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Portions of the Grand Parkway through Galveston County are scheduled to begin in slightly more than three years, as state highway officials cue up construction for Houston's third outer ring. Texas Department of Transportation officials said work on segments of Interstate 45 in League City to south of Alvin is planned for late 2026 or early 2027, entirely funded by borrowing against future ...
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Aug. 7—Trinity University has sued a well-known San Antonio builder over alleged "construction defects" at the CityVista apartment complex on East Hildebrand Avenue. The school alleges that Winter Storm Uri in 2021 exposed defective construction at CityVista, a 141-unit apartment complex that was built by KM Construction Ltd. — formerly Koontz McCombs Construction Ltd. Trinity is suing KM ...
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Aug. 1—As Houston angles to become the next big biomedical powerhouse, Houston real estate developer McCord Development is aiming to tap into some of the region's life sciences growth with a 45-acre biomanufacturing hub northeast of downtown. The 500,000-square-foot project dubbed BioHub Two is proposed near where San Jacinto College is planning a biomedical training program within Generation ...
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Developers are targeting an early 2024 start for two more downtown Dallas towers. Pacific Elm Properties and Kaizen Development Partners have been working on the $1 billion Field Street District project since 2019. The proposed six-acre development is on the north edge of downtown at Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Field Street. It’s planned for a huge vacant block just across the freeway from ...
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