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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – The strength of the Texas housing market continued in October with home prices increasing for the second consecutive month, according to the HomesUSA.com. Average new home prices rose statewide to $357,547 in October from $355,821 in September. The Dallas-Ft. Worth market takes top billing with the highest new home price at $374,871 and remains ... Read More »

SAN ANTONIO – (Realty News Report) – San Antonio commercial real estate developer Worth & Associates has secured Meritage Homes as the anchor tenant for its new Inwood Village office complex under development in San Antonio. The 77,000-SF office project is currently under construction at 2722 Bitters Road in North Central San Antonio. Meritage Homes leased 16,000 SF in the ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – With Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 1 in the nation, Houston is a real estate market on the rise and “has it all” as cited in the investment market rankings of Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2019 by PwC and the Urban Land Institute. Houston posted No. 37 of 79 U.S. cities, which is a big improvement ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – The Houston metropolitan area has spent more than a year battling back from the destructive footprint left by Hurricane Harvey midway through 2017. And the effort to recover continues to succeed, says the Q3 2018 Houston Multifamily Report from Berkadia Real Estate Advisors, LLC. “The impact of Hurricane Harvey and the ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – An eight-level parking garage with 600 spaces will be built adjacent to the 34-story Phoenix Tower in Greenway Plaza near the Southwest Freeway at Buffalo Speedway. Construction will begin before the end of the year and be complete in late 2019, according to Greenway Plaza operator Parkway Property Investments, LLC. The new 247,000-square-foot garage ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Waste Management has signed a 15-year lease with for 284,000 SF in Skanska’s Capitol Tower, which is under construction in downtown Houston. Waste Management will move its headquarters from 1001 Fannin to the Skanska building in 2020. With this lease, the office portion of the building is now 72 percent leased. The 35-story office ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Houston’s office market remains challenging. The sector is seeing high vacancy, although leasing velocity has picked up somewhat in recent months. During the third quarter of 2018, according to NAI Partners, Houston’s office market had a vacancy rate of 21.5 percent, representing some 50 million SF of vacant space. NAI reports 8.8 million SF ... Read More »

HOUSTON – Capital Retail Properties of Houston is developing a 17,200-SF retail center at FM 1093 and 359 in Fulshear, west of Houston. Gensler designed the center, expected to break ground in the fall of 2019. The developer purchased five acres and will sell pad sites. According to Capital Retail Properties’ Connor Lynch, who is overseeing leasing with associate Jacob Weersing, ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Housing starts in the Bayou City are exceptionally strong. According to national research firm Metrostudy, Houston was the second highest volume new-home market in the country; only Dallas/Fort Worth reported a greater number of home starts over th last 12 months. Still, many would be homebuyers are priced out of the market nowadays. What’s ... Read More »

HOUSTON – Stream Realty, in partnership with Wellington Development, will develop a 125,000-SF, five-story medical office building at 1001 Katy Freeway in the Spring Valley Village area. The building, the second medical development in Houston for Stream, will be connected to a seven-level garage adjacent to Campbell Road. Kirksey Architecture designed the building, slated to open in spring 2020. “I’m ... Read More »

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A joint venture of Patrinely Group, USAA Real Estate and CDC Houston announced 24 Hour Fitness has signed a long-term lease in CityPlace at Springwoods Village, in north Harris County. “24 Hour Fitness is exactly the type of destination we want at CityPlace to make this an 18-hour urban center,” said Robert Fields, president ... Read More »

HOUSTON – EaDo Properties LP purchased a 100,000-SF tract with four buildings along the Gulf Freeway at Sampson Street on the east side of downtown, near Coyle Street. The site has excellent redevelopment potential that can capitalize on strong momentum in EaDo, said Fred Ghabriel of Bijjani & Associates, which brokered the sale. The seller was Pinemont Properties. The four ... Read More »