- Medline Industries Inc. to open huge distribution center in Katy [HBJ] $
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- RNR real estate briefs [RealtyNewsReport]
- Insight: Why Houston apartment rents are surging [Chron] $
- Move-outs in 2020 may have cost Houston thousands of residents [Kinder]
- See how the Lake Houston-area real estate market fared in 2020-21 as compared to 2019-20 [CI]
- Close-up: Learn more about League City’s Coastal Point neighborhood [CI]
- Low inventory, interest rates catalyze ‘unprecedented’ Katy real estate market [CI]
- Texas Association of Builders dubs Harvest Green as Best Overall Community [CI]
- Entitlement process, land constraints seen as key obstacles in nation’s booming industrial market [HBJ] $
Category: Daily Digest
Repurposed Shipping Containers Transform 711 Milby
- Pearland-area master-planned community Massey Oaks secures $44M loan [HBJ] $
- Entitlement process, land constraints seen as key obstacles in nation’s booming industrial market [HBJ] $
- Investment in Texas student housing is heating up, driven by new entrants [BisNow]
- Repurposed Cameron Iron Works building debuts in East End [Chron] $
- Q2 2021 | Houston retail market report [Colliers]
- City of Houston approves $19.6 million investment for new affordable rental homes in Midtown [CI]
- Missouri City City Council approves zoning change to allow for new single-family rental neighborhood [CI]
- Woodland Heights/Northside Village pace June home sales [Leader]
Zillow’s Rent Index Shows Houston Rents Jumped 6.6% YOY
- CP Group buys uptown Houston office tower Five Post Oak Park [BisNow]
- Apartment rents in Houston area rise at the fastest pace in years [Chron] $
- MCR acquires Courtyard by Marriott Houston [ReCon]
- Houston isn’t the best, but it’s one of the greatest, according to the rankings [Kinder]
- DATA: Bay Area homes sold quicker, at higher prices in 2021 compared to prior year [CI]
- Roundup: 6 developments to follow in Magnolia [CI]
- Shea Homes starts design of second Houston-area community Evergreen [BuilderOnline]
- Apartment rents take off ‘like a rocket ship’ as for-sale housing market feels unattainable for many [HBJ] $
- Houston to help Harvey victims buy new homes under federally funded recovery program [Chron] $
- New species of hammerhead flatworm invades area [Leader]
- New owners growing into historic Heights home [Leader]
Housing Demand Still Outstripping New Construction in big Texas Metros
- Master-planned communities see surge in demand. But challenges may be on the way [HBJ] $
- Carroll sells Arium Park West [RealtyNewsReport]
- 2,000-home community planned for growing area of Conroe [Chron] $
- Despite the pandemic, Austin, Dallas and Houston all built more housing last year. It still wasn’t enough. [Kinder]
- Texas Supreme Court extends state program to help tenants avoid eviction until Oct. 1 [HoustonPublicMedia]
- DATA: All Conroe, Montgomery ZIP codes see home sales increase year over year [CI]
- Houston plummets in coveted ranking of best places to live in the U.S. [Chron] $
- Texas ranked as the best state to start a small business [BisNow]
- New-home mortgage applications decreased 23.8% in June [BuilderOnline]
- WeWork prepares for a second act — banking its future on the rise of remote work [NPR]
Stonelake Capital Partners’ Closes Sixth Opportunistic Fund
- Stonelake Capital Partners closes $555M real estate investment fund [HBJ] $
- Skanska sells remaining 10% stake in Bank of America Tower [RealtyNewsReport]
- Brewery boom in Houston fueled by craft beer lovers [RealtyNewsReport]
- YMCA explores redevelopment of Galleria-area facility [Chron] $
- MC Companies acquires two adjacent multifamily properties in Katy [ReCon]
- Bolour Associates Inc. $9.6M multifamily property in Humble [ReCon]
- Ella West Crossing lands first tenant [ReCon]
- Q2 2021 | Houston Industrial Market Report [Colliers]
- Gardner Capital announces funding from its Impact Fund to support EV adoption for second multifamily development in Houston area [MultifamilyBiz]
- Houston area’s largest age-restricted community coming to Willis; local ‘barndominiums’ on the rise: 3 development updates to know [CI]
- Learn about July’s featured neighborhood in The Woodlands area, Jacobs Reserve [CI]
- GLO, Pleasantville locked in struggle over post-Harvey home rebuilding [Chron] $
- Housing market is main driver for the U.S. economy [BuilderOnline]
