- Variance approved for Triten Real Estate Partners’ proposed EaDo-area mixed-use development [HBJ] $
- Transwestern to lease up Riverway buildings [RealtyNewsNow]
- NRP Group changes development pipeline for 2020 [BisNow]
- NAI Partners launches investment sales division with hire from Marcus & Millichap [HBJ] $
- The future of underwriting the economy [BuilderOnline]
- Montecito Medical Real Estate buys Katy MOB [ReCon]
- MAP: Here’s where new development is taking place in Tomball [CI]
- Take a look inside some of these Houston-area dream backyards [Chron] $
- The top 5 Houston neighborhoods I wish I lived in, ranked [Chron] $
Author: The Good Life
Houston Permit Problems
- Skanska buys retail plaza in Montrose for future development [HBJ] $
- Permitting delays in Houston are costing millions [BisNow]
- COVID-19 applies pressure to otherwise healthy Houston healthcare real estate market [ColliersInternational]
- BSR acquires 370-unit Broadstone Park West Apartment Community in growing Houston metropolitan Market [MultifamilyBiz]
- Leghorn Service Center trades hands [ReCon]
Compass Hiring Blitz Continues
- Houston developer Satya Inc. acquires beachfront property in Galveston [HBJ] $
- Patrick Burbridge of CitiQuest Properties Houston moves 30-member real estate team to Compass [HBJ] $
- Howard Hughes Corp. posts Q2 loss but sees uptick in home sales [Chron] $
- Urban multifamily dips in Q2 as renters look to lower-cost areas [BisNow]
- Origin Stories: Transwestern Director of Business Development Jodie Jiles switched careers on advice from his son [BisNow]
- Amazon 4-star store opening at The Woodlands Mall anticipated for September [CI]
- Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ market rebounds in Q2 [BuilderOnline]
- Houston considers plan that could mean more ‘walkable’ neighborhoods, less reliance on cars [Chron] $
Office Portion of M-K-T is now 50% Leased
- Houston ad agency Decode inks lease in Heights’ M-K-T mixed-use development [HBJ] $
- TRECAP Management buys two Houston warehouses [ReCon]
- Houston apartment community Broadstone Park West trades for $51M [ReCon]
- Officials to continue advocating for Grand Parkway expansion, hope to hear scheduled plans soon [CI]
- Blind bids: Almost half of homebuyers making offers to buy homes they have never seen [RealtyNewsReport]
- Memorial Park’s new Eastern Glades puts visitors in awe [Chron] $
COVID Driven Changes
- Can your tenants pay rent? Here’s what Tenant Risk Assessment has been seeing [HBJ] $
- Listen: Has COVID-19 made the corporate campus obsolete? [LoopedIn]
- COVID-19 creates new headwinds for Texas’ new-home market [ReCon]
- Heights-River Oaks-Montrose homes sold: See some of the properties fetching buyers in July 2020 [CI]
- Pandemic creates Texas manufactured housing backlog [ReCon]
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- Real estate transactions: Sprouts grocery store to fill former Toys R Us near NRG Park [Chron] $
- RNR’s real estate briefs [RealtyNewsReport]
- RNR’s people in real estate [RealtyNewsReport]
Downtown’s a Ghost Town
- REPORT: Port of Houston activity to increase as global economy ramps up [BisNow]
- Without workers, conventions, sports or events, downtown Houston is a ghost town [BisNow]
- Houston apartment rents fell for the 4th straight month [BisNow]
- McNair buys prime Westchase tract [RealtyNewsReport]
- Walk/bike study lays out path for Montrose to become ‘20-minute neighborhood’ [CI]
- Zillow announces strategic partnership with builder D.R. Horton [BuilderOnline]
- Redfin reports 8 percent revenue growth, says housing market is booming [LoopedIn]
- Latest composite price indices drop driven by economic downturn, investor uncertainty in 2nd quarter [CoStar]
- Urban migration: Phoenix is #1 destination; Austin, Dallas among top 10 locations in coronavirus shuffle [RealtyNewsReport]
Texas A&M’s Innovation Plaza Information
- First phase of Lower Heights mixed-use development nears completion [HBJ] $
- New Heights project pops with a SheSpace Co-working spot and a graffiti artist mural [RealtyNewsReport]
- JDR Cable Systems building new US headquarters in Tomball near Houston [HBJ] $
- JLL hired to lease Texas A&M’s new tower in Texas Medical Center [HBJ] $
- Houston groundbreaking: 30-Story Horizon Tower will kick-off in 2020 [RealtyNewsReport]
- ‘These are my people’: Investor Chris Senegal buys Fifth Ward block to seek preservation, not gentrification Chron] $
- Census data shows second-quarter increase in home ownership [Chron] $
Opportunities Amid Pandemic
- New real estate firm Goodwin Advisors bets opportunities will arise from distress [HBJ] $
- These were the 7 biggest office leases in Houston during Q2 [BisNow]
- CoStar Group Q2 revenues increase 16% YOY with June sales reaching all time record of $22M [CoStar]
- Texas real estate licensee numbers up despite pandemic [ReCon]
- 405-bed student housing project near the U of H [ReCon]
- Hines JV developing mixed-use project by historic American Tobacco site [RealtyNewsReport]
Changes at Midway
- Exclusive: Two top Midway vice presidents leave the company [HBJ] $
- Midway creates in-house retail leasing unit [RealtyNewsReport]
- Healthcare systems likely to reduce lease space amid shrinking margins [BisNow]
- JP Morgan Chase Tower for sale – downtown Houston deal to define today’s pricing [RealtyNewsReport]
- Houston condo buildings showing their modern side [Chron] $
- Development update: New office building at Technology Forest, Lakeside boulevards to open mid-August [CI]
- Hines starts timber building in Toronto [RealtyNewsReport]
- Treasures of the sea swim into home décor [Chron] $
Mini Mural Monday
