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Rice just broke ground on a nearly 200,000 SF research and office hub in Houston's Ion District.
The Arc:
- Seven floors of lab and office; floor plates ~28K-31K SF
- Rice will be lead tenant on nearly 80,000 SF (~40% of the building)
- AI Foundry, robotics, energy and data science uses planned
- LEED Gold target; completion Q2 2028
- Developed by Rice Real Estate Co.; Lincoln Property Company; designed by HKS
Preleasing is open next to the Ion, where Industrious co-working is already full.
Austin's tallest for-rent tower is open on Rainey.
The Travis at 80 Red River Street (Genesis Real Estate Group; architecture by KTGY):
- 54 stories, 423 units
- One of the ten tallest buildings in Austin and the city's tallest exclusively rental tower
- 1.66 acres where Red River meets Lady Bird Lake / Waterloo Trail
- First projects approved under downtown density bonus + waterfront overlay
- 550 parking spaces; elevated amenity deck, pool, wellness studio, artist loft, podcast studio
Concrete load-bearing walls, twisted top, river views. Downtown rental product that actually moves the skyline.
Alliance industrial just started its final phase.
Trammell Crow and PGIM broke ground on 35 Eagle Phase IV in northeast Fort Worth:
- 755,793 SF across three speculative buildings on ~58 acres at I-35W and Eagle Parkway
- Building 1: 508,500 SF cross-dock, 40-ft clear, up to ~450 trailer positions
- Buildings 2-3: 106,814 and 140,479 SF rear-load
- Construction financing: Fifth Third Bank + American National Bank
- Delivery summer 2027; CBRE leasing
One of TCC's largest DFW projects ever. Prior phases already topped 5.4M SF built, leased and sold.
Oak Lawn just broke ground on a full-block Class A rental.
Trademark Property and Morgan at 3900 Lemmon Avenue, adjacent to Turtle Creek:
- 362 units across 3-, 5- and 7-story podium sections
- 3.02 acres bounded by Lemmon, Throckmorton, Reagan and Bowser
- Studio through three-bedroom plans; rooftop pool, spa, fitness with sauna/cold plunge, dog park, EV charging
- First residences Fall 2028; full delivery Q2 2029
- Architect GFF; Morgan as co-GP, GC and property manager
Rare full-block Turtle Creek-adjacent site finally moving dirt.
Hillwood Urban and Affinius Capital have sold Victory Commons One in Dallas.
@JLL confirmed the close on Nov 3.
- ~364K SF Class AA tower in Victory Park
- Home to Scotiabank's U.S. regional HQ and Lockton
- Previously marketed ~93% leased with a long WALT
Buyer not disclosed. A trophy Y'all Street office just changed hands.
Texas just got its first Latitude Margaritaville site closed.
Latitude Margaritaville Galveston Bay, Texas City:
- Minto Communities closed on 1,318 acres between SH 3 and SH 146
- ~3,500 active-adult homes planned (single-family, villas, cottages)
- Site development starting now; sales center / model park targeted early 2028
- Follows Texas City's Sept PUD and Development Agreement approvals
Coastal master-planned housing at Galveston Bay scale.
Weidner just added a Domain-adjacent Austin high-rise.
Solaris House Apartments, North Austin:
- 341-unit, 13-story Class A tower delivered 2024
- Buyer: Weidner Apartment Homes (5th Austin community; local portfolio to ~1,560 units)
- Seller: Brandywine Realty Trust; @JLL arranged the sale and Nationwide acquisition financing
- Inside Uptown ATX, next to The Domain (Amazon, Expedia, Schwab, Indeed, IBM employers)
Austin luxury next to the city's second downtown.
Host Hotels just planted its flag in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West:
- $172M fee-simple acquisition
- 308 rooms anchoring the Legacy West mixed-use district
- ~35,000 SF of meeting space
- Bought with the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge leasehold in the same Host Q3 update
Nation's largest lodging REIT opening a DFW chapter on a trophy Plano campus hotel.
