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Houston's housing stock tops $393 billion, Zillow reports

Greater Houston Real Estate - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 02:22

Collectively, homes in the Houston metro totaled $393.4 billion in value in 2017, up 5.4 percent over the past year, according to an analysis by Zillow. That outpaced last year's gain, when the total value of homes in the Houston market went up 1.2 percent.

The figures compares with a 6.5 percent gain for the U.S. housing stock, which added $2 trillion in value 2017 for a total of $31.8 trillion, according to Zillow. Three cities contributed more than $1 trillion each to the tally: Los Angeles ($2.7 trillion), New York ($2.6 trillion), and San Francisco ($1.4 trillion).

Louetta Penthouse adds new office, co-working option in Spring

Greater Houston Real Estate - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 02:22

YC Properties is opening a Louetta Penthouse, a four-story office and retail building at 8917 Louetta Spring in the Vintage Park area.

How to help your yard recover

Houston Gardening - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 02:22
Fifty or so inches of rain in just a few days is enough to turn any lawn into a soggy mess. And if poor drainage has left puddles where there ought to be tufts of grass, you might just have a new outdoor project on your hands. Never mind that grass isn't meant to live under water for days on end. It's also not meant to be a filter for all kinds of toxins - hydrocarbon contamination or even sewage - that floated in with floodwaters. Zach Buchanan, operations manager at Buchanan's Native Plants, said Hurricane Harvey's heavy rains and floodwaters will stress virtually every lawn and landscape. How they react to that stress will vary. So keep an eye on your yard, document when changes happen and how quickly they spread.

Events luxury gift store to leave River Oaks Shopping Center after 30 years

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

Events, a staple of River Oaks Shopping Center selling luxury gifts, home items and stationery for 30 years, will get a new home in 2018. The locally-owned retailer will move to a new River Oaks area store at 2439 Westheimer, east of Kirby Drive. The move comes as Weingarten Realty prepares to break ground on a 30-story residential tower on a portion of the shopping center that housed Local Pour and Café Ginger. The nearby tower will be east of Events on West Gray at Driscoll Street.

Costco-anchored retail center near Greenway Plaza changes hands

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

LaSalle Investment Management has acquired the Costco-anchored Greenway Commons retail center at 3830 Richmond Avenue near Greenway Plaza through its LaSalle Property Fund.

U.S. home sales climb to an 11-year high

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

WASHINGTON - Americans purchased homes at the fastest pace in nearly 11 years, as sales climbed 5.6 percent in November. The National Association of Realtors said this past week that sales of existing homes rose last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.81 million units. Home sales were last this strong in December 2006, when properties sold at annual pace of 6.42 million. The strong demand for buying homes is a sign of an increasingly vibrant economy after a steady eight-year expansion. The unemployment rate has fallen to a 17-year low, while more people in the younger millennial generation appear to be forming their own households and looking for places to buy.

Tax bill keeps historic tax credit that saved some of Houston's oldest buildings

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

The Federal Historic Tax credit developers often use to rehab old buildings had been on the chopping block in an earlier version of the tax reform bill, but it was put back in the package headed to the President's desk for signature.

Deal of the Week: Indiana company buys Pasadena distribution center

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. has gained a 772,500-square-foot property in Pasadena with the purchase of Bayport Distribution Center II near Port Houston. The property, consisting of two warehouses on 42 acres at 4331 and 4033 Underwood Road, is fully leased by Supply Chain Management, St. George Logistics and IDC. Mountain West Industrial Properties, which also operates in the Denver and Phoenix markets, sold the buildings. HFF's Trent Agnew, Rusty Tamlyn and Dane Petersen marketed the property for Mountain West and its institutional partner. Built in 2008, Bayport Distribution Center II consists of a 600,000-square-foot building and a 172,500-square-foot building with clear heights ranging from 24 to 30 feet.

Real estate in brief: Leases bring Galleria Office Tower I to 85% occupancy

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22
Galleria Office Tower I, a 493,456-square-foo­t renovated building at 2700 Post Oak Blvd., is 85 percent leased after two deals, according to Colvill Office Properties. BKD, a CPA firm represented by CBRE's Lucian Bukowski and Nicholas Bockhorn, has leased 29,690 square feet. Lucas Associates, an executive recruiting firm represented by CBRE's Bill Boyer and Collin Grimes, has leased 14,174 square feet. Brad Beasley and Win Haggard of Colvill Office Properties represented the landlord. The building is owned by Azrieli Group and Unilev Capital Corp. Talos Energy has leased 98,000 square feet in Three Allen Center for relocation of its headquarters from One Allen Center.

