City of Houston
Houston’s 611 Walker Pitched as Trophy Tower Site as City Markets Two Downtown Towers Totaling 1,342,000 SQFT
Days after Houston City Council cleared the sale, Cushman & Wakefield is positioning the full-block 611 Walker St. as a demolition-ready site for...
American Express Plans $35MM Expansion to Nearly Triple IAH Centurion Lounge to 23,000 SQFT in Houston
American Express plans to spend roughly $35 million to nearly triple its Centurion Lounge in Terminal D at George Bush Intercontinental Airport to...
Houston Moves to Sell 1,342,000 SQFT of Aging City Towers at 1200 Travis and 611 Walker
Houston City Council has authorized the city to put two 1960s-era downtown towers on the market, the Houston Police Department headquarters at 1200...
Houston Breaks Ground on $75MM MacGregor Park Rebuild as Third Ward Landmark’s Budget Climbs 39%
City and philanthropic leaders broke ground Oct. 1 on a two-phase, $75 million rebuild of the 65-acre MacGregor Park in Houston's Third Ward,...
Houston’s $7.5B City Budget and $1.7B METRO Plan Shift Costs and Risk Onto Real Estate
Houston erased most of a $209 million deficit without raising property taxes, and METRO protected bus and rail service by cutting 177 jobs...
Mary Benton Leaves Mayor Whitmire’s Office for New Role at Houston METRO
Mary Benton, the chief of communications and senior advisor who has shaped Houston Mayor John Whitmire's public messaging, is departing City Hall for...
Let’s Play Houston Opens $60MM, 25-Park Push With $2MM Lawrence Park Rebuild on Heights Trail
Crews have started a roughly $2 million rebuild of Lawrence Park in Houston Heights, the first of 25 neighborhood parks slated for upgrades...
The Woodlands Clinches $50MM Deal to Permanently Block Houston Annexation
The Woodlands Township has agreed to pay the City of Houston roughly $50 million to erase a 2057 deadline and make Houston's promise...
Houston Ship Channel Drove Nearly $1 Trillion in Economic Value in 2025, New Study Finds
Port Houston's commission unveiled a new Martin Associates study showing the Houston Ship Channel supported $986.9 billion in national economic value in 2025,...
The Woodlands Bets $50MM to Buy Permanent Freedom From Houston Annexation
The Woodlands Township and the City of Houston will vote Aug. 26 on a $50 million settlement that would dissolve a shared sales-tax...
