WESTLAKE, TEXAS — A joint venture between two Dallas-based companies, NewcrestImage and Dabu Group, has purchased the 294-room Marriott Dallas/Fort Worth Westlake hotel, located north of Fort Worth. The hotel offers amenities such as a concierge level with a private lounge, a fine dining restaurant, Starbucks coffee shop, outdoor pool, business center and approximately 15,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Miles Spencer and Parker Sherrill of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program.
SAN ANTONIO — Locally based developer Zachry Hospitality will develop a 200-room hotel within the Hemisfair Park mixed-use development in downtown San Antonio. The hotel will operate under the Curio Collection by Hilton brand and will feature a signature restaurant and bar, café, rooftop bar, underground speakeasy bar, pool with cabanas, spa, fitness center and a public garden. Jay Wagley, Frank Piasta, Bond Foster and Ham Berry of CBRE arranged construction debt on behalf of Zachry Hospitality. Interbank is the senior lender on the construction loan.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Simmons Bank has signed a 26,982-square-foot office lease renewal at Overton Centre, a two-building, 417,465-square-foot complex in southwest Fort Worth. The property offers amenities such as a newly renovated lobby, deli and a fitness center. Matt Carthey and Jake Neal of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, an entity doing business as FLDR/TLC Overton Centre LP, in the lease negotiations. Simmons Bank was self-represented.
HOUSTON — Colliers has negotiated the sale of a 5,785-square-foot office building located at 13623 Perry Road in northwest Houston. The single-story building was constructed on 2.6 acres in 2002. Tom Condon Jr. and John Grimsley of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Kariliz Perez of Stone & Fields represented the buyer, Antelmo Investments, which plans to use the property as a funeral home. Lone Star Bank provided acquisition financing for the deal.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm S2 Capital has acquired Falltree, a 126-unit apartment complex located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. Falltree offers studio, one- and- two-bedroom apartments and amenities such as a pool, business center, resident clubhouse and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Danny Baker and William Hubbard of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Harry Krieger, also with CBRE, arranged acquisition financing through an undisclosed lender on behalf of S2 Capital, which plans to implement a value-add program.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of Cooper Street Plaza, a 91,856-square-foot shopping center in Arlington. The center was 97.5 percent leased at the time of sale. K&G Mens Co. and Office Max are the anchor tenants, and other users include Black Rifle Coffee, UPS, State Farm Insurance and Ninja Sushi. Jared Aubrey and Michael Austry of CBRE represented the seller, an undisclosed Texas-based REIT, in the transaction. The buyer was Vista Property Co.
DALLAS — Locally based brokerage firm Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated the sale of a 25,608-square-foot industrial building within the 134,542-square-foot Forest Green Business Park in northeast Dallas. An undisclosed HVAC company was in the process of vacating the single-story building, which was built in 1976, at the time of sale. Brian Pafford and Kyle Espie of Bradford Commercial represented the California-based seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — Marketing and communications firm Moroch Partners has signed a 24,000-square-foot office lease at 147 Manufacturing Drive in the Dallas Design District. The firm is relocating from Hall Street at The Centrum and plans to move its employees into its new headquarters space in 2024. Paul Wittorf, Kim Brooks, Laney Delin and Collin Burwinkel of Transwestern represented the landlord, Dallas-based Quadrant Investment Properties, in the lease negotiations. Jihane Boury and Clay Vaughn of Savills represented the tenant.
RICHMOND, TEXAS — Swig, a Utah-based drink concept with 54 locations across four states, will open a 19,161-square-foot beverage fountain in the southwestern Houston suburb of Richmond. The space will be situated on a pad site that is under construction at Grand at Aliana, a development by Houston-based NewQuest Properties. Jeff Hayes and Travis Waltmon of Paul Duro Commercial Partners represented Swig, which is targeting a January opening, in the lease negotiations.
By Taylor Williams Brick-and-mortar retail has quietly, yet emphatically resurrected itself from the e-commerce- and COVID-induced death knell, bolstered by multiple years of low supply growth that have put a premium on quality space and allowed landlords to zero in on what truly constitutes a winning concept. This notion is inherently subjective and difficult to quantify. But in Dallas-Fort Worth, retail owners and operators say that authenticity — as defined by uniqueness of the offerings and adherence to and reflection of local culture — is paramount to success. From the presentation and packaging of products and services to utilization of local architectural styles to creating a certain shopping or dining ambiance, the ability to capture the authenticity of the market is crucial. Consumers and landlords can afford to be choosy, and they won’t waste time at stores, restaurants or entertainment venues that feel cookie-cutter, phony or out-of-place. But retail landlords can ill-afford to do deals with tenants that simply look the part but lack the financial ability to pay rents, which are growing in urban locations where availability of space remains tight. Monetary due diligence remains critical, but as often as not, there is considerable overlap between the financial solvency …