WEATHERFORD, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Weatherford Fourplex Portfolio, an eight-unit apartment property located at Sunburst Court and Lindas Creek in Weatherford, about 25 miles west of Fort Worth. The portfolio includes two multifamily properties built in 2008 and 2009, each consisting of four units. John Barker, Trey McGhin and Ron Hebert of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed personal trust. The buyer was a private investor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE Group Inc. plans to relocate its Austin office to the 17th floor of 500 West 2nd Street in downtown Austin. The commercial real estate services firm signed a long-term lease to occupy 21,688 square feet beginning in fall 2017. 500 West 2nd is part of a 1.2-million-square-foot, mixed-use development in the vibrant 2nd Street District of downtown Austin. The new office is part of CBRE’s “Workplace360” initiative, designed to promote productivity through technology-enabled paperless offices. Based in part on research showing that employees spend about 50 percent of their time at their desks, the initiative aims to provide a flexible way of working based on an employee’s changing needs throughout the day. The offices have no assigned workspaces and include both collaborative and private spaces. CBRE’s Russell Young and Nate Stricklen represented the company in the transaction. CBRE’s Troy Holme, Casey Ford and Katie Ekstrom represented the landlord, a joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors.
ODESSA, TEXAS — Sands Investment Group (SIG), a net-lease brokerage firm, has arranged the $2 million sale of a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit located at 2701 N. County Road in Odessa. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a family-owned American barbecue restaurant chain based in Dallas. Max Freedman of SIG’s Austin office represented the seller, Dynamic Development, in the transaction. The 1031 tax-deferred exchange buyer paid cash for the 2,000-square-foot restaurant. Dickey’s has a 15-year lease at the location.
SAN ANTONIO — The RADCO Cos. has acquired Mesa Ridge apartments in San Antonio. The property, which is being renamed City Crest, consists of 200 Class B units. RADCO Residential will manage the property, and the Atlanta-based multifamily investors plans to spend up to $2.9 million on capital improvements to the community. RADCO financed the acquisition using private capital through Prudential Financial. City Crest was built in 1984 and is located in the medical center submarket of northwest San Antonio. The property consists of two- and three-story buildings across 7.9 acres. The average unit size is 736 square feet, and the property offers a combination of one- and two-bedroom units.
DALLAS — Larkspur Capital Partners has broken ground on The Block on Bennett, a townhouse community in the Knox-Henderson area of Dallas. The project is scheduled for completion in early 2017 and will consist of 22 units.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has represented Peter Paul Petroleum Co. in relocating and subleasing 11,596 square feet of Class A office space in the Murphy Oil Building located at 9805 Katy Freeway in Houston’s Katy Freeway office submarket. Prior to the relocation, Peter Paul Petroleum had leased space in Houston’s central business district. The company specializes in acquiring and managing oil and gas properties. Jon Silberman, Jason Whittington and Kelly Torian of NAI Partners represented Peter Paul Petroleum during negotiations, while Chad Baker and Matt Sanderson of JLL represented the sublessor, OOGC America.
In spite of the “noise” created by headlines about low oil prices and energy industry layoffs, west Houston, home to several of the world’s largest energy companies, continues to have strong fundamentals based on decades of phenomenal growth and high-quality development. At Wolff Companies, we have been investing in West Houston for over 45 years. From this long-term perspective, we remain bullish on Houston and, in particular, West Houston, where continuing favorable demographic and economic trends tell a different story than the current headlines. West Houston is a city unto itself. With a population of 1.7 million, it would rank as the fifth largest city in the United States — ahead of Philadelphia, Phoenix or Dallas. It has its own downtown, or central business district (CBD), comprised of four major activity centers: CityCentre/Memorial City, Westchase, The Energy Corridor and Westway Park. All of these are within a few minutes of the intersection of Interstate 10 and the Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8. This intersection is also the current statistical center of Houston’s population distribution, a focal point which is expected to continue to move westward to the intersection of I-10 and Barker Cypress Road by 2025. High-Quality Growth Despite the cyclical …
ENID, OKLA. — Three new tenants have signed on at GBT Realty Corp.’s shopping center in Enid. Famous Footwear, Buckle and Sprint are joining the tenant lineup at the $17 million Land Run Town Center, occupying a combined 13,100 square feet of retail space. The shopping center is now 93 percent leased. Academy Sports + Outdoor and Famous Footwear are now open. Maurices, Ulta Beauty and Buckle will open by the end of the year. Acquired in March by GBT Realty, the 15-acre site, situated across from Oakwood Mall, is formerly home to Walmart and was most recently a distribution center for regional home and garden retailer Atwoods Ranch and Home. Enid is located 90 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Oldham Goodwin Capital has closed on the acquisition of The Science Park at Research Valley, an 180,000-square-foot office, business and technology park located at 2501 Earl Rudder Freeway S. in College Station. Oldham Goodwin Capital, the sponsor and a subsidiary of Oldham Goodwin Group LLC, will be renaming the development Providence Park at Research Valley. The property spans 54 acres near State Highway 6.
DALLAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale and acquisition financing for Casas de Brookbend, a multifamily property located at 8360 Spring Valley Road in Dallas. Casas de Brookbend LLC was the seller, and Casa de Arroyo LLC was the buyer. Greysteel’s Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller, Ryan Hill and Andrew Hanson represented the seller and procured the buyer. The seven-year loan, provided by an agency lender using the Freddie Mac small balance loan program, features a fixed interest rate of 4.5 percent and two years of interest-only payments. Greysteel’s Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss arranged the financing. Casas de Brookbend was built in 1968 and includes six two-story buildings totaling 50 units. Property amenities include an on-site laundry facility, on-site management office, pergola and picnic area.
