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AUSTIN – (Realty News Report) – Mixed use real estate developments, while extremely popular today, can’t be built just anywhere and must follow certain criteria, according to Jonathan Brinsden, chief executive officer of Houston-based Midway a privately-owned, fully integrated real estate development and investment firm. Brinsden spoke from experience – Midway boasts nine mixed use projects in Houston that have been completed, under construction or on ... Read More »

HOUSTON – Realty News Report editor Ralph Bivins won an unprecedented five awards in the National Association of Real Estate Editor’s 66th Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition. “This writer covers Houston real estate like a glove,” the judges said of Bivins’ work. “Whether he is writing about new building construction methods, the future of the Astrodome, or the acquisition of the ... Read More »

NEW ORLEANS – The U. S. hospitality sector continues to grow, but financing is becoming harder to obtain and Millennials are influencing the design of new properties, leaders of the industry told attendees at the 50th annual National Association of Real Estate Editors real estate journalism conference in New Orleans this week In today’s difficult economic environment, hospitality entrepreneurs must ... Read More »

HOUSTON – Houston news reporters have been recognized in the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) 65th Annual Journalism Awards. Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle won a Silver Award in the Best Commercial Real Estate Story in a Daily Newspaper for her article investigating the booming market for self-storage facilities. The judges said Feser’s story “described how a ... Read More »

MIAMI – Third Palm Capital is undertaking a billion-dollar mixed-use development in Houston’s Energy Corridor in one of the nation’s strongest growth regions. The Texas Triangle – a heavily populated swath of Texas bounded by Dallas, San Antonio and Houston – holds a great allure for long-term development possibilties, said developer Cameron Graham, executive vice president of Third Palm. Graham, ... Read More »

MIAMI – -The National Association of Real Estate Editors will hold its 49th Annual Conference in Miami in June. NAREE journalists will  interview dozens of the world’s top real estate newsmakers, tour the country’s hottest luxury condo market and hone digital reporting skills. Ian Schrager, creator of the boutique hotel concept, will keynote NAREE’s 49th Annual Conference Friday morning, June 26, at the InterContinental ... Read More »

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The National Association of Real Estate Editors has issued a call for entries for NAREE’s 65th Annual Journalism Competition. Twenty-five categories will recognize excellence in digital, print and broadcast journalism. Winners will be announced at NAREE’s Miami journalism conference June 24-27, which will draw hundreds of journalists and real estate industry speakers to Florida. NAREE’s prestigious journalism competition ... Read More »

HOUSTON – Ralph Bivins, editor of RealtyNewsReport,  has been named a winner in the “Best Commercial Real Estate Report” category of the National Association of Real Estate Editors 63rd Annual Journalism Awards. Award winners in 25 categories were selected by a panel of expert judges from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Bivins’ article about the ... Read More »

Acclaimed New Urbanism Architect Andres Duany to Address NAREE’s “Designs on the New Urban Grid” Conference in Atlanta in June ATLANTA  – New Urbanism visionary Andres Duany, one of world’s most influential architects and urban planners, will address the National Association of Real Estate Editors’ 47th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Atlanta in early June. NAREE’s conference – “Designs ... Read More »

The National Association of Real Estate Editors’ 63rd Annual NAREE Journalism Competition has a number of categories for journalists who cover commercial real estate, in addition to residential real estate and mortgage finance, home building and urban planning topics. “NAREE membership has grown significantly in commercial real estate in recent years. A large number of journalists who cover office markets, ... Read More »

By Ralph Bivins DENVER – The consensus emerging from the National Association of Real Estate Editors 46th annual conference is the real estate market has stabilized and is recovering from its ugly slide that began about four years ago. “You’re going to see an excellent housing recovery,” said Margaret Kelly, chief executive officer of Re/Max, in a speech to the ... Read More »