REDNews March 2018 Southeast Texas

MARCH 2018

Inside: Keeping Up With Kristen Berkadia's McDade Locks Up Land Deals Keep Hustling Fort Worth is Making a Name for Itself The Amazon Effect Retailers Adapt to Changing Environment

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Environmental Services 30, 43 Photography 29 Real Estate Loans 12, 27, 44 Tax Advisors 27 Title Services 27

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Events 25, 32-37, 42 Social 33, 35, 37 Bulletin 38 – 40

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Keeping Up With Kristen 10, 11 The Amazon Effect 14, 16 Fort Worth Keeps Hustling 18, 20 Ray's BUZZ Forecast Competition 24 - 26 CIVIL FAIR PLAY Property Tax Changes 24 - 26

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Dear Readers,

Here we are sailing through the first quarter of 2018 and according to Dr. Mark Dotzour, the keynote speaker at the CCIM Houston Forecast Competition, we can expect clear sailing throughout this year in terms of business and commercial real estate.

Tax cuts have a big influence on the economy and Paul Bettencourt reminds us that property taxes represent approximately 40% of total business taxes and that the property tax deadlines have moved up two weeks this year due to tax code changes. (page 26)

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Next month we’re looking forward to Texas A&M Real Estate Center’s Outlook for Texas Land Markets conference in San Antonio on April 26th – 27th (page 42) and if you’re an apartment investor, be sure not to miss Cushman Wakefield’s Global Multifamily Investment Summit on April 3rd – 4th . (page 25)

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Keeping Up With Kristen Berkadia's McDade locks up land deals

BY BRANDI SMITH

“You can almost feel the energy bubbling up!” says the Senior Director of the Houston office. “There are lots of calls on sites, offers are flying around and deals are coming together -- and with realistic speed (which has been lacking for the past 24 months).”

Kristen McDade

If success in the commercial real estate industry is based on outlook and attitude, Berkadia’s Kristen McDade is going to have one heck of a 2018!

Throughout 2017, McDade says she felt as though she was in transition. The University of St. Thomas grad only just made the move from CBRE to Berkadia late in 2016, coming on board to lead the Land Services team.

“As we started to map Berkadia’s path forward in Houston, we recognized the need for someone with expertise in land brokerage,” says Ryan Epstein, Senior Managing Director. “Kristen’s exceptional knowledge of the Houston market, robust relationships and acumen in all aspects of site acquisition make her the perfect fit for our growing team.”

McDade says her first priority was rebuilding her inventory, but she noticed that buyers were slow moving.

“They weren’t quick to pull the trigger and were much more cautious,” she says of buyers in the 2017 land market. “It felt very pensive to me.”

Then Hurricane Harvey hit, drowning parts of the Houston market in feet of water.

“That certainly threw a wrench into the mix,” McDade says. “There was a definite pause for a good three or four weeks while everyone rallied getting their home situations and property situations sorted.”

After that, she says, the commercial real estate industry in Texas did what it does best: it bounced back.

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“It was business as usual,” says McDade. “Coming into the end of the year, there seemed to be a shift.

Calls and activity increased. Sellers were ready to sell and buyers were about ready to make offers!”

McDade, who is part of what is now a Houston CRE legacy, learned the ropes from her father, Bill McDade. She started her real estate career at his side as part of McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason + Company back in 1999. For 16 years, she absorbed all she could from the man who brokered or co-brokered more than $1 billion in deals over his 57-year career.

“He and I are so much alike, I wasn’t sure it would ever work,” she told REDNews in 2016.

“We worked in one big office with four of us in the room: Bill, [my sister] Tricia Pogue, our admin and myself. He wanted us Ryan Epstein all close so we could hear everything and learn that way.”

Bill coached her on how to be a good broker, including when to listen and when to speak. He taught his daughter to pay attention to the news and read the newspaper. ‘There is a deal in the paper every day,’ he told her.

The most important lesson she took away from her father, McDade says, was how important integrity is in this field.

“He taught me to always be honest, straightforward and respectful,” she says. “As a result, clients know they can trust me.”

William "Bill" McDade

Kristen joined Bill for a time at CBRE, where she served as Vice President, specializing in brokering land transactions for buyers and sellers.

Not long after he “retired” (“He’s still working from his home office,” she laughs), she made the move to Berkadia.

“Privately held, Berkadia has the reputation and capabilities to allow me to excel as a land broker with unlimited possibilities,” McDade says. “Berkadia’s core values align with my own: integrity is everything, look at the long term, people and relationships matter most and continually strive for excellence.”

Picked to lead the Land Services team, she’s integral in developing the Berkadia Land Services team platform that’s used throughout the country. She’s also a member of influential groups such as the Greater Houston Partnership, Katy Area Economic Development Council, Houston Association of Realtors, CREW and CREN. Pushing two decades in the land business, her client list is now a who’s who of industry: The Finger Companies, JP Morgan Chase, SYSCO

Foods, Ersa Grae, The Welcome Group, Lehman Bros., Patriot Bank, Lincoln Property Company, Johnson Development, Mission Equities, Davis Development, Fairfield Residential, Cypress Real Estate Advisors, KKB Homes, Avanti Properties Group, Parkside Capital, Public Storage, St. Luke’s Methodist Church and Trader Joe’s.

Many of those clients and others are on the hunt for property in the Houston market, McDade says.

“They were there last year, but without the urgency that they have now,” she says. “They have been given the green light and they clearly do not want to be left out this cycle.”

She’s seen interest from multi-family developers, particularly those who have not built in our

“For well-located corners and small sites on good roads, the activity is very strong.”

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marketplace or have not for quite some time.

They’re hungry for good sites with strong demographics and good schools. If detention and utilities are already sorted, that’s a bonus, says McDade.

“Buyers are anxious to get to sites!,” she says.

“They are all about suburban sites as the Inner Loop is pretty well covered with multi-family and condos for the moment.”

Retail sites are also a hot commodity right now, according to McDade.

“For well-located corners and small sites on good roads, the activity is very strong,” she says.

As an example, she cites the response to a retail property in Northwest Houston that she advertised in REDNews.

“Our signs went up on the property the same day and within a week we had nine offers. Some pushed well over the asking price straight out of the gate,” says McDade. “I never blasted the property. This proves that a well-located site with good shape and good size still gets people excited!”

With barely a quarter under her belt in 2018, she is confident this year the land market will see the payoff that bubbled under the surface in 2017.

“Your readers should keep their eyes on my ads in REDNews. We have something new every month!”

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The Amazon effect How retailers are adapting to the rapidly changing environment

BY BRANDI SMITH

The one constant about the retail industry is that it’s constantly changing, though experts in the field acknowledge that the current pace of change is unlike any they’ve seen in their careers.

“I feel like things are accelerating right now,” says Artemio De La Vega, president and CEO of De La Vega Development, who was one of the Development & Construction panelists during ICSC’s 2017 Texas Retail Forecast.

