Realty News Report Covering Commercial and Residential News

EL CAMPO, Texas – A group including Stonemont Financial Group of Atlanta will break ground in June on a 540-acre rail-served business park in El Campo, which is about 60 miles southwest of Houston. The project will increase logistics efficiency to and from Mexico and avoid trucking costs and delays, said John Simons of NAI Partners. The business park could ... Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO and DENVER – (Realty News Report) – Prologis Inc., an industrial developer based in California, has agreed to acquire DCT Industrial for $8.4 billion. Both firms have significant holdings in Texas, including scores of warehouses in Houston. As of March 31, DCT Industrial owned 393 operating properties, totaling 63.3 million SF with occupancy of 97.7 percent. Prologis owns ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Black Creek Group, a Denver-based investment and development firm, acquired Stafford Grove Industrial Park, three warehouse buildings totaling 351,960-SF in Stafford on the southwest side of Houston. The seller, an investment group led by Crow Industrial Holdings, was represented by Trent Agnew and Rusty Tamlyn of HFF, along with HFF analyst Dane Petersen. The ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) — Sealy & Co. acquired the Sam Houston Business Park, a 262,631-SF, four-building project in northwest Houston. Tom Lynch & Heather McClain of CBRE represented the seller, the Levey Group. The business park, which is 100 percent leased, is located in the 8800 block of North Sam Houston Parkway West. “The acquisition of this trophy ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Warehouses totaling more than 3.3 million SF broke ground in Houston in the fourth quarter of 2017, accentuating a trend for higher industrial land prices, according to CBRE. Many of the new industrial buildings are being constructed on a spec basis, CBRE said, although Hines and Arch-Con Construction are building 600,000 SF for Emser ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – The new Stafford Grove Industrial Park, a 352,000-SF in Houston’s southwest market, has reached 85 percent occupancy. The spec project, completed in January 2017, is owned by Crow Holdings Industrial. Notable tenants that have signed leases at Stafford Grove include Jackson Supply, Tire Centers, Mester Lighting Corporation, Matrix Metals, QRC Valve Distributors, Chaoda Supply ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – ATCAP Fund I bought a four-property, 16-building Houston industrial portfolio totaling 936,608 SF. The HFF team of Trent Agnew and Rusty Tamlyn represented the seller, Stockbridge Capital Group of San Francisco. “Class B industrial, especially portfolios of scale, continue to generate a tremendous amount of interest due to the lack of competitive supply, pricing ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Warehouses are a hot item in Houston. Warehouse sales are up 127 percent year-to-date over the sales volume of 2016, according to a November report by NAI Partners. Houston is poised to break the $1 billion barrier soon. So far this year $984 million in industrial sales have been recorded. Institutional investors have accounted ... Read More »

CONROE, Texas – Falcon Steel America, a manufacturer of high-voltage transmission tower and other steel structures, acquired a 226,000-SF manufacturing facility in Conroe, north of Houston. The addition of the new plant, located on 25 acres at 3575 Pollok Drive, will more than double the Fort Worth-based company’s manufacturing capacity. Falcon Steel America, which is remodeling the plant, expects to ... Read More »

STAFFORD, Texas — Capital Plastics International sold its 70,000-SF office/distribution building on Cash Road in Stafford to Tarhong Properties. Jim Pratt and Trey Erwin of Colliers International represented Capital Plastics. Michael Brent with the City of Industry, California Lee & Associates office represented Tarhong Properties. Capital Plastics is relocating to 1601 Gillingham Lane in Sugar Land, a 330,000-SF building it ... Read More »

HOUSTON – Favorite Brands is a family-owned distributor of craft beer, boutique wine and spirits, has signed a lease for industrial space in northwest Houston. NAI Partners recently arranged a 91,200-SF industrial lease for Favorite Brands at 9010 West Little York in Houston. The building is near Highway 290 and Fairbanks North Houston Road. John Ferruzzo and Nick Peterson of ... Read More »

MISSOURI CITY, Texas – Retailer Best Buy will build a 550,000-SF delivery distribution center near Highway 90 in Missouri City on the southwest side of Houston. Best Buy plans to open the distribution center prior to the 2018 holiday shopping season. The facility will distribute large items — including products ranging from major appliances to large televisions — to nearly ... Read More »