Dallas-Fort Worth’s construction sector has regained ground lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first half of 2021, building permits were filed for almost $4.5 billion commercial and multifamily real estate projects in the area. That’s a 12% gain from the same period last year. That surpasses half-year gains before the start of the pandemic. The D-FW area was second only to New York ... Read More

Construction has kicked off on a huge business park in Mesquite. The Mesquite Airport Logistics Center is a project of Dallas developer Dalfen Industrial and will include 2 million square feet of warehouse space. Work began this week on the first phase of the project – two buildings with almost 1 million square feet. “Mesquite has been a great business partner on this project,” Dalfen’s Tyler ... Read More

Jul. 24—The Biden administration on Friday officially canceled 31 miles of border wall projects planned for Laredo by Donald Trump's administration, provoking celebration among groups fighting its construction. "The people of Laredo stood their ground and we won," said Tricia Cortez, executive director of Rio Grande International Study Center, which advocates for environmental protection of ... Read More

Jul. 23—Baton Rouge broke ground Friday on a new building to house the city-parish Department of Environmental Services, promising to increase the efficiency of the department by consolidating all of its employees into one central location. Construction on the building, which will be located at 12422 Florida Blvd., is expected to last until early March. Once completed, the $4.9 million ... Read More

As Austin's office market has continued rebounding from the pandemic, a local developer announced plans Wednesday to build two office towers — including one that could rise about 50 stories — on a full city block near the Austin Convention Center downtown. The high-rise buildings ultimately could add a combined 1.6 million square feet of space to the market, according to the developer, ... Read More

Jul. 21—A city panel gave the go-ahead Wednesday to a developer's $80 million proposal to turn a block along San Pedro Creek into a mix of apartments, offices and commercial space. Weston Urban plans to rehabilitate the Arana and former Continental Hotel buildings for businesses, offices and "creative lofts." The work would include restoring the historic storefronts and windows. A 15-story ... Read More

Children's Hospital's expansion and renovation is entering its final stretch, hospital executives said Monday, which marked over 1,300 days of construction at the campus in Uptown New Orleans. When the grand opening is held in November, the result of over four years of construction will be a gleaming, ultra-modern facility mixed with historic buildings on a live oak-dotted campus that aims to ... Read More

Two Dallas developers are building a new industrial project in Sunnyvale east of Dallas. Brian Flaherty and Eric Langford have started construction on a 200,000 square foot addition to the Sunnyvale Business Center, located on U.S Highway 80. The business park already has 650,000 square feet of buildings. The next 36-acre phase of Sunnyvale Business Center – Sunnyvale West - will open will be ... Read More

With Austin's office market continuing to rebound from the pandemic, plans are in the works to transform 57 acres in Northwest Austin where 3M once operated a manufacturing plant into a new office campus with more than 1 million square feet of space. Dallas-based Trammell Crow and Los Angeles-based Karlin Real Estate LLC are aiming to build the proposed project at 11705 Research Blvd., near ... Read More

The most successful Dallas-area office center isn’t in Uptown, Plano’s Legacy or Frisco. Tucked away on the edge of the Oak Lawn neighborhood, the Old Parkland campus is chock full of tenants paying the highest rents in town. The 9.5-acre Maple Avenue development has been widely praised for its classic design and attention to detail. Some have derided the project as an architectural theme ... Read More