“As for the number of groups that are reinventing themselves and adapting to the changing times, it's probably the most substantial shift I've seen,” adds Ryan Johnson, co-market leader at SRS Real Estate Partners, who moderated the retail panel during the forecast summit. “That’s why it's a fun industry to work in. You have to be on top of your game. You have to know what's happening in the markets. You have to know what consumers want. That’s what I love about retail.”

The shift was a hot topic during ICSC, which De La Vega asserts has always been proactive about looking to the future.

“I don't think any of us really know exactly what's coming, but we can all agree that change is coming,” he says. “We may disagree on how and what's actually going to happen, but I think we can all agree that it's going to be different.”

Adapting to Amazon A significant factor in that change has been the socalled “Amazon Effect,” the disruption caused to the traditional retail landscape by the online giant. “[On the panel,] I focused on what we're doing as it relates to incorporating elements that would help the future trend for the newer generations and what they look for,” says De La Vega. “Given millennials and other generations that are coming, their habits with the

iPhone and embracing technology are different than what we've seen in the past.”

One way retailers are adapting to the increase in online competition is by offering something consumers can’t find on the internet: services and experiences.

“There is more of a focus now on high-growth, serviceoriented retailers that are more internet-resistant given the retail transition that we're going through,” De La Vega says. “Developers are kind of looking for those tenants who are surviving in this environment.”

He points to discount chains, such as Burlington, Ross and TJ Maxx, as examples of “treasure hunting” for customers. Those types of retailers, says De La Vega, are thriving, compared to the standard box stores.

Interpreting interactions Beyond the mix of retailers, developers like De La Vega want to create interaction in ways that are unavailable online.

“We’re rethinking how we're planning our projects,” he says.

The priority now, especially in mixed-use projects, is creating different levels of interaction, those that are planned and casual.

“I think that humans crave interaction now more than ever because of the internet,” says De La Vega. “A lot of people are dating online now; we're even grocery shopping online; we're doing everything online. The more we do, the less face-to-face interaction we have.”

He says casual interactions can be generated by combining hotel and restaurant traffic in a development.

Planned encounters take a bit more finesse.

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“You have people who live there visiting retail, where they just kind of hang out and they meet,” De La Vega says.”We’re creating projects where we integrate retail as kind of the sizzle in a project. The retail in a large mixed-use project helps bring that whole fabric together. People can just live, hang out and have faceto-face encounters.”

He adds that’s not just of interest for singles who’d like to meet new people, but could be as simple as a play area for kids that brings area parents together.

Eating up demand Restaurants are also an important component in these cultivated environments. An experience in an eatery is one that can’t be replicated online.

“There's no doubt that landlords are flocking toward internet-resistant concepts. Food generally falls in that category, although there are continual changes even in that department,” says Johnson, mentioning the increased use of food apps, online ordering and grocery delivery. “There are a lot of things that are even impacting that component of it, but I do think entertainment and restaurants will be one of the highlights going forward.”

Wall Street, Johnson points out, has invested in restaurants, forcing their growth. That, he says, is a kind of double-edged sword.

“Unfortunately, a lot of times these groups are opening restaurants that don't really need to be opened,” he says. “That ends up hurting a lot of people, so there's going to be some winners and losers.”

Johnson says some markets, Dallas included, are becoming what he calls “over-fooded,” a situation in which there are too many seats. That issue was discussed during the retail panel he moderated at ICSC, which included representatives from Alama Drafthouse, Corner Bakery, Shake Shack and Eatzi’s.

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“Some of our panelists said 2017 was the first year they started to see some declines in their sales,” says Johnson. “One of the taglines from Holland Burton, Corner Bakery’s vice president of real estate, was ‘flat is the new up.’ So 2018 may be a flat year for a lot of restaurants, purely from a competition standpoint, but that's OK.” Another obstacle for the modern restaurant industry in Texas is labor.

“It’s a very challenging aspect of their business and it is getting more difficult to hire not only good talent, but to pay for it,” Johnson says. “It was interesting to hear how it is now even impacting their site selection.”

Johnson referenced a comment from Bill Digataeno, COO and owner of Alamo Drafthouse, who discussed how Dallas/Fort Worth is the most competitive movie-eatery market in the country. Despite that, Johnson says Digataeno is very bullish on DFW and believes there are more opportunities for him to expand there. That sentiment was echoed by some of the other panelists, who suggested that despite the competitive restaurant market, so many new jobs are coming to the DFW area that it is still a great place for eateries to expand.

“They’re just going to do it cautiously,” Johnson adds.

Innovate or go industrial The old saying goes, ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’ and that’s just what some retailers are starting to do to compete with the likes of Amazon.

“Amazon has filed a crazy number of patents and Walmart is starting to do the same,” says De La Vega.

“I think retailers are starting to get into that game and they are realizing that they've got to jump in.”

He suggests it’s likely that we’ll see more retailers enter that arena and be a part of the change. It’s unclear, he says, what that will look like.

“I think you are going to see other retailers that are in the market today come out with exciting ideas,” De La

Vega says. “I think they are going to jump in and be a part of the change.”

Innovating, he insists, should be the priority of any retailer today. Citing Toys ‘R’ Us, De La Vega explained the danger of focusing on anything else.

“A private equity firm bought the company and just loaded it with debt. They’re so focused on financial engineering that they don't leave a lot of room for innovation,” he says. “Failure to adapt means the strong survive and the weak perish. I think that's what we're going to see.”

While some retailers thrive, others are falling victim to the changing landscape, resulting in new opportunities in commercial real estate. A trend that is already emerging is an evolution from traditional retail to industrial.

“In Dallas-Fort Worth, there is great demand for shallow-depth space for local businesses,” De La Vega says.

He gave the example of a sign contractor who needs a combination of showroom and warehouse space.

“Landlords probably aren’t going to get top rent for that kind of property, but you can definitely get midteens,” notes De La Vega.

He suspects class-A strip malls will continue to do well because of their tenant mix, which is often loaded with service tenants. Those retailers, De La Vega reiterates, will always need space because their offerings can’t be satiated online.

“It’s the class-B properties that will probably switch to more warehouse-industrial use,” he says.

In an industry built on change and evolution, now more than ever, retail CRE professionals are prepared to do what it takes to survive, a stance emphasized at ICSC. “I thought it was a good forecast overall,” says Johnson. “There’s continued positive sentiment from developers, retailers and finance.”

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"We've got to keep hustling" Fort Worth fights to make a name for itself

BY BRANDI SMITH

They don’t call Dallas ‘Big D’ for nothing. It tops lists like Forbes’ “Best Cities for Jobs” and “Best Places to Invest in Real Estate” or HousingWire.com’s “Best Real Estate Markets in the U.S.” It is the shining example of growth and development in North Texas. Therein lies the challenge for the city that could be considered Dallas’ little sister: Fort Worth.

