Taylor Morrison and Highland Homes have joined the lineup of home builders in Cane Island where they will build in the second phase of the Katy community. Phase two is planned for more than 250 homes on 100 acres. The community, on 1,200 acres north of the Katy Freeway at Cane Island Parkway, opened in 2015.

A New York investor has acquired nearly 122,000 square feet of industrial properties near the Port of Houston.

The permits for the project at 1515 Austin St. total more than $52 million, and include a tower and parking garage, according to city of Houston records collected by real estate data firm Build Zoom.

Comerica Bank will get its name at the top of 17-story Two Riverway building as part of a deal to relocate its Houston market headquarters from Brookhollow Central to the Galleria area midyear. The Dallas-based bank has leased 34,624 square feet in the building, according to Stream Realty Partners. The new office, just south of Woodway near South Post Oak Lane, will house Comerica's middle market banking, treasury management, small-business banking, wealth management and human resources operations, according to Comerica. Two Riverway's design and collaborative, high-tech workspaces factored in to the relocation decision. The bank will move from 219,000 square feet at Brookhollow II, 2900 North Loop West near U.S. 290, by August.

Ten Houston-area communities earned a place among the nation's 50 best-selling master-planned communities in 2017 even as Hurricane Harvey suppressed home sales for four weeks of the year, a new report showed. The 5,000-home Riverstone in Sugar Land and Missouri City remained the region's top-seller and was the only area development to crack the top 25 of the John Burns Real Estate Consulting survey. The Irvine, Calif.-based research and consulting firm focused on the housing industry has been compiling the list for eight years. It surveyed 370 communities to determine the rankings. Developments outside of Texas earned the highest rankings as the national economy and housing markets continued to improve.

Will Holder, president of Trendmaker Homes and venerated industry leader, will retire at the end of March after 25 years with the Houston-based homebuilder.

Hayden Properties has purchased the 216-unit Stoneleigh on Spring Cypress apartments at 7215 Spring Cypress Road in Spring. Joey Rippel, Todd Marix, Chris Curry, Chris Young and Connor Phillips of HFF marketed the property for the seller, Seneca Investments. The property consists of 11 three-story residential buildings with units averaging 881 square feet. Tyler Ford of HFF arranged acquisition financing. It is 94.4 percent leased. Cimeda Three has purchased a 46,000-square-foot office/warehouse facility at 15135 Jacintoport. Marc Drumwright with Southwest Realty Advisors represented the seller, ELGM. Chris Klein with Colliers International represented the buyer.

Bellagreen, an eco-conscious restaurant that has been rebranding Ruggles Green restaurants across the Houston area, has signed a lease for a Webster location. The restaurant, planned to open in the third quarter, will anchor a new shopping center development by Houston-based Baker Katz. The 3,500-square-foot restaurant, the seventh for the chain, is being developed on Bay Area Boulevard between Interstate 45 and Texas Avenue, Baker Katz said.

Houston-based Capital Retail Properties is developing La Marque Crossing, a 15,000-square-foot retail center next to the Lago Mar community.

Industrial construction is making a comeback in Houston, thanks to the rise of e-commerce, according to a new report.

Nancy Sarnoff, the Chronicle's real estate writer and host of Looped In, asked her social media followers to cast their votes for some of 2017's most outstanding real estate deals.

Houston-area home prices, which rose 3.5 percent in November compared with a year earlier, are considered overvalued, a new national report shows.

Industrial land prices have risen by double digits as developers scramble to build new warehouses and distribution centers in the e-commerce era.

Demand for construction services will expand this year nationwide as contractors continue to face labor shortages, according to a survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America. More than a thousand firms across the U.S. filled out the association's questionnaire between November and December 2017. Respondents reported the most optimism for growth in the private office, manufacturing, retail and some aspects of the transportation sector, including airport systems. In Texas, K-12 school construction held the highest level of growth potential. Yet half of all respondents reported difficulty in filling both salaried and craft positions.

Great W'Kana Café, A Ma Maniere Atelier, Isabelle Rose have signed up for space in Kirby Collection, a new mixed-use development of Thor Equities in Upper Kirby.

Houston companies picked up unwanted office space at a strong clip last year, any many were given loads of free rent and other financial perks for doing so.

National Property Holdings plans to build a 380,210-square-foot industrial project east of Houston.

Mary Thorn has opened Thistle Draftshop, a craft beer bar and retail shop for take-home beer at 5210 FM 2920 near Gosling in Spring. Thorn, a former Saint Arnold Brewing Co. employee, will offer 60 beers on tap along with a restaurant. Chef Ernesto Villarreal, who previously worked downtown at The Grove, will prepare burgers and other fare. Plans call for adding patio space in the front in the spring, Thorn said. Regular daily hours are 11 a.m. to midnight. Alicia Heusdain of Century 21 Hardee-Team Realty represented Thistle Draftshop in the 5,000-square-foot lease. Terramont Realty represented the landlord. Woodway Square Center on Woodway at Winrock has gained new tenants: Baskin Robbins (Mymuujiza Corp.

LaSalle Investment Management has acquired the Costco-anchored Greenway Commons retail center at 3830 Richmond near Greenway Plaza through its LaSalle Property Fund. The center, built in 2008, is fully leased to a mix of restaurant, medical and retailers including LA Fitness, Memorial Hermann, Iberiabank, Buffalo Wild Wings and Panda Express. It was last purchased by a joint venture of DDR Corp. and Blackstone Group in 2014. West Mermis has leased 6,974 square feet at 1301 McKinney. Kevin Poynter and Peyton Poynter of Poynter Commercial Properties Corp. represented the tenant. Debra Wilson with CBRE represented the landlord.