- Revolution vs. evolution: Post-pandemic office space redesign isn’t one-size-fits-all [HBJ] $
“City Place Could be the Place that Advances The New Urbanism”
- How to turn new urbanism inside out: Walk, don’t drive, says developer of new Houston project [RealtyNewsReport]
- City Place residential development planned as ‘modern urban Mayberry’ [Chron] $
- HBJ reveals 2021 Residential Real Estate Awards top agents, teams [HBJ] $
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- RNR real estate briefs [RealtyNewsReport]
- The Woodlands area sees increasing industrial real estate demand in June [CI]
- See how the Spring, Klein real estate market fared in 2020-21 as compared to 2019-20 [CI]
- Six out of seven ZIP codes in The Woodlands area saw median home sales prices increase in June [CI]
- DATA: The Woodlands area homes selling faster, for higher prices [CI]
- Master-planned communities proliferate east of I-45 corridor [CI]
- Tealpointe Lake Estates making progress in Tomball [CI]
- Bureau bans many foreclosures through 2022 [ReCon]
- Elon Musk brings exploding rockets and real estate to South Texas. Not everyone is happy. [Chron] $
- Want to ditch assigned desks? Best practices for office hoteling [HBJ] $
Common Desk Gets Second Houston Location
- Common Desk inks lease in recently rebranded City Place master-planned community [HBJ] $
- Wolf Capital Partners founder saw an opportunity in this damaged Heights property [HBJ] $
- Stream Realty breaking ground on 2M-sf [RealtyNewsReport]
- LGI Homes acquires Austin builder Buffington Homebuilding Group [Chron] $
- Building costs still in flux as lumber prices cool off [CI]
- The Woodlands real estate market sees record-low inventory, high pricing [CI]
- Q&A: Local interior designer weighs in on trends, tips [CI]
Higher and Higher
- Houston’s housing market sees total property sales hit record high [HBJ] $
- Buyouts transform flood prone neighborhoods [RealtyNewsReport]
- Common Desk announces another Houston location [RealtyNewsReport]
- Coming to Greenspoint: A $77M, 325-unit affordable housing complex [Chron] $
- Coventry Homes to begin building in master-planned Escondido development in Magnolia [CI]
- Wood Partners delivers the latest in luxury living with grand opening of 364-unit Alta River Oaks apartment community [MultiFamilyBiz]
- Early concept shows how AI could help give urban planners, designers ground-level insight into flood resiliency [Kinder]
- Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ space race is heating up, and Texas gets a front-row seat [Chron] $
- Despite income uncertainty, first-time buyers remain motivated in 2021 [BuilderOnline]
Fort Bend Leads Dramatic Shift in Population Growth
- NewQuest Properties promotes exec to president amid leadership change [HBJ] $
- Levcor embarks on redevelopment of Post Oak Plaza amid tenant changes [HBJ] $
- Balmoral named Houston’s top-selling master-planned community for first half of 2021 [HBJ] $
- Activity is resuming in Houston’s senior housing sector [BisNow]
- Office project underway in America’s largest industrial park [RealtyNewsReport]
- Consumer bureau stiffens rules on most foreclosures [Chron] $
- Houston and Harris County’s long reign of growth may have come to an end [Kinder]
- Mortgage update: What’s in store for 2021’s second half? [BuilderOnline]
- Texas electric grid: ERCOT unveils 60-point reliability plan; PUC to work toward ‘full overhaul’ of market [CI]
10 Houston Master Planned Communities in Top 50 List
- Newly renovated downtown office tower 1001 McKinney signed 10 leases, renewals [HBJ] $
- Top 50 master planned communities: Houston shines in RCLCO rankings [RealtyNewsReport]
- Home prices soar, but Houston may be due for a dip [RealtyNewsReport]
- New mixed use project opening on Gulf Freeway [RealtyNewsReport]
- 12 new developments that will change Houston’s landscape in the coming years [Chron]$
- Low interest rates, inventory catalyze Fort Bend County market [ReCon]
- Fort Acquisitions purchases Airport Commerce Park from Redhorn Capital [ReCon]
- How real estate agents are paid in other countries [LoopedIn]
- DATA: Home sales skyrocket in Greater Heights ZIP codes year over year [CI]
- There’s 664M square feet of industrial-space demand nationally, propelled by e-commerce [HBJ] $
- The downtown office district was vulnerable. Even before Covid. [HBJ] $