Jan. 16--Dallas-Fort Worth is headed for another year of near record apartment openings -- more than any other metro area in the country. Almost 26,000 new apartments are set to open in North Texas this year, 14% more than in 2019, according to a new report from Richardson-based RealPage. D-FW's new apartment supply will far outrank number-two market Los Angeles, which is expecting 17,582 new ... Read More

A New York developer says it plans to build a 28-story residential tower at West 17th and Guadalupe streets in downtown Austin. Reger Holdings, a private real estate investment trust based in western New York, said the high-rise project, called the Linden, will have 117 luxury condominiums ranging from one-bedroom to three-bedroom units. The project is slated to rise at 313 W. 17th St. on ... Read More

Jan. 15--Environmentalists have sued the federal government to overturn a permit issued for a proposed Formosa Plastics plant in an area of Louisiana known as "Cancer Alley." The Arizona-based environmental group Center For Biological Diversity and three other organizations sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the agency's chief executive, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, to challenge a Sept. 5 ... Read More

Jan. 14--A Cleveland-based apartment developer with projects throughout Texas has started construction on its first mixed-income complex in Houston. The development, in which individuals with a range of incomes live in the same building, is a relatively new concept for the region. It is underway in the Hardy Yards district, a 43-acre redevelopment of Southern Pacific Railway's abandoned rail ... Read More

Grayson County drivers who use U.S. Highway 75 in Sherman will start to see construction and and major changes along the freeway as the Texas Department of Transportation gets a $154 million improvement project under way. Beginning Jan. 20, TxDOT contracted crews will begin work to widen Hwy. 75 from four to six lanes on the nine-mile stretch between FM 1417 to State Highway 91. The South ... Read More

Jan. 13--Plano is the overwhelming victor in the race to build Texas offices, building more than twice as much space as other markets. More than 10 million square feet of new office space was built in the Collin County city between 2009 and 2019, more than any other Texas business district, according to a new study by Yardi Systems. Irving and Houston's Woodlands district were second and third ... Read More

Jan. 13--After decades of planning and waiting, construction is expected to begin in earnest in February on the west leg of the Gilcrease Expressway in Tulsa, state transportation officials have announced. Gov. Kevin Stitt and Tulsa officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new toll road in October, but serious construction efforts have yet to begin as officials have continued to work ... Read More

Jan. 13--Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the country's biggest industrial construction markets, with more than 23 million square feet of buildings on the way. The good news is that more than 60% of the new warehouses that hit the market in the fourth quarter were already leased to tenants. That's what commercial property firm CBRE found in its year-end assessment of the North Texas warehouse ... Read More