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posted on May 14, 2012 17:05
Construction on the new pro shop and clubhouse at Morris Williams Golf Course began recently, as the city of Austin invests $4.4 million in the redeve...
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posted on May 14, 2012 17:03
City officials hope to soon enact a pilot program that would bring redevelopment and new business growth to Airport Boulevard in Central Aus...
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posted on May 14, 2012 17:00
The head of Austin’s symphony is warning residents and city leaders of a planned study that could lead to part of Riverside Drive closing for good.
A...
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posted on May 14, 2012 16:59
MedSpring Urgent Care has opened its fifth area location in Central Austin, the company announced Tuesday.
The Austin-based operator of urgent care c...
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posted on May 14, 2012 16:56
A new 34,000-square-foot multi-use indoor sports complex scheduled to open in October will break ground next week in Cedar Park.
SoccerZone Lakeline,...
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posted on May 14, 2012 16:55
Texas ranked first in the nation in the development and construction of office, industrial and retail space in 2011, according to a report issued by N...
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posted on May 14, 2012 16:52
An Austin resident has presented the city with an alternative to urban rail that would connect 30 areas of Austin by van and express bus, KX...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:55
An Illinois-based logistics firm has leased 603,050-square-foot warehouse facility at 300 Gateway Parkway in Roanoke.
DSC Logistics, an integrated lo...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:54
Stream Realty Partners LP is set to begin major renovations at a high-profile office building in River Oaks.
The $2.7 million renovation project...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:51
SoundStar Properties LLC has broken ground on Vantage Parkway Development, a proposed collection of eight buildings that will add 190,000 square feet ...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:49
Pelican Builders Inc. has taken the unusual step of creating four new model units in Highland Tower to give the building a new look and help sell...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:47
Nearly a dozen developers and design teams have responded to Houston First Corp.'s request for qualifications to build a second hotel near the Ge...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:45
An affiliate of Houston-based Hartman Income REIT Inc. has bought Cooper Street Shopping Center in Arlington.
The 127,696-square-foot, three-building...
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posted on May 01, 2012 17:33
Fidelis Realty Partners Ltd. has acquired First Colony Marketplace in Sugar Land from CAP First Colony LLC.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed...
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posted on April 23, 2012 13:10
The Texas Association of Realtors has opened its new pre-licensing school, the Texas Realtors University, with classes statewide.
“We have ...
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posted on April 23, 2012 13:08
Seton Healthcare Family has pledged $250 million to build a new teaching hospital in Austin, the Austin American-Statesmanreports.
The...
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posted on April 23, 2012 13:07
Officials with Schlitterbahn, Cedar Park Land LP and investors are close to reaching a deal to bring the water park to Cedar Park, the ...
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posted on April 23, 2012 13:06
Kyle health care provider CommuniCare Health Centers has been granted $253,117from the St. David's Foundation for construction costs, Hays F...
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posted on April 23, 2012 13:04
Shops selling Texas wines and specialty chocolates are among the new tenants moving into the Oasis Texas complex on Lake Travis.
Lakeview Winery is a...
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posted on April 23, 2012 13:03
W.W. Grainger Inc. has bought a 60,500-square-foot office industrial building in Arlington from a local investment partnership, SCM Real Estate S...
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posted on April 23, 2012 12:59
Government officials are looking for ways of making it easier for drivers to get to Lake Street in Minneapolis from I-35W.
Currently drivers have to ...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:22
A few details on Exxon Mobil Corp.’s (NYSE: XOM) 385-acre campus under construction near The Woodlands have been released by the large oil and ga...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:20
McKool Smith — which was one of numerous law firms reviewing its real estate options — has re-signed its real estate lease with t...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:15
The number of construction jobs in the Dallas area rose 1 percent, or about 500 workers year-over-year in February.
The Dallas metropolitan area was ...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:14
The Shops at Park Lane is getting an upscale, boutique bowling alley.
The shopping and entertainment center across North Central Expressway from Nort...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:12
Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected by Caddo Holdings LLC to lease a 171,956-square-foot office and retail portfolio at 3400 Carlisle St. and 28...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:11
The City of Irving will move ahead with a public rating on a planned $213 million bond package to pay for the Las Colinas entertainment project.
The&...
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posted on April 17, 2012 13:03
Dallas-based U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker, has leased 41,800 square feet of office spac...
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posted on April 02, 2012 23:03
The former home office of Whataburger Restaurants LP has a new owner.
Corpus Christi-based investment firm TWF Partners LLC has purch...
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posted on April 02, 2012 23:02
The Austin City Council approved Thursday night an $8.6 million economic development grant for Apple Inc. to double its Austin fo...
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posted on April 02, 2012 23:00
Real estate services company Tenura Holdings Inc. has consolidated its affiliate companies into a space in North Austin it’s dubbing the Tenura Home C...
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posted on April 02, 2012 22:59
The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce plans to relocate next week into the$4 million space it purchased in the downtown Au...
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posted on April 02, 2012 22:58
The Lakeway City Council approved earlier this week amending the zoning code to allow officials to have more oversight on what businesses can be built...
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posted on April 02, 2012 22:57
Austin is the second-best investment market in the United States, according to Realtor.com.
According to data from the National Association of Realto...
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posted on April 02, 2012 22:52
Food retailer Whole Foods Market Inc. will open two new stores this summer in Austin.
The Bee Cave store in the Hill Country Galleria...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:37
San Antonio’s City Council unanimously approved a resolution of intent on Thursday for a plan that could result in 139 acres of city-owned land locate...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:36
CenterPoint Energy Inc. is breaking ground this week on a new 122,000-square-foot facility in Houston’s East End that will eventually house operations...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:34
The high-profile Texaco building in downtown Houston would be turned into luxury apartments using $14 million in public funds under a plan proposed by...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:27
Parmenter Realty Partners, based in Miami, bought a 202,000-square-foot office building at 2200 West Loop South from KBS Real Estate Investment T...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:26
Wheelock Street Capital of Greenwich, Conn. has acquired the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel in the Galleria, the real estate private equity firm sa...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:25
The Commons at Willowbrook is about to get a $12 million face lift and a new anchor tenant.
This will be the first renovation for the 23-year-old ret...
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posted on February 28, 2012 18:22
Hansen Partners sold two boutique office buildings in the Campanile complex in the Museum District to subsidiaries of Equitas Commercial Real Est...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:57
H&M is officially entering the Houston market with plans to open stores at Baybrook Mall and Willowbrook Mall.
Set to open in spring 2012, H&...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:55
Retail property performed well in the United States in the second half of 2011 — and Dallas, as well as other Texas markets, reported strong job and p...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:54
Centennial Beverage Group LLC closed seven locations across Dallas-Fort Worth.
The Dallas-based liquor store company closed four Centennial loca...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:53
Mayor Mike Rawlings plans to unveil the details behind his ‘Plan for Growth in Southern Dallas,’ Monday afternoon that he says will lead to ...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:51
A California-based investment trust has purchased Woodland West Marketplace, a two-building, 176,414-square-foot retail property at Bowen Road and Par...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:50
Sundance Square Management has awarded the landscape architecture for a three-building plaza development at the center of its 35-block dist...
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posted on February 20, 2012 13:49
Hotels.com is moving its headquarters, and its 300 employees, to Lincoln Centre off LBJ Freeway from its location off North Central Expres...
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posted on February 10, 2012 17:02
The first expansion phase at Westminster Manor, a nonprofit home for seniors in Central Austin, is finished.
When complete, the expansion will f...
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posted on February 10, 2012 17:00
The traditional shopping mall — once the community center in some cities — is being forced to reinvent itself or die at the hands of the online consum...
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posted on February 10, 2012 16:58
TexStar National Bank has embarked upon a plan to reduce fossil-fuel consumption at the lender’s San Antonio area office buildings.
TexSta...
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posted on February 10, 2012 16:56
SBS Construction has completed work on a new storage facility in New Braunfels, the first of several planned projects backed by Daughtry-Boerne Invest...
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posted on February 10, 2012 16:52 
The owner/developer behind a West San Antonio master-planned office complex has closed on the sale of one of the properties in the park.
Columbia, Md...
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posted on February 10, 2012 16:51
Engineering and architecture firm HNTB has relocated to a new downtown office location that has enough room to expand, if necessary.
The Ka...
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posted on February 10, 2012 16:48
Port San Antonio has added a key member to the authority’s management team that will help the port attract government tenants to the industrial p...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:48 
Apache Corp. has expanded its office footprint in the Galleria area by 36 percent and extended its lease through 2018.
The oil and gas explorati...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:45
More details have been obtained about the YMCA’s proposed public-private partnership for the Lamar Beach park area currently made up of the Town Lake ...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:44
The RoomStore Inc. will close both Austin stores and hold a liquidation sale after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December.
The Richm...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:42
The first expansion phase at Westminster Manor, a nonprofit home for seniors in Central Austin, is finished.
When complete, the expansion will f...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:40
Freebirds World Burrito is opening two new burrito joints in the Houston area this month.
The Austin-based restaurant chain will open a restaurant at...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:36
Dirt is churning in Pflugerville at the site of a new driver's license megacenter — one of six being built in the state and the only one in ...
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posted on February 07, 2012 17:31
The YMCA of Austin is planning to build an Austin Aquatic Center across from its newly renovated facility downtown near Lady Bird Lake.
Construction ...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:17
Houstonians who live or work downtown now have double the options for their grocery shopping needs.
Downtown Houston gets its second grocery store wi...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:15
Dallas’ defunct Valley View Center has been posted for foreclosure, and is scheduled to appear at the Feb. 7 Dallas County auction.
The 1.1-million-s...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:14
Construction is under way on the $12.5 million CitySquare Opportunity Center at the southeast corner of Interstate 30 and Malcolm X Blvd. in Dallas.
...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:12
TRT Holdings Inc., the Irving-based parent company of Omni Hotels & Resorts and Gold's Gym International, announced Wednesday that...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:11
TRT Holdings Inc., the parent company of Omni Hotels & Resorts, plans to move its headquarters from Irving to Dallas in 2013.
The company, which ...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:09
Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. announced Friday that it had completed the acquistion of 51 North Texas sites from Irving-based Exxon Mobil ...
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posted on January 29, 2012 15:07
Texas is among the top 10 states in the U.S. for its square footage of commercial and institutional green buildings per capita.
The U.S. Green B...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:53
Possible Worldwide has shuttered its downtown Austin office.
Possible Worldwide’s 16th-floor offices in the Capitol Tower on Ninth Street are nearly ...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:52
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. has completed construction on three new Walmart Supercenters in Corpus Christi.
The company’s San A...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:49
Sears Holdings Corp. will close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores nationwide over 2012 following lackluster Christmas sales.
The ...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:48
Lenders for KPMG Centre, 34-story, 828,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Dallas, are seeking to take control of the building.
The...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:46
Hampton Inn & Suites has broken ground on a 94-room hotel at the northwest corner of Trophy Wood Drive and Plaza Drive in Trophy Club.
The T...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:45
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie unveiled $3 million in upgrades to its sports bar and simulcast room to local celebrities and the business commun...
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posted on January 18, 2012 22:36
Williams Square, the 1.4-million-square-foot Class A office complex in Las Colinas, has been bought by Atlanta-based The Brookdale Group ...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:51
An Austin residential homebuilder has secured the land it needs to build The Reserve at Brushy Creek, a proposed $25 million luxury home development i...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:50
Francesca’s Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRAN) said on Dec. 29 it will relocate its headquarters and its distribution facilities from its current space at 3...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:48
Whitestone REIT NYSE Amex: WSR) closed its purchase on Wednesday of the Shops at Starwood, a North Dallas-area retail center, for $15.7 mil...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:47
CyrusOne, a Houston-based enterprise data center co-location services provider, said it will open a data center in San Antonio.
The data center is be...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:46
Boxer Property has acquired the Wells Fargo Building at 13201 Highway 290, an eight-story, Class A office space.
The Houston-based commercial re...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:44
Hess Tower in downtown Houston has sold for a record-breaking $442.5 million — breaking both records for highest dollar amount and highest price per-s...
