Bear growl heard throughout Waco
WACO - In an effort to further improve Baylor's athletic standing, the school has spent millions in extensive complex expansions, including the following: $34 million on the Highers Athletics Complex/Simpson Athletics and Academic Center; $11.1 million on the Jay and Jenny...
Plenty of stalls for Llano
LLANO, LLANO COUNTY - The City of Llano officially opened a 128,000-sf rodeo arena and events center. The Llano Events Center includes concessions and 200 horse stalls to rent. Estimated construction cost was $1.4 million, according to state filings. The city's economic...
East Fort Bliss rec centers on single soldier
EL PASO - The 25,000-sf Soldier Activities Center is being built at the intersection of Constitution and Gulf Victory on East Fort Bliss. The $8.2 million facility is scheduled to open in July. The center will serve all active-duty soldiers, military retirees, civilian employees on the post...
Victoria April 2012 home sales: Swearingen Report
VICTORIA - The Swearingen Report has been released for April 2012. The Victoria housing market remains strong but challenged by low inventories. Total inventory is the lowest in over ten years. Victoria MLS All Categories * 12 Months Ending ...
Santana operations go lean in Edinburg
EDINBURG - South Texas College (STC) will train more than 300 Santana Textiles employees on ways to improve the denim’s quality, lower production costs and eliminate waste. STC received a $600,000 job-training grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to train the company new employees in improving...
Brownsville housing market sees decline
BROWNSVILLE - The Texas real estate market appears to have gained momentum in first quarter 2012, however Brownsville doesn’t appear to have been part of the trend. During 1Q 2012, with more than a 24 percent decline, 123 single-family homes changed hands, down from 162 during the same...
Whitetail electrifies Webb County
WEBB COUNTY - Whitetail Wind Energy has approval to build a $120 million wind farm project consisting of 57 turbines north of Oilton. The construction phase of the project will employ 125 workers, according to Dan King, Whitetail’s project development manager. Three out of five jobs will...
Intel shifts to new facility
AUSTIN - Intel is set to move into its new engineering operations facility at 1300 S. MoPac Blvd. The 61-acre property was purchase from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2011 for $39.8 million. The complex includes a 389,000-sf, five-story building equipped with a fitness center...
HAR: Houston townhouse/condo report April 2012
HOUSTON - The number of townhouses and condominiums sold jumped 12.4 percent in April 2012 compared to one year earlier, according to Houston Association of Realtors. In the greater Houston area, 472 units were sold in April 2012 versus 420 properties in April 2011. The average price was flat...
NAI REOC: San Antonio 1Q 2012 office
SAN ANTONIO - Healthy leasing activity in first quarter 2012 generated 215,922 sf of positive net absorption. This marks the third consecutive quarter of positive net gain for the local office market and the largest since mid-year 2010. San Antonio 1Q 2012 Office Report ...
