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Archives: February 2024

Nine acres in Dallas Medical District sold for mixed-use conversion

DALLAS – A residential builder has purchased nine acres of former office space in the Southwestern Medical District. Located at 1545 W. Mockingbird Ln., the office complex will be converted into mixed-use space with ground-floor retail and upper-floor apartments. Larkspur Capital acquired the site from R2R Capital. The sale was brokered by Trinity Southwest.​ read more…




Friendswood mixed-use project to bring hotel, retail, dining, affordable living to city

​FRIENDSWOOD – City officials and Tannos Development Group are working to construct the Friendswood City Center. Slated to break ground this month, the 106-acre mixed-use development will be at 3801 FM 528. The project will include the first hotel in Friendswood, a 500-unit multifamily complex, 150,000 sf of retail space, 200,000 sf of medical and […]


HUD investing in studies to help meet demand for affordable housing

​​AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced nearly $4 million in awards to 11 grantees to support research on creating practices and policies to increase the production and supply of affordable housing, including office-to-residential conversions. Affordable housing is in scarce supply in the United States, especially in urban areas where it’s most […]



New technology center coming to Austin

​​AUSTIN – A new technology center is coming that will provide easier and cheaper access to high-tech manufacturing machines, coworking space for robotics startups and accelerator programs, and educational certificate programs to help people launch new careers. The Hayes Innovation Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s 50,000-sf space, which formerly housed the Clean Energy Tech Center, is on roughly eight […]




Missouri-based bank buys historic office tower in downtown Fort Worth

​FORT WORTH – An affiliate of Missouri-based Legacy Bank & Trust has bought the 70-year-old Oil & Gas Building building. Legacy Bank provided a $12.3 million loan to the previous owner, Wolfe Investments, in 2023.  Wolfe Investments had planned to convert the 16-story, 167,000-sf office building on West 7th St. into 180 rental units.​ Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the country’s […]