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posted on January 06, 2012 23:38
Duke Realty Corp. made its first health care investment in the Houston area by acquiring three medical office buildings on the Christus St. Cathe...
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posted on January 02, 2012 13:05
The number of Dallas-Fort Worth area commercial property foreclosure postings fell by 14 percent in 2011.
It's the first decline in the past six...
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posted on January 02, 2012 13:02
Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital in Dallas has been bought by New York-based American Realty Capital, a real estate investment trust.
The purchas...
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posted on January 02, 2012 13:01 
This coming year for San Antonio’s retail sector should be a good year, according to local retail experts.
It just won’t be a great year.
The city’s...
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posted on January 02, 2012 12:59
CyrusOne, an enterprise data center co-location services provider, has announced plans to open a data center in San Antonio.
The new data center is b...
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posted on January 02, 2012 12:57
Over the 12 months ended Nov. 30, 2011, 25 states in the U.S. — plus the District of Columbia — added construction jobs, according to the latest analy...
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posted on January 02, 2012 12:51
Milwaukee manufacturer WPC Technologies Inc. bought a roughly 74,000-square-foot industrial building in Oak Creek from AnchorBank and plans to move it...
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posted on December 23, 2011 22:14 
Bering Office Partners LLC has acquired the 10-story office building at 1800 Bering in the Galleria area from Coast Range Investments for an undisclos...
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posted on December 23, 2011 22:11 
Dallas-based Spire Realty Group has begun development on 30,000 square feet of retail space and an outdoor plaza at City Place at Throckmorton and 3rd...
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posted on December 23, 2011 22:09 
Mercantile Partners LP will break ground on a two-building, 188,000-square-foot office and warehouse speculative development this month.
The de...
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posted on December 23, 2011 22:08 
Trophy Club's Planning and Zoning Commission has denied developer Scott Beck's plans to develop a 26-acre tract of land at the town's entrance of...
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posted on December 23, 2011 22:06 
Fort Worth-based Alcon Laboratories will begin moving about 400 workers into 87,000 square feet of space at Wilcox Plaza at Green Oaks...
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posted on December 23, 2011 22:04 
Dallas-based Headington Oil Co., the owners of The Joule, has acquired a three-story building at 1611 Main St. in downtown Dallas.
The building ...
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posted on December 15, 2011 23:06 
For immediate release
December 14th, 2011—Garan Commercial Properties announced that it has leased 8,400 sf on behalf of it's...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:40 
Surveying and Mapping Inc. has launched a new subsidiary to extend the company’s capabilities into construction phase services.
Named SAM-...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:38 
Michael Anbinder and Scott Foster are asking the city to rezone property for the Cedar Park Town Center to accommodate changes in the m...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:37
Admiral Capital Group, the private equity firm run by NBA star David Robinson, said Tuesday it purchased preferred equity interest in its first h...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:35 
Billionaire developer George Mitchell wants to sink $25 million into improvements in Galveston and is trying to get on the May ballot for vo...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:33
The New York architecture firm responsible for such Houston landmarks as Williams Tower, Bank of America Center and Pennzoil Plaza has selected Housto...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:32
Projections for the Houston commercial real estate market were positive in a report released Nov. 9 by Delta Associates, the research affiliate of Hou...
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posted on December 06, 2011 23:26
Briggs & Veselka Co. is moving to space in Greenway Plaza beginning in January.
The Houston-based accounting firm leased space on the ...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:40
Admiral Capital Real Estate Fund LP has purchased a preferred equity interest in a Hilton Garden Inn along Houston’s Energy Corridor.
This is the Adm...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:37 
Scott & White Healthcare is gearing up to break ground on the Lake of the Hills Regional Medical Center in Marble Falls.
On Nov. 16, the hos...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:36
Austin law firm Sneed Vine & Perry PC is moving across the street from its current location on Congress Avenue.
The firm plans to take 9,602 squa...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:34
The Plaza at Riata in Northwest Austin has been acquired by Houston-based OrangeStone Capital.
The 14,725 square foot center, built in 2004 by J...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:32
A San Francisco-based developer with a track record in Silicon Valley is building a wet-lab incubator in Central Austin — near the University of Texas...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:30
Prime property near downtown could be redeveloped in the future for restaurants, businesses and residents of all ages, or it may remain mostly as a ha...
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posted on November 22, 2011 22:26 
Austin-based The PPA Group ranked No. 11 on Inc. magazine’s 2010 fastest growing real estate companies nationwide, with more than $200 million in...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:26
Las Colinas, with completed square footage of 24,299,622, finished at the top of the Largest North Texas Office Parks listing.
The Irving park, which...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:22
Construction is scheduled to begin in April on a three-building building development that will the centerpiece of the Sundance Square area of downtown...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:21
Once hailed as part of Galveston's long-term economic future, the high-profile 1,000-acre Pointe West property on the island's west end is heading to ...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:19
Little is more emblematic of Texas’ aggressive stance toward economic development than the Toyota truck factory employing nearly 3,000 people on San A...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:17 
Top Chef Tiffany Derry drawn to Dallas scene
Tiffany Derry was a fan favorite during her stints on Bravo TV’s “Top Chef Season 7” and “Top Chef ...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:16
Discovery Green
Spanning 12 acres in the heart of downtown Houston, Discovery Green is one of the city’s newest and busiest parks. The sprawling, $12...
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posted on November 13, 2011 18:12
AmeriMex Motor & Controls has recently purchased a 58,000-square-foot warehouse at 610 Milby, adding on to the 80,000 square feet of space at its ...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:42
NuStar Energy LP is leasing 15,500 square feet of office and laboratory space at Brooks City-Base.
The Brooks Development Authority approv...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:41
Mama Fu’s Asian House in Austin has signed a development agreement to build 11 new stores in San Antonio and West Texas.
The d...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:39
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. NYSE: APC) has talked with architects about developing additional office space on its 14.5-acre campus in The Woodlands,...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:38
A subsidiary of American International Industries Inc. sold 287 acres in Dickinson to Texas Community Bank N.A. as part of a lawsuit s...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:36 
Wells Core Office Income REIT has acquired the Westway II building in Houston.
Westway II, a 242,374-square-foot Class A office building, is 100 perc...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:34 
Pikotek Inc. plans to close a Houston manufacturing facility and relocate part of the operation to west Houston and part to its headq...
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posted on October 28, 2011 21:31
The Situs Cos. of Houston has been acquired by Helios AMC, a San Francisco-based special servicer that provides commercial real estate management and ...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:57
IKEA announced plans Wednesday to grow its store in Round Rock by 54,000 square feet.
The store will expand to 306,900 square feet from th...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:56
Austin should know by the end of the year whether Sears Holdings Corp. will move its headquarters from Illinois to Texas. ...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:53 
A few days ago, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. released some interesting data analyzing rent growth nationwide based on high-tech job demand. JLL found that ...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:51
California-based Caliber Collision Centers will move its corporate headquarters to 16,397 square feet at 401 E. Corporate Drive in Lewisvill...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:49
Shred-It International Inc. has signed a lease for 19,600 square feet of industrial space at 1625 Wallace in Carrollton, where it will move its region...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:48 
Two investment groups recently bought the Estancia at Ridgeview Ranch at 10200 Independence Pkwy., for an undisclosed sum.
The 23-building, 500-unit ...
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posted on October 21, 2011 22:45 
A California-based investor has bought a 110,906-square-foot, single-tenant industrial facility at 14001 Inwood Road in Farmers Branch.
LBA Realty pu...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:55
Real estate experts are speculating that downtown Houston's Hess Tower, up for sale, could get as much as $444 million, or $525 per square foot, Repor...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:53
Sovran Self Storage Inc, a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust, has acquired 22 Texas self storage facilities for a total ...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:52
World Class Capital Group LLC has acquired for an undisclosed sum the Ciel Plaza, a Stone Oak area shopping center that was previously foreclosed on b...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:49
The good news in the city’s office market could have an unintended consequence — increased lag times for property sales.
In a new analysis of San Ant...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:48 
San Antonio City Council approved a multimillion-dollar deal to relocate Argo Group US Inc. downtown.
Under the terms of the agreemen...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:46
Skanska USA has completed construction on the military’s Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
T...
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posted on October 12, 2011 23:42
TRISUN Healthcare and Suntex Development LLC are in the process of building TRISUN Care Center Lakeside, a skilled nursing and ...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:21
The families of two business leaders have committed $1.75 million in support of theUniversity of Texas at Arlington ’s 7,000-se...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:20
Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions Inc. — a provider of technology services to the travel industry — announced Thursday it has signe...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:19
The City of Terrell approved a $30 million economic development grant last night for The MGHerring Group to develop a 225-acre open-air shopping cente...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:18
They always say that high profiles death’s comes in threes. That was the case this week in the Austin restaurant scene.
In one week, three of the cit...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:15
Urban Wine & Liquor, a new 2,615-square-foot retail concept from Austin-based wine expert and manager Buckley Wineholt, is coming to the base...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:13
Lucy’s Fried Chicken is coming to South Congress Ave.
Chef James Holmes has broken ground on the restaurant and is building a new 1,800 squ...
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posted on October 02, 2011 14:10
2300 South Lamar, a shopping center south of Oltorf Street in South Austin, has received a facelift.
The remodeling is part of an effort to repositio...
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posted on September 21, 2011 22:07 
Nearly three years since Hurricane Ike ravaged the Gulf Coast, the University of Texas Medical Branch is moving forward with con...
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posted on September 21, 2011 22:05
LBA Hospitality broke ground this week on Nassau Bay’s newest hotel, the Courtyard by Marriot at Nassau Bay Town Square.
The hotel, which is situated...
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posted on September 21, 2011 22:03
The Harris County 1910 Courthouse in downtown Houston reopened Aug. 23 after a $65 million restoration and renovation that began in March 2009.
Locat...
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posted on September 21, 2011 22:01
San Antonio City Council approved a multimillion-dollar economic development project that would keep HVHC Inc., the company behind several optical ret...
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posted on September 21, 2011 22:00
South Park Mall, one of San Antonio’s oldest regional malls, is sporting a new tenant, and a new look for a couple of existing tenants.
New to South ...
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posted on September 21, 2011 21:58 
Alonti Catering is planning on opening its doors in San Antonio in September that will serve up a full selection of sandwich platters, fruit trays, br...
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posted on September 21, 2011 21:56 
Santikos Theatres has acquired 20 acres in Richmond to develop its second movie-theater complex in the Houston area.
The San Antonio-based movie-hous...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:25 
Scentsy Inc. announced Tuesday it will open a new 150,000-square-foot distribution facility in Coppell to serve the south central United States and it...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:23
Legacy Place I & II — a two-building, 299,005-square-foot complex — was bought for an undisclosed sum by Dallas-based L&B Realty Advisors...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:22
The Dallas area commercial real estate market has brought Seven Hills Commercial — a boutique office tenant finish-out construction group — to D...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:20 
Plano-based Cinemark Holdings will put a 14-screen, all-digital movie theater at Alliance Town Center in North Fort Worth.
The F...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:15
A site plan filed at Austin City Hall contains new details about the planned redevelopment of Lamar Plaza, which is home to iconic businesses such as ...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:13
Mutual Mobile, which has helped some of the biggest names in business get a piece of the mobile app craze, announced its move to a new headquarters in...
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posted on September 09, 2011 22:09 
Corrugated packaging maker Temple-Inland Inc. has agreed to be bought byInternational Paper Co. for...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:41 
Peloton Capital Partners, in partnership with an Austin-based real estate private equity firm, has bought a five-building, 347,258-square-foot office ...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:39 
Liberty Property Trust has begun construction on two speculative industrial buildings in Liberty Northwest Business Center, the...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:37 
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema LLC’s newest theater — at Parkside Village near the corner of Slaughter Lane and Mopac Expressway in South Austin — is set to ...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:36
San Marcos-based K-W Construction Inc. is being awarded a $7.6 million task order for phase two of a facilities recapitalization project at Naval Air ...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:34
Brennan Investment Group LLC has bought a 137,635-square-foot distribution and flex space portfolio in Austin from Unum Group.
