive investment opportunity and signals ORIX’s belief in the strength of the multifamily, seniors housing and affordable housing markets.” ORIX offers investment capital and asset management services to clients in the corporate, real estate, municipal and energy sectors, while holding $6 billion worth of assets and managing an additional $29 billion. RED Capital Group has provided over $72 billion of integrated debt and equity to the seniors housing and healthcare, multifamily, affordable housing and student housing industries.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners and Logan Brown Investment Real Estate have arranged the sale of 8700 Commerce Park Drive, a 78,000-square-foot, multi-tenant office property located in southwest Houston. Doug Pack of NAI Partners and Logan Brown of Logan Brown Investment Real Estate represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Khoshbin Co., in the sale of the property to an unnamed local investor.
SHERMAN, TEXAS — Pierson Retail Advisors has arranged the sale of Sherman Crossroads, a 37,088-square-foot shopping center located in Sherman. Pierson Retail Advisors represented the seller, T Sherman Crossing TX LLC, in the sale of the property to Dallas-based Tava Property LLC for an undisclosed price. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Anytime Fitness, Shogun Japanese Steakhouse, Jalapeno Tree and the Armed Forces Career Center.
TEMPLE, TEXAS — HFF has arranged financing for Chappell Creek Village, a 148-unit, garden-style apartment community in Temple. Cortney Cole and Scott Galloway of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Chappell Hill Equity III Ltd., to place the 10-year, 3.86 percent fixed-rate loan with a life insurance lender. Chappell Creek Village is situated on the north side of Ira Young Drive, and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units in 12 two- and three-story apartment buildings totaling 147,220 rentable square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, business center and on-site laundry facilities.
