Read the New Book by Ralph Bivins, Editor of Realty News Report Houston 2020: America’s Boom Town – An Extreme Close Up Available on Amazon HOUSTON BRIEFS – NewQuest Properties reports nearly full occupancy at Fairfield Marketplace in northwest Harris County after leasing its final pad site to Jason’s Deli. The new 4,600-square-foot restaurant will … Read more
STAFFORD, Texas – (Realty News Report) – Costco is constructing a new business-focused store along the Southwest Freeway on the site that once housed the Texas Instruments campus. The 192-acre property, originally known in development plans as Legacy, is now being marketed as The Grid. StreetLevel Investments and joint-venture partner Provident Realty Advisors announced that … Read more
HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – AHS Residential has acquired the final parcel in Wolff Companies’ Ten Oaks, an 83-acre master-planned development located on the western edge of The Energy Corridor. AHS plans to build three 12-story apartment towers totaling 576 units on the 6.6-acre site near the Katy Freeway and Barker Cypress Road. Ten … Read more
HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Regent Square, a 24-acre urban infill mixed-use district along the Allen Parkway corridor between downtown and River Oaks, has completed a new park, an upscale restaurant space, and a seven-story apartment building. The developer, GID Development Group, refers to this 8-acre expansion as “phase two.” Green space, pedestrian-oriented retail … Read more
811 Main HOUSTON – The law firm Yetter Coleman is relocating from Two Houston Center to new offices at 811 Main, where the space will include a mock courtroom to support trial training and case preparation. Both buildings—the 811 Main tower, formerly BG Group Place, and Two Houston Center, recently acquired by Brookfield—are situated in … Read more
Michael Anderson, Executive Vice President, Colvill Office Properties HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Downtown Houston faces an oversupply of office space, with vacancy rates around 20 percent. Yet developers such as Hines are moving forward with new projects — including a planned 1 million-square-foot tower on the former Houston Chronicle site. To explain this … Read more
Ed Emmett HOUSTON – (By Michelle Leigh Smith, Realty News Report) – Harris County Judge Ed Emmett urged state and local officials to accelerate flood control efforts, proposing construction of a third reservoir and the conversion of part of the Katy Prairie west of Houston into a permanent nature preserve. Speaking at his tenth annual … Read more
International Plaza in Dallas DALLAS — Taconic Capital Advisors L.P., a New York-based investment firm, has acquired International Plaza I & II, a twin-tower office campus totaling 757,000 square feet located along the Dallas North Tollway. Designed by HKS Inc., the two International Plaza towers were completed in 1999 and 2002. They previously housed major … Read more
NIT Industrial bought a distribution building on the Hempstead Highway in Houston. HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – NIT Industrial has acquired a 151,260-square-foot distribution building near Highway 290 in Northwest Houston. The property at 12614 Hempstead Highway sits adjacent to an Amazon fulfillment facility, offering strategic proximity to major e-commerce operations and regional transportation … Read more
HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Renowned chef Ronnie Killen has acquired a second restaurant property in The Woodlands, securing a permanent home for his popular barbecue pop-up and reclaiming outdoor space for his adjacent steakhouse. Killen’s Texas Barbecue is slated to open this summer at 8800 Six Pines Dr. in Shenandoah. The 4,249-square-foot building … Read more