- Houston-based developer Land Tejas buys land for 3,000 homes in Katy area [HBJ] $
- Minnesota firm NorthMarq buys Houston-based real estate equity firm Kinghorn,Driver, Hough & Co [HBJ] $
- Griffin Partners buys west side office building [RealtyNewsReport]
- Houston welcomes guests to updated buildings rather than open several new hotels [HBJ] $
- This week’s Deal Sheet 1/17/20 [BisNow]
- Deal of Week: River Oaks Bank Building changes hands [Chron] $
- Waterton acquires local 809-unit multifamily portfolio [ReCon]
- Greenspoint revival takes hold, residents worry they will be left behind [Chron] $
Category: Daily Digest
Build-out Coming for Lakes at Creekside
- Mixed-use project’s 10-story Museo Plaza to break ground in Museum District [HBJ] $
- Prominent Houston eye surgeon Dr Mike Mann to develop ‘gateway to the Museum District’ [Chron] $
- Houston-based Trendmaker Homes Pennsylvania-based Toll Brothers team to develop master-planned neighborhood near The Woodlands [HBJ] $
- City to offer big subsidies for luxury W Hotel near convention center [Chron] $
- Interra York Centre purchases northwest Houston office building [RealtyNewsReport]
- Stewart Information Services president Matthew Morris steps down [Chron] $
- HAR chair John Nugent discusses opportunities for people moving to Houston — Part 1 [Chron] $
- Houston homeowners have new option for property tax payments [Leader]
- The biggest mistakes people make when they move to Houston [Chron] $
- Apartment managers dealing with the holiday package onslaught that seems to double every year [BisNow]
What Neighborhood Can You Afford?
- Law firm DLA Piper inks lease for Hines’ new Texas Tower in downtown Houston [HBJ] $
- Major tenant signed for new office tower in downtown Houston [RealtyNewsReport]
- Mixed-income housing project breaks ground near downtown in Hardy Yards district [Chron] $
- Houston’s multifamily market to normalize with deliveries set to double in 2020 [BisNow]
- Oilfield services firm NCS Multistage relocating HQ to Chasewood Crossing III [RealtyNewsReport]
- Keller Williams Report: where you can own a home in Houston based on your salary in 2020 [Chron] $
- Former Rockets player Steve Francis swaps Memorial mansion with Sugar Land home [Chron] $
- As WeWork sheds assets Houston-based iOffice grows [Chron] $
NASDAQ: CSGP
- CoStar Group Joins the NASDAQ 100 [CoStarGroupNews]
- The River Oaks Banks Building sells to JV between Houston-based Fuller Realty Partners & Chile-based Independencia Asset Management [HBJ] $
- Memorial mansion once listed for $7M sells at auction [Chron] $
- The Woodlands leads Houston-area small cities office boom [BisNow]
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- Luxe Randall Davis condo tower opens sales center, begins presales at The Paramount [HBJ] $
- Medical properties 2020 – Q&A with Beth H. Young of Colliers International [RealtyNewsReport]
- Color forecast: brown is back and things are going to get spicy [Chron] $
- ‘Heightschmerz.’ and other gentrification emotions [Chron] $
- 5 surprising things I learned analyzing property tax protest data [Kinder]
- WeWork after announcing 90-day turnaround plan [BisNow]
Another Large Industrial Transaction
- Senterra buys five-building industrial park in NW Houston [HBJ] $
- Land value outside big Texas cities is increasing [HoustonPublicMedia]
- Houston industrial construction at a record high [Recon]
- Zillow survey says hot Houston home prices may cool in 2020 [CultureMap]
- Kingwood HOA takes on flood mitigation with $500K dredging operation [Chron] $
- Notable real estate transactions [Chron] $
- Julio Laguarto, “Father of the Texas A&M Real Estate Center”, dies at 86 [BisNow]
- Bagby Street project will remake area near Houston City Hall And The Hobby Center [HoustonPublicMedia]
- Houston doesn’t have zoning, but there are workarounds [Kinder]
- Could the avocado-green kitchen make a comeback? [NYT]
30-yr Fixed-Rate At 13-Week Low
- FC Tower Property Partners begins $20M renovation of 1001 Fannin [HBJ] $
- Mitchell family’s Hotel Galvez & Tremont House on Galveston Island to be sold [HBJ] $
- ATTOM Data study finds it’s cheaper to rent than to buy in Houston [Chron] $
- RCLOC reports that Houston’s master-planned communities are among the nation’s top-selling for the decade [HBJ] $
- Houston’s density revolution is just beginning [BisNow]
- Gentrification or segregation? St. Elizabeth Hospital shows tricky trade-offs in developing Houston’s Fifth Ward [Chron] $
- CRE might not be ready for LIBOR change that affects $200T in loans [BisNow] $
- Mortgage rates drop amid conflict with Iran [Chron] $
- Office Evolution inks coworking lease in Energy Corridor [Chron] $
- Shriner’s Hospital moving from Medical Center to Galveston [KHOU]
Gotta Love Our (Lack of) Zoning
- Southwest Airlines opens its largest maintenance complex at Houston’s Hobby Airport [HBJ] $
- Strong December home sales push Houston to new record [Chron] $
- Houston neighborhoods are gentrifying quickest among Texas’ biggest cities [Kinder]
- International law firm King & Spalding moves ahead with $11M renovations to 1100 Louisiana [HBJ] $
- Greenway Plaza property among those AT&T looking to sell in 13-building sale-leaseback deal [BisNow]
- Bankruptcy trustee: Claims against GOMO could be invalid [Leader]
- Harper’s Bazaar names Houston one of world’s 5 best places to visit in 2020 [CultureMap]
- “100 Boats” documents volunteer rescue efforts during Harvey [HoustonPublicMedia]
- Weird images come from Houston’s lack of zoning laws [Chron] $
Even the Hogs are Moving to Katy
- United to build automated baggage facility near IAH as part of $300M overhaul [HBJ] $
- Camden’s December buys bring 2019 total to nearly half a Billion [BisNow]
- Houston home prices ramp up as interest rates fall [Chron] $
- Analysis finds Houston gentrifying faster than other Texas cities [Chron] $
- Houston leads the nation as destination for company-paid moves [Chron] $
- Feral hogs unwelcome visitors in Cane Island [Chron]
- State officials now embedded with the city to speed up Harvey repairs [HoustonPublicMedia]
- Boomers continue to shape real estate [BisNow]
Flight to Quality
- Avison Young reports 19.1M SF of space in 112 buildings underway in Houston industrial market [RealtyNewsReport]
- Chip Colvill of Colvill Office Properties on 2020 Outlook for Houston’s Office Market [RealtyNewsReport]
- The most expensive apartments in Houston [Chron] $
- Rents for affordable Houston apartments set to rise [Chron] $
- Eight Houston-area communities make RCLCO ‘s national top seller list [Chron] $
- Harris County to halt ship channel bridge construction to correct potential design flaw [Chron] $
- Enterprise Product Partners expands 1100 Louisianna HQ lease [Chron] $
- The dark side of hip office design [HBJ] $
2020: What’s in an anchor?
- Houston’s Things to Watch in 2020: Commercial real estate and residential real estate [HBJ] $
- California-based real estate company The Khoshbin Co purchases 20-story office building in the Greenspoint region [Chron] $
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- Notable real estate transactions [Chron] $
- Colorado-based American Furniture Warehouse buys 30 acres in Conroe for its 3rd Houston store [HBJ] $