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Krafts Fund 80,000 SQFT Rice Football Pavilion as Houston’s $120MM Gateway Overhaul Breaks Ground

Rice University landed a principal gift from Patti Lipoma Kraft and New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft to build an 80,000-square-foot football practice...

Midway, New Waterloo Land $40MM, 130-Room Boutique Hotel Anchoring Downtown San Marcos Push

Houston-based Midway and Austin operator New Waterloo have secured a $40 million, 130-room boutique hotel on Texas State University land, the centerpiece of...

VanTrust Pivots 200 Acres of Its 1,400-Acre Mustang Ridge Development Toward a Data Center Near Austin

VanTrust Real Estate is redirecting a large slice of its long-planned Mustang Ridge development southeast of Austin toward a data center after earlier...

San Antonio Mayor Seeks Public Vote on $489MM Spurs Arena Contribution

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is pressing the City Council to let residents decide on nearly half a billion dollars in public...

Willow Bend Tenants Get Aug. 31 Exit Deadline as Plano Advances $3B Dallas Stars Arena District

Centennial Real Estate has ordered most tenants at The Shops at Willow Bend to surrender their keys by Aug. 31, setting a firm...

Tesla Targets 3,000-Acre Fort Bend County Site for $10.1B Solar Cell Plant, Seeks JETI Tax Break

Tesla has filed for a decade-long school district tax abatement on a $10.1 billion photovoltaic manufacturing complex spanning more than 3,000 acres in...

Texas Southern University Unveils $1.7B, 20-Project Campus Master Plan Ahead of Centennial

Texas Southern University has adopted a decade-long, roughly $1.7 billion campus master plan spanning more than 20 projects, with three state-funded academic and...

Friedkin’s Pursuit Sports Leases Austin Office as $3.5B NHL Expansion Bid Advances

Houston-based Pursuit Sports, the Friedkin family's sports arm, has signed a local office lease and begun courting Austin officials as it evaluates the...

Target Wraps Sixth Fort Worth Store as TJ Maxx Lands First Grand Prairie Location

Target is finishing construction on its sixth Fort Worth store while TJ Maxx has filed plans to convert a Grand Prairie storefront into...

Austin Overhauls Development Review, Cutting Site Plan Timelines to 20 Days

Austin Development Services Director Keith Mars says an 18-month overhaul has delivered the fastest development-review timelines in the city's history, cutting site plan...

KDC, Pillar Commercial to Develop 225,000 SQFT One Bethany North Spec Office Tower in Allen

KDC and Pillar Commercial are betting on suburban Dallas office demand with One Bethany North, a nine-story speculative tower that will become the...

University of Houston Launches Digital Healthcare Institute, Targets $100MM Venture Fund in Houston

The University of Houston has launched the Institute for Digital Healthcare Transformation, pairing a roughly $100 million venture fund with new campus laboratories...