Oklahoma
Yield: The Appeal of Multifamily in Tertiary Markets
Though the multifamily sector is doing well in Texas’ four major metros, there can be more yield, and lower cap… Read more
NY Investor Acquires Texas Office Asset
New York-based Empire Square Group acquired La Frontera Plaza, a 97,311-square-foot office building in Round Rock, TX that opened last… Read more
Joe’s Crab Shack Locations Suddenly Shuttering
Days after the announced acquisition by Houston-based Landry’s Inc. of Ignite Restaurant Group Inc.’s assets, Joe’s Crab Shack restaurants are… Read more
Church Property: Future Site of Braum’s Restaurant?
Developers for Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores have shown interest in two acres at 1500 W. Loop 281 in… Read more
Amazon U.S. Job Fair Breaks Records
Amazon hosted a national hiring day, and thousands of candidates showed up hoping to claim one of the 50,000 jobs… Read more
Capital One Closes $27.2M HUD Loans for Trio of Tennessee Skilled Nursing Facilities
Save the date for Connect Healthcare on November 8 – a national event at the Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Spa.… Read more
ARA Newmark Closes $60.5M Sale of Oklahoma’s Largest Apartment Community
Early Bird Alert: Connect Apartments is planned September 28th in Los Angeles. Here’s where to get more information and register. ARA… Read more
Amazon’s ‘Favorite Books of 2017’ (So Far)
Looking for a book to read over the long Fourth of July holiday? Check out the list compiled by Amazon… Read more
Aspen Heights Partners Nabs Lincoln Property’s Student Housing Division
Aspen Heights Partners has acquired Grand Campus Living, the student housing division of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company. GCL manages more… Read more
Gotta Shop at 3 AM? Walmart Says ‘We Got a Kiosk for That’
The one-upmanship continues between retail rivals Walmart and Amazon. The latest salvo are automated kiosks, where Walmart customers can pick… Read more
Senate Bill Aims to Lift Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals
A new bill introduced by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) reverses a provision of Obamacare that bans the creation and expansion… Read more
Waco Gets Eight-Story Hotel
A permit has been issued to North Texas-based DBG Investments for the development of a $17.4 million Marriott Springhill Suites… Read more
Is Softening of Apartment Market Sign of Future?
National vacancies rose by 10 basis points in Q1 2017, to 4.3%, according to the latest research from Reis. Yet… Read more
$36M Refi Arranged for OKC Portfolio
Metropolitan Capital Advisors arranged a $36-million permanent, fixed-rate mortgage for a portfolio of office-flex assets in southeast Oklahoma City. The… Read more
Deli Deal Yields Tasty Results
McAlister’s Deli, located at 5001 Cowhorn Creek Rd. in Texarkana, TX, sold for $2.1 million. Michael Paez with the Kase… Read more
Another Oil Company Files for Bankruptcy
Vanguard Natural Resources, based in Houston, filed for bankruptcy protection, with the intent of cutting $708 million of its existing… Read more
BNSF Certifies Six New Sites
BNSF Railway Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, certified six BNSF sites that are considered optimal for customer development along… Read more
$66M in Financing Secured for West Village
Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort and Hall Capital obtained $66 million in construction and permanent financing to develop West Village,… Read more
Patterson-UTI to Pay $1.76B for Seventy Seven Energy
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. and Seventy Seven Energy Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement valued at approximately $1.76B. Upon closing… Read more