THE WOODLANDS, TX—The Howard Hughes Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Woodlands Development Co., has announced that it has begun construction on a 205-room, nine-story Embassy Suites Hotel at Hughes Landing, a 66-acre mixed-use development in The Woodlands, the master-planned community north of downtown Houston.

GRAPEVINE, TX--2GR Equity, a real estate investment firm based in Grapevine, has announced its equity investment into a joint venture with San Antonio-based hotel developer/operator Phoenix Hospitality Group (“PHG”).

SAN ANTONIO--CBRE Capital Markets' Investment Properties has received the exclusive marketing assignment for Kenedy Station, a newly constructed, 12,840-square-foot retail center in the Eagle Ford Shale.

HOUSTON--Savills Studley, the commercial real estate services firm, has released exclusive new Q3 findings on the state of Houston's office market.

FORT WORTH–Trademark Property Co., in partnership with Sarofim Realty Advisors, has closed on the acquisition of 63 acres of infill land located on the Trinity River in southwest Fort Worth, which will be home to Waterside, a 400,000-square-foot-plus mixed-use development.

LOS ANGELES--Titan SenQuest Senior Living, the senior housing company of Los Angeles-based Titan Real Estate Investment Group Inc., has acquired 116 units in two properties to its senior-living portfolio in Texas.

HOUSTON--Transwestern Development Co. has expanded its reach, hiring two professionals, each of whom has 17 years of experience in the industry.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex.--A $400-million indoor skiing facility and Hard Rock Hotel is coming to Grand Prairie.