Goldman Sachs, Dalfen Industrial Acquire Six Texas Assets as Part of 10-Building Last-Mile Portfolio Purchase

Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division and Dalfen Industrial purchased 10 last-mile properties. The recent acquisitions include three buildings Fort Worth and another three in the San Antonio metro, in addition to assets in Charlotte, Denver and West Palm Beach. The partnership between Dalfen Industrial and Goldman Sachs now sits at 52 properties totaling 7.13 million square feet in 19 major U.S. markets and in 10 states. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Mark IV Commerce Center is a newly constructed, three-building, 1,025,500-square-foot industrial park in Fort Worth, Texas. At the major intersection of I-35 and I-820, these assets are located in one of the fastest-growing submarkets in the DFW metroplex. Mark IV is in close proximity to three airports—Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Alliance Airport and Meacham International Airport. The other three Texas assets are located in Schertz, Texas, a rapidly growing submarket of San Antonio. Located between the San Antonio and Austin MSAs, these last-mile locations allow tenants to service 3.5 million people. Built in 2016, Tri-County 5 and 7 total 211,950 square feet. Built in 2018, Schertz Distribution Center is a 187,288-square-foot property within a mile of the Tri-County properties. The three Schertz properties are almost 80 percent occupied at time of acquisitions including tenants such as Brinks and TJ Maxx. “Dalfen Industrial is excited about the expansion of our partnership with Goldman Sachs with the addition of eleven more best-in-class, last-mile industrial properties in key markets,” said Sean Dalfen, president and chief investment officer at Dalfen Industrial.

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.