The seat of Tarrant County, Fort Worth is the 16th largest city in the country, but its glow is often muted by the spectacle of big sis, Big D. At a recent conference on economic development, local government and economic leaders acknowledged visibility is a challenge.

“From a visibility standpoint and an informational standpoint, people just aren’t aware of us as a community,” said Robert Sturns, the city’s economic development director.

He cited a recent study that revealed, when asked to rank the Top 50 cities in the country, people on average put Fort Worth at 49 instead of its strong position at 16.

The city’s EDC and chamber of commerce have spent years working on a strategic plan to elevate Fort Worth’s spot in the national conversation.

“This is the year we stop talking about this strategic plan piece and we actually start implementing it,” said chamber executive vice president of economic development Brandom Gengelbach.

The chamber’s vision is to “drive the Fort Worth region to be the most thriving, inviting community for all.”

“The ‘thriving’ is about the business piece: attracting business, growing jobs from within the entrepreneurial community. ‘Inviting’ is about the quality of place piece. It’s about making sure we are an attractive community to bring in people from the outside and keep our people here,” Gengelbach said.

The challenge lies in the business part of that plan right now. Fort Worth, Sturns said, has great residential activity.

“We’re just not seeing the job growth that goes along with that,” he added, suggesting that people commute from Texas’ fifth largest city to jobs in other North Texas communities.

That could change in 2018, according to Drew Kile, senior vice president of investments for Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office.

“I think we’re going to beat 80,000 jobs [this year],” he said during his forecast on the apartment market.

“I think with projects like Charles Schwab, Liberty Mutual, Toyota, GM, there’s a lot that’s banked. It’s already coming, but a lot of those jobs haven’t shown up yet.”

Another 2018 trend Kile predicted is a rise of the so-called urban village. He said currently Fort Worth is embracing the pockets of mixed-use developments with more frequency than Dallas.

He also has his eye on the North Fort Worth and Mansfield areas, where he anticipates a boom this year. “[It will be] primarily driven by improved connectivity from the highways. TX-360 will be done in the next three months, getting you down from Mansfield much more efficiently,” Kile said. “That’s going to drive retail development there. That’s where a lot of apartment development has been.”

The office market is also facing some challenges, according to Matt Montague, JLL vice president of tenant representation for office, industrial and land transactions. He’s quick to label those challenges “opportunity,” During his presentation, Montague pointed out market attrition and low attraction in the area, which is only home to two Fortune 1,000 company headquarters.

It lags behind ‘peer’ cities in almost all categories, he

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said, adding that there’s a loss of balance between urban and suburban investment.

“My general theme would be we’re stable, we’re positive, we’re in a good place. As we compare ourselves out of Fort Worth, we have work to do,” he said.

One segment in which the city appears to shine is retail, which Jessica Worman of M2G Ventures called “alive and well.” The key, she asserted, is being adaptable.

“To get people to relocate their corporate headquarters, bring millennials here, to get that workforce, to get that quality of life, we have to give them places to go and shop,” she said.

Different developments in the city are doing just that.

But, when they do, Worman said it’s important they keep a couple emerging trends in mind. Those include bringing in first-to-market retailers, offering experience-based retail and providing space for incubators and pop-ups.

“We’ve all seen a lot of [incubators] open. ShopSmall Fort Worth has done several markets, 411 has done several markets,” Worman said. “You see a lot of popups happening.”

As for the importance of new retailers, she pointed to the Clearfork development as an aspirational example. More than 75 percent of its retailers and restaurateurs that have opened since Jan. 1, 2017 are the first in the market.

“That’s huge,” she said.

Other trends Worman highlighted include first-class entrepreneurial start-ups, developer focus on quality retail, chef-driven restaurants, co-working and creative space, public art, retail with purpose and value-oriented retail.

On that last point, she highlighted the Fall 2017 opening of Tanger Outlets, the first outlet mall in the Fort Worth area, featuring more than 70 stores.

In 2018, she expects significant retail moves in the Cultural District, Near Southside, Stockyards, Downtown FW, SW FW and University neighborhoods.

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“We’ve got to keep hustling. There are going to be more young professionals who will take advantage of the white space,” said Worman. “You’re going to see more interesting things happen, more concepts coming to the city.”

One of the developments she referenced as her company’s “baby” is The Foundry District, which cultivated 14 new tenants since the beginning of 2017.

“You have a lot of people in the city who are gravitating toward something that’s a trend everywhere else: warehouse conversion,” she said of The Foundry’s draw. “They like the juxtaposition of old and new.”

For professionals focused on retail commercial real estate, Worman says change will be the only constant.

“The modern consumer will keep changing. Every year will be a reinvention,” she said. “[In] 2018, constant reinvention is the new normal.”

The onus isn’t just on retailers, however. Worman points out that residents of Fort Worth bear some of the responsibility of supporting the industry.

“As a city, now that we’re on the map in terms of retail and food and beverage dining destinations, we have to shop. We have to support the local business,” she said. “The local business in this case doesn’t necessarily mean that Neiman Marcus isn’t a local.”

It’s no secret that e-commerce has significantly altered the retail landscape. It’s also having an

interesting side effect on the industrial market, according to Hillwood’s Tony Creme.

“Every $1 billion of ecommerce sales requires 1.2 million square feet of industrial product,” he said. “I think this is a big reason the industrial market has been hot for so many years and will continue that trend going forward.”

As the number of online transactions ticks up, the need for distribution and data centers only grows.

Hillwood is capitalizing on this, converting 350 acres planned for industrial use to data center land.

“We can build about 400 megawatts of data center power. Just to put that in perspective, the entire DFW data center market is about 400 megawatts,” Creme said. “We see a lot of potential in this new market.”

Though he predicts industrial deliveries will outpace absorption this year (“I hope I’m wrong,” he said), Creme also anticipates a 1-million-square-foot deal in Fort Worth in 2018. He said he’s also keeping an eye on south Fort Worth, where he expects more new developers.

“I’m very, very bullish on south Fort Worth,” said Creme. “I think it has a lot of potential. A lot of developers put their money where their mouths are and started building new buildings.”

It’s clear it will take more than a single stellar year to fight its way out of Dallas’ shadow, but CRE experts in Fort Worth seem confident the city will soon be able to shine on its own.

