DALLAS—Average effective apartment rents in Dallas-Fort Worth increased for the seventh straight month in July, though the rate of those increases were slightly less than in June, says Axiometrics.

HOUSTON—Pearl at the Mix has premium amenities and access to a variety of shopping, dining and entertainment options, along with the new Midtown Superblock park.

ROUND ROCK, TX—LA Fitness' 37,000-square-foot fitness center will be located at the crossroads of East Palm Valley Boulevard and N. A.W. Grimes Boulevard, with H-E-B Plus anchoring the development.

PHOENIX—Continued local market business expansion, specialized job growth and an ongoing economic recovery helped to lower the Phoenix industrial vacancy to 10.4%, says a Q2 report by Daum Phoenix.

NEWARK, CA—DOBE plans to leverage its new location to bridge cooperation between China and the United States by combining the industrial cluster of Chinese high tech with US university research.

AUSTIN, TX—The five metros with the highest startup activity in the 2016 index were Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas, with Austin having 600 new entrepreneurs for every 100,000 adults.

DALLAS—With five recent leases totaling more than 108,000 square feet of anchor retail space across Texas, finding and creating opportunities in an extremely tight real estate market remains possible.

HOUSTON—Houston is struggling as the energy-related sector is still trying to find its feet after a rough stretch, says Keith Gumbinger at HSH.com, with the metro moving down one spot on the HSH list.