The purchase was made ...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:32
Texas is seeing the good and the bad of the construction industry — being singled as both the big winner and the big loser in the latest analysis by A...
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posted on September 03, 2011 00:29
In an effort to get on firmer financial footing, Austin Lyric Opera is selling its property on Barton Springs Road.
“After a rigorous analysis in pas...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:43
Sundt Construction Inc. has opened a satellite office in El Paso to support work underway at Fort Bliss. The office will function as an ext...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:42
Construction will begin next month on the a five-story, mixed use building on Preston Road south of Northwest Highway, The Plaza at Preston Center ann...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:41
The Plaza at Preston Center announced it will begin construction next month on its five-story, mixed-use building on Preston Road south of Northwest H...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:39
CB Richard Ellis announced Wednesday it was awarded the leasing assignment for Galleria North Tower II, a 306,227-square-foot Class A offic...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:38
An affiliate of Dallas-based Realty Capital has sold an 8,006-square-foot office building at Gateway Plaza at the northwest corner of Denton...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:36
The Denton City Council unanimously approved an economic development grant last night to redevelop Golden Triangle Mall.
The MGHerring Group and Cenc...
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posted on August 19, 2011 21:30
Benchmark Title LLC, an affiliate ofBenchmark Bank , signed a long-term lease for 8,800 square feet of office space at 2000 McKinney Ave. i...
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:51
Economic development professionals gave updates on activity in their prospective areas at the local CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) luncheon this ...
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:47
Frost Bank has opened its first two-story financial center in Houston in Rice Village.
The 9,900-square-foot center is also the first Houston lo...
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:42
Austin-based Forestar Group Inc. said it completed the sale of about 50,000 acres of Georgia and Alabama timberland to Plum Creek Timber Company ...
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:41
The Austin Community College District closed on the purchase of the final tract of land at Highland Mall on Thursday. The college bought the former J....
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:40 
Capital One Financial Corp. has signed a lease in the historic Littlefield Building on Sixth Street and Congress Avenue for a downtown bank and o...
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:38
Recycling company Balcones Resources Inc. broke ground today on its new $20 million plant in Northeast Austin.
The facility at 9301 Johnny Morris Roa...
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posted on August 12, 2011 14:37
Austin’s industrial market closed the second quarter with a 13.5 percent vacancy rate, according to a new report by Grubb & Ellis Co. Th...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:34 
Furniture Marketing Group will move its 17,000-square-foot corporate headquarters from 6200 Tennyson Parkway to the International Business Park a...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:33 
Optimal Blue — a mortgage industry technology firm — recently signed a long-term lease that will double its corporate headquarters in Plano.
The firm...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:31 
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek and Rosewood Crescent Hotel were sold in a $570 million deal, according to reports.
Maritz, Wolff & Co. and...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:29 
A large highway construction firm is moving up the road from Houston to The Woodlands.
Webber LLC signed a lease for 19,000 square feet in a building...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:28
The Avia boutique hotel in The Woodlands will change its name after a planned acquisition.
The 70-room hotel in Market Street The Woodlands is part o...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:26 
Wal-Mart Corp. acquired the 4 million-square-foot distribution complex it operates in Baytown from the State of Texas Permanent School Fund for $...
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posted on August 05, 2011 23:23 
Could the vacant $108.4 million Bayport Cruise Terminal become Houston’s next Astrodome?
That’s the question I posed to Harris County Judge Ed E...
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:15 
The Howard Hughes Corp. — owner of the Bridgeland master-planned community — has agreed to buy out the remaining interest it did not already own ...
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:13
Chevron Corp. is expected to seal the deal today for an office tower in downtown Houston from Brookfield Office Properties, the Houston Chronicle repo...
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:11
Marcus & Millichap has the exclusive listing on the 61,876-square-foot, three-story House of Blues building at 2200 North Lamar St....
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:10 
Sztamenits Family Trust has purchased a 71,800-square-foot building at 1801 S. Beach Street in Fort Worth for an undisclosed price.
The 7.25 acre pro...
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:08 
The area between the Galleria Dallas and Valley View Center has been watched closely in the past few years, primarily because of Valley View Center wh...
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:07 
A Houston-based chain of Hispanic supermarkets has bought a former Luby's Cafeteria building in south Arlington, the Fort Worth Star-Te...
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posted on July 25, 2011 22:01 
A Canadian real estate investor has purchased Arlington's Lincoln Square at Interstate 30 and North Collins Boulevard for $70.7 million.
The 444,500-...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:17 
While the local hospitality industry has taken its share of hits during the economic downturn, at least one firm is banking on the Alamo City to be a ...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:16 
The Tanger Outlet Center in San Marcos is gaining a new Kirkland’s, Aerie and Hurley stores this year.
Kirkland’s Outlet will open a 10,000-squar...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:13 
USAA Real Estate Co. has sold 5th Street Crossing, a mixed-use, transit-oriented apartment and retail development in Garland’s Old Town Station, ...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:12 
The Austin commercial real estate market continued to tighten in the second quarter this year as vacancies decreased and rates moved up.
Oxford C...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:11 
The Texas Department of Public Safety leased another 11,025 square feet of administrative office space at 1033 La Posada Drive in North Austin.
That ...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:09 
Austin was chosen as one of 10 "up and coming" commercial real estate markets by American Law Media’s Real Estate Forum magazine.
The public...
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posted on July 17, 2011 14:06 
Two developers planning 1,000-plus-room hotels in downtown Austin released design renderings over the weekend.
Web publication CultureMap Houston...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:33 
A 211-acre mixed-use development at Westmoreland Road and Interstate 30 in Oak Cliff was given approval by the Dallas City Council for the last phase ...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:31
A group of urological surgeons — Urology Associates of North Texas — has signed a lease for 10,338 square feet of space at USMD Medical Office Buildin...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:30 
Baker Katz LLC has acquired the Four Corners Shopping Center in Tomball from LNR Property LLC for an undisclosed sum.
Houston-based Baker Ka...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:28 
NASA has selected two Houston firms among five companies chosen for contract awards under a $400 million solicitation to perform large general constru...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:27 
Redstone Cos. on Monday confirmed plans to develop a hotel and additional office space or residences in the Galleria area.
Company officials unve...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:25 
ING Clarion , on behalf of New York Common Fund, will acquire a 50-percent stake in Houston's Wells Fargo Plaza for $255 million.
MetLife...
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posted on July 07, 2011 22:24 
Mazak Corp. will open its new Houston Southwest Technology Center and regional headquarters on June 14.
The 30,000-square-foot facility is i...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:21 
Plans to build Austin's largest downtown hotel are apparently back on the table, according to reports on Friday.
White Lodging Corp. said last ye...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:20 
Emerson Process Management will soon move 750 employs from Austin to Frontera Vista at La Frontera in Round Rock.
The company purchased the ...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:18 
Mission Trail Baptist Hospital is set to open on June 27 and will be part of a larger medical campus, located at Brooks City-Base.
One of the anc...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:17 
ARK I Ltd. has acquired two public parking lots in downtown San Antonio from American General Insurance Co. for an undisclosed price.
ARK is a Te...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:15 
San Antonio developer James De La Garza is conducting a feasibility study of the Leong Merchants’ Association Building in downtown Houston t...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:14 
A&B Properties Inc. , a subsidiary of Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin , has sold the Arbor Park Shopping Center for $22.5 mi...
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posted on June 25, 2011 23:11
Four San Antonio area hotel loans are up for bid as part of an online auction of commercial loans by Auction.com.
The Irvine, Calif.-based compan...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:27
Exxon Mobil Corp. confirmed Tuesday it will construct a large office campus near The Woodlands for employees currently working across the Houston...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:26 
The Katy-based subsidiary of a U.K. offshore energy services company is set for an expansion.
Safekick, which provides Web-based solutions and ha...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:24 
Elyse Lanier, Port of Houston Authority commissioner, thinks the vacant Bayport Cruise Terminal should be redeveloped.
The wife of form...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:22 
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Schools began construction on its $21 million Dell Fine Arts Center.
The private school — Austin's second largest with 831...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:21 
Austin-based American Campus Communities Inc. broke ground this week on four student housing projects with a total 3,249 beds, costing a com...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:19
YMCA of Austin this week began a $5.3 million makeover and expansion of its Town Lake location.
The TownLake YMCA downtown, which overlooks ...
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posted on June 17, 2011 00:17 
The Austin Community College District signed a deal for the remaining 17.3 acres of land and buildings at Highland Mallfor about $15.9 million — ...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:16 
A single-story, 73,349-square-foot industrial-flex building and 3.9 acre site in the Love Field sub-market has sold to Shreveport, La.-based Roun...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:14 
Dallas-based Anthony Properties announced Friday it acquired 800 acres of foreclosed land 30 miles east of downtown Dallas for an undisclose...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:12 
The 224-room, full-service Hilton Dallas/Park Cities hotel has sold to Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership Inc. for an undisclosed amount of money.
The ...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:11 
Austin will see a million square feet of new retail space by the end of 2011 — representing the largest percent increase in the U.S. — according to a ...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:09 
Trisun Healthcare and its partner Prevarian Senior Living LP are breaking ground on a new assisted living and memory care center on June 2 in Rou...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:08 
Los Angeles-based Thomas Properties Group was hired to manage the downtown Austin Centre — a 16-story, Class A office building at 701 Brazos...
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posted on June 13, 2011 01:05 
LifeWorks has decided not to rezone its East Austin property until it finds a buyer.
The nonprofit, which helps youth and their families transiti...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:39 
CyrusOne has broken ground on a 92,000-square-foot data center being built adjacent to its Houston West Data Center.
The Houston-based enter...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:38 
The Houston Dynamo are making progress on their new downtown stadium and are allowing fans to view the construction live on a Web cam.
...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:36
Another high-profile Class A office tower in downtown Houston is up for sale.
Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected to market 1301 Fannin, a ...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:34 
Griffin Partners Inc. has entered into a joint venture with iCORE Global to form iCORE Houston, a commercial real estate firm with international ...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:33 
Hanover Real Estate Partners has approved new leases at the company’s Colonial Center property in Northwest San Antonio.
Trinity Title of Te...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:32 
Alamo Colleges selected the NRP Group LLC and Balfour Beatty Capital to build a new $30 million mixed-use development in San Antonio.
The de...
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posted on June 04, 2011 01:28 
San Antonio International Airport officials say the facility’s original terminal (Terminal 2) is slated to be completely demolished on Friday, May 27....
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:34
Austin Portable Storage LLC, or PODS, leased 46,034 square feet at 2251 Piccadilly Drive in the Northpointe Trade Center.
Dallas-based KDC Real E...
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:32 
Hospital Housekeeping Systems has bought American Youthworks’ downtown property, a half city block in the heart of the Central Business District.
...
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:30 
Harwood Center could see a face-lift after a recently completed debt restructure brought about $6 million in funds for capital improvements and about ...
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:29 
Drury Inn & Suites in Irving was purchased by Savoy Hospitality LLC, which plans to convert the property to a Fairfield Inn & S...
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:28 
A Connecticut-based hotel ownership firm has acquired the foreclosed Sheraton Dallas North hotel for an undisclosed amount of money.
Th...
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:27 
Verizon is moving more than 800 employees out of a six-story, 253,500-square-foot building at 919 Hidden Ridge Drive in Irving. The move already has s...
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posted on May 27, 2011 00:24 
The Frisco City Council approved an agreement for a public-private partnership on a 320-acre mixed-use development on the northern edge of the city, a...
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posted on May 20, 2011 13:28
PBK has developed a master plan for the Houston Humane Society that includes a new animal hospital.
A site plan for the 4.5-acre project was...
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posted on May 20, 2011 13:22 
Quirky California grocery store chain Trader Joe's is looking at potential sites in Houston and Dallas for its first expansion into Texas.
...
