ARLINGTON — Summit Hotel Properties has bought a 96-room Residence Inn by Marriott, located in Arlington, for $15.5 million. The purchase is Summit's 12th hotel acquisition since its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2011.
RICHARDSON — Stream Data Centers has completed the construction of a 73,320-square-foot private data center, located in the Telecom Corridor in Richardson. The facility was built to LEED Gold and Miami-Dade County Building Code standards. The facility delivers 3.375 mW of critical load and features a 10,000-square-foot data hall, disaster recovery office space, redundant private telecommunication rooms and a private utility yard. Stream Data Centers is also developing a private data center in Houston.
HOUSTON — Whole Foods has pre-leased a 40,000-square-foot anchor space in a 135,000-square-foot development in the Vintage Marketplace in north Houston. The developer and owner, Read King Inc., was self-represented in the lease transaction by Tony Patronella and Christie Amezquita. The Whole Foods will be the first location in Houston north of Interstate 10. The development will break ground in January 2013 and is slated for a July 2013 delivery.
HOUSTON — Calkain Cos. has arranged the $6.25 million sale of a 21,518-square-foot retail property in Houston that is leased to Wells Fargo. The lease term is 15 years. Andrew Fallon and Jerry Burg of Calkain Cos. represented the international buyer in the 1031 exchange.
TEXAS — Arbor Commercial Funding has arranged six loans totaling $33.47 million through Fannie Mae DUS and Fannie Mae DUS Affordable Housing Loan product lines for six multifamily properties. The communities include the 350-unit Park Village Apartments in Dallas, the 153-unit San Carlos Apartments in Dallas, the 50-unit Windsor Park Rental Homes in Fort Worth, the 309-unit Gardenview Apartments in Pasadena, the 122-unit Meadow Park Townhomes in Hewitt and the 140-unit Ridgeview Apartments in Sherman. Anthony Tarter of Arbor's Dallas originated the Fannie Mae loans for all six properties.
DALLAS — HFF has secured financing for three multifamily communities totaling 600 units, located in the Dallas suburbs of Grand Prairie, Arlington and Irving. The communities include the 154-unit Windscape Apartment Homes in Grand Prairie, the 236-unit Oakchase Apartment Homes in Arlington and the 210-unit Stoneleigh at Valley Ranch in Irving. Windscape is fully leased, Oakchase is 98 percent leased and Stoneleigh is 95 percent leased. John Brownlee of HFF arranged the financing through Freddie Mac's CME program on behalf of the borrower, Pure Multi-Family REIT LP.
HOUSTON — The Richland Companies has acquired the 104,091-square-foot Bay Plaza Office Complex, located at 711 W. Bay Area Blvd. in Houston. The six-story office property consists of glass-backed elevators, balconies on each floor, a conference facility, card-key access and manicured landscaping. The Richland Companies will assume the property's on-site management. The property is 89 percent to tenants such as British Petroleum (BP), San Jacinto College, Blue Moon Detective Agency, Hometrust Mortgage, Broadpoint, Texan Bank, Evergreen Tank Solution, MeCor and Select Medical.
SELMA — HFF has arranged a $58.7 million loan for a 510,092-square-foot portion of The Forum at Olympia Parkway, a 1.2 million-square-foot power retail center located at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Loop 1604 in Selma. Tenants of the property include Bed Bath & Beyond, Ross Dress for Less, Best Buy, PetSmart, Office Max, Old Navy, T.J. Maxx and Toys “R” Us. Greg LaBine, Andy Scott and Campbell Roche of HFF arranged the loan through Northwestern Mutual on behalf of the borrower, AVR Realty Co.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Buffalo Terrace, an apartment complex located near Montrose Boulevard and Allen Parkway in Houston. Sheri Carey of Marcus & Millichap's Houston office represented both the seller and buyer, both limited liability companies, in the transaction.
IRVING — Transwestern has brokered the sale of the 130-unit Tanner Place, an apartment community located at 3327 Willow Creek Drive in Irving. The complex includes eight two-story garden-style buildings. Mark Freeman, Taylor Snoddy and Philip Wiegand of Transwestern's Dallas office represented the seller, a special servicer client, in the transaction. HDC Agave Hill Country Equities was the buyer.