Austin
Developers Present Plans for $170M 5th & Brazos
Magellan Development Group LLC and Ryan Cos. U.S. Inc. unveiled plans for its combo hotel and residential tower in downtown… Read more
Austin Homebuying Activity Shatters July Records
Homebuying activity throughout the Austin metro reached new highs in July 2018. According to metrics by the Austin Board of… Read more
CBRE Acquires Peloton Commercial Operations in San Antonio
CBRE acquired the operations of Peloton Commercial Real Estate in San Antonio, making CBRE the leading provider of commercial property… Read more
City Council to Austin: McKalla Place is a Go for Soccer
The Austin City Council voted at a recent meeting to authorize the negotiation and execution of agreements with Precourt Sports… Read more
New Tenants on Tap at Hill Country Galleria
Six new tenants will be hanging their shingles during fall 2018 at the 1.3-million-square-foot mixed-use Hill Country Galleria in Bee… Read more
RIP CodeNEXT: What’s Next for Austin
Austin’s city council officially put an end to CodeNEXT, the city’s controversial, five-year, $8.5-million project that was to have rewritten… Read more
288-Unit Republic Woodlake Sells to Utah Investor
Triago Holdings LLC acquired Republic Woodlake, a 288-unit, 10-year-old apartment complex on San Antonio’s northwest side. The Utah buyer struck… Read more
Austin: America’s Biggest Boomtown
Huge population and housing growth. Great median wages. Increase in jobs, decrease in unemployment. All of these factors led the… Read more
Banker Tom Frost Dies
Tom Frost, chairman emeritus of Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. and a legendary Texas businessman, has died at the age of 90.… Read more
Good News for Longhorn Fans: $175M Approved for Stadium Upgrade
The University of Texas System Board of Regents gave its approval to a $175 million revamp of the Darrell K… Read more
Austin Ranks Sixth in Housing Units Permitted
Though Austin ranks as the 31st largest metro based on population, Texas’ capital city came in sixth place nationally when… Read more
Austin Business Cycle Index Maintains Long-Term Rate
Solid employment growth, combined with a strong housing market and decent manufacturing activity meant the Austin Business Cycle Index expanded… Read more
Potential TIF on Tap for Kyle
Travis Mitchell, mayor of Kyle, TX, has indicated that the city council will soon receive a proposal to create a… Read more
Office and Retail Leases Executed in Austin
Equitable Commercial Realty and Retail Solutions’ Austin office negotiated the following office and retail leases: IV Bars leased 1,050 square… Read more
Aspen Heights Grows East, Joins Forces with CampusWorks
Locally-based Aspen Heights Partners, a multifamily and student housing development and management company, joined forces with CampusWorks, which is headquartered… Read more
Mayor to City Council: End CodeNEXT
Austin Mayor Steve Adler asked the city council to consider ending CodeNEXT, the project launched in 2013 to rewrite the… Read more
A Matthews Real Estate Update: Q&A with David Harrington
A year ago, Connect Media sat down with Matthews Real Estate Investment Services’ David Harrington, to ask him why the… Read more
Office Vacancies Ticked Up, Asking Rents in Mid-$30s
Most of the firms issuing quarterly reports for Austin noted that office vacancies ticked up in 2Q 2018, while average… Read more
Austin Sixth in Tech Talent
Austin moved up to No. 6 on CBRE’s annual Tech Talent Scorecard, effectively outranking Raleigh-Durham and Atlanta (last year in… Read more