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posted on May 20, 2011 13:17 
Houston’s Wells Fargo Plaza and Lakewood Church are entered in the 2011 National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings, a competitio...
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posted on May 20, 2011 13:12 
San Antonio’s Solid Waste Management Department broke ground Tuesday on a new brush recycling facility on the city’s South Side.
The new facility — t...
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posted on May 20, 2011 13:10
Books-A-Million is opening up a new store location at Mall del Norte in Laredo, ending the border city’s dubious distinction of being the largest...
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posted on May 20, 2011 13:08 
The Sundt Foundation named Abigail Shaver, the office manager for Sundt Construction’s San Antonio office, to be its next president for the comin...
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posted on May 20, 2011 12:58
Are retailers losing their mojo when it comes to shopping center owners?
A recent report by a leading retail organization would suggest that the ...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:58 
The city formed a previously-announced public-private partnership to help devise a master plan for its massive Waller Creek Tunnel Project.
The W...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:56 
The newly-opened W Austin Hotel and Residences is getting a little hipper. Mega apparel peddler Urban Outfitters signed a deal for...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:54 
The University Park tower on the former Concordia campus was sold, brokers announced on Wednesday.
San Francisco-based Spear Street Capital&...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:53
Five tenants recently have signed leases at The Cascades at The Colony, a 100-acre mixed use community near State Highway 121, for more than 34,000 sq...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:51
C&R Trailer Repair Inc. has expanded its business and moved to 1000 Singleton Blvd. in Dallas, where the company recently signed a lease on six-ac...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:49
Grocer Traders Joe's — which recently announced that it's scouting locations in Dallas — could be looking to move in the former Borders Book...
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posted on May 13, 2011 01:48 
Work for the Crow Asian Sculpture Garden, an outdoor gallery surrounding the Trammell Crow Center in the Arts District, is scheduled to begi...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:44 
Newfield Exploration Co. is moving its corporate headquarters to The Woodlands.
Houston-based Newfield (NYSE: NFX) has leased 90,000 square ...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:41 
Houston-based Redstone Cos. has provided more details on the Galleria area office tower it is developing in a joint venture with Stream Realty Pa...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:39 
World Class Capital Group LLC has bought two shopping centers in San Antonio, officials announced this week.
The Austin-based private equity firm sew...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:38 
Boeing’s Global Services & Support business unit in San Antonio has been selected to receive five 747-8 Freighters used in the airplane manufactur...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:36 
Pronto Insurance Agency opened an automobile and homeowners insurance claims center in North San Antonio that employs 50 people.
Pronto leased 5,...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:35 
Red Ventures, a direct marketing and sales company, is expanding to San Antonio with plans to hire as many as 360 people locally.
The company has...
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posted on May 06, 2011 00:31
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), a retail organization hailing from the Big Apple, is exploring ways to better target t...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:53
Los Angeles-based Karlin Real Estate LLC purchased a 301,000-square-foot office and manufacturing building from a Dell Inc. subsidiary at th...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:51 
Developers are moving forward with plans for two new mixed-use towers and a parking garage downtown.
T. Stacy & Associates and Walt...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:50 
The Shaw Group (NYSE: SHAW) will relocate its Irving office, and about 70 employees, to Dallas.
The Dallas engineering and environmental con...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:48 
Irvine, Calif.-based The Bascom Group LLC has acquired The Davis Building, a 20-story, Class AAA luxury Dallas high-rise.
The property ...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:47
A kidney dialysis center has leased 7,629 square feet of retail space in a former Blockbuster in Irving.
Libir LLC, the dialysis center, will set...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:45
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) plans to expand its Fort Worth operations with the help of $1.2 million in Texas Enterprise Fund incen...
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posted on April 29, 2011 01:41 
The Moody Foundation has donated $20 million toward the expansion and renovation of Moody Coliseum on the Southern Methodist University camp...
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posted on April 22, 2011 01:09 
BBVA Compass bank will be the anchor tenant in a 380,000-square-foot office building under development in the Galleria area by Redstone Cos. and ...
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posted on April 22, 2011 01:07
Houston had the strongest performing office market in the south during the first quarter, according to a report by real estate services company Cassid...
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posted on April 22, 2011 01:05 
BOLIVAR PENINSULA — Two and a half years ago, the beach front along Avenue J in Crystal Beach featured a row of houses with a Gulf view and 200 feet o...
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posted on April 22, 2011 01:03
The San Antonio Fire Department broke ground Friday on a new 13,000-square-foot station to replace an older, smaller facility on Hillcrest Street.
...
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posted on April 22, 2011 01:02
A warmer winter helped to thaw the long-frozen construction sectors of many cities around the country.
San Antonio, however, remains left out in ...
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posted on April 22, 2011 01:00
Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI), the local firm behind several ground-breaking products for the health care industry celebrated another kind of groun...
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posted on April 22, 2011 00:58
San Antonio-based Kinetic Concepts Inc. has announced plans for a new office building on the city’s Northwest Side.
The three-story, 10...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:46 
Thousands more acres are now available for commercial and housing development thanks to a Austin City Council decision to create two new Municipal Uti...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:44
Austin-based surgical products developer ArthroCare Corp. has leased 136,075 square feet in South Austin, according to a regulatory fil...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:42
Pet Relocation LLC is expanding to a 9,500-square-foot office building it purchased downtown.
The company, which provides door-to-door pet transp...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:40
Construction has started on a $9.1 million expansion and renovation of the Women's Pavilion at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center.
The initiative inc...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:39
Fort Worth Community Credit Union announced Tuesday it purchased a 4,000-square-foot bank building sitting on .95 acres of land in North Richland Hill...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:37
A Love Field area, two-building office complex sold to Commercial Developments International Inc. for an undisclosed amount of money.
Bluffview T...
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posted on April 15, 2011 01:36
The Retail Connection, Lincoln Property Company Commercial Inc. and the Fidelity Real Estate Group announced Friday they acquired ...
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posted on April 07, 2011 21:09
A plan to play up the profile of the South Texas Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has led to a weekly e-campaign about t...
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posted on April 07, 2011 21:06
Hubbell & Hudson Market & Bistro is rumored to be the grocery store that Midway Cos. wants to add to CityCentre.
A couple of real estate ...
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posted on April 07, 2011 21:04
A vacant Austin office building that was placed in foreclosure in 2009 has been bought by a Houston-based company.
Crimson Real Estate Fund LP an...
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posted on April 07, 2011 21:03 
Mac Haik has added yet another piece of Interstate 10 real estate to his portfolio.
Two weeks ago he bought nearly 4 acres at 11750 Katy Freeway...
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posted on April 07, 2011 21:01
West Ave, the mixed-use center at the intersection of Kirby Drive and Westheimer Road, continues to attract high-profile retailers.
The Houston marke...
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posted on April 07, 2011 20:59 
Willbros Group Inc. has doubled its amount of office space in Five Post Oak Park in preparation for a consolidation of four Houston locations.
...
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posted on April 07, 2011 20:52
Some real estate watchers may have been surprised to see a report this week that Hines was planning a new downtown skyscraper — an...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:23
The Small Business Administration will allow more businesses to refinance their commercial real mortgages through its 504 loan program.
...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:21
A high-profile, vacant Austin office building that was foreclosed upon in 2009 has been bought by a Houston-based company.
Crimson Real Estate Fu...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:20
Developers filed a site plan for Hotel Van Zandt in the Rainey Street area, initially planned in 2008, but stalled.
According to the developer...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:19
A Dallas-based investment fund purchased a majority stake in the Austin Hilton Garden Inn as part of mega portfolio takeover.
Ashford H...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:17
Wal-Mart is reportedly moving on its promise to invest $200 million in more than a dozen projects and new stores.
The big box retailer ...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:15
Carrollton-based Now Specialties Inc., an exterior wall-system designer, fabricator and installer, has expanded its current lease of its corporat...
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posted on March 31, 2011 22:12
A boutique in the new Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in East Dallas offers wigs, scarves and fashion advice to patents trying to keep a posit...
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posted on March 25, 2011 00:18
When it comes to the construction industry, San Antonio may not be hemorrhaging jobs, but it is bleeding.
At the end of January 2011, the local c...
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posted on March 25, 2011 00:15 
The 2011 forecast for San Antonio’s retail sector, according to real estate brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap: a rise in employment, a rise i...
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posted on March 25, 2011 00:13
The new Flower Mound distribution, sales and operations center for Mohawk Industries Inc. (NYSE: MHK) is now open and operational for busine...
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posted on March 25, 2011 00:12
Spire Realty Group Inc.'s Dallas office, through Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP, has secured $44 million to finance Two City Place in Fort Worth.
T...
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posted on March 25, 2011 00:11
DeSoto plans to build a new heliport for private and commercial use.
The DeSoto Economic Development Corp. bought 18.7 acres of raw land for the ...
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posted on March 25, 2011 00:09
Northpark Central, a 491,803-square-foot, 20-story building, was recently acquired by Cornerstone Advisers for an undisclosed amount of money.
So...
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posted on March 24, 2011 23:46
John Amend is ready to strike it rich with a new concept of entertainment: luxury bowling.
Amend, president and CEO of The Amend Group,...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:27 
Research Hotel Partners LP will build the Houston-area’s third Hyatt Place on a 4.3-acre site in The Woodlands.
The Woodlands Hyatt Place will be...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:24 
This is the first time since September 2007 that KBS has acquired a Houston asset. The public, non-traded real estate investment trust now owns 10 pro...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:23 
Round Rock Honda and Round Rock Toyota's operator has leased a 71,150-square-foot property for an auto shop, according to a release on Wednesday.
...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:20 
The Austin Museum of Art has decided not to renew its downtown lease, and will focus instead on strategic planning and its Laguna Gloria property...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:19 
Texas State University picked Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. as construction manager for an $8.1 million office project.
...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:17 
A Sterling Construction Co. Inc. joint venture was awarded a $207.3 million contract to design and build a portion of the planned 6.2-mile Manor ...
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posted on March 18, 2011 01:13 
The 10,000-square-foot Cedar Park Surgery Center opened it doors on Feb. 22.
The out-patient surgery center, in the Cypress Creek Medical Plaza j...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:13 
Even as many of the country’s construction markets continue to see more losses than gains, the Lone Star State is still holding its own, according to ...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:10 
Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. has purchased Plaza San Antonio Marriott as part of a nationwide purchase from Highland Hospitality.
Dallas-...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:09 
Texas Capital Bank has added more than 13,000 square feet of space to a location at 2350 Lakeside in Richardson, giving it more than 90,000 squar...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:07 
Keystone Automotive Industries, a supplier in aftermarket, recycled and refurbished automotive parts, has signed a 168,000-square-foot lease in Grand ...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:05 
Internap Network Services Corp. (Nasdaq: INAP), a leading provider of IT infrastructure services, announced it plans to open a data center in the Dall...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:03 
Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway announced Wednesday afternoon that the historic Statler Hilton Hotel will be redeveloped.
The news confirmed...
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posted on March 11, 2011 01:00
Fleetwood Homes Inc. is a step closer to acquiring the assets of Dallas-based Palm Harbor Homes Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:27
A joint venture has acquired 332,845 square feet in The Shops at Tech Ridge, north of Parmer Lane fronting I-35 in Austin.
Miami-based Global Fu...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:25
South Side shopping center South Park Mall is helping patrons to wax nostalgic with its latest tenant: Things Remembered.
The Highland Heights, Ohio-...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:23
Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer HOLT CAT has opened a new 22,000 square foot training and support center on San Antonio’s East Side ...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:22 
Bob Simpson, a founder and former chairman of XTO Energy in Fort Worth, is under contract to purchase the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's 18...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:20 
Medical Properties Trust Inc. has acquired the 60-bed Atrium Medical Center at Corinth for $23.5 million.
Atrium, near Denton, is a long-term ac...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:19 
AllianceTexas has made a $38.5 billion cumulative economic impact on the City of Fort Worth and Tarrant and Denton counties since 1990, including a $2...
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posted on March 04, 2011 01:13 
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. announced Tuesday it will buy the majority of Netherlands-based bank ING’s real estate investment management bus...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:38 
The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art broke ground Thursday on Smither Park, a new creative greenspace.
