COPPELL, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 96,500-square-foot, single-tenant office building fully leased to Avaya Inc. Built in 1998 on 6.8 acres, the two-story office building is located near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at 1111 Freeport Parkway in Coppell. The property features frontage on I-635, the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway. Ron Hebert of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office represented the seller, KP Dallas LLC. Steve Sauter of firm’s Palo Alto office represented the buyer, Coliseum Storage Associates LLC.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Home2 Suites by Hilton Austin North/Near the Domain is now open. The mid-tier, all-suite hotel brand is designed for business travelers and extended stay guests. Home2 Suites now has nearly 200 hotels in its property pipeline, with another 30 locations scheduled to open by the end of this year. Home2 Suites’ portfolio expansion into Austin, which brings 135 new hotel rooms to the state of Texas, comes on the heels of a major spike in demand for the extended-stay hotel product. Esperanza Hospitality LLC owns Home2 Suites Austin North/Near the Domain, which is located at 2800 Esperanza Crossing.
DALLAS — 400 Record, a downtown Dallas office building formerly known as the Belo Building, will be renovated. The Hartland-Mackie family owns the 17-story, 235,000-square-foot office tower located at the corner of Wood and Record streets. Design firm Gensler is leading the renovation, which will include upgrades to the entrances, a new glass-walled lobby, a garden on the top floor, a restaurant, new fitness center and new conference center. Another major feature of the remodel is a restaurant and bar, which will appear to float in the space and is covered in bronze metal panels. Restaurant consultant Sharon Hage is working with the Hartland-Mackie family on the dining space.
CLUTE, TEXAS — Cencor Realty Services has broken ground on Woodshore Marketplace, a 140,000-square-foot shopping center at the southeast corner of Oyster Creek Drive and Dixie Drive within the master-planned Woodshore community near Houston. A 123,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace will anchor Woodshore Marketplace. The Kroger Marketplace is projected to open in December. In addition to the Kroger, Woodshore Marketplace will also include 16,450 square feet of in-line space, along with three pad sites for freestanding concepts. Steve Chandler of Cencor is directing development of the community center. Woodshore Marketplace is set for completion in later this year.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Sperry Van Ness / Visions Commercial have arranged three new office lease transactions at Fossil Creek Station office complex in Fort Worth. CelSana LLC leased 1,091 square feet for a three-year term beginning May 1; Scott Boyd, CPA leased 1,091 square feet for a three-year term that began April 1; and Blue Star Consulting leased 1,091 square feet for a three-year term that began March 1. Located at 6642 N. Riverside Drive, Fossil Creek Station is a four-building office complex situated just north of I-820 and east of I-35 off Western Center Blvd. The property was built in 2006. Clint Montgomery with Sperry Van Ness / Visions Commercial represented the property owner, Value Builders Inc., in all three transactions.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS — Balfour Beatty has reached financial close on a new, $76 million phase of development for a student housing project at Tarleton State University, a member of the Texas A&M University System. In this third phase of the partnership, the Balfour Beatty team will deliver more than 1,000 student housing beds at the University’s Stephenville campus, as well as academic space for the ROTC program and shell space for a university-operated health clinic. Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, a developer and operator of infrastructure projects for the university market, will serve as the lead developer on the project, which is scheduled to break ground later this month and open in August 2016. Dallas-based Balfour Beatty Construction will continue as the construction partner on the project. Designed by BOKA Powell Architects, a new 616-bed housing facility will be located adjacent to the football stadium, and will include two four-story structures with both four- and two-bedroom units in a modified suite configuration that will include private bedrooms, semi-private baths, a living room and kitchenette. Balfour Beatty will also renovate and expand Traditions Hall, an existing 180-bed student housing facility that will grow to 446 beds configured in double and single semi-suite …
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $612,500 purchase loan for a 20-unit apartment complex located in Arlington. The loan features a five-year term with a 4.3 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent bank relationships.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors have reached a significant construction milestone for their new office tower in Austin, and they’ve made history in the process. To lay the foundation for 500 W. 2nd Street, the 29-story, 500,000-square-foot office tower located at San Antonio and 2nd streets, construction manager The Beck Group coordinated downtown Austin’s largest-ever continuous concrete foundation pour, placing more than 10,680 cubic yards of concrete in just over 24 hours. The foundation slab is over nine feet deep and holds more than 1,200 tons of rebar support. The office tower will soon begin vertical construction, with two tower cranes to erect on-site within the next two weeks. Owners Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors are co-developing the project. Gensler is the project architect and The Beck Group is the construction manager.
ROWLETT AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS — SHOP Cos. Investment Sales has arranged the sale of two retail properties in the Dallas/Fort Worth area totaling 78,075 square feet. Tommy Tucker and Tim Axilrod of SHOP Cos. represented the two different sellers in each transaction. Lakeview Crossing is a 49,693-square-foot retail center located in Rowlett. The property was 72 percent occupied at the time of closing with tenants including Big Lots and Royal Buffet. Lakeview Crossing is located at the northeast quadrant of Lakeview Parkway and Rowlett Road in a retail corridor 20 to 25 minutes northeast of downtown Dallas. Area retailers include Walmart Supercenter, Target, The Home Depot, LA Fitness, CVS, Aldi, Ross, PetSmart and Dollar Tree. SHOP Cos. Investment Sales represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited liability company. A Houston-based limited liability company was the buyer. Shops at Hulen is a 28,382-square-foot shopping center located in Fort Worth. The property is shadow anchored by Walmart Supercenter and at the time of closing was 59 percent occupied to tenants including DaVita Dialysis, Sally Beauty Supply and Eyecrafters. The property is located 10 minutes southwest of downtown Fort Worth just off the corner of Hulen Street and Ledgestone Drive. SHOP Cos. Investment Sales …
HOUSTON — Andrew Peeples, Brett Butler and Jeff Jackson of Stan Johnson Co. (SJC) have brokered the sale of C&J Energy Services corporate headquarters in Houston. The campus consists of a 125,000-square-foot, three-story office building and a 96,149-square-foot industrial/lab building. Westchase Green LLC, a partnership entity formed by InSite Realty Partners LP, developed the build-to-suit headquarters on behalf of C&J Energy. The buyer was a private REIT out of New York. The properties were put under contract in July 2014 with the industrial/lab facility closing in October and the office headquarters closing in March 2015.