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Urban channel design has traditionally focused solely on erosion control and flood conveyance, ignoring geomorphology habitat sustainability. In many cases, avoiding sediment deposition can be just as important as avoiding [...]

Remodeling, home starts keep contractors busy The city expects to see $200 million worth of permits for new home constructionn in 1990 Although the new home market in Houston is [...]

Construction crews with Harvey-Cleary Engineers & Builders are topping out the Plaza Lofts this month at the southeast corner of Guadalupe and Fifth streets. The downtown residences will overlook Republic [...]

The downtown in local construction volume over the past 18 months has produced new opportunities for buyers of construction services. Prior to the near collapse of the tech sector, Austin [...]

Area brokers know which locations can meet company needs and employee expectations GREATER METROPLEX -- When Boeing Co. opted to move its headquarters to Chicago instead of Dallas, the decision [...]

Decisions to relocate are never taken lightly. A careful evaluation has to be made of the costs and benefits of moving compared with staying put before contemplating the upheaval, both [...]

* KD Financial Inc. has purchased 36 acres for the development of River Oaks, a 183-lot subdivision for builder Choice Homes. The property is east of Interstate 35E at the [...]

* SimplexGrinnell, a subsidiary of Tyco International Ltd., has subleased 63,750 square feet at 1725 Lakepointe Drive in Lewisville. The move comes as a result of Tyco's acquisition of Simplex [...]

Just blocks from the Texas Capitol stands a hulking, half-built shell of a building -- an edifice, interrupted. If there was ever a symbol of the technology train wreck in [...]

Hotel expansion continues in Austin, despite leaner times. And that poses a possible conundrum. Austin is faced with age-old question of which comes first -- the chicken or the egg [...]

Local commercial construction companies found they are far from immune to the recent swoon in the Austin business environment. In many cases, they are more worried about the coming storm [...]

Lower-priced homes look like growth area for residential developers in 2002 GREATER METROPLEX--As the Metroplex economy soared to unprecedented heights during the last few years, the residential construction industry boomed. [...]

GREATER METROPLEX -- Transwestern Commercial Services has closed on one of the biggest portfolio sales in the Metroplex this year, unloading 1.14 million square feet of industrial and tech properties [...]

Litigation Services Inc. leased 14,000 square feet at Northwest Office Park from Bank of America and Lincoln Property Co., the landlord. Will Martin, Pat McDowell and Jack Huff of NAI/Stoneleigh [...]

When Buddy Tompkins gazes north from his office window near LBJ Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway, he sees only one construction crane dotting the skyline. And that's the way [...]

TOP 25 RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS Ranked by 1999 sales Name Address Phone/Fax 1999 sales/ Rank Year established in Austin 1998 sales 1. Milburn Homes $205 million 12554 Riata Vista Circle 78729 [...]

LARGEST HOUSTON-AREA HOME BUILDERS (Ranked by 2000 Local Gross Revenue) 2000 Number Last Name of Company Local of 2000 Year's Address Gross Closings/ Rank Rank Telephone Revenue Starts 1 1 [...]

Last year Austin scored the highest office absorption and occupancy rates on record by at least one company's calculations. Space re-entering the market as subleases is giving some, users welcome [...]

An 88,000-square-foot office building is on the way to a full Southwest Austin market. Robbie Mayfield Co. has applied with the city of Austin for a site development permit to [...]

While experts say the pace of new construction in the local apartment market has begun to taper off to meet the levels of demand, Class A apartment construction does not [...]

It might be called 'the return of the suburban townhome.' Townhome construction inside Houston's Inner Loop has been hot for several years now, but new townhomes haven't been built on [...]

A recent survey of the Fort Worth new home market indicates that, since 1986 the strongest first-quarter housing start totals were recorded in 1999 and 2000. During the first quarter [...]

Houston NFL Holdings and the Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. have each hired firms to put a price tag on a naming rights deal for the county-owned football and [...]

Lofty allure of condos can come with a hefty maintenance price When Steven and Monica Hempel began to search for a new home earlier this year, they knew up front [...]

Those small, spry salamanders seem to be stirring up more controversy than political debates. Recently, the Austin-based Texas Capitol Area Builders Association filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and […]

Earlier this month, America Online purchased Time Warner for $183 million -- the biggest buyout in the history of business. Time Warner's cable system gives AOL the infrastructure it needs [...]

LARGEST METROPLEX COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Jerry Gunter RANKED BY CONSTRUCTION COSTS Description Construction Rank Location cost 1. American Airlines Center $325M I-35 and Woodall Rodgers Dallas 75201 2. Fidelity Investments [...]

DALLAS -- The December issue of 'Fortune 500' magazine rates Dallas as the 'Best City for Business' in the nation. That comes as no surprise to most business people in [...]

SOUTHLAKE -- Terra Land Development plans to develop a 63-acre enclave of custom homes selling for as much as $750,000, the company said. The Crown Ridge addition will be located [...]

LEWISVILLE -- Castle Hills, a nearly 2,500-acre mixed-used development near Lewisville, will enter phase three next month with a 240-lot, single-family subdivision, said Chris Bright, a partner with Dallas-based Bright [...]

Country atmosphere, proximity to Fort Worth attracts home buyers BURLESON -- This city just 12 miles south of downtown Fort Worth is becoming home to hundreds of residents looking for [...]

Fortson brothers building CityScene townhomes to suit their own interests Stan and Herb Fortson are big believers in the old adage, 'if you want something done right, you have to [...]

GrayHawk Group of Companies is developing housing called River Bend. This umbrella company includes: GrayHawk Development Corp., and GrayHawk Homes Inc.

Embrey Partners Ltd. is considering develop as much as 875,000 square feet of industrial and possibly also commercial property along Schertz Parkway northeast of San Antonio.

Worth Enterprises has announced plans for a new development called North Rim Market. The mixed-use project will include 1.9 million square feet of retail space, and 700 apartments all on about 500 acres in San Antonio's Northwest side.