Talos Energy relocates to larger space in Allen Center

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

Talos Energy relocates to larger space in Allen Center

Storage Wars: Houston tops Dallas for most Public Storage space in Texas

Greater Houston Real Estate - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 02:22

Public Storage added more than 1 million square feet of storage space to the Houston market in 2017, the company announced. With the additions, Houston eclipsed Dallas as the company's largest market in Texas by more than 500,000 square feet.

Spec industrial park in southwest Houston nears lease up

Greater Houston Real Estate - Mon, 01/01/2018 - 02:29

Stafford Grove Industrial Park is 85 percent occupied, and has a 20,450-square-foot space and a 34,100-square-foot space remaining for lease.

Renovated Galleria 1 office building lands two tenants

Greater Houston Real Estate - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18

BKD and Lucas Associates have signed up for offices in the renovated Galleria Office Tower I.

Malls beef up dining, entertainment options to boost traffic

Greater Houston Real Estate - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18

LOS ANGELES - Shoppers braving the mall this holiday season may notice more that's new than the day's discounts. Many mall owners are spending billions to add more upscale restaurants and bars, premium movie theaters with dine-in options, bowling alleys and similar amenities. Some have turned swaths of space that previously housed department stores over to health clubs and grocery stores. Others are undergoing ground-up transformations to make room for office space, hotels and apartments.

Montrose Management District chairman to resign

Greater Houston Real Estate - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18

The president of board of the embattled Montrose Management District will resign at the end of the year, the district has confirmed.

This is the most expensive street to work on in Houston

Greater Houston Real Estate - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18

Downtown Houston's Main Street boasts some of the most expensive office real estate in the country, according to a new report. The 1½-mile-long street ranks No. 21 on JLL's national list of streets with the highest office rents. The average rent for office space on Main Street downtown is $44.24 per square foot, about 45 percent higher than the city average of $30.55 per square foot, the commercial real estate firm said. Trophy towers on Main Street include Hines' 609 Main, Transwestern's 1000 Main and BG Group Place. Two other Texas cities made JLL's annual list, including Austin and Dallas. Austin's Congress Avenue was the 10th most expensive street nationally with rents averaging $58.20 per square foot.

Retail Wrap: Heights multiuse project planned for North Shepherd

Greater Houston Real Estate - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18
Capital Retail Properties and Wile Interests have teamed up on a project to turn 1.7 acres along North Shepherd Drive, south of 16th Street, into a 30,000-square-foot center that will bring services and restaurants to a rapidly changing area of the Houston Heights. The Houston-based developers acquired a 75,000-square-foot parcel at 1533 N. Shepherd, consisting of nine tracts, from a private seller in August. They chose Austin-based Michael Hsu Office of Architecture to create the Market at Houston Heights. The developers aim to attract about 10 tenants, including a restaurant, to anchor a 4,000-square-foot building at the southwest corner.

Real estate in brief

Greater Houston Real Estate - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18
Lincoln Property Co. has boosted occupancy of Intercontinental Park I, an 83,969-square-foot office building at 16801 Greenspoint Park, to 52 percent. Centre Technologies, represented by Gary Lawless of Cresa Partners, signed a lease for 18,073 square feet. Interactive Learning Systems, represented by Steve Jenkins of Vanguard Commercial, has leased 16,126 square feet. Virgil Hydes and Kevin Wyatt represented Lincoln Property Co. in-house. Avera Cos. announced the acquisition of 369 acres along Bay Area Boulevard, between Spencer Highway and Fairmont Parkway in La Porte, from PPG Industries. Avera sold a portion of the land, totaling 235 acres west of Bay Area Boulevard, to Beazer Homes for a residential development.

After Hurricane Harvey cleanup, it's time to let your garden dry out

Houston Gardening - Thu, 12/28/2017 - 02:18
As the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey subside, you don't have rush to fix things in your yard or garden. An initial cleanup should involve removing debris and fallen branches; you don't want detrimental fungi from rotting debris to spread to healthy plants. After that, plants just need a good rinse, said Angela Chandler, author of the Garden Academy blog and consultant to Urban Harvest. "It sounds counter-intuitive but, really, things just need to be washed off. As quickly as you can, rinse your garden off with plain water," she said. Any mud or dirt left behind on plants will reduce photosynthesis; they need sunlight for their own natural recovery. The most basic problem right now is the amount of oxygen in our soil.

Dallas investor adds to Houston apartment portfolio

Greater Houston Real Estate - Tue, 12/26/2017 - 02:30

Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital has expanded its Houston holdings with the acquisition of the 234-unit Copper Mill apartments at 15910 FM 529.

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