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CCIM COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FORECAST COMPETITION

KEYNOTE TALK:

MULTI-FAMILY:

LAND:

INDUSTRIAL:

Dr. Mark Dotzour

David Schwarz, Moderator-ARA Newmark; Stacy Hunt, Greystar; Swapnil Agarwal-Competitors

Elizabethn Clampitt, Moderator- JLL; Keith Edwards, Caldwell Companies; Tommy LeBlanc, Avison YoungCompetitors

Jeremy Garner, Moderator-Trammell Crow; Stephen Hazen, Lee & Associates; Alexander Reilly-Competitors

Bullets: • Should be clear sailing ahead in 2018 for Houston businesses • Texas is an economic miracle • The four largest Texas cities are also the top four in U.S. for domestic in-migration • Texas’ and Houston’s leading economic indicators remain on an upward curve • With no fiscal restraint shown in recent tax law change, inflation and higher interest rates are a threat and will not be good for CRE; there is no lid on debt in Washington any more, and deficit hawks have been forced to take a ‘back seat’ • Avoid CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC for any factual news: they are mongers of partisan propaganda and gossip and they are only cheap ‘advertising sellers’ • Small business confidence levels are high • Now is a good time to expand, as per recent surveys

Takeaway: Inventory overhang was temporarily absorbed by people displaced from their homes and apartments by Harvey, but people are moving back home, with some staying in apartments. Remaining inventory due to be slowly absorbed by projected job and population growth in Houston market.

Bullets: • Area contractors are super busy repairing damaged ground floor apartments-labor is scarce • Absorption in ’18 & ’19 should pick up, and these should be strong years for MF • Flood insurance issues are big, both from lender demands and investor demands-the insurance market is in turmoil trying to price future coverage-premiums are creeping up in the 10-20% range, and more since hurricanes and wildfires caused big claims nationwide • New tax laws take away some of the incentives for home buying, which may give a boost to apartment occupancy • MF is one of the most attractive segments for investors, and a lot of cash is sitting on the sidelines in funds; look for deals and yield • Looking forward after 2018, supply looks to stay under control and owners may see 5-6% rate growth

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• Many suburban areas are hot for MF, and inside the urban core developers are looking for the ‘awesome site’, although inside the Loop new MF will have to compete with existing properties still offering free rent and other amenities

Takeaway: Lots of activity in the far suburbs for industrial and residential land, although it is hard to find land ‘ready to use’, and the costs for permitting, bringing utilities, and all other pre-development are getting higher and taking longer.

Bullets: • Katy, Waller, the Port district, Crosby, the Northwest: all active markets • ECommerce is driving strong demand for warehouse space, and so is the pick up in drilling activity, as supply, service, and manufacturing companies expand to meet demand • With new residential communities comes demand for retail, and some retail developers are buying up commercial reserves many years before they actually plan to build centers on them • Industrial is moving farther out, like to Waller, Conroe, and Sealy • There was a lull in land activity at end of 2017 but now market is heating up again • As more land is covered with impermeable surfaces, the need for retention ponds increases, and this drives up cost of usable part of sites

Takeaway: High occupancy and high demand in this segment of CRE; investors chasing leased up deals.

Bullets: • All sorts of users abound: ecommerce, furniture stores, grocery chains, oil & gasrelated industries • Developers are scrambling to catch up with high demand • Occupancy in 94-95% range • Landlords negotiating with tenants on tenant improvements, which can be costly, and adjusting rents accordingly • This segment not affected much by Harvey • Industrial landlords extremely bullish on Houston

RETAIL:

OFFICE:

Lilly Golden, Moderator-Vista Private Equity Group; Micha van Marcke, Transwestern; Christie Amezquita, Read King-Competitors

Evelyn Ward, Moderator-Transwestern; Bob Parsley, Colliers International; Paul Frazier, Hicks Ventures-Competitors

Takeaway: Nationally, media are saying retail is in apocalypse due to eCommerce, but this is not really the case, especially in Houston, where new concepts snap up recently vacated retail lease spaces. Many new and innovative tenants are taking retail space, for medical, entertainment, and other uses Bullets: • There are few vacated retail spaces which are not immediately recycled in Houston • Over a five year lease term, the various operating costs to tenants are making their operations costlier than they assumed when they first signed their leases • Some new tenants with non-traditional businesses are difficult for landlords and lenders to underwrite, since they are an unknown quantity • Some spaces now contain dancing, DJs, and live music every night, taking advantage of large parking availability • People like to live, play, and shop all near their residences…retail strips not near rooftops have some challenges • EaDo is a new hot area for retail, as gentrification brings more residential density

Takeaway: Occupancies overall in 79-82% range, with some positive absorption in 2017.

This segment is not out of the woods yet.

Bullets: • Many older buildings are being renovated with whistles and bells added to be able to compete with new Class A space • Workplace environments and tenant demands are changing, and it is up to landlords to keep pace with today’s tenant needs • Recent boosts in oil prices have not yet resulted in new leasing by the oil industry • Very little new supply in the pipeline • Less than 7% of office supply was affected

by Harvey flooding, and that which was is mostly back in operation

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BY PAUL BETTENCOURT

Protesting your property taxes every year offers a great opportunity to save money. In Texas, property taxes represent approximately 40% of total business taxes.

This is a large component of expenses that can be challenged and changed.

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It is important to note that key property tax deadlines have moved up two weeks because of tax code changes passed during Texas’ 85th legislative session. Two deadlines critical to keep track of are:

April 1st Rendition Filing Deadline Renditions must be filed annually on any Business Personal Property (BPP) located in Texas. BPP can include computers, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, and inventory.

10% penalties on your property taxes will be incurred if Business Personal Property tax renditions, or extension requests, are not filed

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May 15th Property Tax Protest Deadline Protests for Business Personal Property and Real Estate Property must be filed by May 15th (or, 30 days from the postmarked date on the “Notice of Appraised Value”) to be able to fight your property tax valuations in hearings at your local appraisal district.

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When approaching property tax valuations in any market, it is important to know all the ins and outs of the Texas Property Tax Code. Applying the right exemption or using the right depreciation

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REDNews Newsletter [4:00pm]

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IREM Austin Luncheon [8:30am 11:30am]

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CTCAR - Property Information Exchange [7:30am - 9:00am]

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CCIM, CREW, IREM SanAntonio - Joint Luncheon [11:30am 1:00pm] REDNews April Issue Deadline [5:00pm]

REDNews Newsletter [4:00pm]

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BOMA Austin - BOMI: RPA/FMA/PAC - Design, Operations, Maintenance of Building Systems

CREW Austin - Luncheon [11:30am - 1:30pm]

RECA - Regional Issues Committee [12:00pm 1:30pm]

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BOMA Austin - 2018 TOBY Workshop [8:30am - 10:00am]

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BOMA AUSTIN

CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS SOCIAL

BOMA Austin President Kristin Chavarria announcing Don Tait Memorial Scholarship with Judy Tait and Stewart Geise, Managing Director CBRE.

