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			<title>H-E-B's Metroplex Land Grab</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6745</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	FORT WORTH (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/05/13/3957066/he-butt-grocery-buys-16-acres.html?ana=e_dal_rdup&amp;amp;s=newsletter&amp;amp;ed=2012-05-14&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fort Worth Star-Telegram&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;ndash; After expressing interest in expanding in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. has recently purchased two separate parcels in the area.</description>
			<category>Retail</category>
			<category>Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington</category>
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			<title>Alterra Checking Into Vacant Office Tower</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6746</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	DALLAS (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/morning_call/2012/05/slideshow-long-vacant-building-on.html&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dallas Business Journal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;ndash; Despite rumors of demolition, a long-empty Dallas office tower could be reincarnated as a hotel if Alterra International gets&amp;nbsp;its way.</description>
			<category>Hotel</category>
			<category>Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington</category>
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			<title>El Paso Big House Looking to Get Bigger</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6747</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	EL PASO (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_20617284/el-paso-county-lines-up-44m-upgrade-jail-annex&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;El Paso Times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;ndash; A growing city doesn&amp;rsquo;t only need new homes, shops and office space. It needs more room for its&amp;nbsp;lengthening list of inmates.</description>
			<category>Public Facilities</category>
			<category>El Paso</category>
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			<title>San Antonio Offices Filling Slowly</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6748</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	SAN ANTONIO (NAI REOC San Antonio) &amp;ndash; Demand for office space is rising in San Antonio, although new build-to-suit office construction is expected to leave some vacancies in older buildings.</description>
			<category>Office</category>
			<category>San Antonio</category>
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			<title>TxDOT Easing Houston SH 290 Congestion</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6749</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	HOUSTON (&lt;a href=&quot;http://realtynewsreport.com/2012/05/14/deal-sikes-unprecedented-eminent-domain-play-in-nw-houston/&quot;&gt;RealtyNewsReport.com&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;ndash;&amp;nbsp;To help&amp;nbsp;relieve traffic congestion on&amp;nbsp;SH 290 in northwest Houston, the Texas Department of Transportation is acquiring more than 73 acres to widen the West Loop North stretch of I-610.</description>
			<category>Infrastructure &amp; Transportation</category>
			<category>Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown</category>
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			<title>4,000 Dallas Apartments in Portfolio Pickup</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6750</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	DALLAS (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20120514-thousands-of-dallas-apartments-sold-out-of-bankruptcy.ece&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dallas Morning News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;ndash; New York-based Gaia Real Estate and an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group of Connecticut have paid $22.5 million for&amp;nbsp;apartment portfolio that includes more than 4,000 Dallas-area units.</description>
			<category>Multifamily</category>
			<category>Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington</category>
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			<title>Encore Game for Patriot</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6751</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	DALLAS (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20120514-redevelopment-plan-in-the-works-for-downtown-dallas-tower.ece&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dallas Morning News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;ndash; Encore Enterprises is under contract to&amp;nbsp;purchase the 30-story Patriot Tower in downtown Dallas.</description>
			<category>Mixed-Use</category>
			<category>Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington</category>
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			<title>Index Identifies Texas Counties Attractive to Investors</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6752</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	PITTSBURGH (FourthEconomy.com) &amp;ndash; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://fourtheconomy.com/initiatives/fourth-economy-index/#anchor3&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2012 Fourth Economy Index Listing &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;for small and mid-sized counties has been released. Three Texas counties&amp;nbsp;are identified as having a strong capacity to attract and retain sustainable investment.</description>
			<category>Economy</category>
			<category>Texas</category>
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			<title>News, News and More News</title>
			<link>http://recenter.tamu.edu/recon/reconSearch.asp?CID=6753</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) &amp;ndash; If you&amp;#39;d like more news, we&amp;#39;ve got you covered. More to the point, we&amp;#39;ve got Texas covered.</description>
			<category>Center News</category>
			<category>College Station-Bryan</category>
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