The park is next to the Orange Show Mo...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:37 
Houston Tomorrow has reported that Grand Parkway President Billy Burge confirmed Exxon Mobil Corp.’s new campus on Interstate 45 n...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:35 
Urban Television Network, a recently opened Houston station, has leased 12,411 square feet of office and warehouse space in Antoine Crossing from ...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:34 
Austin Community College District named Skanska USA Building Inc. the construction manager-at-risk for its proposed Elgin campus.
...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:32 
Austin and Houston developer Partners in Building LP has purchased a 121-acre property for a new residential project near Lakeway.
The ...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:31 
The Austin medical office market saw a flurry of activity late last year, with vacancy rates falling 12 percent year-over-year, according to a new rep...
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posted on February 25, 2011 00:29 
The revised 2011 estimate to build the Waller Creek tunnel is $144 million, according to Austin officials speaking at the Travis County Commissioners ...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:58 
A Dallas real estate investment group called State Of Texas Real Estate Fund LP plans to raise $150 million to acquire distressed commercial property ...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:56 
A portion of a University Health System parking structure under construction in the South Texas Medical Center has collapsed.
Zachry Vaughn Layto...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:54
Noah’s Ark Development has completed construction on the company’s new Noah’s Ark RV and Self Storage facility in Converse.
The Noah’s Ark facili...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:49 
Campus Advantage has added nearly 2,200 beds to its portfolio, the company announced Wednesday.
The Austin-based student housing management ...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:49 
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. announced Tuesday it will buy the majority of Netherlands-based bank ING’s real estate investment management bus...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:47
The developer behind Austin's Four Seasons Residences is building a $41.7 million apartment complex on South Lamar Boulevard.
Atlanta-b...
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posted on February 18, 2011 01:44 
Austin and Houston developer Partners in Building LP has purchased a 121-acre property for a new residential project near Lakeway.
The ...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:32 
Just Fitness 4 U, an Atlanta-based national chain, is aggressively expanding in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with four new locations totaling more than...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:30
Orix Capital Markets LLC of Dallas has sold a 13-building office complex in Scottsdale, Ariz., for $6.9 million. Orix obtained the property in Ap...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:28
MedSynergies Inc. has moved its headquarters within Irving, tripling its office space and allowing for continued company growth.
More than 240 Me...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:25 
Industrial investment sales in the Dallas-Fort Worth area ranked first nationwide for 2010, according to statistics released today by the Dallas offic...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:24 
Timeshare operator Silverleaf Resorts Inc. has agreed to a buyout by Cerberus Capital Management, a hedge fund and private equity firm.
The ...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:21
Bubba Harkins of Crescent Real Estate Equities LLC has been named Landlord Representative of the Year by the Houston Office Leasing Bro...
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posted on February 10, 2011 20:15 
Greystar Development Group LP plans to break ground in March on a new multi-family complex in The Woodlands.
The project will include 300 apartme...
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tmerrick posted on February 03, 2011 21:22 
Hyundai Capital America will be expanding its operations and adding employees with a move to 45,000 square feet at Billingsley Company’s Internat...
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posted on February 03, 2011 21:20
The head of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce says developers have several good leads and potential investors for a planned...
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posted on February 03, 2011 21:19 
One Arts Plaza, the 24-story skyscraper that broke an 18-year construction drought in downtown Dallas, is up for sale.
Developer Lucy Billin...
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posted on February 03, 2011 21:17 
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital — Westover Hills will open the doors on Medical Plaza II on Feb. 1, its new 70,000-square-foot medical office building.
...
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posted on February 03, 2011 21:14 
Skanska USA has been awarded a $34 million contract to build the Arts and Humanities Building at Texas A&M University in College St...
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posted on February 03, 2011 21:13 
Local firms C.H. Guenther & Son Inc. and R.L. Worth & Associates on Jan. 19 will officially kick off work on a multimillio...
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posted on February 03, 2011 21:07 
The San Antonio office of Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. has completed construction of a new Judson Independent School District el...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:37
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HOT) plans to open more than 20 hotels this year, including at least one in Austin.
The Whit...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:35 
Dallas-based Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP is opening a multi-housing, investment-targeted office in Austin.
Executive Managing Director ...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:31 
Just months after a record low, Austin’s industrial market showed strong signs of recovery in the second half of 2010 — part of a larger trend seen in...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:29 
Austin City Council members agreed Thursday to rezone a property across from the Palmer Events Center slated for a controversial office tower.
The 60...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:27
Skanska USA has been awarded a $34 million contract to build the Arts and Humanities Building at Texas A&M University in College St...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:24 
Register Tapes Unlimited Inc. has purchased a building at 1445 Langham Creek in Katy that will serve as the company’s headquarters.
The new 41,3...
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posted on January 27, 2011 23:16 
The number of Harris County properties that fell into foreclosure in January was significantly less than in December.
A total of 837 properties went ...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:49
Houston-based Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. won a $41.5 million contract to build a new joint military reserve facility near Austi...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:44
Another chunk of prime Galveston beachfront property is going on the auction block Feb. 23.
What was to be the third and fourth phases of the Pal...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:41 
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers confirmed Monday that it wants to bring a shopping center to the southern part of the Houston area.
...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:40 
Dallas-based Capstar Commercial Real Estate Services has merged into St. Louis-based Cassidy Turley, giving the national company a foot...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:38 
North Texas is on the path toward economic recovery, but don't expect a dramatic turnaround in 2011, a top economist said Tuesday at an Economic Outlo...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:36
NAI Huff Partners, Fort Worth's largest commercial real estate firm, has merged its operations into the central region of Houston-based Transwest...
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posted on January 20, 2011 22:33
Dallas-based Arrow Retail, which is affiliated with investment firm Cypress Realty, is expanding its real estate portfolio with the $31.5 million purc...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:56 
Hanover Real Estate Partners helped bring two schools to the San Antonio market in 2010.
Greenwich, Conn.-based Hanover executed a 35,000-square-foot...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:54 
The San Antonio office of Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. is staying busy with a growing slate of federal projects.
Its latest endeavor ...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:52 
Despite a lackluster economy that continues to bring much business to a standstill, 2011 is shaping up to be a good year for San Antonio, according to...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:51 
The office building at 717 Texas in downtown Houston has become the first Texas skyscraper to achieve LEED Platinum certification for existing buildin...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:49 
Solanex Management Inc. has changed its name to Solanbridge Group Inc. and plans to acquire Corbridge Group Inc.
Financial terms of the deal were und...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:48 
A joint venture between Crocker Partners and Five Mile Capital Partners LLC has acquired the Lakes on Post Oak office complex in t...
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posted on January 13, 2011 22:47 
Valve and sealing supplier Pelican Worldwide Inc. is working on new digs in North Houston.
Commercial real estate firm Indermuehle & Co...
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posted on January 07, 2011 00:37 
Austin's largest high-rise office building has grabbed one of the most prominent green building ratings in the U.S., officials announced Tuesday.
...
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posted on January 07, 2011 00:35 
Austin is forecast to have the 10th strongest commercial real estate market nationally for the next four years, according to a new Grubb & El...
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posted on January 07, 2011 00:33 
Whit Hanks’ West End, a shopping center at what many say is Austin’s most traffic-heavy intersection at North Lamar Boulevard and West Fifth Street, h...
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posted on January 07, 2011 00:31 
Hotel developer White Lodging Corp. submitted a preliminary application on Dec. 21 to eventually build a Hyatt Place in downtown Austin near the conve...
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posted on January 07, 2011 00:29 
Hotel Icon has been taken over by a joint venture owned in part by Magic Johnson.
Canyon Johnson Urban Funds of Beverly Hills, Calif., and C...
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posted on January 07, 2011 00:26 
Could League City soon be home to a major outlet mall, along the lines of Katy Mills?
Rumors are rampant that developer Randal Hall, a pri...
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admin posted on January 07, 2011 00:24 
I’ve never seen so much green marble in my life.
I recently took a private tour of the 71,000-square-foot former Stanford Financial Buildin...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:26 
Kansas City Southern Railway Co. has purchased 28.3 acres of land northeast of Spring Creek Parkway and Centennial Drive in Wylie to incorporate ...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:24
Here is a round-up listing of recent deals and announcements in the Austin real estate market since last Wednesday:
Austin-based Grand Star ...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:22
A Travis County plan to buy a downtown parking lot for $21.75 million will close Wednesday, according to published reports.
The Austin-Ameri...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:20 
Virtus Real Estate purchased 20 self-storage properties representing more than 1,000,000 square feet for about $50 million, officials announced Tuesda...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:18
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area lost 300 construction jobs during the month of November, according to an employment report by Ass...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:16
San Antonio businessman and philanthropist Red McCombs donated $1 million to support the development of the Tobin Center for the Performing ...
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posted on December 30, 2010 23:15 
The San Antonio office of Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. has won contracts to build two new Wal-Mart Supercenters in Corpus Christi.
...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:47 
Real estate investment firm AREA Property Partners has acquired Giovanna Apartment Homes in Plano for $54.5 million.
The 730-unit apartment complex w...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:45
The number of foreclosed Dallas-Fort Worth area homes up for auction in January is 6 percent lower than last year, according to Addison-based Foreclos...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:44 
Scott & White Healthcare purchased 98 acres in College Station for a new 143-bed acute care hospital, officials announced Wednesday.
The org...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:42
Real estate investment trust ProLogis (NYSE:PLD) said it has reached an agreement to sell its Catellus name and a portfolio of U.S...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:40 
Hays County has closed a $1.7 million deal for about 50 acres surrounding Wimberley's historic Jacob's Well swimming hole.
The county and Nature Cons...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:38
The organizers behind the proposed Formula One Austin racetrack have submitted designs to the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), accordi...
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posted on December 24, 2010 23:31 
City of Houston construction permit values were down 2.6 percent in November, according to figures compiled by the Greater Houston Partnership’s ...
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tmerrick posted on December 16, 2010 22:28 
Plaza 35, a 194,700-square-foot office building in North Austin, was repossessed by its lender Tuesday after the property went to auction, according t...
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posted on December 16, 2010 22:27 
Hicks Ventures has acquired four office buildings in the Clear Lake area from a special servicer, its first office purchase in the region.
The tw...
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posted on December 16, 2010 22:25 
KBR Inc. has been awarded a construction contract from Erkiletian and Jefferson Apartment Group valued at $33 million.
The Houston-based eng...
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posted on December 16, 2010 22:23
Downtown areas around the country, including Houston, are seeing a surge in office space leasing at the expense of developments in the suburbs, which ...
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posted on December 16, 2010 22:21 
Brookfield Properties Corp. has acquired the downtown Heritage Plaza skyscraper complex for $325 million — the second-highest price ever paid for...
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posted on December 16, 2010 22:20 
FelCor Lodging Trust Inc., a real estate investment firm that owns luxury hotels, has sold the Sheraton Premiere Hotel at Tysons Corner in Vienna, Va....
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posted on December 16, 2010 22:13
Grapevine-based borrower advocate firm 1st Service Solutions has launched a new company called 1st Equi-Debt Solutions, which will offer rescue capita...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:29 
Two high-profile office properties in the Austin area - Travesia Corporate Park and Plaza 35 - have been posted for foreclosure and are scheduled for ...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:27 
Tennessee trucking and logistics firm Intermodal Cartage Co. has purchased a 100-acre container yard in Wilmer, south of Dallas, along ...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:25 
Addison-based real estate investment firm Behringer Harvard has purchased the 272-unit Allegro apartment complex off the Dallas North Tollwa...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:22 
A California-based publication and a publishing company are expanding their office, manufacturing, assembly and distribution operations to Plano, brin...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:20 
Developers in Flower Mound broke ground today on an 84,000-square-foot medical office building in The River Walk at Central Park development.
The...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:17 
San Antonio Housing Authority, Capital One Bank and Carleton Development will unveil a new $36 million apartment community in Downtown San A...
