Leases

OFFICE: ION Geophysical Corp., a global provider of geophysical technology, services, and solutions for the oil and gas industry, has renewed its headquarters lease for 115,056 square feet in CityWestPlace, 2105 CityWest Blvd. Chip Colvill, Michael Anderson and Win Haggard Jr. of Colvill Office Properties represented the landlord, TPG/Cal/STRS, a joint venture of Thomas Properties Group and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. Mark O’Donnell of Studley Houston represented the tenant.

INDUSTRIAL: Houston Sound Service has leased 6,600 square feet at 352 Garden Oaks. Jeff Kuper and Preston Jaggi with the National Realty Group represented the tenant. Steve Hazel with InSite Realty represented the landlord, Houston Pine Forest.

RETAIL: Buffalo Wild Wings has leased 5,700 square feet at The Crossing at Fry Road in Katy. James Doyle of Texas-Southwest Group represented the tenant. Dale Davison represented the landlord, Centro Properties Group.

OFFICE: Association Management has leased 1,150 square feet at 4722 Riverstone Blvd. in Missouri City. Michael S. Holmes of Weichert Realtors-Wayne Murray Properties represented the landlord, Wayne Murray Holdings. Syd Talley of Association Management represented the tenant.

RETAIL: Subway Real Estate has leased 1,200 square feet in Price Plaza Shopping Center at 1215 Fry Road. Alex Makris, Matt Keener and Jazz Hamilton of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord.

RETAIL: Southside Skate Shop has leased 1,310 square feet at Shoppes at First Colony, 1930 Texas 6. Matt Keener, Alex Makris and Jazz Hamilton of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord.

INDUSTRIAL: Nextel of Texas has renewed a 15,140-square-foot lease at 10718 Fallstone in the Sugar Land area and has renewed a 7,892-square-foot lease at 1291 N. Post Oak. Glynn Mireles and Jeff Everist of CB Richard Ellis represented Nextel. Steve Carter with Granite Properties represented the landlord at the Post Oak location, while Paul Magaziner represented the landlord at the Fallstone building.

RETAIL: Nova Healthcare has leased 5,995 square feet in The Loop Shopping Center at 9565 S. Main from Malladi Reddy, trustee. Abe Charski of ACI represented the landlord. Mark Davis of Davis Commercial represented the tenant.

RETAIL: Wonderwild has leased 7,483 square feet at The Grogan’s Mill Village Shopping Center, 2230 Buckthorne Place, for an arts-themed indoor party playground. Tim Maczko of the J. Beard Real Estate Co. represented the landlord.

OFFICE: Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Greater Houston has leased 3,470 square feet at 3800 Buffalo Speedway. Collin Grimes of CB Richard Ellis represented the tenant. Warren Savery represented the landlord, Crescent Real Estate.

RETAIL: Molina’s Restaurant has leased 5,600 square feet in Braes Heights at Bellaire Boulevard and Stella Link Road. Patrick Berna of Shanks & Associates represented the tenant. Stephen Swope represented the landlord, Centro Properties Group.

INDUSTRIAL: Southern Fasteners and Supply has leased 13,645 square feet of warehouse space at 3341 Rauch St. from First Industrial Realty Trust. David Munson of Boyd Commercial represented the landlord. Richard Glass of CRC Real Estate represented the tenant.

RETAIL: Hilti has renewed a lease for 4,374 square feet at 6306 Fairbanks North Houston. Russell Janicek, Matt Keener and Mark Raines of CB Richard Ellis represented the tenant.

RETAIL: CiCi’s Pizza has leased 4,000 square feet at Clear Lake Center at 20700 Gulf Freeway. Mark Raines, Matt Keener and Russell Janicek of CB Richard Ellis represented the tenant.

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CITYCENTRE: Midway Cos. is adding a second conference venue to its mixed-use development near Interstate 10 and Beltway 8 in partnership with Hotel Sorella/Valencia Group. Construction is under way on the 8,500-square-foot Hotel Sorella Meetings & Events Centre, with completion planned in August to coincide with the hotel’s second anniversary. Houston-based Proem Design-Build is overseeing the build-out, and Los Angeles-based Jennifer Skaife is providing interior design services. The project includes the La Scala Ballroom, nearly 4,000 square feet, with seating for 300; four boardrooms; a 200-square-foot conference room; several pre-function areas — the largest approximately 1,300 square feet; and a partially open pantry kitchen. Bistro Alex’s culinary team will oversee food and beverage for the venue.
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FINANCING: HFF has arranged financing for 712 Main on behalf of an entity owned by Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund. John Ahmed led the HFF team in securing the non-recourse loan through Capital One Bank. Built in 1929, the 35-story gothic/art deco-style building contains 794,186 square feet and is the Texas headquarters of JP Morgan Chase’s southwest banking operations.

