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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Houston restaurant and casino magnate Tilman Fertitta, has lost about a third of his wealth, or approximately $2 billion, in the last month due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to Bloomberg News. Feritta, who had a net worth of more than $5 billion last month, has dropped off the rankings of the 500 wealthiest ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta, who owns the Golden Nugget casinos, several hotels and hundreds of restaurants has temporarily furloughed 40,000 employees, according to Bloomberg News. Fertitta told Bloomberg he is losing millions of dollars every day because of governmental shut-down orders issued as part of the coronavirus pandemic. His restaurants that have been operating ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – The Zimmermans, represented by NewForm Real Estate, in a joint venture with Hines, disclosed additional details for its La Colombe d’Or Hotel renovation in the Montrose area. In addition to the 34-story The Residences at La Colombe d’Or developed and previously announced by Hines, La Colombe d’Or Hotel’s footprint will grow to a total of ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – The historic Medical Towers building in the Texas Medical Center has been transformed into the 273-room Westin Houston Medical Center. The hotel recently opened in a mid-century modernist building located across the street from Houston Methodist and Texas Children’s Hospital. Lodging demand is high in the Texas Medical Center, which has 9,200 patient beds ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (By Ralph Bivins of Realty News Report) — You’re feeling lucky. Nabbing one of the ten free parking spots in the garage is a miracle in this glitz palace. But plebeians who want to avoid giving six bucks to the parking valet don’t venture on these premises often. This is Tilman Fertitta’s The Post Oak Hotel and rooms ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – JLL has arranged a $140 million refinancing of GreenStreet, a 617,000-SF mixed use development in downtown Houston. JLL worked on behalf of the borrowers, Lionstone Investments and Midway to secure the loan, which was provided by Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. GreenStreet, covering four blocks near the intersection of Fannin and Lamar, is undergoing ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Houstonian Tilman J. Fertitta announced that Landry’s, Inc. has closed on the acquisition of Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouses and the Del Frisco’s Grilles. The seller is L Catterton, the largest and most global consumer-focused private equity firm.  The Wall Street Journal said the price was between $300 million and $325 million. Del Frisco’s is ... Read More »

GRAPEVINE, Texas – (Realty News Report) – NewcrestImage, a hotel and real estate development company, has started construction on an 80,000 SF four-floor office building in Grapevine, within the company’s 52-acre SilverLake Crossings master-planned development, about two miles north of DFW Airport. The company’s headquarters will occupy one floor of the building when it is completed in the summer of ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A 92-year-old building in downtown tower has been redeveloped as the 226-room Cambria Hotel Downtown Houston. The hotel, scheduled to open August 1, will be located in one of Houston’s oldest high-rise office buildings at 1314 Texas Avenue. Joseph S. Cullinan, founder of the Texas Company, an early-day oil firm that became Texaco, developed ... Read More »

AUSTIN – (Realty News Report) – The major hospitality markets in Texas are all solid, with Austin leading the state, reports John M. Keeling, executive vice president of Houston-based Valencia Hotel Group, a leading luxury hospitality management company. “Austin’s hospitality market continues to be strong,” said Keeling. “The city has a diverse economy with high-tech Silicon Gulch, the universities, and ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A new Houston-area hotel has become a “distressed asset” and is listed to be sold off by CBRE Hotels, according to Rahul Bijlani, senior vice president of CBRE Hotels. Bijlani, speaking at the CBRE press luncheon last week, said the hotel is affiliated with the Marriott chain, but he declined to fully identify the ... Read More »

 HOUSTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – Many Houstonians who fled their Hurricane Harvey-flooded and otherwise damaged homes found shelter in a host of different places, among them – obviously – hotels. And many stayed there a good, long time. As a result, the overall Houston hotel market finished 2018 with a revenue per available room (RevPAR) loss ... Read More »