Houston
Five Texas Cities Top ACBJ’s Fastest-Growing Metros List
The Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) topped the list of the American City Business Journals’ fastest-growing U.S. metropolitan areas… Read more
Houston ISD Wants Chevron Land for Future HS
The Houston Independent School District is eyeing a 28-acre site in Bellaire as the potential location for a new high school.… Read more
Inland Empire Growth Expected to Continue
By Dennis Kaiser The Inland Empire economy is facing such pressures as interest rate uncertainty, the presidential election and Brexit.… Read more
Entergy Files $1B Natural Gas Power Station Plans
Entergy Texas Inc. filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to build a combined-cycle natural gas power… Read more
Drive-Through Grocer Plans Houston-Area Location
Farm Stores, a chain of drive-through grocery stores headquartered in Florida, plans to open its first out-of-state store in the… Read more
Billion-Dollar Airport Redo Driving Developers to Lake Houston
Plans for the $4 billion renovation of George Bush Intercontinental Airport will do more than spiff up the aging airfields… Read more
Houston’s Rice Village Welcomes Two New Austin Tenants
Rice Village at 2400 University Blvd. in Houston will be second home to two Austin, TX-based retailers. Taking space in… Read more
Park and Retail Still a While Away
A park-for-retail swap Longview, TX voters approved last year is still waiting to happen. Specifically, the land making up Hinsley Park… Read more
Cousins & Parkway Close on $5B Merger
Cousins Property Inc. and Parkway Properties Inc. completed their previously announced merger. Cousins acquired Parkway in an all-stock deal worth… Read more
Owner Ends Hold on Parc 114, Sells to Colony Capital
Houston-based Hines and AEW Capital Management sold Parc 114, a 52-acre light industrial park in Irving, TX. The duo, working… Read more
Falvez Energy Targeting Panhandle for 163-MW Wind Farm
Washington, DC-headquartered Falvez Energy has targeted Randall, Castro and Deaf Smith Counties in the Texas Panhandle for its first utility… Read more
Houston REIT Pays $72M for Scottsdale Retail
Whitestone REIT, headquartered in Houston, reportedly paid $72.5 million to acquire two retail plazas in Scottsdale, AZ. The buyer acquired… Read more
Trademark Readies to Develop 82-Acre Town Center
Trademark Property Co., based in Fort Worth, is joining forces with Westside Ventures to develop an 82-acre mixed-use town center… Read more
Some Houston Submarkets Feeling Hotel Pain
An oil slump and over-supply have hit some of Houston’s hotel submarkets hard. The downtown market, for example, has experienced… Read more
Axiometrics: Apartment Supply by Market and Renter Occupations
Axiometrics has released data on the top markets for new apartment supply coming online. Baby boomers and millennials represent the… Read more
Real Capital Solutions Targeting Oil-Region Hotels
Real Capital Solutions, headquartered in Louisville, CO, plans to spend a $200 million investment fund on hotels. Not just any… Read more
Despite Oil Slump, Apartment Investors Like Houston
Opportunistic apartment buyers are coming to Houston in search of good deals. According to Todd Marix with HFF, many of… Read more
Mid-America Buys 352-Unit Alexan Heights from TCR
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (MAA) now owns Houston’s 352-unit Alexan Heights, in a deal that is said to have been… Read moreMoody National REITs Looking to Merge
Moody National REIT I Inc. (REIT I) has accepted a non-binding letter of intent from Moody National REIT II Inc.… Read more