Houston

Despite stagnant data center demand from the oil and gas industry, Houston's data center market boasts several positives from year-end such as boosts from the healthcare sector, telecom and technology.

Developers are poised to take advantage of the lack of inventory in the near future and with the market tightening, rents may start to increase and distribution buildings will likely break ground, McGee says in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b>.

While there is a steady and growing investor appetite for grocer-anchored assets, actual store expansions have slowed slightly following years of aggressive growth in Houston and elsewhere.

Investors are seeking attractive fundamentals and solid value-add opportunities in well-located submarkets; a recent example is the acquisition of the 141,480-square-foot One Northwind Plaza.

In this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b>, ARA Newmark says the strongest interest is coming from well-capitalized private buyers in US and often Mexico, and agency financing remains attractive for existing multifamily.

Here's a look at the trends, announcements and deals you may have missed in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

In this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b>, Travis Land of the SIOR Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter and Texas A&M professor Cydney Donnell talk about the new SIOR matching grants sponsorship program for college students.

The corridor has attracted unprecedented investment in anticipation of the opening of the new and expanded US 290 at the end of this year, expected to have the same effect as the completion of I-10.