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Archives: August 2021

If Housing Affordability Is About the Money, Don’t Forget This.

There are many non-financial benefits of buying your own home. However, today’s headlines seem to be focusing primarily on the financial aspects of homeownership – specifically affordability. Many articles are making the claim that it’s not affordable to buy a home in today’s market, but that isn’t the case. Today’s buyers are spending approximately 20% […]


1M-sf warehouse project tops off in Haltom City

​​​​​HALTOM CITY – Creation has completed 820 Exchange, a one million-sf industrial project between Beach St. and Haltom Rd., just south of I-820. The project houses four buildings ranging from 139,000 to 426,000 sf each. It has 30- to 36-ft clear heights, 180- to 210-ft truck court depths, and 140 trailer parking spaces. LGE Design Build was the architect […]


Westmount Realty Capital ends 33-year hold on 302K-sf warehouse

​​​GRAND PRAIRIE – Westmount Realty Capital LLC has sold Fountain Parkway, a 301,399-sf warehouse and manufacturing facility in the Great Southwest Industrial Park. The 14-acre property at 602 Fountain Pkwy. has 16 dock doors, five drive-in doors with up to 17.5-ft clear heights, warehouse exhaust fans, and 219 parking spots. Westmount purchased the property in 1988 and updated it during its […]


Cumby Group redeveloping Austin site

​​AUSTIN – Locally-based Cumby Group will develop three multifamily projects on nine acres on Manor Rd.  The proje​ct​s will total more th​​an 800 multifamily units—including 80 affordable residences—and 150,0​00 sf of commercial space.  One of the projects, The Emma, is a 146-unit property currently under construction at 3219 Manor Rd. Another project will have two buildings with 450 to […]


$108.7M San Antonio multifamily portfolio sold

​​​​SAN ANTONIO – New York-based Sun Equity has purchased a four-building multifamily portfolio for $108.7 million. The properties, which total 1,230 units, were all built between 1964 and 1986. New York-based Rosewood Realty represented both the buyer and the seller, locally based Kairoi Residential. The Texas Real Estate Research Center has more news like this online for […]


Creekside Park The Grove multifamily community opens

​​​THE WOODLANDS – The Howard Hughes Corp. has opened its second local multifamily project at 8440 Creekside Green Dr. within the Creekside Park Villa​ge Center. Called Creekside Park The Grove, the community consists of six four-story buildings and 360 units. Units range from 680 to 1,490 sf and include one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans.  Amenities include a […]


Dallas investor snags 120K-sf Lakewood high-rise

​​DALLAS – August Real Estate Co. has purchased the nine-story Lakewood Tower on Gaston Ave. in the Lakewood shopping center. The 120,000-sf​ office tower was built in 1981 and recently renovated by seller Caddo Holdings. Tenants include Wells Fargo, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, and Baylor Scott & White. Goodwin Advisors marketed the building for […]