South Central

November 29, 2004 Houston Business Journal (third item) Roberts Development Construction Inc. has put the finishing touches on the first three industrial buildings in a new complex called Heritage Business Park. Plans call for a total of 10 office/warehouses to...

November 29, 2004 Houston Business Journal Camden Property Trust's planned acquisition of Charlotte, N.C.-based Summit Properties Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.9 billion will create the country's fifth-largest publicly traded owner of multifamily complexes. The combined company will...

November 29, 2004 Dallas Morning News More than a dozen major developments are in the works north of downtown Dallas, and construction is under way on more than 900 apartments, condos and townhouses. Demand for sites is so strong that...

November 29, 2004 The Times-Picayune City and port officials are close to signing an agreement that has the potential to spark an unprecedented development boom on the riverfront. The agreement would allow nonmaritime development on unused and underused areas of...

November 24, 2004 Dallas Morning NewsEquity Office Properties Inc. is shopping a collection of buildings that may fetch more than $800 million. The REIT is seeking offers on almost 7 million square feet in about a dozen buildings in the...

November 23, 2004 Austin American-StatesmanSimon Property Group, seeking to extend its dominance in the Central Texas retail market, is planning a second large shopping center for Georgetown, Texas, in addition to the Wolf Ranch development slated to open in July....

November 23, 2004 Dallas Morning News General Growth Properties may buy the troubled Southwest Center Mall in southwest Dallas. Real estate brokers say General Growth has made an offer for the 1.2 million-square-foot mall at State Highway 67 and Interstate...

November 22, 2004 Dallas Business Journal (second item)— Bank of America inked one of the largest office deals in Texas last week with a 20-year, 566,000-square-foot renewal at Bank of America Plaza in downtown Dallas. The bank has renewed its...

November 22, 2004 Dallas Business Journal The office property market in North Texas is on fire. A flurry of investment sales have closed in the last two weeks, and deals in the works could push 2004 well over the $2...

November 22, 2004 Houston Business JournalThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking to develop some under-utilized property near the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. The VA will lease out a 12.6 acre-tract at the southeast corner of Holcombe...