- Houston engineering firm Van De Wiele & Vogler to expand footprint 74% with move to Energy Corridor [HBJ] $
- Signorelli Co to break ground this summer on two multifamily projects in Valley Ranch [ReCon]
- Housing, industrial markets will help lift Houston out of recession [BisNow]
- Commercial real estate winners and losers [LoopedIn]
- Harris County to send final offer for Woodridge Village plat, seek interlocal agreement with city of Houston [CI]
- Black Creek Group acquires new Clay Development project near Port of Houston [RealtyNewsReport]
- Turns out Houston doesn’t necessarily bulldoze all of its historic buildings [HoustonPublicMedia]
- Master list of Houston restaurants reopening for dine-in service beginning May 1 [CultureMap]
Month: April 2020
Rethinking Office Design Trends
- US office market is signaling coronavirus distress, but here’s why some see opportunity for growth [HBJ] $
- Will Covid-19 change building design? Houston-area architects weigh in [HBJ] $
- Lennar begins selling homes in single-family community near Lake Conroe [HBJ] $
- JV to help build Life Time-anchored mixed-use project near The Woodlands Mall [HBJ] $
- EHRA Engineering leases space in Westchase [RealtyNewsReport]
- Illinois-based Buske Logistics building a 145K-sf Conroe warehouse [ReCon]
- JVC Capital acquires Bellaire Blvd shopping center [RealtyNewsReport]
- RNR real estate briefs [RealtyNewsReports]
- Q1 2020|Houston Retail Market Report [ColliersInternational]
- Texas Supreme Court extends residential eviction ban to May 18 [Chron] $
- Q&A with CBRE’s new Texas Capital Markets leader Russell Ingrum [HBJ] $
- CoStar Group’s First Quarter 2020 financial report [CoStar]
- New report shows where Houstonians want to move, and who wants to come here [CultureMap]
Experts Predict Stable Home Values
- Why real estate firm HPI just gave employees four-figure bonuses [HBJ] $
- Home prices in Houston may actually go up this year, despite coronavirus pandemic. Here’s why. [Chron] $
- JV plans 429-unit Woodlands apartment project [ReCon]
- Johnson Controls signs 30K-sf lease on Greenshadow Dr [ReCon]
- Can the residential market rebound in the third quarter? [RealtyNews Report]
- Well Living Lab, Delos, Cushman & Wakefield and Hines align to advance return-to-workplace guidelines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic [Hines]
- CBRE names Russell Ingrum to lead office capital markets in Texas [RealtyNewsReport]
- Why now might be the perfect time to acquire real estate [Forbes]
Mini Mural Monday
$55M Tiki Island Waterfront Resort Slated for Fall Construction
- Covid-19 strikes the latest blow to Houston’s battered office market [HBJ] $
- Legend Communities, Tiki Time plan resort-style condo community on Tiki Island [HBJ] $
- Houston’s affordable housing problem is going to intensify [BisNow]
- Stewart Information posts Q1 profit as it stays open through pandemic [Chron] $
- Montgomery County Tax Office grants four-month extension on property tax payment agreements [CI]
Online Shopping, Chemical Industry Drive Demand for Industrial Space
- E-commerce boom, wild oil prices a mixed-bag for Houston’s industrial market [HBJ] $
- Real estate firm Compass to impose pay cuts [HBJ] $
- Houston office market up 70 basis points YOY [ReCon]
- Despite energy sector pain, Houston’s robust chemical industry offers CRE opportunities [BisNow]
- Oilfield carnage: Bankruptcies coming quickly; Houston office market to hurt, says JLL’s Global Energy head: “We’re going to lose a very significant portion” of independent oil companies [RealtyNewsReport]
- Hines urges shareholders to reject offer to sell shares in REIT at a big discount [BisNow]
- Roughly 6 percent of nation’s mortgages are in forbearance [Chron] $
Listing of the Day
Daugherty/Elliman Details
- John Daugherty, Douglas Elliman headed to court over acquisition’s collapse [HBJ] $
- Supply for Bayou City industrial space expected to slow [ReCon]
- Houston retail strong prior to coronavirus [ReCon]
- Down, but not out: Houston’s smaller coworking firms grapple with the coronavirus [BisNow]
- New homes sales enjoyed last hurrah in March [Chron] $
- Sentinel Peak Capital Partners acquires Lakebridge Apartments in Spring [RealtyNewsReport]