Welcome Group Expands Outside of Texas With Two Acquisitions in Georgia
HOUSTON, Texas — April 22, 2021 Welcome Group, LLC has … Continue reading Welcome Group Expands Outside of Texas With Two Acquisitions in Georgia
Read MoreHOUSTON, Texas — April 22, 2021 Welcome Group, LLC has … Continue reading Welcome Group Expands Outside of Texas With Two Acquisitions in Georgia
Read MoreHOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2021 — Welcome Group, LLC has acquired the … Continue reading Northwest Houston Office/Industrial Complex Added To Welcome Group Portfolio
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Read MoreMAN Energy Solutions Opens North American HQ in The Uplands … Continue reading MAN Energy Solutions Opens North American HQ
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Read MoreWelcome Group was ranked 1st by the Houston Business Journal with the greatest number of local commercial properties owned with 84 properties. We were also ranked 17th amongst largest Houston-area commercial property owners.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group, LLC has started construction on an 30,000 square foot industrial facility in Brenham, Texas for lease to Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd./IDEX Sealing Solutions, a leading manufacturer of advanced elastomer O-rings and rubber components. The announcement was made by Welcome Wilson, Jr, the CEO of GSL Welcome Group, LLC.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, LLC., is pleased to announce the development of a second building for Tracerco, a world-leading industrial technology company in the oil and gas industry. The development of a 23,015-square foot industrial facility will be on 1.567 acres within the Bayport North Industrial Park, located in La Porte, TX. The new facility will be visible from Fairmont Parkway and will feature a Tilt Wall Façade and be 10-ton crane ready with a 28 foot eave height. The build-to-suit will also include a state of the art, in house testing laboratory. With this new lab facility, Tracerco will now have a grand total of 38,515-square feet on 3.9 acres in Bayport Industrial Park.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, LLC., is pleased to announce the ground breaking of the new Seaco 8 Business Park located on West 8th Street in Deer Park, Texas. A 21,678 square foot building will be available for lease in the third quarter of 2014. Service Radio Rentals, the premier company specializing in tow-way communication for the industrial industry, has purchased 2.19 acres for the development of a 20,000 square foot building. An additional 6.5 acres is available for build-to-suit.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group, LLC has committed to acquiring an additional $80 million in single-tenant, Texas industrial properties in 2014.
The Houston-based single-tenant industrial owner and development firm announced today that it has been allocated additional equity commitments for its GSL Property Fund 21.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, LLC, would like to announce the signing of a new 5 year lease with Primoris Energy Services Corporation in Deer Park Texas. The 24,788 Square Foot facility is established on 2.5 acres of land located at 1109 W. 13th Street in Deer Park, Texas.
Read MoreDubbing Houston a “paragon city,” Welcome Wilson Jr. of Welcome Group touted the strength of the city’s recovery from the recession and its benefit to the industrial real estate market.
“Houston has added two jobs for each one it lost during the recession,” said Wilson. “We are the leading machine in the country with an industrial market of 521 million sq. ft. and more than five million sq. ft. under construction.
Read MoreSpectracell Laboratories, a nutritional testing company, extended its lease for a 20,000-square foot-facility on 2 acres at 10401 Town Park Drive.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group affiliate Kingham Dalton Wilson will design and build a property for WIKA Process Solutions in the Park 225 Business Park on Beltway Green Boulevard in Pasadena. The 87,900-square-foot, two-story building will serve as a hub for the companyâ??s engineered temperature and level measurement instrumentation for the U.S. market.
