Highland Point Village, situated on 5.1 acres at 1940 FM 407/Justin Rd., was sold by Tabani Group of Dallas. Henry S. Miller assumed a 10-year loan, with eight years left on the term, at a 5.5% fixed-rate interest from Wells Fargo Bank, Gregory L. Miller, president of the Dallas-based buyer's equities division, tells GlobeSt.com. "They really put us through the wringer on due diligence," he stresses. "We really dug our heels in and didn't cave in."

All that Miller will say about the sales price is that it was below replacement cost. "It was a fair market deal," he adds. Denton County has the asset assessed at $4.75 million, which factors out to $82.87 per sf. Given the rapidly changing market, replacement cost for comparable retail construction isn't available, but the deal's dynamics support a price hovering $100 per sf.

Miller says upside lies in developing a 1,000-sf kiosk on a pad site fronting FM 407 while settling into a seven- to 10-year hold with leases locked in for the long term. Goody Goody Inc. of Dallas is the anchor tenant in 36,000 sf, of which 30,000 sf had been a Food Lion grocery store. The regional upscale liquor store operator's lease runs until 2018. Miller says the liquor store has been bringing in $17 million annually in sales for four consecutive years, thanks to its wet location surrounded by dry communities and being on the main route to a Lake Lewisville dock.