Younger Partners Investments Acquires Crockett Row
FORT WORTH, Texas (August 9, 2022) – Younger Partners Investments (YPI) acquired Crockett Row, a 282,334-square-foot urban village with five blocks of pedestrian-friendly Class A retail and office space. Located at the southeast corner of University Drive and West 7th Street, the property sits within the city’s Cultural District just west of downtown Fort Worth.
Younger Partners’ Co-Managing Partners Kathy Permenter and Moody Younger, and YPI Managing Director Micah Ashford, represented YPI in the acquisition. Financing was arranged by Adam Mengacci of Hamilton Realty Finance. Mark Sloan and Jacob Dow at Holland & Knight provided legal representation. Terms of the deal, which was the third acquisition for YPI, were undisclosed.
Embedded within Fort Worth’s larger live-work-play West 7th development, Crockett Row is surrounded by world-class museums, eateries, pubs and entertainment venues, including the new state-of-the-art Dickies Arena. Developed in 2009, Crockett Row’s overall occupancy at the time of closing was 74.6 percent, presenting lucrative opportunities for new tenants to join Movie Tavern, LA Fitness, Fidelity Investments, PMG and Common Desk on the property roster. Younger Partners will handle the property management and leasing of the property.
YPI has plans to freshen the brand and to make improvements to enhance customer experience through the addition of gathering spaces, parking technology to help locate open spaces, improved signage and additional elevators. “We also plan to work with the City to enhance accessibility throughout the property,” said Younger.
“Crockett Row was a target investment for us because of its strong supporting demographic and iconic location in the Cultural District, next to some of Fort Worth’s most affluent neighborhoods,” said Permenter. “The amount of tenant interest in this neighborhood has already far exceeded expectations.”
Crockett Row will benefit from upcoming developments to the area, including Crescent-Fort Worth, bringing 200 luxury hotel rooms, 170,000 square feet of office, and 17 multifamily units within a block from the property in mid-2023. Directly across the street from Crockett Row, the Van Zandt will deliver 147 multifamily units, 100,000 square feet of office and 11,000 square feet of retail, along with upcoming additions Triune Centre, Burnett Lofts and Encore Panther Island.
About Younger Partners
Dallas-based Younger Partners is a full-service boutique commercial real estate firm providing investment, leasing, and management services to investors and tenants in the Dallas/Fort Worth region. They specialize in the acquisition and disposition of land, multifamily, office, industrial and retail properties. Younger Partners Investments (YPI) is a Younger Partner platform designed to acquire retail properties. Launched in July 2020, YPI targets retail properties from lifestyle to neighborhood centers throughout the DFW area. Younger Partners and YPI are also affiliated with newly formed Apricus Realty Capital.