CTCAR AUSTIN

CREW SAN ANTONIO

L to R Laura Fuller, Kacey Fuller, Kelly Rabanal, Bret Broussard, Ryan Payne Feb 2018

Delea Becker, Dr. Lloyd Potter, Teresa Person & V.Bruce Evans at the CTCAR January 2018 Luncheon on Texas Demographic Trends.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALBERT WIGHT

Manager of the Year! the newest BOMA

SAVE THE DATE- THE 25TH FORUM

APRIL 30, 2018

THE TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TO BE A PART OF THIS SPECIAL CELEBRATION, VISIT www.crew-sanantonio.org

online purchase for tables, individual tickets, renderings & exhibit spaces begins

March 1, 2018

Building Owners and Managers Association of San Antonio is pleased to announce that Albert Wight, CPM of Transwestern has been named Manager of the Year.

A graduate of Texas A&M University, Albert has been a property manager for 30 years. He manages IBC Centre I & II downtown and the IBC Bank Building at Nakoma. One of Albert’s tenants had this to say about him: “Albert brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that are hard to match. Albert’s biggest strengths are his ability to treat the customer like he would like to be treated and to face building issues head on.”

BOMA DALLAS: bomadallas.org BOMA FORT WORTH: bomafortworth.org CCIM NORTH TEXAS: ccimconnect.com/ccimnorthtexas CORENET NORTH TEXAS: northtexas.corenetglobal.org CREW DALLAS: crew-dallas.org CREW FORT WORTH: crewfw.org GFW AR: gfwar.org IREM DALLAS: irem-dallas.org IREM FORT WORTH: fortworthirem.org

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THURSDAY

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REC of Fort Worth FWISD Bond Package Update [7:30am - 9:30am] BOMA Dallas - Happy Hour [5:00pm - 8:30pm]

ULI North Texas - New Member Welcome Coffee [8:00am - 9:30am]

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Ladies in CRE - Branite's Factory Six03 [5:30pm 7:30pm] REC of North Texas - Casino Night 2018 [7:00pm - 10:00pm] REDNews Newsletter [4:00pm]

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IREM Dallas - Executive Council Meeting [12:00pm 2:00pm]

REDNews Newsletter [4:00pm]

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CCIM North Texas - CI102 Market Analysis [8:30am 5:00pm]

REDNews Newsletter [4:00pm]

CCIM North Texas RealNex MarketEdge & MarketPlace Course

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REDNews Newsletter [4:00pm]

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NORTH TEXAS

CCIM NORTH TEXAS

SOCIAL ULI NORTH TEXAS

2018 Brokers Forecast David Schnitzer, CCIM, Pam Spadaro, CCIM, Debi Carter, CCIM and Dan Campanella, CCIM.

REC OF GFW

UrbanPlan Volunteer Facilitation at DISD’s Skyline High School.

CI 102: John Martin with SIR

Market Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate March 12-15, 2018 | Addison, TX CI 102 is one of CCIM’s most innovative core courses, which shows you how to deploy “big data” and the most advanced digital tools to assess critical issues like market demand, location facility, and supply-chain strategy. CI 102 students have learned BAO mapping and data analytics to help their clients select store locations; others used Tapestry Segmentation to determine demand for apartment properties. In CI 102 you’ll work with four case studies covering each of the major property types: office, industrial, multifamily, and retail.

This course will teach you how to: > apply Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis to make fundamental investment decisions; > perform state-of-the-art geospatial analyses; and > forecast future demand and opportunities for investment.

L to R: Bradley Taylor with FC Construction Services, Travis Clegg with Peloton Land Solutions

Prerequisite: CI 101: Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate

Session Dates, Time, and Location: LOCATION: Addison Conference Center 15650 Addison Rd Addison, TX 75001 DATES: March 12-15, 2018 TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Instructor: Eric Hillenbrand, CCIM George Wilson, CCIM

Tuition: Member: $1,365 Non-member: $1,650

Register by phone at: (800) 621-7027, option 2

Register online at: www.ccim.com/102

ACRP: acrp.org BACREN: bacren.us BOMA HOUSTON: houstonboma.org CCIM HOUSTON: ccimhouston.org CETA: cetalliance.com CORENET HOUSTON: houston.corenetglobal.org C.R.E.A.M.: creamtx.com CREN: crengulfcoast.com CREW HOUSTON: crewhouston.org FBSCR: fbscr.com

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GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP: houston.org HAA HOUSTON: haaonline.org HRBC: houstonrealty.org HREC: houstonrealestatecouncil.org IREM HOUSTON: iremhouston.org NAIOP: naiophouston.org O'CONNOR & ASSOCIATES: poconnor.com SIOR: sior.com TABB HOUSTON: tabb.org/houston_chapter.php ULI HOUSTON: houston.uli.org

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ACRP Houston - Happy Hour [5:00pm - 7:00pm]

CCIM Houston Crawfish Boil [4:00pm -7:00pm]

BOMA Houston - Crawfish Boil [5:30pm - 7:30pm]

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HOUSTON APARTMENT ASSOCIATION

SOUTHEAST TEXAS SOCIAL IREM HOUSTON

Gary Blumberg, Jackie Rhone, TAA President, Jeff Lowry, Chairman of the Board for NAA for 2018, Kyle Brown, HAA Immediate Past President

TABB HOUSTON

2018 President Stephanie Swanson, CPM with Transwestern installs our newest CPM Wendy Parker, also with Transwestern

Allegiance Bank Brenda Edwards

EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JCC HOUSTON

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CCIM HOUSTON FORECAST COMPETITION

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30th Annual JCC Charity Golf Tournament Underwritten by

L to R: Benton Mahaffey, REDNews Magazine; Ginger Wheless, REDNews Magazine; Paul McDonald, Foxtail Properties

Monday, April 23, 2018 Check-in & Lunch: 11:00 AM Shotgun Start: 1:00 PM BlackHorse Golf Club For information or to reserve your spot, contact Rene Kariel at 713.595.8168.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT SPONSORS: REDNews; Wilson, Cribbs+ Goren; Colliers International; First American Title Company National Commercial Services; Fidelity National Title National Commercial Services; Frost Bank; Title Houston Holdings; Butler-Cohen; Duplantis Design Group; South Texas Surveying Associates; Craddock Massey, LLP; Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C.; Jerry Goldstein/Marcus & Millichap; Phase Engineering

L to R: Ed Lester, AmTrust Title; Dr. Mark Dotzour, Keynote Speaker; Harold Hunt, Texas A&M Real Estate Center PHOTOS COURTESY PlusCorps

CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS bulletin

AUSTIN, TX

BOERNE, TX

SAN ANTONIO, TX

ATHLETICS COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT The Junction Athletics Complex located on 69 acres at 8921 W. US 290 broke ground in March.

Spearheading the development is former NFL player Mike Rosenethal and it will include two pools, 12 beach volleyball courts, 4 soccer fields, 12 indoor, multi-use courts & wooded trails.

HOTEL DEVELOPMENT Phoenix Hospitality Group is building a $25 million hotel & conference center called The Bevy Hotel Boerne located at 101 Herff Road. The hotel will have 120 rooms & is set to open in early 2019.