SERVICE KING: Service King has opened a 32,000-square-foot location at 5919 Westheimer. Service King redeveloped the long-vacated former Truluck’s restaurant location on Westheimer for its offices and built the collision repair center behind it. It is the 10th Houston-area location opened for the collision repair company since 2009.

APARTMENTS: Allied Realty is targeting a summer 2012 opening for its first project in The Woodlands: The Retreat at The Woodlands, a 240-unit luxury apartment community at 4400 College Park Drive. The property is designed by Steinberg Design Collaborative and will be managed by Orion Real Estate Services, a division of Allied Realty. Financing and capital is being provided by JP Morgan Chase and a partnership between Allied Realty and De Anda Sandoval Group.

APARTMENTS: Transwestern announced that its Houston-area multifamily services group has completed six transactions totaling over 2,000 units in the last six months. Most recently, The Brazos, a 160-unit apartment community at 1440 Brazos Drive in Huntsville, was purchased by a local private investor. Transwestern represented a California-based seller.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS: Andy and Christie Miller have opened a Christian Brothers Automotive franchise at 1515 W. FM 646 at Walker Road in League City. The 5,000-square-foot location includes nine service bays and an upscale lobby with leather couches, decorative lighting, artwork and hardwood floors. The Millers opened their first Christian Brothers location in February 2007 in Clear Lake. The automotive service and repair franchise operates in 14 states and has 81 locations plus 35 under development.

LEASING: Rosemont Realty of Santa Fe, N.M., has chosen Moody Rambin Interests to handle leasing at 12621 Featherwood.

LEASING: The Finial Group has been selected to provide leasing for 1001 Texas- The Binz Building. Keith Bilski, Neil Martin and Ben Debayle will handle leasing of the 121,392-square-foot building.

APARTMENTS: Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets has been hired to market Legends at Cinco Ranch in Houston for sale for Sterling Investco, a Dallas-based multifamily developer. The new 260-unit community is expected to fetch in excess of $40 million. The firm has also been hired to secure $8 million in construction financing for the project’s second phase.

CITY VIEW LOFTS: Orion Real Estate Services has been selected to manage City View Lofts, a newly renovated historic property at 15 N. Chenevert, scheduled to open in August. The former Nabisco cookie factory has been converted into 57 loft-style units with original exposed brick and pipes, 14-to-30-foot barrel-vaulted ceilings, large factory windows and original maple floors. City View Lofts is two blocks from Minute Maid Park.

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The Boston-based firm bought the portfolio from Granite Properties Inc. in an all-cash deal through the Cabot Industrial Value Fund III. The fund seeks to invest up to $1.5 billion in the industrial property sector, focusing on major markets throughout North America and the United Kingdom.

The 11 properties were part of a 16-property industrial portfolio owned by Granite. The Dallas-based firm made the decision last year to exit the industrial market and focus on office properties. With the sale to Cabot, Granite no longer owns any industrial properties, according to Rusty Tamlyn, a senior managing director with HFF’s local office.

Tamlyn marketed the entire 16-property portfolio on behalf of Granite, working with HFF associate director Trent Agnew, senior managing director Randy Baird, managing director Jud Clements and director Robby Rieke. In December 2010, Exeter Property Group acquired three properties located in Dallas, while Duke Realty Corp. bought two properties situated near the Port of Houston.

“This is the last piece,” Tamlyn tells GlobeSt.com, adding that Granite chose to split up the portfolio in order to maximize value. Cabot was the high bidder for the 11-property portfolio, which is spread across several Houston submarkets.

“This is the largest industrial portfolio that has been on the market for 15 years,” Tamlyn notes. “We usually don’t have much industrial product of any scale that comes on the market.”

Tamlyn says Cabot’s newly-acquired properties range from 100% occupied to completely empty. As a whole, the portfolio was 84% leased at the time of closing.

“This is value-added acquisition because rents are below market in a lot of cases, Cabot has the opportunity to lease the portfolio,” Tamlyn notes, pointing specifically to Granite Plaza/Tech 290, a two-building complex offering 84,025 square feet of flex industrial space that is completely vacant.

Tamlyn says Cabot was one of several investors interested in Granite’s portfolio. “Houston is on everyone’s radar because it’s a growth market,” he points out. “We had 4.3 million square feet of net absorption in the industrial sector – that puts us in the top five markets in the country – and most people think rental rates will go up.”

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