SALE
IMAGE: Aman H. Patel
DATE: 08/17/2026
ADDRESS: 2350 South Gulf Freeway
MARKET: League City
ASSET TYPE: Hotel ~ KEYS: 83 ~ SF: 41,871
BUYER: Aman H. Patel (@AmanhPatel) - Patel Capital Groups
SELLER: Kalpesh Patel
NOTE FROM BUYER: Building Value Beyond the Hotel…
Dallas Uptown's most famous office campus just refinanced its newest wing.
Old Parkland East Campus:
- Seven-year loan arranged by JLL from capital accounts advised by KKR
- 289,113 SF across Providence Hall, Resolute Tower and Endeavor Hall
- Full-block subterranean garage under the three Neoclassical buildings
- Follows JLL's May 2026 refinance of Old Parkland West Campus
Capital markets by @JLL. Trophy Dallas office with a curated tenant roster keeps clearing institutional debt.
Northwest Austin office just traded next to the coming UT Dell Medical Center.
Lakeside at Quarry Oaks:
- 123,272 SF, three stories, 98% leased at close
- Seller: Brick Row Holdings
- Buyer: DML Capital
- Life insurance company acquisition financing arranged by JLL
- Braker Lane and Seton Center Parkway, Quarry micro-market
HeartFlow is a lead tenant. Capital markets by @JLL.
SALE
IMAGE: Collin Burwinkel, Chris Lipscomb, Bennett Sikes & Jake Milner
DATE: 09/16/2026
ADDRESS: 8130 Meadow Road
MARKET: Dallas
ASSET TYPE: Senior Housing ~ SF: 77,124
BUYER: Zachary Krochtengel
SELLER: iBorrow
BUYER'S REP: Bennett Sikes & Jake Milner…
SALE
IMAGE: Patrick Hill, Nick Owens & Ward Greenwood
DATE: 11/02/2026
ADDRESS: 2116 Hancock Drive
MARKET: Austin
ASSET TYPE: Medical Office ~ SF: 2,410
BUYER: Ward Greenwood
SELLER: Emily Schottman
BUYER'S REP: Patrick Hill - Transwestern
SELLER'S REP: Nick Owens …
JUST IN: Dallas posts Public Draft #1 of a full Development Code rewrite, the first comprehensive update in more than 40 years.
What it means for landlords:
- More housing types and neighborhood-scale options by right
- More staff-level approvals under objective standards
- Growth steered to transit corridors and mixed-use urban villages
- Existing base districts map into the closest new district automatically
City Plan Commission got the briefing this morning. Public comment is open now at the city's zoning reform site.
SALE
IMAGE: Chris Murphy
DATE: 10/30/2026
ADDRESS: 15301 Dallas Parkway
MARKET: Addison
ASSET TYPE: Office ~ SF: 1,080,000
BUYER: Lincoln & Cross Ocean Partners
SELLER: Trigild & CW Capital
SELLER'S REP: Chris Murphy - Newmark
NOTE: Cross Ocean Partners (“Cross Ocean”)…
SALE
IMAGE: Scott Haire, Nicholas DiLeone, Vincent Knipp & Steven Siegel
DATE: 10/28/2026
ADDRESS: 8600 Southwest 34th Avenue
MARKET: Amarillo
ASSET TYPE: Retail ~ SF: 72,227
BUYER: Nicholas DiLeone (@NickLeonePartners) - Leone Real Estate Partners; Scott Haire…
SALE
IMAGE: Troup Rolland, Carlton Anderson, Nathan Mai, Matt Cooper, Blake Deer, Carson Deer & Joann Vu
DATE: 10/29/2026
ADDRESS: 1505 Porter Road
MARKET: Conroe, TX
ASSET TYPE: Industrial ~ SF: 60,000
BUYER: Capital Real Estate Investments
SELLER: Fun Town RV…
