Houston

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Swedish construction giant Skanska has acquired Downtown’s Houston Club Building for an undisclosed amount. The building has been serving as home to The Houston Club, one of the city’s most prominent organizations, for nearly 60 years.
The […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Work on a new hospital will start in Galveston no later than this fall. The $438 million project, representing a major milestone in the University of Texas Medical Branch’s recovery from Hurricane Ike, which ravaged the Gulf […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Houston’s luxury home market is about to get boost as developers prepare to move ahead on the stalled Winfield Gate project. Rohe & Wright Builders is partnering with the Willis family, the property’s owners, to deliver […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Liberty Property Trust plans on adding 212,000 square feet to its Liberty Northwest Business Center. The company has recently broken ground on two new on-site buildings, its second and third sustainable development projects in Houston.
The first […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Peloton Capital Partners teamed up with an Austin-based real estate private equity firm for the acquisition of a five-building, 347,258-square-foot office portfolio that marks the firm’s first foray into Houston. The purchase is part of an expansion […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
With financing loosening up but still tough to come by, NorthMarq Capital has made it possible for a number of Houston properties lately.
Behringer Harvard completed the financing of Houston’s One BrierLake Plaza. Proceeds from the deal, […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
The Villages of  Louetta, a  gated multi-family complex in North Houston’s Spring  district, has come to market, Citybizlist reported. The seller is a joint venture between Prudential Real Estate Investors, on behalf of one of its advisory clients, and […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Wal-Mart Corp. recently acquired the distribution complex it manages in Baytown for a reported $104.5 million. The seller was the State of Texas School Fund, which bought the pair of buildings from the retail giant back […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
The Sawyer Heights Village shopping center, located just outside the Central Business District in Houston, traded hands this week. The buyer, a joint venture of Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. and Canada-based RioCan Real […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Marking their second joint venture development in the Houston market, Gables Residential and Northwestern Mutual began construction on Gables Post Oak. The Class A-plus apartment community is located in the Uptown area of Houston, at Post […]