Real Estate Blog
Italian Village developer Kevin Lykens moves forward with redevelopment of Harrison West pipe organ factory
Veteran Italian Village developer Kevin Lykens is moving toward a fall construction start on his redevelopment of a former pipe organ factory.
First phase of 1,400-acre Mirador neighborhood in Del Valle takes step forward
Austin's Zoning and Platting Commission has given unanimous approval for platting the first phase of a master-planned community that could eventually have 2,500 single-family homes. It's in a part of the Austin metro that “has been underserved from a housing perspective,” one exec said. Click through to read more about the developer's plans and to get the latest Central Texas housing stats, plus find a list of the fastest-growing neighborhoods already on the ground.
Phoenix ‘green’ developer buys Casa Grande land to build 470 net-zero energy homes
With 1,200 rental units in the pipeline, this Phoenix developer is bringing a focus on net-zero energy building — a move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — to the Valley market.
Top 5 firm opening architecture office in Raleigh
A 100-year-old global firm is expanding its Triangle presence with the establishment of an architecture office in Raleigh.
Nine-building apartment project heading to east Fort Worth
The project, called Vic Centre, has an estimated price tag of almost $42 million.
Global logistics company leases industrial space in Phoenix; 5 other real estate deals to know
Construction has started on a new 1.75 million-square-foot industrial facility in the West Valley. Plus, click through to read more about some of the latest and biggest real estate deals from across the Valley.
GVA Management buys more apartment complexes — this time in Charlotte
Austin-based GVA Management is on a bit of a buying spree. Get the latest on its transactions, plus gain access to ABJ's ranking of multifamily real estate brokers.
Karlin unveils plans to transform huge Northwest Austin campus once home to 3M
Have you ever driven past this hulking building off 2222? It's been vacant for a couple of years but Karlin Real Estate wants to invest a sizable some to renovate the huge space and lure a fresh tenant of two. It is perhaps the most ambitious local project yet for the prolific firm. Click through to read more about the plans and the companies behind them.
New coworking industrial space concept coming to Tempe
Portal Warehousing co-founder Alex Morrison hopes the Tempe warehouse will be the first of several in the Valley. Tempe's central location throughout the metro and proximity to Arizona State University, where Morrison sees the possibility of many entrepreneurs launching their big ideas and needing a place to set up shop, were reasons the company elected to locate there.
Short-term rental startup Frontdesk acquires units from shuttered competitor
When San Francisco short-term rental startup WanderJaunt shut down in late June, it reportedly laid off as many as 200 people and left users scrambling after their reservations were canceled.
Milwaukee short-term rental startup Frontdesk Inc. saw it as an opportunity.
Frontdesk has since added 33 former WanderJaunt units to its own portfolio of short-term rental units around the country. The units are across four different buildings in Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona; and Austin, Texas, Frontdesk co-founder…