HEMISFAIR DEVELOPMENT Zachry Hospitality is planning a $200 million development at Hemisfair.

The project will include a 14-story, 200 room hotel and an 8 story, 150,000 sf Class A office tower and a market. A two-level 800-space parking garage will also be constructed. Construction is planned for late summer with delivery set for first or second quarter 2021.

GROCERY STORE DEVELOPMENT Whole Foods is opening another 30,000 SF, 365 store at I-35 & E. 5th Street. It will be part of the new Plaza Saltillo district & is expected to open in the second half of 2019.

Photo courtesy Austin American Statesman

AUSTIN, TX MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Adam Zarafshani of Eightfold Development & Panache Development & Construction has broken ground on a $400 million project that will be a transformation of the former Motorola campus at US 183 & Ed Bluestein Blvd. The property includes 125 acres & the developer has plans to deliver 525,000 sf of building space by the end of the year.

Doug Swanson has joined Turcotte Real Estate Service’s brokerage & leasing team.

OFFICE CAMPUS SALE World Class Property Company purchased 3M’s 1.3 million sf campus located on 158 acres off RM 2222 & RM 620. The complex includes offices, labs & an innovation center, as well as nature trails & walking paths. The campus reportedly can be expanded to over 3 million sf.

OFFICE DEVELOPMENT Aquila Commercial is developing a 115,000 sf office project at 2010 E. 6th Street. It will be Main Street Hub’s new headquarters. Delivery is planned for spring 2019.

OFFICE SALE Dallas-based TIER REIT Inc, in a joint venture with Endeavor Real Estate Group purchased two office buildings totaling 240,000 sf on 9.5 acres near Burnet Road & North MoPac Expressway. The site could eventually be redeveloped to add 1 millions sf of additional office space.

OFFICE SALE Lionstone Investments purchased the 2114,300 sf Rollingwood Center I & II located at 2500 Bee Caves Road from Endeavor Real Estate Group.

Endeavor plans to break ground on a third building to be called Rollingwood Center III. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Masonwood Development Corp has started construction on Provence, a 1,600 home development at 16314 Hamilton Pool Road. Approximately 150 lots will be part of the first phase & could be available by January 2019.

SCHOOL CAMPUS IDEA Public Schools, a network of Texas charter schools, purchased 11 acres in Bluestein Park subdivision in east Austin for a future campus. InSite Educational Facility Services LLC represented the buyer & Bill Gaston Inc was the seller and the broker.

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CEDAR PARK, TX MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Thompson Morris Real Estate Development, LLC purchased 126 acres at the northwest corner of East Whitestone Blvd (RM 1431) & Sam Bass Road for the purpose of developing a mixed-use development.

John Baird, along with Jeff Bodenman & Mike Kennedy with Avison Young represented the buyer.

GEORGETOWN, TX MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Two mixed-use projects, Wolf Lakes Village & Wolf Crossing, are breaking ground near Hwy 29 & I-35. Wolf Lakes Village will include up to 4 million sf of commercial & residential development on 164 acres & is expected to break ground this year.

Wolf Crossing will include 250,000 sf of commercial space including a hotel, grocery store & medical office with construction expected to begin in May & completion in 2019.

LAKEWAY, TX SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT Belmont Village, a 130,000 sf, 156unit, senior living facility is being constructed at N. FM 620 & 107. It is scheduled to open summer 2018.

MCALLEN, TX INDUSTRIAL SALE Texas-based Killiam Development Ltd purchased the Sharyland Business Park, a 10-property portfolio totaling 1.6 million sf near the Anzalduas National Crossing & the McAllen International Airport from IDI Logistics Inc. The sale included 111 acres of developable land and was brokered

by JLL.

PFLUGERVILLE, TX INDUSTRIAL FLEX SPACE DEVELOPMENT Live Oak-Gottesman LLC is building a 240,000 sf development called Heatherwilde 45 at the southeast corner of Heatherwilde Blvd & SH 45. The project will include three warehouse/office buildings & is scheduled for completion by mid 2022.

HOTEL/HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT The Thompson San Antonio Hotel & the Arts Residence is being constructed in San Antonio’s Museum District. The 20-story tower will have 162 guest rooms & 58 condominiums.

40% of the condominium homes have already been sold.

RETAIL DEVELOPMENT Austin-based CSW Development is developing La Cantera Heights, a 34acre retail district on La Cantera Pkwy & Fiesta Trail Drive. The nine-acre tract will include at least six buildings ranging from 3,000 sf – 24,000 sf.

Future office development & retail expansion is also planned for the property.

RETAIL SALE Santikos Real Estate Services sold the Nacogdoches Crossing, a 22,434 sf retail center located at 6826 North Loop 1604 to a private investor. The property included two acres of develop-ready land that can accommodate 19,000 sf of new retail space. HFF represented the seller.

VACANT LAND SALE San Antonio City Council approved the sale of approximately 10 acres at 301 Spriggsdale Blvd to the George Gervin Youth Center for $430,000.

The Center now owns 20 acres where they will develop 500 market-rate apartments & about 28,000 sf of retail space.

SAN MARCUS, TX MEDICAL OFFICE SALE Global real estate investment firm, Heitman LLC, purchased the threebuilding, 200,000 sf Westover Hills Medical Plaza at 11211 Highway 51 as well as medical buildings in Sugar Land & Houston.

MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT Sabot Development is constructing a multi-story, steel, modular apartment complex called Cheatham Flats at 401 S. Guadalupe Street. The project will have 187,000 sf & is being manufactured off site & shipped to San Marcus in order to stream line cost & production time.

ARLINGTON, TX RETAIL SALE Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc has acquired Seville Commons, a 113,742 sf retail center at the NE corner of Collins St & Lamar Boulevard. Chris Gerard, Senior Vice President at CBRE, along with Chris Cozby & Blaine Dozier of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

CARROLLTON, TX INDUSTRIAL LEASE Tradeline Motorcars Inc has signed a lease for 16,000 sf of industrial space at 3222 Skylane Drive. Brett Owens & Timothy Veler of Transwestern represented the landlord, Colony Northstar.

DALLAS, TX OFFICE LEASE CBRE announced the lease of 42,000 sf of penthouse floors at KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts in the Dallas Arts District to the law firm Bell Nunnally & Martin, LLP. Jeff Ellerman & John Ellerman with CBRE represented Bell Nunnally & Kim Vincent Butler with HALL Group represented the landlord.

OFFICE LEASE Robert Haff has leased about 13,000 SF of office space at The Addison at 14951 N Dallas Parkway. Fiona Forkner & Brooke Armstrong represented JLL. Holden Lunsford & James Engels of Dallas-based Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord. .

OFFICE SALE CA-based Equinix, Inc. is purchasing the 1.6 million sf Infomart Dallas located at 1950 N Stemmons Frwy for $800 million from ASB Real Estate Investments. The sale is expected to close second quarter 2018.