Read MoreWIKA Process Solutions LP, a manufacturer of industrial measuring instruments, has purchased 13 acres for a new build-to-suit facility to be developed by GSL Welcome Group.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, LLC, is pleased to announce our group’s real estate development for WIKA Process Solutions LP. WIKA has purchased 13 acres within the Park 225 Business Park, located in Pasadena, TX, for the development of an 87,900-square-foot, two-story building that will have 44,025 square feet of office space and 43,875 square feet of crane served warehouse space located on Beltway Green Boulevard.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with RailWorks Track Systems, Inc, a national railroad construction and maintenance contractor. The 20,000SF built-to-suit facility, with 9,000SF office space, was constructed by KDW, Ltd. and completed in the first quarter of 2013. Situated on 4.499 acres of land, it is located at 1600 W. 13th Street in Deer Park, Texas.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, LLC., a design build and build-to-suit real estate development firm, is pleased to announce that Praxair, Inc., an industrial gas distribution company, has opted for an early renewal of its 22,640 square foot building lease in Deer Park, TX.
Read MoreHe’s a former Naval Officer, night club singer, special ambassador, government appointee, cancer survivor and drummer. Yet it took some questionable advice to get GSL Welcome Group Chairman Welcome Wilson, Sr. into real estate. He was working in oil and gas for R.E. Bob Smith, who told him that was a dying industry and real estate was the future of Houston.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Sr. has the pleasure of working with two of his sons at GSL Welcome Group, Craig and Welcome Jr. Craig says people often tell him they never see their family, so he appreciates the volume of time spent with his dad and brother.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., CEO of GSL Welcome Group, is pleased to announce a recent acquisition of a single tenant building in the Northwest Houston area. The 111,934 SF building on 9.19 acres is located at 12101 Cutten Road in Houston. The property’s tenant, Archer Well Company, Inc., occupies 100% of the facility under a long term lease. Archer is a global oilfield service company with over 8,000 employees and operations in more than 100 locations worldwide. Archer is publicly traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker ARCHER.
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Read MoreGSL Welcome Group, LLC recently closed a $9,750,000 loan to refinance several of its industrial properties in the Greater Houston Area including Pasadena, Deer Park, and the North Houston Intercontinental Airport Area.
The new loan was arranged by Matt Franke and Travis Fite of Q10- Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. of Houston, Texas with the Company’s correspondent lender, AVIVA Life and Annuity Company of Des Moines, Iowa. GSL Welcome Group was represented by Director of Finance, Ralph Fite.
Read MoreAn increase in sublease office space. Falling property values. Retailers in lock-down mode. “We’re looking at difficult circumstances for 2009,” Welcome Wilson Jr., president and CEO of GSL Welcome Group, said Friday at a commercial real estate forum hosted by law firm Boyar & Miller.
Read MoreSaturday marked the 50th anniversary of the Jamaica Beach’s groundbreaking.
Wilson on Saturday donated boxes of brochures, promotional materials and yellowed news articles documenting the city’s history, which began when $95 down could buy “year-round vacation fun,” and included the momentous discovery of an Indian burial ground.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson Sr. was 30 when he and a group of future prominent Houstonians acquired the land that would eventually become Jamaica Beach on the west side of Galveston Island.
The property was seen as being so far from civilization that Galveston plumbers, electricians and roofers refused to do work there, Wilson said last week as the development marked its 50th anniversary.
Read More“It’s a great, great day for Jamaica Beach today,” said Mayor Vic Pierson in his opening remarks at a news conference to announce establishment of a museum to display photographs and artifacts of the founding of the West Galveston Island city 50 years ago; and the first ten years of its history.
‘It was a very desolate spot right here on the West End of the Island,” said Welcome Wilson, Sr., one of a group of five University of Houston graduates who developed Jamaica Beach. Wilson now chairs the UH Board of Regents.
Read MoreGSL Welcome is developing three facilities in Bayport North Industrial Park in Pasadena. The projects will be built by the firm’s KDW design/build affiliate
Read MoreGlazier Foods Co. has sold its 286,000-square-foot headquarters and distribution facility to GSL Welcome Group and will lease back the property. Situated on 33 acres at 11303 Antoine Drive near the North Sam Houston Parkway, the property was purchased by GSL Fund 21 GF Sub E.
