KATY, TEXAS -- Freeway Properties has broken ground on Katy Ranch Offices Phase I, a 151,000-square-foot office building in the Houston suburb of Katy. The six-story, Class A structure, which will be part of the Katy Ranch mixed-use complex, will feature 24,800-square-foot floor plates and optical fiber transmission cabling. Located in proximity to I-10 and the Grand Parkway, the project also includes a parking garage that will provide four parking spaces per each 1,000 square feet of the building. LSI is the general contractor, Powers Brown Architects is serving as architect, TAS Engineering Construction is working as the mechanical/electrical/ plumbing engineer, and Griff Jaggard and Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin will handle property leasing. The facility is designed for LEED Gold certification and slated for completion in the first quarter of 2015.

SAN ANTONIO -- Uptown Square, a mixed-use redevelopment of a former church complex, has opened in San Antonio. Formerly Harvest Fellowship Community Church, the property includes a three-story, 36,004-square-foot office building and three retail pad sites. 1604 TC LP purchased the site in 2012 and redeveloped the asset with exterior building rock work; the addition of a pylon sign; landscaping, courtyard, parking and HVAC improvements; extension of the second floor; break room and common area amenities; and a detention pond that is currently under construction. Northrock Church purchased the adjacent 20,500-square-foot church building separately. Rialto Homes has leased 3,061 square feet of office space at Uptown Square, and gastropub The Hoppy Monk has leased one of the pad sites. The rest of the office building and the other two pad sites are available for lease. Scott Herbold, Carl Salvato and Lindsey Tucker of CBRE are marketing the property.

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS -- Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 50,406-square-foot office building in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. Automotive Resources International, a global fleet solutions provider specializing in complex car and truck fleets, fully occupies the facility, which is located at 2550 S.W. Grapevine Parkway. The one-story structure is located in proximity to State Highway 114, State Highway 121 and the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Ron Hebert and Michael Lawrence of Marcus & Millichap marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Poynter Scifres and an affiliate of Realty Capital Partners. An outside broker represented the buyer, a California-based investor completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.

ARLINGTON, TEXAS -- Cassidy Turley has arranged a 63,612-square-foot industrial lease in Arlington for Hickory Springs, a manufacturer of foam, metal, wire, fiber and other materials for the bedding, transportation, healthcare and packaging industries. The tenant will occupy space at 605 109th St., in proximity to the interchange of I-30 and State Highway 360. Frank McCafferty, Blake Anderson and David Eseke of Cassidy Turley represented Hickory Springs in the negotiations.

DALLAS -- Billingsley Co. has leased 50,068 square feet of industrial space at its Mercer Business Park in Dallas to Paragon Distributing Co., a wholesale distributor of indoor and outdoor appliances. The tenant will occupy space in the northwest corner of the park's 340,000-square-foot distribution center. Craig Phelps and Michael Haggar of JLL represented Paragon, which will occupy the space beginning in the first quarter of 2015. Billingsley Co. is developing the 225-acre Mercer Business Park at the northwest corner of I-635 and I-35.

ARLINGTON, TEXAS -- Bradford Commercial has arranged an industrial lease renewal and expansion totaling 34,132 square feet in Arlington. Pronto Delivery, a third-party distribution and logistics company, renewed its lease of 23,744 square feet at the warehouse located at 1034 Ave. M and also expanded by 10,388 square feet within the facility. The property, totaling 69,748 square feet in the Great Southwest Industrial District, is now fully occupied. Brendan Smith led the Bradford Commercial team representing the tenant in the negotiations. The landlord, Proterra Properties Inc., was represented internally by Chris Bly and Dan Lawson.