DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 54,141-square-foot industrial lease at 11567 Hillguard Road in Dallas. Brett Lewis and George Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, GLP, in the lease negotiations. Transwestern represented the tenant, Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc., an Irving-based electrical supply distributor with more than 600 locations across the United States.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based Rainier Realty Investments LP has purchased HEB Crossing, a 150,582-square-foot retail power center in northwest San Antonio. Shadow-anchored by a 182,000-square-foot H-E-B grocery store, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to anchor tenants Conn’s HomePlus and Academy Sports + Outdoors, as well as smaller users like Starbucks, Chase Bank and H&R Block. Rainier acquired the asset via a joint venture with an affiliate of Continuum Investments LLC. The seller was not disclosed. Metropolitan Capital Advisors arranged acquisition financing for the transaction.
DALLAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Meadows at Ferguson, a 264-unit affordable housing property in northeast Dallas. The garden-style community was built in 1983 and features one, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 723 square feet per unit. Communal amenities include two pools, a business center, picnic area, a playground and onsite laundry services. Doug Banerjee, Boyan Radic, Andrew Mueller, Daniel Hartnett and Scott Simon of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction and arranged acquisition financing for the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
SAN ANTONIO — Sterling Real Estate Partners, which has offices in Scottsdale and Los Angeles, has acquired Sierra Ridge Apartments, a 230-unit multifamily community in San Antonio. The property was built in 1981 and was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The new ownership plans to upgrade the property’s unit interiors and amenity spaces, which include a pool, resident clubhouse and an outdoor grilling area. The seller was not disclosed. Walker & Dunlop provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Blue Road Investments LLC, a newly formed industrial real estate firm based in Dallas, has purchased an 80,000-square-foot distribution facility located at 9494 Escobar Drive in El Paso. The property, which represents Blue Road’s first acquisition, was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to Siemens and Forward Air. Will Brown and Adin Brown, SIOR designees with El Paso-based Sonny Brown Associates LLC, brokered the transaction and will handle leasing and management of the facility. The seller was not disclosed.
DENISON, TEXAS — N3 Real Estate has acquired three pieces of land in the North Texas city of Denison for the development of a retail strip center that will offer between 5,000 and 8,000 square feet of space. The site is located near Gateway Village, a mixed-use destination owned by Covenant Development that features residences and multiple retail and restaurant uses, including a HeyDay entertainment center. N3 is also developing a 7,250-square-foot strip center in Lawton, Okla., that will be anchored by a Tropical Smoothie.
The DFW industrial market has enjoyed unprecedented growth over this seven-year development cycle. The market has added approximately 118 million square feet of industrial inventory over that period and absorbed 143 million square feet. Population growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, the state of Texas and the south-central U.S. region, as well as growth in e-commerce, are the primary tailwinds propelling this extraordinary growth. Ever since Hillwood broke ground on AllianceTexas in the late 1980s, putting north Fort Worth on the radar of industrial users, the expansion in the Fort Worth industrial market has been an ever-increasing part of the overall DFW industrial market’s growth. However, the Fort Worth industrial market’s growth is really accelerating now based on the lack of available developable industrial sites in Dallas and the Mid-Cities. Further, when users and developers compare Fort Worth and southeast Dallas, the two areas with available industrial spaces and developable industrial land, Fort Worth’s advantages with regard to infrastructure, amenities, and most importantly, labor, stand out. As the area reaches peak employment, and with labor cost being the highest percentage of a user’s overall operational cost, the workforce factor has become the most important site selection criterion for users …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — New York Life Insurance Co. has provided $122.9 million in construction financing for RiverSouth, a 350,611-square-foot office project in Austin. The 15-story property, which is expected to be complete in early 2021, will feature 17,277 square feet of retail space and amenities including a fitness center, a sky lounge and surrounding hiking trails. The loan carries a floating interest rate, five-year term and a 12-month extension option. The borrower was not disclosed, but the property brochure identifies Stream Realty Partners as the developer. Colby Mueck, Robert Wooten, Chris McColpin and Jayme Nelson of HFF placed the debt on behalf of Stream Realty Partners.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — California-based investment firm Nelson Partners has acquired Skyloft, a student housing property located one block from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, for $100 million. The newly built, 18-story community features 674 beds. Amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, marketplace, study lounges and full-meal vending machines. The property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale and is 77 percent preleased for the 2019-2020 academic year. Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged a $66.1 million acquisition loan that carried a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate of 4.5 percent, for the transaction.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Columbus Realty Partners will break ground this month on Parkside at Round Rock, a 433-unit multifamily community that will be located in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. The property will be situated adjacent to Round Rock Premium Outlets, a shopping and dining destination owned and operated by Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG). Parkside at Round Rock will feature a variety of floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, dog park and an athletic field. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy by the first quarter of 2020.