GSL will expand the facility by 160,000 square feet in the freezer/dry storage areas. GE Capital provided financing for the acquisition and funding for the $14 million expansion. Construction is expected to be completed within 12 months.
Read MoreGlazier Foods Co. has sold its 286,000-square-foot, Northwest Houston headquarters and distribution facility to GSL Welcome Group LLC.
Glazier, a Houston-based food service distributor, will continue to lease the 33-acre facility from GSL and will be responsible for improvement and maintenance of the facility.
Read MoreGSL Welcome has completed a build-to-suit development of a 67,000- square-foot office/industrial facility at 4242 W. Greens Road for Tadano America Corp.’s U.S. headquarters. The Japanese firm has leased the facility for the sale of new construction mobile cranes in North America. The project marks the first build-to-suit development to be completed in GSL Welcome’s 33-acre West Greens Business Park near Antoine and Sam Houston Parkway. Ryan Wasaff and Brad Berry represented GSL Welcome.
Read MoreSingle-tenant industrial leaseholders can avoid some of the problems associated with their leases by following several pieces of advice as explained by GSL Welcome Group principals Welcome Wilson, Jr. and Craig Wilson.
Read MoreOFFICE/WAREHOUSE: GEM Mobile Treatment Services has leased a 20,728-square-foot building at 1434 Sens Road from GSL Industrial Partners Sub Two. Lane Guinn of JLM Commercial Advisors represented the tenant. Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Group represented the landlord.
Read MoreGEM Mobile Treatment Services has leased a 20,728-square-foot building at 1434 Sens Road from GSL Industrial Partners Sub Two. Lane Guinn of JLM Commercial Advisors represented the tenant. Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Group represented the landlord.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group through its affiliate KDW has constructed a new 34,000 square foot facility for STARCON International, Inc. situated on 14.78 acres on Fairmont Pkwy in the La Porte area.
Ryan Wasaff, Built-to-Suit Director, represented GSL Welcome Group. Welcome W. Wilson, Jr., President of GSL Welcome Group, said, “We are proud to continue our relationship with STARCON and assist in the growth of the La Porte area.”
The complex consists of 16,760 square feet of office and 17,026 square feet of warehouse with three acres of yard. This facility will be used for serving clients with in the refining, chemical, food processing, metals, paper and power industries.
Read MoreNeighborhood Centers, the largest nonprofit in Houston, honored Welcome Group’s Chairman of the Board, Welcome Wilson Sr. and President & CEO, Welcome Wilson Jr. at their annual Heart of Gold Celebration with the Alice Graham Baker Crusader Award, presented to individuals who have shown the same vision and dedication as the nonprofit’s founder.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group, a single-tenant design build and build-to-suit development firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of its 17th building in Deer Park.
The 22,350 SF facility is a crane-served industrial warehouse and office space situated on approximately 2.3 acres of land. It is located at 901 W. 13th Street in Deer Park, Texas, next to Leader Global Technologies, another property owned by GSL Welcome Group. The building was purchased from PS Investments, LP in December 2012. The property is occupied by Resource Power Group, a subsidiary of the Caterpillar dealer, Louisiana Machinery Company LLC. The site is used for administrative purposes and service repair operations.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group, a single-tenant design build and build-to-suit development firm, announces the signing of a new lease agreement with International Paint, LLC.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group has purchased a 135,244-square-foot industrial building on 15.45 acres at 600 N. Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas.
Read MoreGSL Welcome Group is pleased to announce its recent acquisition of a single tenant industrial building in the Dallas area. The 135,244 SF, building on 15.45 acres at 600 North Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas was purchased from an undisclosed seller who was represented by CB Richard Ellis. This single tenant facility is leased to Valassis (NYSE). Valassis is a media and marketing services company that helps its clients reach their target markets through blended media solutions, including their RedPlum coupon publication. Financing was provided by Texas Capital Bank, N.A. Danielle Gann represented GSL Welcome Group.