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posted on December 10, 2010 00:13
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning company Champion AC has relocated to new, expanded offices in far West San Antonio that will allow the compa...
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posted on December 03, 2010 22:12 
Austin-based Spur Ranch Inc. (OTCBB: SPRA) has signed a deal to buy a 15-acre property in Spicewood that it plans to make into a polo school, film sit...
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posted on December 03, 2010 22:10 
Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) has followed through with rumors it was buying the 388,000-square-foot Guaranty Bank headquarters building o...
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posted on December 03, 2010 22:09 
Family Eldercare, a nonprofit serving older adults, those with disabilities and their caregivers, has a new executive director and will be moving into...
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posted on December 03, 2010 22:06
Whole Foods Market Inc. is prepping for a new round of national expansion beyond the three new stores planned here in Austin and anothe...
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posted on December 03, 2010 22:04
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area lost 400 jobs in October, compared to the 12-month period a year ago, according to figures released Th...
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posted on December 03, 2010 22:02 
Contractors for the City of San Antonio broke ground Monday on a 40,000-square-foot fire, police and emergency dispatch center at Brooks City-Base.
O...
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posted on December 03, 2010 21:58
North Central San Antonio office building Union Square II has gained a cool new tenant: Friedrich Air Conditioning.
The locally based manufactur...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:13 
Hotel Sorella CityCentre has been named one of the 15 best new business hotels in the U.S. by Fortune magazine.
The hotel, which opened in August...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:12 
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is backing up the notion that everything’s bigger in Texas.
The company has opened a new Hyatt Place in Sugar Land, th...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:08
Weingarten Realty Investors has restructured its company to include a Southeast region.
The new region is the Houston-based commercial real ...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:07 
Westlake Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery will soon unveil its new 55,000-square-foot headquarters and surgery center on Bee Caves Road.
T...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:04 
The 512-unit former Limestone Ranch was re-opened Wednesday as the Orchard Apartment Homes.
The 26-acre former pecan grove sits near the Del...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:03
Carter Business Center, a 120,728-square foot industrial center in Fort Worth, has hit full occupancy.
The center signed three long-term leases —...
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posted on November 29, 2010 22:01 
The City of Roanoke is breaking ground Friday on Hawaiian Falls Roanoke — Denton County’s first public-private water park.
The park is expected t...
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posted on November 29, 2010 21:59 
Cumulus Media will move four Dallas-Fort Worth radio stations to Victory Park, where the broadcaster has leased 20,248 square feet of office spac...
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posted on November 18, 2010 21:05 
One of downtown's signature skyscrapers is being sold for perhaps a near-record price, a sign of strength in the still-wobbly commercial real estate m...
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posted on November 18, 2010 21:04 
Conroe officials say the approval of a road project that would connect League Line and FM 830 could be a big boost to residential and commercial const...
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posted on November 18, 2010 21:02 
Maryland-based textbook retailer BookHolders is opening a 10,592-square-foot store in the Dobie Mall at the University of Texas.
T...
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posted on November 18, 2010 21:00 
Austin-based JMI Realty participated in a joint venture that acquired the 311-room Aston Kauai Beach at Makaiwa Hotel, according to a press ...
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posted on November 18, 2010 20:59 
San Antonio-based Texas MedClinic is opening a second Austin clinic next month.
The specialty urgent care and occupational medicine pro...
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posted on November 18, 2010 20:57 
The organizers behind Austin's planned Formula One United States track have retained a company for outreach to minority- and women-owned contractors.
...
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posted on November 18, 2010 20:54 
The Crescent Office Towers, a 1.1-million-square-foot three-building complex in Uptown Dallas, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Des...
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posted on November 12, 2010 02:14 
Texas A&M University-San Antonio on Friday topped off the first building of its permanent campus.
The 91,000-square-foot building will h...
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posted on November 12, 2010 02:12 
Chesapeake Energy has inked a lease for 19,652 square feet of office space at the 4350 Lockhill Selma office building in Shavano Park.
The O...
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posted on November 12, 2010 02:10 
The Situs Cos. has opened an office in Atlanta to handle due diligence, loan underwriting, primary and special servicing and asset management.
T...
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posted on November 12, 2010 02:08 
Who wouldn’t want to design buildings?
An architect’s work is arguably the most functional of any art form. This may explain why the shop talk be...
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posted on November 12, 2010 02:05 
The Marble Falls Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans Thursday for a 1,030-acre, mixed-use development at the corner of Highway 71 and U.S. 2...
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posted on November 12, 2010 02:03 
Austin-based Whole Foods Market Inc. (Nasdaq: WFMI) is opening two stores in the United Kingdom, the company said Wednesday.
The natura...
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posted on November 12, 2010 01:59 
Three Austin hotels have been sold as part of a 16-property portfolio purge by Merrillville, Ind.-based White Lodging Services Corp.
The c...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:49 
Two Central Texas projects belonging to real estate companies affiliated with developer St. Croix Capital Corp. have been posted for foreclo...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:47 
A top global racing official has endorsed the Formula One plan in Austin, according to a Tuesday press release.
It is a “very good plan and a ver...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:45 
The organizers behind the planned Austin Formula One race have leased a downtown office, a broker on the deal confirmed Thursday.
Accelerator Hol...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:42 
Three Galleria office buildings have been put on the market, and they're expected to fetch more than $300 million altogether.
Commercial real estate ...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:40 
SunBelt Investment Partners I LP has so far raised $31.1 million for a private equity fund from 16 investors, according to a recent filing w...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:38 
A former department-store marketing executive is lending her expertise to two regional malls in San Antonio.
Indianapolis-based Simon Proper...
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posted on November 04, 2010 20:33 
The Salvation Army has opened a new Mission Corps location on San Antonio’s South Side.
The new location at 3802 S.W. Military Drive will provide num...
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posted on October 28, 2010 21:05 
The first of 316 concrete crossbeams that will form the foundation for the deck park over Woodall Rodgers Freeway will be placed Saturday, and support...
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posted on October 28, 2010 21:02 
The Carlton Exchange is auctioning off $140 million worth of lender-owned properties and loans secured by commercial and residential real estate in th...
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posted on October 28, 2010 21:00 
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the City of Dallas a $2.25 million grant this week to acquire land and plan urb...
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posted on October 28, 2010 20:58 
Hines has landed a major tenant for the speculative skyscraper it is developing downtown.
The Houston real estate company said Monday that it has...
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posted on October 28, 2010 20:55 
Downtown Houston skyscraper MainPlace is set to be certified at the platinum level under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy a...
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posted on October 28, 2010 20:52 
A former department-store marketing executive is lending her expertise to two regional malls in San Antonio.
Indianapolis-based Simon Proper...
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posted on October 28, 2010 20:51 
Garcia Construction opened a small, three-person office in North San Antonio this week with plans to add between five and seven more positions within ...
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posted on October 22, 2010 13:23 
Arlington-based Corporate Office Centers has opened its first Austin center downtown in the One Congress Plaza building.
The company to...
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posted on October 22, 2010 13:22 
South by Southwest festival organizers have bought a 20,828-square-foot downtown office building and parking garage, according to a broker on the deal...
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posted on October 22, 2010 02:24 
The amount of vacant office space in Houston remained steady in the third quarter.
The overall vacancy rate was 16.1 percent for the three-month peri...
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posted on October 22, 2010 02:20 
Coventry Development Corp. unveiled details Tuesday for a proposed 1,800-acre master-planned development south of The Woodlands to be known as Sp...
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posted on October 22, 2010 02:17 
Westin City Center Dallas hotel has been sold to an undisclosed buyer for $50 million, according to seller, LaSalle Hotel Properties.
Accor...
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posted on October 22, 2010 02:16 
San Diego software design firm Solera Holdings, Inc. has chosen Westlake as the site for its new corporate headquarters in Tarrant County.
The S...
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posted on October 22, 2010 02:14 
Texas Health Resources plans to expand two of its campuses, adding 125,000 square feet of medical office space.
Arlington-based THR has hired...
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posted on October 14, 2010 22:59 
Three tenants have signed leases totaling more than 56,000 square feet of space in Duke Bridges III, a 160,263-square-foot office building in Frisco.
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posted on October 14, 2010 22:56 
Independent petroleum refiner and marketer Holly Corp. has leased 36,000-square feet at 2828 N. Harwood St. in Dallas for its corporate head...
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posted on October 14, 2010 22:54 
The amount of vacant industrial real estate in the Houston area is significant, but the absorption rate is much improved from a year ago.
The H...
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posted on October 14, 2010 22:52 
The Edwards Aquifer Authority took the first steps toward the development of a comprehensive water-quality protection program designed to pr...
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posted on October 14, 2010 22:48 
This compares to a $57 million net loss, or 11 cents per share, on revenues of $903 million for the same period a year ago.
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posted on October 07, 2010 22:32 
For building sales, 2010 has been better than the moribund market in 2009, and 2011 promises to be better still...
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posted on October 07, 2010 22:30 
“This purchase will add to Black Forest Ventures’ strategic portfolio of desirable holdings and opens the door for the company to participate in the fast-growing demand of medical office-space,”
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posted on October 07, 2010 22:28 
Readers were asked if they agreed with the council’s decision. The deal includes a $6-million 380 agreement with project developer The Ainbinder Co. for street development on Koehler.
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posted on October 07, 2010 22:25 
Port San Antonio has also been able to attract more than 70 private and public sector employers to its site. These organizations provide jobs for 14,000 area workers in the fields of aerospace, the military, logistics and education.
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posted on October 07, 2010 22:21
AGC officials say that even as the construction employment outlook improves in some areas, construction unemployment still remains nearly twice as high as the general unemployment rate for the nation.
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posted on September 30, 2010 23:44 
Customers are not expected to feel the impact of the reorganization, the company said. All Blockbuster stores, DVD vending kiosks, franchise-operated stores and by-mail and digital businesses are up and operating
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posted on September 30, 2010 23:41 
Though a few employees have already been transferred or are new hires in Dallas, the company will have 75 employees in place by March 2011 and 150 by 2012.
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posted on September 30, 2010 23:39 
The $300-million Stratus Properties Inc. (Nasdaq: STRS) and Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund II LP joint venture will be the latest addition to downtown's growing 2nd Street District.
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posted on September 30, 2010 23:37 
McMahon previously founded Neighborhood Strategies LLC, a specialty capital sourcing and complex financial structuring provider for affordable housing and community development projects.
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posted on September 30, 2010 23:33 
The 178-unit, 56-story luxury high-rise — touted as the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi River — opened in June
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posted on September 24, 2010 13:56 
The relocation "creates a high-profile presence in an iconic property in the heart of downtown," said John F. Crawford, president & CEO of Downtown Dallas Inc.
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posted on September 24, 2010 13:53 
The City of Houston has claimed that the 380 Agreement was a means by which the City could address community concerns regarding the impact of a 24-Hour Wal-Mart Supercenter, but none of those concerns have been addressed with the agreement.
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posted on September 24, 2010 13:52 
The mixed-use CityCentre project is located at the southwest corner of Interstate 10 and Beltway 8 in West Houston. The site include apartments, restaurants, stores, a movie theater, hotel and gym.
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posted on September 24, 2010 13:49 
The 471,000-square-foot Pinnacle Westchase, built in 1999, is on the verge of undergoing extensive renovations. A total of 210,000 square feet on the top four floors are vacant.
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posted on September 24, 2010 13:45 
This is the second Publix-anchored shopping center that USAA Real Estate owns in Georgia. The company acquired Village Shoppes of Flowery Branch in August.
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posted on September 17, 2010 02:32 
The project is part of a joint venture between Rio Tinto – the world’s second largest iron ore producer – and Hancock Prospecting
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posted on September 17, 2010 02:30 
The current zoning allows for a mix of residential, lodging, office and retail development.
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posted on September 17, 2010 02:28 
LandsofAmerica, founded in 2002, claims to operate one of the most heavily-trafficked online land marketplaces, with about 600,000 unique visitors reported last month.
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posted on September 17, 2010 02:26 
Central Parking, which is one of the largest providers of parking facilities in Austin, is based in Nashville, Tenn.
