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Entries from February 25th, 2010

Maxxam Property sells 210,000-SF building for $29.7M

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Office

(Houston) – Maxxam Property Co. sold the office building at 4646 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. to Potamkin Auto Group for $29.7 million, or about $142 per sf.

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Military helps families forced to sell homes at a loss

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Military, San Antonio

(Randolph Air Force Base) – The federal Homeowners Assistance Program is designed to assist military families forced to sell their homes at a loss due to relocation. The 902nd Ci …

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Patient-friendly $10M redo at Randolph AFB Clinic

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Military, San Antonio

(Randolph Air Force Base) – Nearly 20 months after it began, a top-to-bottom construction makeover of the Randolph Air Force Base (AFB) Clinic is almost complete.

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DFW negative home building numbers look great against U.S.

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Housing

(Dallas-Fort Worth) – Single-family home construction in DFW has plunged 70 percent since 2006.

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Permits issued down 7.5 percent in Houston

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Mixed-Use

The City of Houston in January issued building permits valued at $224 million, down 7.5 percent from $242 million in January 2009, according to data released today by the city’s building permits department.

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Star Furniture Austin relocating to I-35 showroom this fall

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Austin-Round Rock, Retail

(North Austin) – Star Furniture plans to move this fall into a new 77,000-sf showroom in the Lakes@TechRidge shopping center near I-35 and Howard Ln. in North Austin.

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Greenspoint Mall’s Sears closing in Houston

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Retail

(Houston) – Sears Holdings Corp. is shuttering its Greenspoint Mall store, leaving the north Houston shopping center with a large vacancy amid a retail downturn.

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400,000-SF Renaissance to begin in Fort Worth

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Retail

(Southeast Fort Worth) – Construction of the 400,000-sf Renaissance Square shopping center at the site of the former Masonic Home and School in south …

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Sherman energized over approval for planned power plant

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Infrastructure & Transportation, Sherman-Denison

(Sherman) – Panda Energy International, which announced plans to build a 500-megawatt combined cycle, gas-fired power plant in Sherman has passed a big hurdle.</p …

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Southwest Nut to lay off 168 in El Paso

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · El Paso, Employment

(El Paso) – Southwest Nut Co. plans to lay off 168 people by April 16 from its Fabens pecan-processing plant and will probably close the plant if current negotiations to sell the company are not successful.

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