PLANO — Bo Avery, an investor based in Texas, has purchased the 123,011-square-foot Ruisseau Village, a shopping center located at 3303 N. Central Expressway in Plano. Dan Avnery of Retail Realty represented the buyer in the transaction. Kelly West of C-III Realty represented the seller, Wells Fargo Bank, which acted as trustee for the registered holders of JPMorganChase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. C-III Asset Management serviced the transaction.
DALLAS — Newport Beach, Calif.-based KBS Realty Advisors has finalized three new long-term leases totaling 18,552 square feet at the 515,732-square-foot Providence Towers, which KBS acquired in 2009. Marcus & Millichap will lease 10,205 square feet on the first floor of Providence Tower West, White Rock Oil and Gas will occupy 5,780 square feet in the Providence East Tower and Investment Talk Advisors will occupy 2,567 square feet on the second floor of Providence Tower West. Kim Brooks, Justin Miller and Scott Walker of Transwestern's Dallas office represented the owner in the lease transactions. Chris Sido of Swearingen Realty Group's Dallas office and Scott Flanagin of Warren Wixen Real Estate Services' Los Angeles office represented Marcus & Millichap. Sandy Matejek of Jones Lang LaSalle's Dallas office represented White Rock, and Investment Talk Advisors was self-represented.
HOUSTON — ARA has arranged the sale of the 252-unit Willow Ridge, a garden-style apartment community located in Houston. The property is currently 94 percent occupied. David Wylie, Russell Jones, Matt Saunders and Zach Springer of ARA's Houston office represented the seller in the transaction. Houston-based SBA Management was the buyer.
UNIVERSAL CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 140-unit Cimarron Apartment Homes, a 116,368-square-foot apartment community located at 1950 Universal City Blvd. in Universal City. The community features a laundry facility, fitness center, two swimming pools and a children's playscape. Scott Lamontagne, Will Balthrope and Moses Siller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private fund manager, in the transaction. Lamontagne, Balthrope and Siller also represented the buyer, a nonprofit company.
HOUSTON — The 449-unit Action Self Storage, a 54,150-square-foot self-storage facility located at 7007 S. Lake Houston Parkway in Houston, has sold. Joe Linsalata of Linsalata Realty Services represented the seller in the transaction. Val Gregory, a Provo, Utah-based buyer, purchased the property and is planning to upgrade the facility and improve operations.
DALLAS — Studio Movie Grill plans to open its fifth Dallas/Fort Worth location at the 142,961-square-foot Keystone Park Shopping Center, located at the southwest corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Spring Valley Road in Dallas. Other tenants include El Chico, Micro Center, Bone Daddy's and Razzoo's. Rancho Keystone Park LP, owner of Keystone Park, plans to add several pad sites to the property as well. Dallas-based UCR handles leasing for Keystone Park.
PLANO — Dallas-based Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA) has closed a $10 million loan for the acquisition of Pitman Corners Shopping Center, a 192,267-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center located at the southwest corner of West 15th Street and Custer Road in Plano. Albertsons anchors the center, which includes other merchants such as Tuesday Morning and McDonald's. Todd McNeil of MCA arranged the loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a local bank.
HOUSTON — Satterfield & Pontikes Construction has completed a $16.5 million renovation of the 65,000-square-foot Building 12 at the NASA Johnson Space Center, located in Houston. The property was upgraded to achieve LEED Gold certification with features like lighting controls, wind turbines, high-effeciency plumbing fixtures and a 32,000-square-foot garden roof that houses more than 67,000 plants. Building 12 provides office space for human resources, finance, administration and onsite training functions.
SAN ANTONIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of The Palomino, a Class A, 484-unit multifamily complex located at 14111 Vance Jackson Road in San Antonio. Will Balthrope, Scott Lamontagne and Drew Kile of IPA represented the seller, Koontz McCombs Development, in the transaction. Balthrope and Lamontagne also secured the buyer, an investment group represented by Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Francis Property Management Inc. The property is currently 95 percent occupied.
EULESS — SBV Communities has purchased the 211-unit Bear Creek Apartments, located at 605 Del Paso St. in Euless. Auction.com facilitated the transaction, which is the second purchase this week for SBV. The firm's ownership footprint is now spread over 14 markets.