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posted on September 17, 2010 02:24
Currently housed in South Austin’s Penn Field development, Austin Playhouse wants to build a permanent home that includes two theaters, classrooms, public spaces, restaurant/retail space and low-cost artist residences.
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posted on September 10, 2010 01:29 
As part of the agreement, Jacobs will design eight direct connectors and Williams Brothers will construct the southern four direct connectors in the U.S. 281/Loop 1604 interchange.
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posted on September 10, 2010 01:27 
The typical Home2 Suites hotel measures four stories and 56,668 square feet. The properties feature such amenities as a large expanded community space — known as The Oasis — outdoor living spaces and a fitness facility.
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tmerrick posted on September 10, 2010 01:23 
"We've owned the majority of our industrial properties since 1995, and the market right now is in a place where it is advantageous for us to sell into that market based on the high occupancy of our portfolio".
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posted on September 10, 2010 01:21 
The pre-bid gathering Sept. 22 is mandatory for any company interested in vying for work on the Waller Tunnel, except those coming in as subcontractors.
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posted on September 10, 2010 01:17 
“While this market has been very hard hit by the current downturn, we believe this acquisition puts us in a favorable market position."
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posted on September 03, 2010 01:12 
The existing Randalls will be replaced with a larger “lifestyle” format store which showcases service departments such as floral, produce, deli, bakery, meat and seafood and emphasizes perishable products and prepared foods.
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posted on September 03, 2010 01:11 
The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court for the State of Delaware, New Castle County, and charges M-I SWACO with gross negligence in the performance of its duties.
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posted on September 03, 2010 01:08 
Remme’s partner in the ranch company is Brian McCoy, the CEO of McCoy’s Building Supply in San Marcos.
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posted on September 03, 2010 01:07 
Units will be targeted for seniors age 55 or older and who earn 60 percent or less than the area’s median income.
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posted on September 03, 2010 01:03 
Once the purchase closes, the state plans to combine it with its recently acquired Old Baldy tract of land to increase the size of the park.
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posted on August 26, 2010 23:41 
Amazon will open the west Phoenix location in October, creating several hundred jobs.
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posted on August 26, 2010 23:39
“This type of gift to non-profit youth groups helps us to keep our costs low in order to allow as many youth as possible to participate in the sport of soccer".
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posted on August 26, 2010 23:37 
All together, the Tuscany Center houses 72,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space in a "triple freeport zone.
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posted on August 26, 2010 23:33 
“Because of the numerous retailers in the area, there are extremely high traffic counts which make this particular property extremely desirable.”
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posted on August 26, 2010 15:30 
Garan Commercial Properties collaboration with Dynamic Developments
For immediate release
August 4th, 2010—Garan Commercial Properties announc...
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posted on August 19, 2010 18:48 
The wholesale furniture distributor will occupy nearly one-fourth of the 487,000-square-foot building at 14810 North Freeway.
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posted on August 19, 2010 18:39 
The four-person office officially opens today, with more than15 projects already under design.
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posted on August 19, 2010 18:37 
The deal closed fewer than 60 days after the listing came to market.
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posted on August 19, 2010 18:34 
The Austin-based company reported about $1.8 million revenue for the period ended June 30, down from about $3.5 million the same time last year.
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posted on August 13, 2010 00:13 
This office is responsible for managing all of the construction projects outlined under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision.
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posted on August 13, 2010 00:11 
The company said the HomeAway Gulf Coast Response Center is meant to provide timely news and expert advice for property owners wanting to file claims with BP Plc (NYSE: BP).
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posted on August 13, 2010 00:08 
Austin-based Symcox Development built the $50 million mixed-use Soco Lofts and Shops at Soco about four years ago. The project includes more than 300 apartments, 69 lofts and about 21,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space.
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posted on August 13, 2010 00:05 
The project will add 58,000-square-feet to its 76-bed medical center on University Boulevard.
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posted on August 06, 2010 09:00 
"The campus represents not only the partnership’s first acquisition in Austin, but a “tremendous opportunity” to reposition the complex with a new name and significant capital improvements".
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posted on August 06, 2010 09:00 
“Despite the uncertainty surrounding the economy, this property continues to build its market share and reaffirm its status as the premier hotel in Austin".
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posted on August 06, 2010 09:00 
Irving-based FelCor (NYSE: FCH), which owns upscale all-suite hotels, will pay cash for the hotel.
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posted on August 06, 2010 09:00 
The 306,890 square-foot shopping center was built in 2006 and is anchored by Kohl’s and TJ Maxx/HomeGoods.
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posted on August 06, 2010 09:00 
The 88,000-square-foot grocery store is opening in the WestPointe Village Shopping Center, where H-E-B will serve as the anchor tenant.
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posted on July 29, 2010 23:18 
The multifamily communities will be added to Behringer Harvard’s growing portfolio of multi-tenant commercial real estate properties.
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posted on July 29, 2010 23:15 
Contracts for future commercial projects were valued at $306.6 million, down from $626 million a year earlier.
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posted on July 29, 2010 23:14 
The store moved from the 900 block of West 5th Street about a block away.
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posted on July 29, 2010 23:12 
AMS needed more space than its portion of the Burnet Road site as it was growing so it moved to a larger space at the North Tech site.
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posted on July 29, 2010 23:10 
Officials said SmartBear's Austin development office will stay open with the same number of staff, about 50.
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posted on July 23, 2010 01:57 
Once completed, the new building will allow the bank to consolidate 250 employees currently housed at other locations.
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posted on July 23, 2010 01:54
Pflugerville Community Development Corp. Executive Director Charles Simon said the agreement needed to be approved by both his department and the city council, and was rescinded primarily because he wants to draft a new version.
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posted on July 23, 2010 01:52 
Construction will occur in two phases, beginning in October 2010. The first phase will add 131,000 square feet to the campus.
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posted on July 23, 2010 01:50 
"The City of Ennis has made the recruitment of major distribution facilities a top economic development priority and Ennis is fast becoming a major distribution hub".
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posted on July 23, 2010 01:46 
The Spire will be a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood that "not only allows for interaction with the surrounding cultural destinations, but promotes retail and commercial viability."
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posted on July 16, 2010 00:59 
The teachers fund will only be invested in the new entity formed after GGP emerges from Chapter 11, which General Growth expects will occur by October.
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posted on July 16, 2010 00:57 
Paul Quinn College is a historically black college founded in 1872. The school relocated to Dallas 20 years ago.
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posted on July 16, 2010 00:56 
Only a handful of Solera’s top executives are moving. The corporate headquarters relocation does not impact other U.S.-based operations.
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posted on July 16, 2010 00:52 
Nordstrom operates a Rack store in Austin's Gateway Shopping Center as well as a full-price Nordstrom's at Barton Creek Square.
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posted on July 16, 2010 00:51 
The property includes 349 apartment units and 46,159 square feet of retail.
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posted on July 09, 2010 01:15 
Just 345,000 of office space was constructed in the first half of this year, compared to 1.6 million square feet during the first half of 2009.
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posted on July 09, 2010 01:13 
State and federal disaster recovery funds will be used to renovate the 1927 building, with half of the units earmarked for low and moderate income housing.
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posted on July 09, 2010 01:10 
An intermediate plan, at $1.13 billion, would be to “repurpose” the dome, make it a science and technology center and a place for storage.
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posted on July 09, 2010 01:08 
Raleigh, N.C.-based Stock Building Supply bought out the assets of Bison as part of its growth strategy to expand further in the residential construction market.
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posted on July 09, 2010 01:07 
San Antonio ranked as the 106th best construction market out of the 337 markets surveyed, with the No. 1 city actually gaining construction jobs.
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posted on July 02, 2010 00:00 
The timing is perfect for the highly anticipated $200 million condo tower, with the new AT&T Performing Arts Center and growth within the Arts District.
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posted on July 01, 2010 23:57 
The three-story, 200,000-square-foot presidential library is shooting for certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED, guidelines, Wyatt said.
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posted on July 01, 2010 23:54 
The firm relocated its Houston office to the 37th and 38th floors of First City Tower in early June.
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posted on July 01, 2010 23:52 
State and federal disaster recovery funds will be used to renovate the 1927 building, with half of the units earmarked for low and moderate income housing.
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posted on July 01, 2010 23:51 
Reader comments ranged from the Astrodome as Houston heritage to repurposing it for something else.
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posted on June 25, 2010 00:15 
Uptown and downtown Dallas landlords have been trying to lure Winstead for more than a year. Along the way, Harwood took the unusual step of putting a large sign that spelled out “WINSTEAD” across the top of its building.
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posted on June 25, 2010 00:11 
Texas Capital Bank has expanded its builder finance group with the addition of a team from Houston’s Royal Bank of Canada office. They will specialize in providing financing to residential developers and home builders in Texas.
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posted on June 25, 2010 00:09 
FedEx Corp. is establishing a new distribution facility to service its home delivery business in Southeast Houston. More than 250 people are expected to be employed there.
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posted on June 25, 2010 00:07 
Joeris General Contractors has built more than $3 billion worth of construction projects in the San Antonio market over the last 43 years.
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posted on June 25, 2010 00:04 
“We’ve identified Texas as a growth area and are pleased to become part of the San Antonio community,” says Andy Kohlberg, founder and president of Kisco Senior Living.
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posted on June 17, 2010 22:03 
Residents are moving this month into two high-profile condo projects that will shape downtown Austin’s skyline, the Four Seasons Residences Austin and Austonian.
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posted on June 17, 2010 22:01 
The long-planned $200 million condo tower at Pearl Street and Woodall Rodgers Freeway will have more than 100 residences, with price tags starting at $1 million.
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posted on June 17, 2010 21:54 
Miami-based Parmenter Realty Partners has acquired their first of what they believe will be many acquisitions of this nature over the next several years.
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posted on June 17, 2010 21:51 
Grapevine-based commercial flooring services company Corporate Floors Inc. has acquired the assets of Dallas-based ReSource Flooring Group.
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posted on June 17, 2010 21:47 
Developers of Port Crossing Commerce Center have turned over leasing and marketing of the 300-acre project to Colliers International.
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posted on June 11, 2010 00:58 
Jabil Circuit, Inc. has an extended lease for 64,771 square feet, or close to 38 percent of the 169,301-square-foot building.
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posted on June 11, 2010 00:55 
The Sanger Oaks Apartments in Waco, a 327-unit apartment complex , sold for an undisclosed price to Dallas-based CrestMarc Woodstock Properties LLC.
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posted on June 11, 2010 00:53 
Office space occupancy in North Texas fell to its lowest level in six years, hitting 74 percent in the first quarter of 2010.
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posted on June 11, 2010 00:48 
Cooper & Stebbins is adding another residential component to the project. Block 3 will follow the Brownstone residential development on the Square’s east side.
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posted on June 11, 2010 00:43 
American Campus Communities Inc. has started development of a new apartment complex serving the students at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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posted on June 03, 2010 23:01 
BJ’s Restaurants Inc. has opened its new BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse at The Rim shopping center this week. The location at The Rim represents the company’s third restaurant in San Antonio.
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posted on June 03, 2010 22:58 
University Park's building’s lenders, U.S. Bank and Texas Capital Bank, reportedly took back the property for $22 million at the foreclosure auction Tuesday, at a huge loss.
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posted on June 03, 2010 22:55 
Elliott’s Hardware has put its Dallas location at 4901 Maple Ave. up for sale.
The property includes 4.5 acres of land and will be offered in the $7 million price range.
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posted on June 03, 2010 22:52 
San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate Co. has acquired the 21-story Mondrian at CityPlace tower in Dallas. Apartments range from 910 to 2,985 square feet.
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posted on June 03, 2010 22:45 
Lenders have foreclosed on the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Irving. This came several months after lenders first posted the 400-acre property for sale.
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posted on May 27, 2010 23:59
The 13,000-square-foot building, called the Bobby Lyle & Billy Gamble Scout Service Center, will serve as the Boy Scouts of America’s Collin County Headquarters. The center will serve about 10,000 youth.
