Jackson-Shaw to Develop 683,000 SF Parc GSW Industrial Property in Irving

Irving, Texas —  National real estate developer Jackson-Shaw, in partnership with Clarion Partners, will develop Parc GSW, the Class A Core industrial park, located in Irving, Texas. Adding to Jackson-Shaw’s Urban Industrial portfolio, the 50-acre, 682,491-square-foot development will offer industrial space within one of DFW’s premier submarkets, the Great Southwest Industrial District (GSW). The two-building development is designed to cater to a wide variety of users ranging in size from 100,000 to 682,491 square feet. The industrial park is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Parc GSW is located minutes away from one of the world’s 10 busiest passenger and commercial airports, DFW International Airport. The prime location gives tenants immediate access to major freeways, including Hwy 161, and visibility with 2,000 feet of frontage with unobstructed views. The location also offers an advantage to companies transacting business throughout the region and abroad.

“The 7,000-acre GSW offers more than 82 million square feet of industrial space, most of which was built three decades ago, and continuing to age,” said Jason Nunley, vice president of development for Jackson-Shaw. “Opportunities for development are limited in GSW, and we believe this is an appropriate time to develop an industrial park between two major urban areas.”

Brett Owens, John Brewer and Ben Phillips with Transwestern will lease the property to industrial users.

“We’re honored to be selected to market this project on behalf of Jackson-Shaw and Clarion Partners,” said Brett Owens, principal and managing director, Transwestern. “The location of the park is outstanding and the buildings are designed to meet the needs of today’s users. Our team looks forward to leasing this industrial space.”

Building A is 450,800 square feet offering 36-foot clear heights, 255 parking spaces, 96 dock-high doors, 185-foot truck court, two drive-in doors, ESFR sprinkler system and cross dock configuration. Building B offers a total of 232,500 square feet with 32-foot clear heights, 109 parking spaces, 38 dock-high doors, 2 drive-in doors, ESFR sprinkler system and front-load configuration.

About Jackson-Shaw
Jackson-Shaw, a national real estate development company headquartered in Dallas has more than 40 years of experience developing diversified real estate properties that meet the needs of its clients and partners. The company has completed more than 42 million square feet of development since its founding and develops a variety of project types, including office, industrial, mixed-use and hospitality. Jackson-Shaw’s consistent goal is to increase and enhance values in real property assets for its clients and capital partners. Jackson-Shaw has offices in Dallas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Lanham, Maryland. For more information, call 800-351-SHAW (7429) or visit www.jacksonshaw.com.

About Clarion Partners
Clarion Partners, an SEC registered investment adviser and FINRA member firm, has been a leading U.S. real estate investment manager for 32 years. Headquartered in New York, the firm has offices in major markets throughout the U.S., in São Paulo, Brazil and London, England, as well as a presence in Mexico. With more than $40 billion in total assets under management, Clarion Partners offers a broad range of real estate strategies across the risk/return spectrum to its more than 200 domestic and international institutional investors. The Firm’s industrial footprint is comprised of more than 116 million square feet across 43 markets across the U.S., Mexico and Brazil. More information about the firm is available at www.clarionpartners.com.

NAI Partners Hires SVP

 

NAI Partners has hired Andrew Pappas to head up the firm’s investment management division as senior vice president.

Pappas will be responsible for building a platform for NAI Partners’ investors to generate attractive, risk-adjusted returns. He will be managing a $200-250 million diversified portfolio of value-add office and industrial real estate throughout Texas.

Prior to joining NAI Partners, Pappas served as vice president at Vista Private Equity Group in Houston. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he received his undergraduate degree in accounting and his Master’s Degree in finance.

Amazon to Open Sixth Fulfillment Center In Texas

Amazon.com, Inc. today announced plans to open a second fulfillment center in Haslet, TX, north of Fort Worth, the Internet retailer’s fourth customer order and shipping center in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan and the sixth in the Lone Star State.

The 1 million-square-foot Haslet facility will add 1,000 full-time positions to Amazon’s Texas workforce for a total of 9,000 employees, the company said in a release.

Amazon began shipping customer orders at its existing Haslet facility in 2013, and the Seattle-based company’s other centers are located in Coppell, southern Dallas and Schertz, TX, with a fifth now under construction in San Marcos. Amazon also operates three sortation centers in the state, in Irving, Houston and San Antonio.

Amazon employees will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys at the new Fort Worth-area facility.

Plano: Investors behind Frisco’s PIT+ soccer facility expands footprint

The two Frisco investors behind Performance Indoor Training+ — a large indoor soccer facility near Toyota Park in Frisco — have acquired a 40-acre sports park in Plano to expand its North Texas soccer footprint.

The founders of PIT+ have seen overwhelming success from its 56,000-square-foot indoor soccer facility and wanted to expand to the outdoor league space in Plano, said James Meese, co-founder of The PIT+.

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Is Texas or California more recession proof?

On long car trips, when the batteries on their iPhones go dead, my three daughters like to play a game called “Would You Rather?”

The contest typically devolves into a series of choices between two evils. As in, would you rather die in a nuclear holocaust, or be the only human left on the planet?

You get the picture.

The findings of a new report reminded me of the business version of that game. The question it raises, among others, is essentially this: Would you rather weather an oil-and-gas collapse in Texas, or a tech slump in California?

The answer may surprise you.

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Mattersight Corp. Brings Treemont Plaza to Full Occupancy

Mattersight Corp., an Illinois-based behavioral analytics software company, leased 15,287 square feet at the Treemont Plaza medical office building in Austin, TX.

The three-story, 53,321-square-foot complex was constructed in 1985 at 3001 Bee Caves Rd. and renovated in 2001. It is in between the Shops at Mira Vista and The West Woods shopping centers in the Southwest submarket.

Mattersight will be relocating from the Barton Creek Plaza II office building in Austin. The company’s lease brings Treemont Plaza to full occupancy.

Paul Hudson of Hudson Properties, Inc. represented the landlord in-house, while Doug Jones of Colliers International represented the tenant.