HOUSTON — Private real estate investment firm Brennan Investment Group LLC has acquired approximately 11 acres of land in northern Houston for the speculative construction of three crane-ready flex buildings totaling 110,000 square feet. The facilities are designed to meet the needs of manufacturing, assembly or distribution companies. Located near the interchange of I-45 and FM-1960, the site is in close proximity to the new ExxonMobil headquarters campus project. Brennan chairman and co-founder Michael Brennan cited 16 consecutive quarters of positive absorption and a 92.5 percent occupancy rate as the firm’s basis for moving forward with the development.
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HOUSTON — Ziegler Cooper Architects and Trademark Construction have completed the new Rosetta Resources corporate headquarters, four floors totaling 108,565 square feet of office space at the Heritage Plaza in Houston’s central business district. The facility features an open reception area with travertine flooring and walnut paneling, state-of-the-art conference spaces and backlit colored glass panels with company imagery. Rosetta Resources is an independent oil and gas company. Heritage Plaza, located at 1111 Bagby Street, includes a fitness center, 24-hour security and package courier service.
THE COLONY, TEXAS — Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas has topped out its new 1.86 million-square-foot facility in The Colony, a northern suburb of Dallas. This first Texas location of the home furnishing chain includes a 1.3 million-square-foot distribution center and a 560,000-square-foot showroom. The retailer is the first major anchor of Grandscape, a $1.5 billion, 433-acre, mixed-use development located on State Highway 121 between West Spring Creek Parkway and Plano Parkway. Atlanta-based Turner Construction Co. built the facility, including hoisting the final beam in place on Oct. 23.
McKINNEY, TEXAS — A joint venture of Champ Hospitality and Beck Development known as Champ Beck Development will develop the $38 million Sheraton McKinney Hotel, the first Sheraton property in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The 186-room property, which will be McKinney’s first upscale, full-service hotel, will be connected to a 20,000-square-foot events center. Both the City of McKinney and McKinney Community Development Corp. are part of the project team. Developers have slated the opening of the hotel for February 2015. Sheraton is a brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.
SEGUIN, TEXAS — ElmTree Net Lease Fund II, an investment vehicle of St. Louis-based private equity investment firm ElmTree Funds, has acquired a 300,000-square-foot industrial property in the San Antonio suburb of Seguin for $22.6 million. FCA LLC, a third-party logistics provider for Caterpillar, leases the manufacturing and distribution facility, which is expandable to 395,000 square feet. Located at 1720 W. Kingsbury St., the property features 30-foot clear ceiling heights, 4,000 square feet of office space and two truck courts totaling 330 feet.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Johnson Capital has secured $11.7 million in acquisition financing for Cascades Apartments, a 198-unit multifamily complex in Austin. Located at 1221 Algarita Drive in the Travis Heights neighborhood and just one block west of I-135, the 15-building property was originally built in 1971. Jason Pumpelly of Johnson arranged the loan through a regional bank. The sponsor, Firmus Equity Partners, acquired the property with plans to renovate both unit interiors and building exteriors.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — BMC Capital has secured an $18.5 million acquisition loan for Shadow Creek, a 420-unit multifamily property in Austin. The complex, located at 9200 N. Plaza, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans plus amenities such as three swimming pools, four laundry centers, a fitness center and resident garden. The 80 percent loan-to-cost financing includes a term of 10 years at a fixed rate of 4.99 percent and a 30-year amortization. Beck Beckham of BMC arranged the loan through an agency correspondent.
PASADENA AND HUMBLE, TEXAS — NorthMarq Capital has arranged nearly $17 million in financing for the purchase of three market-rate apartment properties in the Houston area totaling 564 multifamily units. Ashwood Park Apartments is located at 3520 Burke Road in Pasadena, a southeastern inner-ring suburb. Parkside Place Apartments is positioned at 3101 Spencer Highway, also in Pasadena. Meadowbrook Apartment Homes is situated at 515 S. Bender Ave. in Humble, approximately 18 miles northeast of downtown Houston. The loan includes a five-year term, 18 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Marty Meagher and Gardiner Champlin of NorthMarq arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a CMBS conduit lender.
ROSENBERG, TEXAS — The San Antonio office of Transwestern has brokered the sale of Rosenberg Center, a 113,430-square-foot shopping center in the southwest Houston suburb of Rosenberg. Originally constructed in 1986, the facility is located at 5101 U.S. Highway 90-A. Previously anchored by Kroger, the property today is considered a value-add asset, as it is situated in Fort Bend County, touted as the 14th fastest-growing county in the country. Andy Besing of Transwestern represented the buyer, a private investor. The seller was Rosenberg Station LLC.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has arranged the lease of 22,240 square feet for Tuff Shed, a provider of installed storage buildings and garages, in Houston’s Southwest Outer Loop industrial submarket. The tenant will occupy the entire freestanding warehouse facility located at 11526 Harwin Drive. Chris Kugle of NAI represented the tenant in the negotiations, while Clay Rubel of Colliers International represented the undisclosed landlord.