League Commercial has been selected by Texas Wesleyan University to lead leasing efforts for multiple retail spaces along East Rosedale Street, helping bring more activity to a key corridor adjacent to the university.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more than 6,000 square feet of retail space includes properties at 3014 and 3016 East Rosedale St.<\/a> Additional leasing opportunities may become available in the future as existing tenant agreements expire, according to a news release from League Commercial.<\/p>\n The leasing of the properties across Rosedale from the university will be led by League Commercial advisors Kalyn McKittrick, Bronson Pope, and Kelsey Gentry.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a unique opportunity to help shape one of Fort Worth\u2019s most important emerging corridors,\u201d McKittrick said in a news release. \u201cWith the university\u2019s continued investment in its campus, increasing enrollment, and the addition of a new football stadium, we believe these spaces offer tremendous potential for businesses looking to be part of the area\u2019s growth and momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n The focus on retail leasing is indicative of the strength of the Dallas-Fort Worth retail market, according to a recent report <\/a>from real estate firm JLL. The report cites retail sales tax collections in Dallas-Fort Worth that increased by $145 million in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n While new projects are the main reason for the growth in sales tax collections, the report says infill locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, like Texas Wesleyan\u2019s Rosedale sites, are also seeing increased interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n The assignment represents an important step in Texas Wesleyan\u2019s ongoing investment in both its campus and the surrounding community, according to the school. Several of the retail spaces have remained vacant for nearly a decade, creating an opportunity to attract businesses to the Rosedale Renaissance corridor, one of Fort Worth\u2019s designated Urban Villages.<\/p>\n Last year, Texas Wesleyan University was selected<\/a> for Main Street America, a former program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to revitalize the Polytechnic Heights area. The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is leading a similar Main Street<\/a> program for the Historic Northside.<\/p>\n The leasing effort comes as the university is constructing a new football stadium that will seat approximately 3,650 fans and is scheduled for completion at the end of the year. Texas Wesleyan has experienced strong growth in recent years, with enrollment increasing nearly 12%between fall 2020 and fall 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cLeague Commercial distinguished itself through a comprehensive, execution-focused approach that aligned closely with the university\u2019s goals for these properties and the broader vision for the East Rosedale corridor,\u201d Brian Franks, senior director of facilities management at Texas Wesleyan University, said in a news release.<\/p>\n Private equity gets wasted\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based private equity firm TPG will simultaneously acquire two companies in the waste business. One is Waste Eliminator, a leading regional provider of solid waste hauling, disposal and recycling services for commercial and industrial waste generators in Georgia and South Carolina. The second is Liberty Waste Solutions, a provider of integrated waste and recycling solutions in North Carolina.<\/p>\n The two businesses are currently owned by Allied Industrial Partners, an industrial-focused private equity firm. TPG is acquiring both companies through its TPG Transition Infrastructure strategy.<\/p>\n The transaction is expected to close by the third quarter of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Acquisition\u00a0<\/p>\n Langan Engineering & Environmental Services has acquired Colleyville-based Kirkman Engineering.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is Langan’s fourth acquisition in Texas, expanding the firm’s statewide workforce to 225 employees and seven offices.\u00a0<\/p>\n Founded in 2014, Kirkman specializes in land development in commercial, warehouse, and residential real estate sectors.<\/p>\n Acquisition, part deux\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Fort Worth-based insurance giant Higginbotham has acquired Blanton & Griffin Insurance Agency, a property and casualty agency based in Valdosta, Georgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n The collaboration adds South Georgia market strength and a local team to Higginbotham\u2019s growing Georgia presence, according to Higginbotham.\u00a0<\/p>\n A mighty wind\u00a0<\/p>\n It takes more than a Texas twister to keep Commercial Van Interiors Inc. down. The company has a new long-term lease for a reconstructed 15,100-square-foot industrial building that sustained major damage in a 2025 tornado as it pushed through Tarrant County.<\/p>\n The structure at 2380 Pecan Court in Haltom City has served as Commercial Van Interiors\u2019 production hub for 26 years. The tenant has signed a market-rate lease with the new owner of the repaired building, which sits on 1.5 acres and features nearly one acre of fenced and gated outside storage.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a new lease, but it\u2019s almost like a renewal. We did shop the market, but a secured lot of that size is a premium and difficult to find in the market,\u201d said Todd Lambeth, executive vice president and managing partner in the Fort Worth office of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services. He represented the tenant in a direct deal with the local landlord.<\/p>\n St. Louis-based Commercial Van Interiors maintains three production hubs with showrooms in Dallas-Fort Worth as well as locations in Austin, Houston and San Antonio. The 41-year-old company, which Lambeth represents in Texas, has operations in eight states.<\/p>\n Rebel Alliance\u00a0<\/p>\n Skywalker Property Partners has acquired another property. This time it is a 73,747-square-foot office building called Alliance Commerce Center at 2301 Eagle Parkway in the Alliance submarket. The acquisition was made through Skywalker\u2019s fund, The Leverage Strikes Back LLC.<\/p>\n More Alliance real estate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort Worth-based MainStreet Partners has acquired a seven-building medical office and retail portfolio in north Fort Worth\u2019s Alliance corridor. Southlake\u2019s Field Commercial Real Estate said it closed the sale of Heritage Trace Center to MainStreet. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Do you have something for the Bob on Business column? Email Bob Francis, business editor for the Fort Worth Report, at bob.francis@fortworthreport.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n Disclosure: Texas Wesleyan University has been a financial supporter<\/a> of the Fort Worth Report. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. 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