FORNEY, TX MASTER-PLANNED DEVELOPMENT Wynne/Jackson, a Dallas-based real estate development firm, commenced construction of 1,000+ new homes at Overland Grove, a 336-acre property located between Highway 80 & Interstate 20 on FM 548. Wynne/ Jackson is partnering with RAM Real Estate Capital on the project. Key executives involved are Michael C. Jackson, Vice President & Principal of Wynne/Jackson & John Lincoln, Senior Vice President, RAM.

FORT WORTH, TX MULTI-BUILDING CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT Tarleton State University begins construction on an 80-acre campus in the Chisholm Trail Parkway corridor. The project will be a $41M academic building on a planned multi-building campus.

OFFICE SALE Dallas-based TIER REIT Inc has sold the 133,000 sf Centreport Office Center in Fort Worth as well as 500 East Pratt in Baltimore & Loop Central in Houston & is purchasing Domain Point, a 240,000 sf, two-building project on 9.5 acres in Austin.

OFFICE SALE JLL announced the sale of the Petroleum Building in Fort Worth on behalf of XTO Energy Inc to Sundance Square.

JLL Executive Vice President Ryan Matthews represented XTO Energy, Inc in the transaction. This completes the disposition of four of the seven XTO office properties in Fort Worth. The remaining assets are expected to go to market over the coming months with Matthews leading the marketing efforts.

FRISCO, TX CORPORATE HEADQUARTER DEVELOPMENT Boston-based Cabot Properties & Dallasbased Stream Realty Partners begin construction on a 160,000 sf corporate headquarters for Wake Forest NC’s PowerSecure Inc. PowerSecure leased about 75,000 sf in the new project within Frisco Park 25, a 216-acre business park at the NWC of Preston Road & Rockhill Parkway. The remainder of the project will be available for lease. Cannon Green, a co-managing director & partner of Stream & Hagewood are leading the leasing efforts for the remainder of the building.

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Wade Park, a $3B development along the Dallas North Tollway, could sell to the highest bidder at Collin County auction slated for March 6. Lenders behind the development have foreclosed on loans made to Wade Park L& LLC, an affiliated limited liability company of Thomas L& LLC Development.

OFFICE LEASE RBC Wealth Management leased 8,800 SF of office space at One Cowboy Way. JLL’s Calvin Hull represented RBC Wealth Management in its real estate deal. Dallasbased Lincoln Property Co’s Jake Young & Worthey Miles represented the landlord, Blue Star.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX VACANT LAND SALE NexMetro Communities of Phoenix acquired a 13-acre parcel located on the corner of Sara Jane Parkway & Forum Drive at the NW quadrant of State Highway 161 & Interstate 20.

Younger Partners broker Tom Grunnah represented NexMetro along with colleagues Michael Ytem, Jeremy Lillard, & Kevin Harrell.

GRAPEVINE, TX OFFICE LEASE Genessee & Wyoming Railroad Services leased 13,063 sf of office space at 1940 Enchanted Way. Eric Goodwin of Champions DFW Commercial Realty represented the

tenant. Transwestern’s Timothy Clarke & Timothy Veler represented the landlord, United Cellular Inc.

IRVING, TX INDUSTRIAL SALE Mar-Lan Industries has acquired a 20,864 SF industrial building at 1624 W Walnut Hill Lane. Trace Fielding & Greg Nelson of Paladin Partners represented the buyer. Corbin Blount & Adam Graham of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Solaris Technologies.

NORTH TEXAS

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OFFICE COMPLEX SALE An oil & gas company has acquired a three-building office complex totaling 66,885 SF for its headquarters.

TPS Realty, LLC acquired the office buildings on 4.6 acres at 6301, 6321, & 6341 Campus Circle Drive E from Hangover Opportunity Fund LLC.

KILLEEN, TX RETAIL LEASE Woodmont Company signed Crunch Fitness to a 27,587 SF lease at Wendland Plaza, a 205,224 SF shopping center located at the NWC of Highway 190 & Fort Hood St at 901 S Fort Hood St in Killeen. Grant Gary & Dan Rebensdorf of the Woodmont Company represented the landlord, Killeen ATM, LLC.

MCKINNEY, TX AIRPORT EXPANSION The city of McKinney & McKinney National Airport have acquired 190 acres at the southeast side of the existing airport with plans to buy additional tracts in the next five years. Acquisition price was $22.3M.

RICHARDSON, TX GROCERY STORE LEASE Natural Grocers signed a lease to open a 14,870 SF grocery store at 677 W Campbell Road. Clay Mote & Tim Henson of Dallas-based Venture Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant along with Natural Grocers’ master broker, James Craddock of Craddock Commercial Real Estate.

DALLAS, TX DATA CENTER CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT Denver-based EdgeCore Internet Real Estate LLC, formed by Mount Elbert Capital Partners, GIC, & OpTrust, plans to build a multi-building, $1B data center campus in a Dallas area suburb.

The purchase is expected to close in March with construction expected to begin this summer.

EdgeCore Internet Real Estate recently raised more than $800M in equity to purchase tracts of land in key data center markets.

F. Scott Taylor has joined CBRE as Director & leader of their property tax practice for Valuation & Advisory Services.

PLANO, TX MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Headquarters II, an office high-rise & hotel, is being developed by Ray Heady on the northeast corner of Headquarters Drive & Dallas North Tollway in Legacy business park. Two 14-story office towers will total 425,000 sf.

WOODWAY, TX MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Developer Marshall Stewman has purchased 11 acres for the development of The Outlook at Bosque Ridge which will include restaurants, retail & office space.

The project is located along Highway 84 in Woodway.

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BAYTOWN, TX VACANT LAND SALE Duke Air purchased 4.3 acres On Rollingbrook close to Emmit Hutto Drive for the development of a medical supply retail center. Claire Sinclair Gabrel & Wade Sinclair of Claire Sinclair Properties represented the seller & Jeff George with Keller Williams Realty represented the buyer.

CONROE, TX INDUSTRIAL LEASE KRO Energy Products leased 14,732 sf at 13019 Crockett Martin Road. Jake Wilkinson & Darren O’Conor with NAI Partners represented the landlord & Kyle Fischer with Belvoir Real Estate Group represented the tenant.

Bruce Hurta has joined the SBA Lending Team of Fidelity Bank as an SBA Business Development Officer.

Russell Hodges has been appointed to lead JLL’s office leasing brokerage team.

Lisa Bovermann has joined Transwestern as Senior Vice President oin the Healthcare Advisory Services division.

Blake Anderson has joined Savills Studley as Co-Branch Manager & Southwest Regional Industrial Services Leader.

HOUSTON, TX

HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT Melbourne, Australia-based Caydon Property Group is building a 27-story, 357-unit high rise at 2850 Fannin Street in Midtown. The project will include 12,000 sf of retail space & a 482-car parking garage.

