SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is expanding with an $89.5 million main campus housing development. The 163,000-sf Blanco Hall will accommodate 594 students. When completed, the university will have 5,183 beds, bringing it within 5 percent of its goal of 5,400 on-campus beds by 2025. The dorms will also house educational resources and […]
Archives: October 2023
Oklahoma-based firm’s Grapevine campus getting new office building
GRAPEVINE – A new 118,000-sf office building is planned for an Oklahoma City-based payroll processing firm’s campus. The four-story, $27 million building at 3489 SH 121 will open in 2025. HSE Architects is the project designer. The campus, owned by Paycom, already has a 150,000-sf operations center with 1,000 employees. The land was purchased from […]
New tech company planting headquarters in Cedar Park
CEDAR PARK – Hanyang Eng USA is bringing its national corporate headquarters to 1635 Scottsdale Drive, Bldg. 6, and plans to offer 50 full-time positions by 2025. The company also plans to expand into aerospace, environmental, and green energy engineering. In doing so, they will create a 2,500- to 3,000-sf space free from contaminants that’s used […]
Christus Health opens international HQ in Irving
IRVING – Christus Health has opened its international headquarters in the Las Colinas Urban Center on O’Connor Blvd. near SH 114. The 15-story office tower will house 2,000 employees and have ground-floor museum space and a chapel, a third-floor common area with a conference center, training and meeting rooms, and a gathering area. It will also […]
240 affordable housing units planned for north SA
SAN ANTONIO – Indiana-based Pedcor Companies plans to put 240 apartments on 37 acres at US 281 and E. Borgfeld Dr. The firm recently purchased the lot with help from a $3.9 million First Merchants Bank loan. A partnership with the San Antonio Housing Trust, the complex will be called Creek Bend Phase II Apartment Homes, as the original Creek […]
Dallas’ Pegasus Park getting new laboratory complex
DALLAS – A 135,000-sf laboratory complex is in development at Pegasus Park after receiving funding. Bridge Labs will begin converting an existing building into lab speculative suites and centralized lab services. They will also build a new building that will open in late 2024. Oklahoma-based InterBank provided a five-year, $61.3 million construction loan. New York-based Nuveen Green Capital also funded […]
A Real Estate Agent Helps Take the Fear Out of the Market
Do negative headlines and talk on social media have you feeling worried about the housing market? Maybe you’ve even seen or heard something lately that scares you and makes you wonder if you should still buy or sell a home right now. Regrettably, when news in the media isn’t easy to understand, it can make […]
Virginia-based investor acquires Carrollton rental community.
CARROLLTON – Virginia-based AvalonBay Communities Inc. has purchased a rental community west of the Dallas North Tollway. Located at 4216 Sloane St., the Avalon West Plano, formerly Sloan Street apartments, has 500 units across eight buildings with monthly rents ranging from $1,600 to $3,400 for the three-bedroom townhomes. Developer Billingsly Co. was the seller. AvalonBay owns […]
Mansfield mixed-use project inspired by The Dairy Block
MANSFIELD – The city has approved the construction of a four-acre mixed-use project. Construction will begin next summer. Located at the corner of Main and Broad streets, the Water Mill Square is inspired by The Dairy Block in Denver with a pedestrian promenade. The project will have 100 apartment units, 20 townhomes, and 80,000 sf of commercial […]
Downtown Austin's Block21 receiving $40M refresh
AUSTIN – Opry Entertainment Group is beginning work on a $40 million renovation of Block 21, the Second Street mixed-use development that is home to ACL Live at the Moody Theater and the W Austin hotel. Block 21 occupies an entire block downtown and includes 159 condominiums, the 251-room hotel, and the ACL Live Theater […]