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posted on May 27, 2010 23:55 
1, 2 & 3 bedroom units in the tower range in size from 825 sf to 2,134 sf. The condos include luxury features such as stainless steel appliances, and hardwood floors.
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posted on May 27, 2010 23:50 
Stream Data Centers’ new facility in San Antonio has been officially designated an energy-efficient building. The company completed its data center facility in December 2009. The center received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Award.
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posted on May 27, 2010 23:46 
CityView, the housing company founded by former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, has been named Real Estate Manager of the Year by Opal Financial Group. The company also invests in infrastructure projects.
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posted on May 27, 2010 23:40 
NuStar is currently located at the Heritage Oaks Office Park in North San Antonio. Project Control is providing the project management services. NuStar plans to begin construction on the corporate campus this summer
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posted on May 20, 2010 23:17 
A new system partner for The Lionstone Group: Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Acquisition targets include office, multifamily, retail and industrial assets.
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posted on May 20, 2010 23:10 
Game developer NCsoft is now calling University Park home. This lease brings good news for the 23 acre project, where approximately 85% of the space is leased.
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posted on May 20, 2010 23:07 
Even in light of the current real estate market, Austin's most probable largest connected office space has interested prospects.
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posted on May 20, 2010 23:02 
Larger quarters are in store for Allied Insulation and Supply, Inc., sharing the location with Petco's distribution center.
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posted on May 20, 2010 22:57 
Although it doesn't compare to the activity of 30 years ago, foreclosures on Dallas commercial properties jumped 58% in the first half of this year.
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posted on May 14, 2010 01:29 
The current concentration of high-tech firms and local talent in Austin has dubbed it the "Silicon Hills".
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posted on May 14, 2010 01:22 
Pursuit of General Growth continues by Simon Property Group, the shopping mall giant.
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posted on May 14, 2010 01:19 
Elm Place in DFW is now being marketed as "ideally suited for residential conversion" and is the 19th largest multi-tenant building in the area.
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posted on May 14, 2010 01:14 
The groundbreaking of the new Texas A&M building is significant due to a high growth in enrollment for the school.
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posted on May 14, 2010 01:06 
A senior living community in NW San Antonio sells to Kisco Senior Living. Texas is a targeted growth area for Kisco.
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posted on May 06, 2010 23:46 
Well known appliance maker, Whirlpool, has been eyeing Dallas for a while, for a distribution hub. They now plan to build a regional distribution center in Wilmer.
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posted on May 06, 2010 23:42 
A Dallas car lot site has attracted much interest from buyers when it went on sale. Goodson Acura has just purchased it and plans a dealership on the former Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge site.
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posted on May 06, 2010 23:39 
IBM has done a survey of office workers about how environmentally friendly their building is. Stuck elevators are one of the top complaints.
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posted on May 06, 2010 23:35 
Houston firm KBR Inc. has won a $45 million contract to renovate schools in Atlanta.
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posted on May 06, 2010 23:22 
Well noted and prestigious office towers Union Square I and II are under new ownership.
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posted on May 06, 2010 23:16 
Today's economy has made buying a foreclosure an attractive proposition. The safest way to buy one is via bank-owned properties.
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posted on April 29, 2010 21:52 
Luxury hotel and resort operator, Benchmark, has outgrown their Buckthorne Place offices and relocated to The Woodlands.
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posted on April 29, 2010 21:49 
Houston industrial space is experiencing a second consecutive quarter of positive net absorption, with Rooms To Go and Sysco being some of the largest deals.
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posted on April 29, 2010 21:46 
Good location and upside potential was responsible for the interest in the Newport, a Dallas 65 unit apartment property.
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posted on April 29, 2010 21:42 
Many foreclosures are happening to single owner occupied buildings who's owners have been more affected by this economy.
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posted on April 29, 2010 21:33 
Simon Property Group's 175 acre mixed-use development, Domain, opened it's doors 4/23/10.
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posted on April 22, 2010 22:04 
New San Antonio military complex to house injured soldiers is being built with completion date of May, 2011.
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posted on April 22, 2010 21:59 
Houston Museum reopens in July in an 11,000 sf space on W. Panther Creek Drive.
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posted on April 22, 2010 21:52 
High Dollar Sales of Houston Office Buildings show there may be more buyers out there now.
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posted on April 22, 2010 21:47 
In the coming months, Dallas investors are expected to use various techniques to decide whether or not to buy office buildings.
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posted on April 22, 2010 21:38 
The Georgetown Walmart hires 60 people in preparation for a mass renovation project.
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posted on April 15, 2010 23:43 
Jacobson Warehouse Company increases it's presence in Houston, due to strategic location benefits.
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posted on April 15, 2010 23:39 
Banks are becoming landlords much more frequently lately due to the wave of foreclosures sweeping the nation.
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posted on April 15, 2010 23:35 
New York State transfer taxes are among the highest in the country, threatening the Commercial Real Estate market in that area.
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posted on April 15, 2010 23:30 
Commercial power users may be asked to retrofit buildings to aid energy efficiency
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posted on April 15, 2010 23:22 
Dallas area hotels have been hit with heavy foreclosures due to overbuilding and the depressed economy.
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posted on April 08, 2010 19:49 
Nationwide Insurance plans to expand it's operations in the San Antonio Area.
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posted on April 08, 2010 19:44 
Commercial vacancy rates in Austin increased again, but experts expect that to change as new construction starts to quiet down.
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posted on April 08, 2010 19:41 
Potential buyers and sellers of Los Angeles-area commercial real estate are still far apart in their perceptions of what prices should be, an investment bank said Monday.
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posted on April 08, 2010 19:34 
While commercial real estate investors in most places are struggling to hold onto their property and many are having to sell at a price lower than they would like, one hedge fund is making a killing off the unstable market.
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posted on April 08, 2010 19:30 
Cities most affected by economic downturns are expected to recover faster. The reason is businesses wishing to save on operating costs.
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posted on April 01, 2010 22:07 
Lakewood Church, led by well known Pastor Joel Osteen, purchases the Compaq Center to assist Houston's budget deficit.
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posted on April 01, 2010 22:02 
Commercial Contracts are down from last year, as reported from from McGraw-Hill Construction.
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posted on April 01, 2010 21:57 
Growth from many sources positions Dallas-Fort Worth to be a world capital in the 21t Century. Many companies looking to expand look to Dallas.
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posted on April 01, 2010 21:52 
Operating businesses in sustainable "green" buildings not only makes sense for the environment, but for the commercial real estate sector as well.
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posted on April 01, 2010 21:39 
Foreclosures in Tarrant County can possibly peak this year, with numbers expected to stay about the same the next couple of years.
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posted on March 23, 2010 23:28 
Bucking the national trend, Texas banks continued to increase their lending levels during 2009 compared with 2008.
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posted on March 23, 2010 23:22 
Dallas-based Hermansen Land Development leases 5,000 feet in upscale Dallas shopping mall.
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posted on March 23, 2010 23:15 
Residential investors and commercial land developers join forces in a new venture.
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posted on March 23, 2010 18:49 
Historical building in Forth Worth is being renovated and will be leased to new commercial tenants.
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posted on March 23, 2010 18:38 
Empty commercial office space across the country prompts a keen interest by property managers to bring the jobless rate back down.
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posted on March 23, 2010 18:33 
People looking to buy into New York City's office market say a market recovery is on the horizon. Some opportunists are mobilizing.
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posted on March 16, 2010 00:11 
Part of Austin's Concordia University campus has been sold. The buyer has not been disclosed yet.
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posted on March 16, 2010 00:07 
Radio Shack's lease on the campus it shares with Tarrant County college has been extended for five years.
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posted on March 16, 2010 00:01 
California counties commercial markets are beginning to stabilize as property owners offer sweet deals.
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posted on March 15, 2010 23:55 
Investors are helping mall owners in North Texas to bolster stability and growth.
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posted on March 09, 2010 14:36 
Fortune 1000 company, Invacare Corp., has doubled the size of it's distribution center.
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posted on March 09, 2010 14:28 
According to the National Association of Realtors, it may take more than another year for the Commercial Real Estate Market to recover.
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posted on March 09, 2010 14:24 
Many commercial real estate investors are renewing long term commitments to downtown business areas.
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posted on March 09, 2010 14:21 
Falling apartment values bring ripe potential deals for business investors.
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posted on March 05, 2010 14:32 
Due to increased active business and tourism in Texas, hoteliers like InterContinental are growing their presence in the area.
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tmerrick posted on March 05, 2010 14:27 
Dallas Forth Worth is increasing in popularity for companies building new facilities, or expanding existing ones.
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posted on March 04, 2010 18:32 
Despite market woes, there has been a resurgence of tenant activity in Austin's Business District.
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GeneG posted on January 18, 2010 15:31 
The rumors of the ExxonMobil move to Spring TX are slowly becoming fact.
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GeneG posted on September 28, 2009 17:31 
The vacancy rate for the Dallas Central Business District is approaching 30%, jumping from 26.5 percent a year ago to its current 29.1 percent.
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GeneG posted on September 23, 2009 16:56 
Those in the retail real estate industry who hoped the second half of 2009 would bring the long-awaited rush of investment sales transactions are likely to be disappointed.
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GeneG posted on September 23, 2009 16:53 
REALTORS® specializing in commercial real estate experienced a slowdown in sales transaction volume in 2008, but also reported an increase in commercial leasing volume, according to the 2009 National Association of REALTORS® Commercial Member Profile.
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GeneG posted on September 14, 2009 16:18 
The FDIC is expected to shortly bring to market a whopping $4.7 billion of mixed quality residential and commercial real estate loans that it assumed from some 20 failed banks.
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GeneG posted on September 14, 2009 16:13 
The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said commercial real estate issues will increasingly drive U.S. bank failures.
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GeneG posted on September 14, 2009 16:08 
Jones Lang LaSalle Study Finds Banks Will Eventually Be Forced to Stop Delaying REO Foreclosures and Begin Taking Back the Keys of Distressed Assets
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GeneG posted on September 14, 2009 16:02 
Problems in Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolios Continue To Drag Down Bank Recovery
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GeneG posted on September 14, 2009 15:56 
Inland, Hines, Thompson National, NRDC and Cole in the Market with New REITs, Stonemason Launches Retail Fund
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GeneG posted on July 29, 2009 17:17 
Continued Weakening in Real Estate Markets Increasing Risk, Cutting Demand
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GeneG posted on July 29, 2009 17:10 
U.S. banks have been charging off soured commercial mortgages at the fastest pace in nearly 20 years, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal.
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GeneG posted on July 29, 2009 17:05 
Profit taking in CIRE continues to slow as avaible bargains are difficult for all but the largest cash players to close and deal with weaking numbers.
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GeneG posted on July 29, 2009 17:02 
Continued economic pressures force office and other sector vacancies higher.
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GeneG posted on June 24, 2009 14:19 
Washington, pleased with quick TARP money repayments, builds concern about the maturing commerical real estate notes.
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GeneG posted on June 24, 2009 14:13 
Several major market trackers sense a continued troubled period ahead for CIRE with an extended recovery period.
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GeneG posted on June 12, 2009 15:42 
With Defaults Mounting, Buyers with Money Line up for Deals; But Lenders Not Willing To Part with Notes at Distressed Price Levels
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GeneG posted on May 07, 2009 09:15 
Major U.S. commercial real estate brokerage houses are reporting first quarter net losses across the board, reflecting the ongoing impact of the current recession and dearth of transaction activity.
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GeneG posted on April 20, 2009 15:36 
Degrading market and credit conditions cause landlords to slowdown new office leases. The local office market experienced the highest quarterly negative net absorption rate in the last five years in first quarter 2009
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GeneG posted on April 01, 2009 17:37 
Crude prices take another drop hich may signal continued months of little to no growth in the local commercial market.
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posted on March 26, 2009 15:40 
Texas legislators meeting in Austin have gained some consensus on a Texas package to assisst small business,
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GeneG posted on March 09, 2009 11:38 
Major electronics store to close around nation.
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