AUSTIN AND HOUSTON — Johnson Capital has secured two loans totaling $11.5 million for a pair of Texas apartment communities. Jason Pumpelly of Johnson Capital's Dallas office arranged a $6.5 million acquisition/renovation loan for the 248-unit Research Pointe complex in Austin through a regional bank. The owner, a private investor, has rebranded the community as The Park at Crestview. Pumpelly also arranged a $5 million acquisition/renovation loan for the 200-unit Northwoods Apartments in Houston through a regional bank. The community will be rebranded as Cypress Parc.
HOUSTON — Younan Properties, along with joint venture partner Passco Cos., has sold its 272,113-square-foot Younan West Loop South, a Class A high-rise office tower attached to the Marriott Hotel in Houston's West Loop district. The buyer was Salt Lake City-based ROC Bridge Partners. Darrell Betts of Avison Young represented Younan in the transaction.
FORT WORTH — Dick's Sporting Goods is slated to open a 50,000-square-foot store that will anchor the 140,000-square-foot Phase II of Alliance Town Center, located on Interstate 35 West at Heritage Trace Parkway in North Fort Worth. Alliance Town Center currently spans 800,000 square feet and includes tenants such as Belk, JC Penney, Best Buy, Jos. A. Bank, Kroger Marketplace, PetSmart, Ulta, Olive Garden and Chick-fil-A, among other retailers and restaurants. The shopping destination is owned by a joint venture between Hillwood and Trademark Property Co. Construction of the Dick's Sporting Goods store is slated to begin in July and is scheduled to open in the summer of 2014.
HOUSTON — HFF has secured $85 million in refinancing for The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, an 18.34-acre urban resort located in Houston's Galleria submarket. Matt Kafka and Corby Chaffin of HFF arranged the loan through AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. and its advisor Quadrant Real Estate Advisors on behalf of the borrower, Houston-based The Redstone Companies.
LEAGUE CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.25 million sale of The Lakes Professional Center, a 24,240-square-foot office property located at 6455-6465 S. Shore Blvd., Suite 400 in League City. Tanner McGraw of Marcus & Millichap's Houston office represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — ARA has brokered the sale of the 256-unit Briar Meadows Apartments, located at 1414 S. Dairy Ashford St. in Houston's West Memorial/Briar Forest submarket. The complex is 94 percent occupied and features a swimming pool, heated outdoor spa, indoor sauna, tennis courts and a business center. David Mitchell of ARA's Houston office represented the seller, Austin-based Falcon Southwest, in the transaction. The buyer was San Francisco-based Stockbridge.
LEVELLAND — The Levelland Economic Development Corp. and Titan Transloading have come to an agreement with their lenders to break ground on a $5.1 million transloading facility in the Levelland Industrial Rail Park. The facility will consist of four 2,000-ton overhead silos and a 20,000-square-foot warehouse. Additionally, Titan Trucks has added $3.65 million in equipment, mostly trucks and trailers.
HOUSTON — ARA has arranged the sale of The Bristol, an 856-unit, REO apartment community located at 1221 Redford Road in Houston. David Wylie, Russell Jones, Matt Saunders and Zach Springer represented the seller, Atlanta-based TriMont Real Estate Advisors. Philadelphia-based Resource Real Estate purchased the community in an all-cash transaction.
MIDLAND — Marriott International has opened a 100-unit TownePlace Suites by Marriott, located at 5508 Deauville Blvd. in Midland. The hotel will operate as a Marriott franchise and will be owned and operated by Dallas-based Western International. The hotel offers a business center, laundry facilities, a market, outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, a bar, an outdoor patio, 1,500 square feet of meeting space and complimentary wireless Internet for all rooms.
PLANO — KDC has leased an additional 123,716 square feet of office space to Denbury Resources at The Campus at Legacy, located at 5360 Legacy Drive in Plano, which brings Denbury's footprint in The Campus at Legacy to 500,000 square feet. The newly expanded office space is now Denbury's corporate headquarters. The Campus at Legacy features other tenants such as PepsiCo., Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Rent-a-Center and St. Jude Medical. John Brownlee represented KDC in-house in the lease transaction, as well as KDC's partner Spear Street Capital.