- About one-quarter of Energy Corridor office space is available, and that will grow [BisNow]
- Listen: Innovating the office in a pandemic [LoopedIn]
- Katy Boardwalk District developer agreement amended due to project delays from COVID-19 [CI]
- Country Homes: Coronavirus prompts huge spike in rural property clicks [RealtyNewsReport]
- CoStar Group announces public offering of common stock [CoStarGroup]
- WeWork wants a rent break. Its customers do, too. [HBJ] $
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Crown Castle Incentives Could be Worth $1.25M
- Crown Castle seeks tax incentives for new 420K-sf Houston HQ [HBJ] $
- Houston developer Martin Fein sells Springwoods Village’s first luxury apartment complex to MLG Capital [HBJ] $
- Title giant Stewart Information cuts staff and spending [Chron] $
- Q1 2020|E Fort Bend Commercial Real Estate Trends [ColliersInternational]
- WeWork’s woes cause mortgage-backed bonds to tumble [HBJ] $
Out With Gyms and Pools, In With Disinfecting Protocols
- The newest rental amenities? Cheap and distant [Chron] $
- How to be a great place to work during a pandemic [BisNow]
- WeWork boss tells staff to prepare for lay-offs [HBJ] $
- Urban Land Institute property panel: The fallout from COVID-19 [RealtyNewsReport]
- Pier 1 Imports may shut down 90% of it’s stores [BisNow]
- Get to know Houston’s tallest skyscrapers [Chron] $
Camden’s Relief Fund Lasted 16 Minutes
- Lenders tighten credit requirements on FHA, VA loans as uncertainty takes hold [Chron] $
- Collier’s International broker Taylor Wright: Social distancing is no reason to disconnect from clients [HBJ] $
- Camden’s $5M resident relief fund empties in 16 minutes [BisNow]
- Developers prepare for lengthening project timelines [BisNow]
- Redfin furloughs 41% of real estate agents [Chron] $
- Houston industrial market delivers 17.4M- sf [ReCon]
- Foreclosure forecast: How Texas will fare when forbearance is gone? [RealtyNewsReport]
- WeWork hit by rise in unpaid rent [HBJ] $
Camden Gives Back
- Houston-based Camden Property Trust launches $5M fund for residents without income due to coronavirus [HBJ] $
- Howard Hughes Corp halts some construction, delays restructuring amid coronavirus pandemic [HBJ] $
- Houston construction could slow as coronavirus takes toll on the economy [Chron] $
- Star Cinema Grill to open 57K-sf Woodlands location in former Randalls’ sit e[ReCon]
- Waterpoint Center’s 40K-sf expansion slated for August [ReCon]
- How CRE leader David Dominy is helping patients reach treatment in Houston [BisNow]
- SoftBank pulls out of $3B WeWork share buyout [HBJ] $
- 5 ways Houston neighborhoods are vastly improving our mood right now [Houstonia]
The Show Must Go On
- HCAD delays deadline for businesses to file personal property updates, citing coronavirus [HBJ] $
- Construction to be considered ‘essential’ under Harris County’s ‘stay home, work smart’ order [HBJ] $
- HAR takes steps to adapt amid coronavirus pandemic [HBJ] $
- How Kirksey Architecture is thinking about technology, strategy and the future of design [BisNow]
- Tilman Fertitta furloughs 40,000 employees from restaurant, hotel and casino empire [RealtyNewsReport]
- Get groceries at Eleanora’s Market’s new midweek outdoor market [Leader]
- WeWork still charging rent to members who can’t come, paying bonuses to workers who do [BisNow]
- Not all properties equally vulnerable to pandemic, DBRS Morningside report says [BisNow]
- Newly-listed, $3M Kingwood home boasts the largest boat house on Lake Houston [Chron] $
TREC Offers COVID-19 Addendum
- Construction associations lobby for ‘essential’ status amid coronavirus pandemic [HBJ] $
- Coronavirus-related construction delays likely to raise legal questions for contractors [HBJ] $
- COVID-19’s impact on Weingarten Realty Investors [RealtyNewsReport]
- New coronavirus addendum will allow buyers, sellers to cancel Texas housing contracts [Chron] $
- HAR drops open house notices from website [RealtyNewsReport]
- RNR real estate briefs [RealtyNewsReport]
- Opendoor suspends home buying, citing public health issues [HBJ] $
- Official expects Census to reflect dizzying growth in northern Galveston County [Chron] $
- Westchase wants to put bayou bike trail connection, a first in Houston, on the map [Chron] $
- Country house brings southern colonial-style flair to River Oaks [Chron] $
- WeWork braces for fight as SoftBank wavers on stock deal [HBJ] $
Deals During Uncertainty
- Howard Hughes Corp. sells Woodlands building as part of $2B divestiture plan [HBJ] $
- Belvoir Real Estate Group acquires office building in Memorial Villages [RealtyNewsReport]
- SoftBank may not buy $3 billion in WeWork shares [HBJ] $
- The Gardens at Spring Shadows senior living sold [ReCon]
- How real estate execs are soldiering on as pandemic takes hold [BisNow]
- It’s wait and see for the real estate market [Leader]
- Historic 1920s Shadyside mansion designed by renowned architects up for nearly $13M [Chron] $
- How Houston’s most iconic and often traveled streets got their names [Chron] $
Restructuring Cost Howard Hughes Corp
- Dallas firm Trammell Crow breaks ground on Rankin 45 Distribution Center in north Houston [HBJ] $
- Howard Hughes Corp. posts Q4 loss [Chron] $
- This week’s deal sheet [BisNow]
- Home sales up 256 percent in The Woodlands Hills [RealtyNewsReport]
- Fitness club VillaSport Cinco Ranch set to open March 5 [Chron]
- Condo Life: Luxury condos have strong appeal with millennials [Chron] $
- GHBA Remodelers Council: Follow guide to starting a remodeling project [Chron] $
- WeWork hit with gender, racial discrimination lawsuit [BisNow]
Out With the Old, in With the New
- HBJ’s Real Estate Roundup: Sterling Plaza, Coca-Cola property, multifamily complexes among recent deals [HBJ] $
- Katy saw 20% five-year population growth in 2018 [ReCon]
- Houston’s office market continues to see tenant demand for new construction, increasing supply in older product [ColliersInternational]
- Houston apartment construction stong as market faces some economic headwinds [RealtyNewsReport]
- Frank Liu buys East End’s Farmer Brothers coffee plant [Chron] $
- Houston partners with Global Cities on “Living With Water” flooding report [HoustonPublicMedia]
- Lyons Avenue Cultural Arts District, Houston’s newest cultural arts district will be in the Fifth Ward [Chron] $
- Waco Street bridge closing Wednesday so workers can tear it down and build a taller one [Chron] $
- WeWork appoints property veteran Sandeep Mathrani as chief executive [HBJ] $
- Pet showers and voice-activated toilets: What’s new in kitchen and bath products [Chron] $
- Live on a secluded island off Lake Conroe in this just listed, $4.25M ‘Glass House’ [Chron] $