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IESI buys recycling facility in Pflugerville

September 7th, 2010 · Austin-Round Rock, Industrial

PFLUGERVILLE (Austin Business Journal) – Fort Worth-based IESI Corp. has acquired the 20,000-sf Pflugerville recycler Central Texas Secure Shredding.

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TAMU-CC to consider $20M parking garage

September 7th, 2010 · Corpus Christi, Education

CORPUS CHRISTI (Corpus Christi Caller Times) – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi wants to build a $20 million, four-story parking g …

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Jones Stadium showcases new east side press box

September 7th, 2010 · Education, Lubbock

LUBBOCK (KCBD TV) – The new east side press box and stadium club seats at Jones stadium is open.

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Corpus Christi self-promoting in a big way

September 7th, 2010 · Corpus Christi, Economy

CORPUS CHRISTI (Corpus Christi Caller Times) – For the fiscal year ending July 31, the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau spent about $1.5 milli …

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Convergys to hire 360 in Lubbock

September 7th, 2010 · Employment, Lubbock

LUBBOCK (KCBD TV) – Convergys is recruiting 360 full and part-time positions at its Lubbock call center.

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14-Unit Magnolia Gardens blossoming in Longview

September 7th, 2010 · Longview, Multifamily

LONGVIEW (Longview News-Journal) – A 14-unit development called Magnolia Gardens that will feature seven duplex structures is being …

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UTMB making headway on $667M Ike repairs

September 7th, 2010 · Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Medical

GALVESTON (Galveston Daily News) – Reconstruction and repairs to Ike-damaged buildings at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have started to make headway.

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For-profit hospitals thrive in El Paso, Las Cruces

September 7th, 2010 · El Paso, Medical

EL PASO (El Paso Times) – A national study shows that the for-profit hospital industry is thriving in El Paso and Southern New Mexico, even though more than 20 percent of the population live below the poverty level and one in three has no health insurance.
Two hospitals in El Paso and one in Las Cruces were among the 25 most profitable in the nation, according to rankings released by Forbes magazine.
Flowers Medical Center in Dothan, Ala., was the most profitable U.S. hospital. It had a net profit of 53 percent.
Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso was the second-most profitable hospital in America.
It had a 45 percent net profit for the year that started Oct. 1, 2008, according to the American Hospital Directory. The hospital received $243 million in patient revenue and had expenses of $132.7 million.
Memorial Medical Center was 20th on the Forbes’ list with a profit margin of 25.9 percent. Las Palmas, in Las Cruces, ranked 23rd with a profit of 25.1 percent.

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Colleyville former Albertson’s sold

September 7th, 2010 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Retail

COLLEYVILLE (Texas Real Estate Business) – Western Real Estate Equities has purchased a 56,434-sf retail building located at the intersection …

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PepWear rah-rahs to Cedar Hill

September 7th, 2010 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Industrial

CEDAR HILL (Dallas Morning News,

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