CBRE Arranges Sales of Three Hyatt Places Throughout Texas

CBRE Hotels arranged the sale of three Hyatt Place assets in Texas. The hotels are located in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. CBRE’s Michael Yu, Rahul Bijlani, Agrama Mannapperuma and Dennis Drake, in conjunction with Ten-X Commercial through an online auction process, represented the seller. “With very low occupancy post-COVID and non-functional hotel debt market, it is an extremely difficult market to sell hotels like this,” said Yu, senior vice president at CBRE. “However, we were able to create a very competitive market with TEN-X on this asset. We have over 20 full qualified bidders and created a bidding war to really push the value. The winning bidder is an all-cash buyer and closed the transaction in 31 days.”

Class A+ Industrial Park in Mission Critical DFW Location Sells

JLL’s capital markets team has closed the sale of Speedway Logistics Crossing, a new, two-building, Class A+ industrial park totaling 798,246 square feet in a mission-critical location in Fort Worth, Texas. James Campbell Company LLC purchased the asset from Scannell Properties for an undisclosed sum. The state-of-the-art Speedway Logistics Crossing was completed in 2020 and includes one rear-load and one cross-dock building. The property features 36-foot clear heights, deep truck courts, six drive-in doors, 134 dock-high doors, 173 trailer parking spaces, ESFR sprinklers and low office finish. The property is 82 percent leased with over 12 years of average lease term to two tenants. Situated on 54.98 acres at 2660 and 2401 Petty Place, Speedway Logistics Crossing is approximately 1.6 miles from the Intersection of Interstate 35W and SH 114, which provides exceptional regional access. The property is in a region that is part of the Texas Triangle, an area between DFW, Houston and San Antonio that allows tenants to reach more than 25 million people in a matter of hours. Speedway Logistics Crossing is in the North Fort Worth Industrial submarket, one of the most dynamic big box submarkets in the country. The Dallas-Fort Worth industrial market has continued its record-setting growth in 2020 and continues to be one of the top performing markets in the country. JLL reports that strong fundamentals and ongoing demand for space in the DFW market will continue to push rents higher along with new speculative construction well into 2021. “Speedway Logistics Crossing is our sixth development in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, totaling in excess of 3 million square feet of industrial and office space,” said Kris Arviso, managing director, Scannell Properties. “It’s an attractive region for warehouse and light industrial business, and we’re excited to continue building on the momentum we’ve created with our Speedway project.” The JLL capital markets investment advisory team representing the seller was led by senior managing director John Huguenard, managing director Dustin Volz, senior director Stephen Bailey, director Dom Espinosa and Analyst Zach Riebe.

Pieces Relocates Expanded Headquarters to Irving’s Williams Square

CBRE announced that Pieces, Inc., the healthcare artificial intelligence and technology company, has moved and expanded their headquarters to The Offices at Williams Square in the Las Colinas business park of Irving, Texas. The company will occupy a full floor at 5201 N. O’Connor Boulevard. “Our new state-of the-art premises not only provides our employees with an environment suitable for the innovative, industry-leading work they are undertaking but also enables us to balance a flexible work-from-home policy with sufficient social distancing for those who prefer to spend time in the office,” said Fayiaz Chaudhri, president of Pieces. “This space allows us to showcase our cutting-edge technology to our customers and facilitates accelerated growth for the company while keeping our team inspired and motivated to continue delivering results for our clients serving the community at large.” Jeffrey D. Eiting, Ryan Buchanan and John Roper with CBRE in Dallas represented Pieces in the lease negotiations. Bill Brokaw and Karch Schreiner of Hillwood Urban represented the landlord, AGRE Williams Square Holdings, LLC. Corgan Architects was selected as the architect to incorporate Pieces’ company culture and brand into their new office space. Pieces, launched in 2016, spun out of Dallas’ Parkland Health & Hospital System. In just over three years, the Pieces software has enabled up to a half-day reduction in hospital length-of-stay, sustained reduction in readmissions and has been deployed at several notable health systems and communities across North America. Local clients include the North Texas Food Bank, Parkland, Children’s Health and hundreds of community-based social service organizations. The company made the decision to move its headquarters to Williams Square based on several different factors. The space provides a larger and newly designed office that is walkable to the area’s top amenities. The location is convenient for current employees, provides more opportunities for future talent recruitment and it offers prominent signage. “Pieces was able to negotiate favorable terms for its new headquarters, which coincided with a series B raise, that allowed them a platform for their office space to be a catalyst for innovation, recruiting and retention,” said Eiting, technology and media practice at CBRE in Dallas. “The design process was intentional and Corgan did a stellar job of translating Pieces’ brand and business into the space. The office space incorporates elements ranging from always-on technology throughout the space, to quality materials and attention to detail, to high impact and functional furniture.” The iconic Towers at Williams Square is a four-building, professional office campus in the heart of Las Colinas which has long stood for quality and service. Tenants have access to amenities including a newly renovated lounge and conference center that includes a Starbucks, fitness center and locker rooms and the La Cima Club atop the Central Tower. The outdoor plaza is slated for updates including an in-demand outdoor tenant space. Williams Square is immediately accessible to the new Waters Street development as well as Toyota Music Factory.