EVENTS FACILITY REDEVELOPMENT The Harris County Commissioners Court approved a recommendation to redevelop the Astrodome into a usable facility for festivals & events. Plans include raising the Astrodome floor 30 feet to ground level, creating more than 500,000 sf of rentable space & creating 1,400 parking spaces.

INDUSTRIAL LEASE An affiliate of Dallas-based Sealy & Co. has acquired the Sam Houston Business Park totaling 262,631 SF of industrial space in NW Houston.

INDUSTRIAL LEASE SICK Inc leased 28,000 sf at 5500 N. Sam Houston Parkway W. Greg Usher Of Cypressbrook Companies represented the tenant & Christie Wiess of Liberty Property Trust represented the landlord.

INDUSTRIAL LEASE MDHC leased 49,834 sf at 6001B West

By Northwest. Greg Barra & Mike Boyd of Boyd Commercial represented the landlord & Daniel Hollek of Centric Commercial REA represented the tenant.

INDUSTRIAL LEASE Erne Fittings leased 45,025 sf at 9725 Kirkton. Ryan Wasaff & Brad Berry represented the landlord, Welcome Group. Greg Barra & Mike Boyd of Boyd Commercial represented the tenant.

Justin Cole, Brandon Wuntch, Drew Aston, Mason Alsbrooks, Jeff Kuper, Stephen Hazen & Feysal Edris have joined Lee & Associates brokerage team.

INDUSTRIAL SALE LHI,2, LLC purchased a 27,175 sf building at 12233 Robin Blvd from 4210 Bluebonnet Blvd, LLC. Thomas Leger & Mike Spears with Lee & Associates represented the buyer.

INDUSTRIAL SALE RSR York Properties, LLC purchased a 12,000 sf building in Stonegate

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Business Park from Clay Development & Construction. David Boyd with Boyd Commercial represented the buyer & Copeland Rhea with Clay Development represented the seller.

INDUSTRIAL SALE Archway Properties & NewQuest Properties sold a 49,640 sf flex industrial building located at 500 Century Plaza to Finial Group. The sellers were represented by Trent Agnew, Rusty Tamlyn & Johnny Kight with HFF. MEDICAL OFFICE/RETAIL DEVELOPMENT Pipeline Realty is building a 26,000 sf medical office/retail/restaurant development at 3535 W. Holcombe Blvd west of Buffalo Speedway.

OFFICE LEASE Greater Houston Community Foundation leased 18,463 sf at 515 Post Oak Bvld. Richard Barbles with Stream Realty represented the landlord & Dan Boyles with NAI Partners represented the tenant.

OFFICE LEASE Global Tubing, LLC, owned by Houstonbased Forum Energy Technologies, leased 6,355 sf of office space at 250 Assay Street in Generation Park.

OFFICE LEASE Elemential USA, an international building materials company, leased 16,505 sf at 396 W. Greens Road. Jessica Ochoa & John Pruitt represented the landlord, GWL Realty Advisors & Tripp Pruet of Savills Studley represented the tenant.

OFFICE LEASE Insgroup Inc leased 43,296 sf & Legal Access Holding Company LLC leased 19,816 sf at Sage Plaza, 5151 San Felipe.

Colliers International represented Legal Access & JLL represented Insgroup.

OFFICE SALE Exeter Property Group purchased the 206,000 sf Legacy at Fallbrook office building from Libery Property Group for $30.5 million. The building is located at 10720 W. Sam Houston Parkway.

RETAIL LEASE SALE & VACANT LAND PURCHASE Rice Management Company, which oversees Rice University’s endowment, bought out the 28 years that remained on Sears’ lease at 4201 Main Street.

They also purchased an adjoining three acres from the retailer & are currently studying redevelopment options for the site.

RETAIL SALE Dasford, LLC has closed on a 56,000 sf retail center at 1315 S. Dairy Ashford, just south of Memorial Drive. The property is primarily occupied by the seller, Grace Point Church, who will remain as a tenant. The buyer was represented by Lee Harwood & the seller was represented by Ashley Casterlin with Davis Commercial.

TERMINAL FACILITY DEVELOPMENT Contanda Terminals purchased 339 acres with deep water access on the Houston Ship Channel. The terminal will provide access to on-sight processing, ship & barge docks & tank truck/railcar accessibility.

VACANT LAND SALE Giro Realty Investments Ltd sold a 7.08 acre tract along Holly Oak Drive to NH-Holly Oak LP. Danny McCormack of NewQuest Properties represented the seller in the direct transaction.

HUMBLE, TX RETAIL SALE Montreal-based Zenda purchased the 65,000 sf Orleans Square Shopping Center locatred at 18321 West Lake Houston Parkway. Lewis Property Company represented the buyer & Derek Hargrove, Justin Miller & Davis Hansen of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller.

IOWA CITY, TX

(BRAZORIA COUNTY) RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Land Tejas has purchased an additional 500 acres just west of Texas 288, south of SH 6, as an addition to their Sierra Vista community. When Sierra Vista is complete, the community will have approximately 2600 homes.

RICHMOND, TX RETAIL LEASE Hobby Lobby has opened a 55,000 sf retail location at 10247 W. Grand Parkway South in Richmond.

STAFFORD, TX INDUSTRIAL SALE Black Flag Properties sold a 68,300 sf industrial distribution warehouse to a subsidiary of STAG Industrial Inc. The building is located in Stafford Commerce Center at 13720 Stafford Road. HFF represented the seller.

SUGAR LAND, TX MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT Imperial Market Developers will begin construction in March on the old sugar refinery site. The old Char House will be turned into a boutique hotel, as well as an engineering building, three-bay warehouse, container warehouse, silos & smokestacks. The bottom portion of each of the three silos will be restored to house restaurants. Four acres was sold to Sueba for multifamily development. Construction is estimated for completion by fall 2019.

TOMBALL, TX RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Johnson Development purchased a former Arabian horse farm on 370 acres at 19600 Stone Lake Drive. The buyer plans to build a 1,000 home community & turn a 7,000 sf building into a recreation center. Phase One with 250 lots & the recreation center should be open by fall 2019.

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First American Title 27

Beacon Developments LLC 15

Gordon Partners 8, 9

Berkadia 2, 3

Greenberg & Co. 29

Bettencourt Tax Associates 27

Hankamer Commercial Brokers, LLC 29

BOMA - San Antonio 33

JCC 37

Briarhollow Realty Group, Inc. 17

Levcor, Inc. 12

Caldwell Companies 13

National Environmental Services 43

Capital Retail Properties 1-SE , 5

Phase Engineering 30

City Bank Texas 44

Plus Corp Photography 29

City of Seabrook 22, 23

Stream Realty Partners 1- C/So, 7

Cushman Wakefield 25

The J. Beard Company

Equity Secured Capital, LP 27

The Signorelli Company 28

FastCommercialCapital.com 12

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