BRYAN, TEXAS — Aphorio Carter, a division of Tampa-based investment firm Carter Funds, has acquired a data center and office complex located in the Central Texas city of Bryan for $55 million. The complex consists of two data center buildings and one office building totaling 69,788 square feet. At the time of sale, the facility was fully leased to colocation services provider Fibertown, which recently entered into a 20-year net lease at the property. The seller was not disclosed.
LOCKHART, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Alliance Self Storage, a 532-unit facility located in the Central Texas city of Lockhart. The facility was built on five acres in 2002 and totals 70,750 net rentable square feet. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Locally based developer Stillwater Capital has broken ground on a 215-unit build-to-rent residential project in Frisco. The site is located within The Link, a 240-acre mixed-use development that is adjacent to the PGA of America’s headquarters campus. Information on floor plans was not disclosed. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, resident lounge and a neighborhood park and walking trails. Stillwater Capital has partnered with Robert Elliott Custom Homes on the project, which is slated for full completion in late 2024.
LOCKHART, TEXAS — Factory Building Stores, a distributor of home appliances, has signed a 167,794-square-foot, full-building industrial lease at Lockhart 130 Industrial Park in Central Texas. The rear-load building, which is slated for a fourth-quarter completion, will feature 32-foot clear heights and 37 dock doors. Omar Nasser of AQUILA Commercial represented the landlord, Titan Development, in the lease negotiations. Davis Bass and Geoff Hangartner of HPI Real Estate Services & Investments represented the tenant. Lockhart 130 Industrial Park will ultimately comprise four buildings on a 45.1-acre site.
VICTORIA, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate, the investment and brokerage firm formerly known as NAI Partners, has negotiated the sale of a 37,221-square-foot warehouse in Victoria, located roughly midway between Houston and Corpus Christi. Chris Caudill of Partners represented the buyer, Waste Management of Texas Inc., which also plans to occupy the facility, in the transaction. Nancy Garner of Woolson Real Estate Inc. represented the seller, Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based developer PlaceMKR will undertake a 2 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment project at a 22.5-acre site at the intersection of East Riverside Drive and State Highway 71 in Austin. The site currently houses a storage facility and a former mobile home park. Designed by Steinberg Hart on land owned by Artesia Real Estate, East Riverside Gateway will be a seven-building development that will feature residential, office, retail and restaurant uses, as well as some 4,000 onsite parking spaces. More specifically, four of the buildings totaling approximately 1,100 units will be devoted to multifamily usage, with street-level retail connecting all the structures. Construction will occur in phases, with the initial phase expected to begin within 12 months pending the developer’s securing of an equity partner. The development team is also in the processing of obtaining entitlements and permits.
HOUSTON — International developer Skanska has topped out 1550 on the Green, a 28-story, 375,000-square-foot office building located within the Discovery Green area in downtown Houston. Designed by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, the building will include 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and tenants will have access to a fitness center and outdoor terraces with event spaces. CBRE is marketing the office space for lease, while SHOP Cos. is leading the lease-up of the retail component. The development team expects to begin welcoming tenants to the building before the end of the year.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — TriStar Glass has signed a 184,283-square-foot industrial lease in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. The Oklahoma-based glass fabricator will occupy the entirety of the facility at 3405 Roy Orr Blvd., which previously served as a Coca-Cola bottling plant. David Eseke and Clay Balch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, which expects to be operational by the end of the summer, in the lease negotiations. An affiliate of Connecticut-based investment firm CoreOne Industrial owns the property.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm CIM Group has sold Hartland Plaza, a 184,128-square-foot office building in downtown Austin. The building was constructed in 1984 on a 3.4-acre site that includes a four-story parking garage. CIM Group also implemented a capital improvement program at Hartland Plaza between 2017 and 2019. Amenities include a fitness center, lounge, conference facilities, salon and an onsite restaurant. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. JLL represented CIM Group in the transaction and arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Evo Pak Packaging has signed a 24,129-square-foot industrial lease at 3440 Highway 114 in Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the building, which is located within Champions Circle Business Park, was built in 2022 and totals 82,240 square feet. Keaton Brice and Andrew Gilbert of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.