- Exclusive: Cushman & Wakefield hires Clint Bawcom as new managing principal of firm’s Houston office [HBJ] $
- Lionstone Investments promotes longtime employee Bryan Sanchez to CEO [HBJ] $
- Despite the green light, Houston’s restaurateurs are reluctant to raise occupancy or ditch masks [BisNow]
- Landlords modify offices to meet companies’ changing needs [Chron] $
- Average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hits 3% [Chron] $
- Kampgrounds of America purchases 200-site Galveston Island RV park [ReCon]
- Zillow reveals key opportunity for Houston’s first-time homebuyers [CultureMap]
- Modern-day home office design tips for your future projects [BuilderOnline]
- Harris County, Houston officially acquire Woodridge Village for Kingwood flood mitigation project [CI]
- Check out February’s featured neighborhood in Spring, Klein: Cypress Creek Manor [CI]
- Magnolia ZIP code 77355 sees 34.7% increase in median home price, year over year [CI]
Post-Uri Bounce Back Week
- Houston leads nation in decline of sublease vacancies, but challenges remain [HBJ] $
- Brookfield Properties finishes renovations to Allen Center in downtown Houston [Chron] $
- Mitchell sells historic Tremont House Hotel in Galveston to Hospitality Asset Funding Group (HAF) [RealtyNewsReport]
- Multifamily supplier AZ Partsmaster leases space in Missouri City [RealtyNewsReport]
- After storm realty surges in huge Texas rebound [RealtyNewsReport]
- Bellaire-Meyerland-West University Place real estate: See some of the properties that sold in February [CI]
- City beefing up residential detention requirements [Leader]
- Fate of GOMO uncertain as bankruptcy case winds down [Leader]
- Empty office buildings squeeze city budgets as property values fall [HBJ] $
- The hottest building amenity from developers? A virtual power plant made of batteries [HBJ] $
Open for Business
- Howard Hughes Corp. cut 900 employees in 2020, SEC filing says [HBJ] $
- Developers see growing opportunities for multifamily in suburbia, master-planned communities [BisNow]
- It seems like all of California is moving to Texas. Is that true? [Kinder]
- What comes next in the residential build-to-rent market? [BuilderOnline]
- Houston Nutcracker Market to make in-person return this spring [CI]
Who Wants to Return to the Office? (Not Talking About the Man in the Middle)
- Atlanta-based real estate development firm Wood Partners opens luxury apartments Alta West Alabama [HBJ] $
- Houston Omni Hotel sold in 5-hotel portfolio [RealtyNewsReport]
- CBRE leasing new tower developed by Skanska in downtown Houston [RealtyNewsReport]
- The ideal workplace solution: Q&A with Dean Strombom of Gensler [RealtyNewsReport]
- Gulf Coast Commercial Group unveils plans for The Common lifestyle hub [ReCon]
- ‘A developer couldn’t have placed Tomball in a better location if they really tried’: Commercial, industrial growth in city of Tomball to create nearly 450 jobs [CI]
- CRE lenders’ growing fear: Office workers won’t come back [American Banker]
- WeWork’s path to markets is cleared as co-founder and SoftBank settle suit [HBJ] $
Texas Homes Forecast: What’s Ahead in 2021?
- Howard Hughes Corp hotel income drops 90% in 2020, but office income up 37% [BisNow]
- Texas home sales shatter all-time record [RealtyNewsReport]
- Zillow expands use of Zestimate algorithm for purchase offers [Chron] $
- Is Westbury charging mandatory fees to homeowners when it shouldn’t? [Chron] $
- RNR real estate briefs [RealtyNewsReport]
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- Contract approved for two flood-control projects in Jersey Village [CI]
- See how the Lake Houston-area real estate market fared in January [CI]
- Kalera seeks horticulturists for new vertical farming facility in Humble [CI]
- How the covid vaccine could help spur the upcoming home shopping season [BuilderOnline]
- Landlords eager for Covid-era revamps are finding hungry investors [HBJ] $
Mini Mural Monday
Can Texas Support Continued Population Growth?
- Luxury homes in high demand, and builders can’t keep up [HBJ] $
- Photos: 288-acre Diamond L Ranch in Brenham listed for $15.8M [HBJ] $
- ‘The bill will come due’ — Can Texas support its massive growth? [BisNow]
- Dynamic Glass Industrial Park trades in sale-leaseback [ReCon]
- Real estate transactions: Floor & Décor, Yes Prep Public Schools, Moonshot Compost ink deals [Chron] $
- River Oaks Theater in danger of closing – again [Chron] $
- As supply tightens, Ali Wolf and Tim Sullivan expect sales to drop even as demand remains steady [BuilderOnline]
- How Covid-19 is reshaping a pillar of economic development in America [HBJ] $
Another GOOF Redevelopment
- Method Architecture names Jackie Rye as first Houston market managing principal [HBJ] $
- Gulf Coast Commercial Group to begin redevelopment of Garden Oaks-Oak Forest shopping center [HBJ] $
- Nation’s largest LGBTQ seniors housing center opens in Houston [RealtyNewsReport]
- AZ Partsmaster leases in the Waypoint Business Park [ReCon]
- Houston City Council approves slate of potential affordable housing developments [CI]
- These 3 Houston-area cities have the highest minority homeownership rates in the US [Kinder]
- Case-Shiller home price index reports 10.4% annual gain to end 2020 [BuilderOnline]
- As buildings’ life spans shrink, developers try to adjust [HBJ] $
“Didn’t Freeze” Added to Some HAR Listings
- When selling a water-damaged home, transparency is key, Douglas Elliman Realtor associate says [HBJ] $
- Cushman & Wakefield hires two land professionals from Berkadia [HBJ] $
- Weingarten anticipates occupancy decline continuing till midyear [RealtyNewsReport]
- Homebuilding surge lifts LGI Homes income 81% [RealtyNewsReport]
- New large-scale multipurpose complex coming to Fort Bend County [CI]
- Springwoods Village evolves with tech giant relocation, new housing options [CI]
- CoStar Group full year and fourth quarter 2020 revenues increased 19% year-over-year [CoStar]
- Adam Neumann of WeWork and SoftBank are in settlement talks [HBJ] $
Power Failure: A Stain on the Texas Brand
- Houston commercial contractors grapple with fallout from devastating winter storm [HBJ] $
- CBRE acquires stake in Industrious, adding to its flexible office portfolio [HBJ] $
- CRE’s uncensored opinion of blackouts: ‘Fire the bozos’ and corporate relocations will keep coming [BisNow]
- Craft beer alert: Land acquired in Tomball by Brewery Pros [RealtyNewsReport]
- Record cold impacts commercial real estate [RealtyNewsReport]
- SER-Ninos Charter School acquires The Men’s Wearhouse warehouse [RealtyNewsReport]
- High-rise development with Acho Azuike of DC Partners [RealtyNewsReport]
- Longtime Houston apartment developer Morgan enters Phoenix market [Chron] $
- CenterPoint Properties purchases distribution facility [ReCon]
- Dallas-based Momentum Multifamily purchases The Henry at Liberty Hills [ReCon]
- Meet the brokerage that taped those calls and takes credit for starting a DOJ suit [LoopedIn]
- Houston healthcare real estate market holds steady during COVID-19 [Colliers]
- Learn about Clear Lake City, February’s featured neighborhood [CI]
- High-income millennials enter the luxury housing market [Forbes]