FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 20, 2014
SkyWalker Property Accepts Off-Market Offer
For Historic Property on Dallas' South Side
DALLAS – In an unsolicited off-market transaction, SkyWalker Property Partners
has sold the 111-year-old Hughes Brothers Candy Factory in one of the city's
hottest investment spots to Flint Hills Development Group.
The lure is the property's address, 1401 S. Ervay St., right at the heart of the
Cedars neighborhood on the south side of downtown Dallas with easy access to
Interstate 30. SkyWalker Property was fine-tuning a plan to convert the fivestory building, bought just one year ago, to residential units when Flint Hills
Development Group made an offer to buy the site.
"The location and robust redevelopment activity in the Cedars neighborhood
clearly worked to our investors' advantage," says Clint Holland, acquisitions
director for the North Texas-based investment group. "The offer was such that it
made sense to sell."
The Cedars is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, with the shuttered factory
sitting close to several entertainment destinations and a handful of properties
recently scooped up by local and out-of-state developers.
255 N. Center Street, Suite 200
Arlington, Texas 76011
Metro (817) 226-5000
Fax (817) 860-4180
www.skywalkerproperty.com
The Hughes Brothers' candy factory opened in 1903 and closed during the Great
Depression, later becoming a production site for ice cream cones. The brick
structure was shuttered in 2000.
The property's potential for residential use became evident with the South Side's
gentrification into a bustling mixed-use corridor. Because it is a historic property,
there is additional opportunity to tap into tax credits, including the recently
enacted Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program and a sales tax
exemption on labor that's available for work on any building listed on the
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National Register of Historic Places.
"Flint Hills Development Group has experience redeveloping projects with
national and state historic tax credits and wanted to take on this project,"
Holland says. "We are pleased the buyer appreciates and understands
preservation." Christopher Gibbons of Venture Commercial represented the
buyer.
SkyWalker Property, led by managing partner Gary Walker, has completed one
adaptive reuse project of a historic property – the former Vandergriff Chevrolet
dealership built in 1927 at 255 N. Center St. in downtown Arlington. Now a
multi-tenant office and retail property, the Vandergriff Building
(www.vandergriffbuilding.com) also serves as SkyWalker Property's
headquarters and the main office for its affiliate, Coldwell Banker Commercial
Alliance DFW.
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To schedule an interview:
Clint Holland, 817-226-5000
255 N. Center Street, Suite 200
Arlington, Texas 76011
Metro (817) 226-5000
Fax (817) 860-4180
www.skywalkerproperty.com
SkyWalker Property Partners identifies, underwrites, acquires and executes highly opportunistic
and value-add investments on behalf of the Hangover Opportunity Fund LLC, formed in 2010 to
build a $100 million portfolio of office, industrial and retail properties in Texas and surrounding
states. The strategy targets transactions from $1 million to $10 million. Additional information
about the investment group is available at www.SkyWalkerProperty.com.