RESOLUT RE Closes Eight Deals Around Texas

RESOLUT RE recently completed 10 retail leases in Texas. The deals included transactions in the Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio markets. Clinica Hispana Nazaret has leased 1,201 square feet at The Shops on Howard (1200 W. Howard Lane, Austin). Michael Noteboom and Joey Mendez of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord. Gabriela Saravia of Sperry Commercial represented the tenant. Hay Elotes has renewed at The Shops on Howard. Michael Noteboom and Joey Mendez of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord. An undisclosed buyer has purchased 1.04 acres at 211 Hasler Boulevard in Bastrop, Texas. Jerel Choate of RESOLUT RE represented the seller. Feng “Leo” Lin of Austin 101 Real Estate represented the buyer. DS Pharmacy has leased 1,000 square feet at Westwood Village Center (215 Sunset Boulevard, Sherman, Texas). Mai Nguyen and Colin Cannon of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord. Patrick Jones Gallery has leased 2,228 square feet at AMLI Design District (1400 Hi Line Drive, Dallas). Chris Flesner and Brian Sladek of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord. Disciples Christian Fellowship has renewed at Plaza at Highway 6 (15040 Hwy 6, Rosharon, Texas). Benny Nguyen and Eric Broussard of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord. Mangum Insurance has leased 1,500 square feet at Plaza at Highway 6 (15040 Hwy 6, Rosharon). Benny Nguyen and Eric Broussard of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord. All Appliance Parts has leased 600 square feet at Pecan Valley Center (6214 Pecan Valley Drive, San Antonio). Aisha Chapa of RESOLUT RE represented the landlord.

CCIM March Luncheon – Cost Segregation Strategies-Understanding the Details of Increase Cash Flow

• Companies specializing in cost segregation studies can help developers show potential equity investors how their returns can be maximized before they invest
• Cost segregation front-ends tax losses by classifying everything in the building: chattels, carpet, light fixtures, etc., and assigning an economic life to them, and then amortizing each of them over that life
• Land is excluded and is not depreciable
• Different categories of assets may be depreciated over 5, 7, 15, 25, or 39 years
• Savings can be reinvested in other real estate ventures, by rolling them forward into new deals
• This cost segregation strategy can be employed by individuals, estates, corporations, partnerships, and LLCs
• There was a special limited-term act passed in 2017 called “Bonus Depreciation” that increased benefits to property owners even more than the basic Act allowing cost segregation which was passed in 1987
• The age of the building does not matter-what does is the year in which it is acquired-cost segregation can begin then on it and on capital improvements
installed by the new owner-so the formula becomes: Buy, Renovate, Hold for appreciation, and Sell
• Cost segregation can even be applied retroactively on a building some years following its acquisition
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