- Hines unveils renderings of The Preston, downtown Houston apartment tower underway [HBJ] $
- Dallas-based Blue Ridge Industrial acquires 5-building industrial park in NW Houston [HBJ] $
- $71M performing arts center proposed for The Woodlands [HBJ] $
- TxDOT opens bids for 13-month process to repave Westheimer in small segments [Chron] $
- Micro hospitals and health care facilities opening within Houston retail centers [Lee&Associates]
- GHP forecasts fewer new jobs will be created in in Houston in 2020 [RealtyNewsReport]
Category: Daily Digest
Hog Wild!
- Houston’s capital markets are running with the bulls [BisNow]
- New report ranks the best Houston suburbs to live in 2019 [Chron] $
- Alabama-based Shaffer Sports & Events relocates to Houston, sister company Aztec Events & Tents renews lease [HBJ] $
- Face of North Shepherd continues to change [Leader]
- Cancer cluster identified in Houston neighborhood near Union Pacific railyard’s creosote contamination [Chron] $
- BeDesign buys bungalow for expansion in Montrose area [Chron] $
- Scared residents in The Woodlands plead for help with feral hog invasion [Chron] $
- Home sales up 50% at LGI Homes [RealtyNewsReport]
- Harris County restores reimbursement for Harvey repairs [Chron] $
- Airbnb bans party houses [BusinessInsider]
Freddie Mac Predicts Stable Prices and Interest Rates for 2021
- New office building tops out in The Woodlands’ Research Forest Lakeside [HBJ] $
- Atlanta-based Wood Partners breaks ground on 300-unit Alta Cathedral Lakes apartments in Spring [RealtyNewsReport]
- Group plans a Houston aquarium and zoo … er, animal adventure [Chron] $
- Home price appreciation expected to slow into 2021 [Chron] $
- Parking lots, once asphalt wasteland, become golden opportunities [HBJ] $
- Fall checklist of 10 things to do before winter sets in [HAR]
Investment in Houston’s Office Space Trending for Lowest Annual Volume Since 2016
- Record deals bolster slow Houston office investment [BisNow]
- CBRE to market new business park called Corporate Center Fannin, south of Astrodome [RealtyNewsReport]
- Woodlands-based Connect Realty.com is in merger talks with Houston’s Clayton Nash Real Estate [HBJ] $
- Winners announced for Houston 2020 Downtown Awards in Real Estate and Placemaking [RealtyNewsReport]
- Seefried Industrial Properties and USAA Real Estate break ground on Ella West Crossing, a 221,393-sf industrial property in the Pinto Business Park [Recon]
- Maggi’s Memorial-area home could set a record with asking price near $25M [Chron] $
- Woodlands-based Benchmark Global Hospitality markets Margaritaville Lake Resort to conference groups and business associations [HBJ] $
Margaritaville Resort Coming to Lake Conroe
- Atlanta-based Songy Highroads and Baton Rouge-based The Wampold Cos. reveal plans for Jimmy Buffet-themed resort [HBJ] $
- Williams Tower in Galleria area plans $3.1M lobby renovation [HBJ] $
- Midway’s David Hightower says high office vacancy rates mean big opportunities [HBJ] $
- Texas-based J. Beard Real Estate Co develops Regal Cinema movie theater along Grand Parkway north of Houston [HBJ] $
- Houston rents are on track to heat up, says real estate investment company Marcus & Millichap [Chron] $
- Woodside Health acquires Fairfield Plaza in Cypress [RealtyNewsReport]
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- People-in-real-estate-promotions-hirings-and-appointments [RealtyNewsReport]
Houston Follows National Trend in Attracting Fewer Investment Dollars
- Investors pump less money into Houston in Third Quarter [Chron] $
- CBRE report saysAmerica’s restaurant revolution changing commercial real estate [RealtyNewsReport]
- Housing vouchers work but more funding needed [Kinder]
- Winter is the most affordable time to buy a house [HAR]
- Guide to negotiating an offer [HAR]
Getting Out or Staying In?
- Astros move ahead with Minute Maid renovations [HBJ] $
- Infill development changing perception of Houston [BisNow]
- Greens Bayou Watershed analysis reveals strategies to increase resiliency from flooding [Kinder]
- Best restaurants to impress out-of-town guests [CultureMap]
- 70th Thanksgiving Day parade details [KHOU]
- Kellum-Noble House reopens in Sam Houston Park [Chron] $
- Gilley’s to anchor new $130M entertainment center in League City [Chron] $
- Atascocita Park’s $5.5M constuction to be complete early in 2020 [Chron] $
- How to do a last minute getaway this Thanksgiving [Chron] $
More Apartments for the Heights
- CityStreet Residential Partners plans 408-unit multifamily development for Heights [HBJ] $
- Economist Ray Perryman says improving schools key to continued Texas growth [HBJ] $
- Keener Investments acquires two local multifamily communities totaling 378 units [Recon]
- Houston-based Dosch Marshall Real Estate continues expansion with Austin office [RealtyNewsReport]
- Snap selfies at picturesque art installation [Leader]