Read MoreRailWorks Corporation, a leading provider of track and transit & systems construction and maintenance services, announced its subsidiary, RailWorks Track Systems, broke ground today on a new 20,000-square-foot regional facility in Deer Park, Texas.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a lease renewal with Tyco Valves & Controls LP in the Bayport North Industrial Park. The 73,000 SF, includes 13,000 SF of office and facility is situated on 6.9719 acres of land is located at 4607 New West Drive, Pasadena, Texas 77507. Mike Scimo of CBRE represented Tyco Valves & Controls LP while Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Services represented the landlord.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with E. W. Wylie Corporation. The 17,034 SF facility is situated on 4.478 acres of land and is located at 8511 E. North Belt Drive, Humble, Texas. John Ferraro of NAI Houston represented E. W. Wylie Corporation while Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Services represented the landlord.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with Ohmstede Industrial Services, Inc. in the city of Deer Park. The 20,120 SF distribution warehouse sits on 2.0087 acres tract of land is located at 801 Georgia Avenue, Deer Park, Texas. The facility is used for pipe fabrication, heat exchange re-tubing and general equipment maintenance. Brad Beauchamp of Colliers International represented Ohmstede Industrial Services while Adam Garrow of GSL Welcome Real Estate Services represented GSL Welcome Group.
Read MoreThe University of Houston System Board of Regents elected new officers for the coming year at its board meeting on June 5.
Welcome Wilson Sr., chairman of GSL Welcome Group, a Houston real estate developer, was elected to a third term as chairman. He was appointed to the board in April 2006 by Gov. Rick Perry and will serve through Aug. 31, 2011. Wilson received a B.B.A. degree from the University of Houston in 1949, where he received its UH Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1970 and the C.T. Bauer College of Business Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1996. He received an A.A. degree from Texas Southmost College in 1946, and received its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2005.
Read MoreHouston’s real estate market may not get much better in 2010, but it’s not expected to get much worse.
That’s based on market analysis from four experts who spoke last week at an annual BoyarMiller Breakfast Forum focused on local real estate. Roughly 200 clients and guests of the law firm attended the event at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa.
Read MoreAs a young man, he came to the University of Houston, seeking a head start. He took advantage of every opportunity, and created new ones. He helped launch campus traditions, from Frontier Fiesta to the Frontiersmen. He developed the entrepreneurial spirit as general manager of the campus newspaper.
Read More(Austin, Texas) – On behalf of McShane Development Company’s Austin office, Joseph G. Llamas, Senior Development Manager, is pleased to announce that GSL Welcome Group LLC has purchased the firm’s 54,865 square foot Tuscany Technology Center Building 4 located at McShane’s Tuscany Center at Walnut Creek development in Austin, Texas.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., CEO of GSL Welcome Group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of its fourteenth building in the Deer Park/Pasadena area. The 19,550 SF, two-story building on 4.95 acres at 4300 Pasadena Freeway and Highway 225 was purchased from Capital Commercial Investments, Inc. represented by Tom Lynch and Alisha Renshaw of CB Richard Ellis. The property’s tenant is Hagemeyer North America. The building serves as a technical center providing life safety equipment and supplies to refineries located along the Houston Ship Channel and Gulf Coast region. Financing was provided by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Welcome Wilson, Jr. and Danielle Gann represented GSL Welcome Group.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with General Work Products, Inc. in the Clinton/Wayside Industrial Park. The 20,000 SF, tilt-wall office and crane-served industrial warehouse is located at 7218 Clinton Drive, Houston. Steven O’Connor of Southwest Realty Advisors represented General Work Products, Inc. while Andy Sowell and David Munson of Boyd Commercial represented GSL Welcome Group.
Read MoreWelcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with Enermex International, Inc. in the Clinton/Wayside Industrial Park. The 10,000 SF, tilt-wall office and crane-served industrial warehouse is located at 7214 Clinton Drive, Houston. Ruth Longoria of Ruth Longoria Realtors represented Enermex International while Andy Sowell and David Munson of Boyd Commercial represented GSL Welcome Group.
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