HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 22, 2026--
Leifer Properties and Endeavor Capital have acquired 10541 Cypress Creek Parkway, a fully occupied, 36,000-square-foot small-bay industrial complex in Northwest Houston, marking Leifer and Endeavor’s entry into the Houston market and the partners' fourth deal together.
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Situated on 3.2 acres along the FM 1960 corridor, the property comprises three small-bay buildings divided into nine suites ranging from roughly 3,000 to 7,500 square feet, fully leased to tenants in automotive service, fabrication and light industrial. The partnership acquired the property below replacement cost in an off-market transaction sourced through a direct broker relationship, and plans to upgrade leasing and property management, convert leases from gross to triple-net as they expire, and bring rents to market rates.
"Houston is a market we've wanted to enter for a while, and doing it alongside Endeavor on our fourth deal together made a lot of sense," said Max Leifer, Principal of Leifer Properties. "We believe strongly in small-bay industrial because the tenant demand is deep and the existing supply is increasingly difficult to replace. We're actively looking for more small-bay properties in Houston, as well as larger industrial buildings with meaningful power capacity. Both are becoming harder to find where users actually want to operate."
"This deal checks the boxes we look for: infill location, functional small-bay space, a diversified tenant base, and a basis well below what it would cost to build today," said Jonathan Mazzarella, Founder of Endeavor Capital. "Houston is one of the largest and most dynamic industrial markets in the country, and we see real room to keep building this partnership here."
Northwest Houston offers access to Beltway 8, U.S. 290, State Highway 249 and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. That connectivity has drawn a steady base of contractors, fabricators and service-oriented industrial tenants to the corridor.
This is Leifer Properties' 14th acquisition in Texas. Since launching its Austin platform under Principal Max Leifer in 2020, the firm has built a portfolio concentrated in small-bay industrial and infill commercial properties, including a significant concentration in Austin's St. Elmo Arts District. Leifer Properties and Endeavor Capital are continuing to pursue small-bay opportunities across Texas and larger industrial assets with substantial power infrastructure.
About Leifer Properties
Leifer Properties, run by Max Leifer, is a full-service real estate investment and development firm with offices in Austin, Texas; Miami, Florida; and Westport, Connecticut. Since launching its Austin platform under Principal Max Leifer in 2020, the firm has built a portfolio of industrial and commercial properties throughout the market, including a significant concentration in the St. Elmo Arts District. With the Houston acquisition, Leifer Properties has completed 14 acquisitions across Texas.
About Endeavor Capital
Endeavor Capital is a Miami-based real estate investment firm founded in 2023 by Jonathan Mazzarella. The firm focuses on acquiring value-add, income-producing industrial properties throughout the United States in partnership with private and institutional investors. Endeavor Capital's investment activities include acquisition sourcing, development, capital markets and the execution of asset-level business plans.
Endeavor and Leifer's most recent industrial acquisition in Houston.
Endeavor and Leifer's most recent industrial acquisition in Houston.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday warned that countries shouldn’t interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, while also urging world leaders to take stronger action in response to intensifying global conflicts.
The mixed messages came as Lula spoke to the United Nations General Assembly, just before U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the group. Lula criticized external interference in Brazil’s internal affairs, only weeks ahead of his country's elections.
“We will not allow the enemies of democracy, whether domestic or foreign, to undermine popular will. Brazilian democracy belongs to Brazilians. Brazil will continue to be a sovereign country,” Lula said. “Nobody will turn us away from this path.”
Lula's speech comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Brazil. Last year, the U.S. imposed an initial round of tariffs, citing what Trump called a “witch hunt” trial against the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest following his conviction for an attempted coup.
Since then, relations between the two countries have become further strained, amid growing allegations of foreign interference in October’s elections in Brazil, in which Lula is seeking a fourth, non-consecutive presidential term.
His main political rival is Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, one of the sons of the former president.
The Trump administration has publicly backed Bolsonaro. Recently, Trump designated two Brazilian criminal groups, the First Command of the Capital, or PCC, and the Red Command, or CV, as foreign terrorist organizations. Lula rejected the decision, and some analysts and politicians have argued that the move could be intended to interfere in the country's election by portraying Lula as soft on organized crime.
Speaking to the U.N., Lula said Brazil’s electoral system is “modern and robust” and warned against disinformation campaigns seeking to distort public debate during the campaign, noting that “democracy is once again in jeopardy."
“Brazil is nobody’s backyard,” he said. “We are once again witnessing external interference in electoral processes.”
Lula said Brazil does not underestimate the challenge of organized crime but "will not outsource the responsibility of defending” its own borders. His remarks Tuesday follow the unveiling last Friday of a pilot plan to expand the federal government’s role in fighting gang violence in Rio de Janeiro.
During his speech, Lula also addressed the Brazilian economy, saying that despite the massive tariffs, the country will break a new export record this year.
Lula started his speech railing against what he called weakness in the U.N.'s actions on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and called for reform of the U.N. Security Council, saying that in 2025 alone the world “will see the highest number of armed conflicts since World War II” with “trillions of dollars financing a new arms race.”
“The U.N. is failing in one of its highest missions: to save humanity from the scourge of war,” Lula said. ”Its credibility has never been lower."
Lula said the U.N. must recover its capacity for dialogue and mediation and that it is time to choose between multilateralism or global fragmentation.
“Concessions to the law of the stronger have surpassed all limits. This is not idealism, but pure realism," he said. “War is not the continuation of politics by other means; it’s the complete breakdown of politics.”
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
