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Archives: July 2020



BCS housing fundamentals weakened in 2Q2020

COLLEGE STATION – Local housing fundamentals weakened in the second quarter, according to data from Texas Realtors and the Real Estate Center. Single-family home sales through the Multiple Listing Service fell 3.1 percent year over year to 1,079 sales. Median sales price increased 3.6 percent to $227,900.  Active listings decreased 6.8 percent to 1,429. Closed sales also fell […]


Heavy-equipment adventure company coming to Sachse

​SACHSE – Hastings, Minn.-based Extreme Sandbox is moving its first Texas attraction in The Station. ​ The heavy-equipment adventure and team-building company is moving its location from Pottsboro.  The lease caps off the 134-acre mixed-use district’s first phase of construction. Dallas-based PMB Capital Investments built development at 2900 Pleasant Valley Rd​. in collaboration with the city. The Real Estate Center has […]


Texas housing sales remain strong despite pandemic

AUSTIN – The mandatory shelter-in-place orders related to COVID-19 caused Texas home sales to decline in 2Q2020, while median price increased, according to Texas Realtors’ Texas Quarterly Housing Report. ​Home sales declined 9.9 percent to 91,970 homes sold. Statewide, the median price increased 2.9 percent to $252,000.  Of all the homes sold last quarter, 34.6 percent were priced from $200,000 to […]


DFW third nationally in commercial, apartment buildings starts

​​BEDFORD, Mass. – With the pandemic slowing construction across the country, Dallas-Fort ​​Worth was still third nationally for commercial and apartment buildings starts in the first half of the year. According to Dodge Data & Analytics, nearly $3.81 billion of commercial and multifamily construction starts were recorded in the metro so far this year. That’s compared with the over […]




Work starts on McKinney Corporate Center II

​​McKINNEY – ​VanTrust Real Estate has broken ground on the 115,000-sf McKinney Corporate Center II. The building will be within the 2,200-acre Craig Ranch master-planned development, just across the street fr​om Collin College Tech. Amenities will include a tenant lounge, conference center, tenant patio, and grab-and-go food service.  Holt Lunsford is handling leasing.  McKinney Corporate Center I was […]


Humble apartment complex trades hands

​HUMBLE – A joint venture of Avid Realty Partners and Electra Capital has acquired The Pines at Woodcreek Apartments. The 330-unit gated community at 21021 Aldine Westfield Rd. has a one-acre dog park, fitness center, and pocket parks. Newmark Knight Frank brokered the deal.​ The Real Estate Center​​​​ has more information like this online for free: ​​​​Texas […]