Texas Commercial Real Estate

Good news from the Pickens camp. A delay to coordinate with the construction of transmission lines is the reason for not moving forward with his wind farm plans. PAMPA (Houston Chronicle) – Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has announced that he is delaying — not canceling — his so-called Pampa p...

This news comes at a terrible time.  Wind energy is established in the Taylor/Nolan/Jones/Callahan counties and the need for development of T-lines is imperative to the future growth of the farms.  Pickens pulling out due to lack of financing of the transmission lines may mean that the location m...

State and Federal leases are usually heavily biased to the Tenant.  With the many cancellation and termination clauses, the risk can be high if the Landlord has been required to spend a large sum on TI's. What to Remember When Leasing to the Government The General Services Administration (GSA) le...

It seems that the 200,000 and up populated cities in Texas are the ones feeling the pinch.  On the other hand, mom and pops don't get as much press as when National franchisees are impacted. Lubbock economy struggling with larger recession(Economy : Lubbock) 6/27/2009 Lubbock's economy is feeling...

I would like to know if the current income and expense report on the Five Points Business park is available.  DCOA buys land to expand business park(Industrial : Abilene) 6/24/2009 Board members agreed to a 122-acre purchase that would expand Five Points Business Park for the first time since Dev...

The announcement that T Boone Pickens 685 large wind turbines that were intended to be installed in what would become the largest wind farm in texas has been scrapped.  That is certainly a concern when his project would seem to stimulate the construction of transmission lines to promote continued...

Economic enhancement presentation A public presentation of the South Downtown Economic Enhancement Strategy will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the Elks Building ballroom at 1174 N. 1st St. in Abilene. Hyett Palma, the city of Abilene's consultant, will conduct the presentation. The e...

One Step Closer to Earning the SIOR Designation by Erik Johnson CORE COMPONENTS OF COMMERCIAL BROKERAGEMay 28-30, 2009 ♦ Houston, TX SIOR - Center for Career Advancement After attending and passing the Mandatory Topic courses of the SIOR in Houston, I am one step closer to earning the SIOR design...

High Plains CCIM District of the North Texas Chapter of the CCIM Institue 5 June 2009 by Erik Johnson CCIM Designees from Abilene, San Angelo, Midland, Lubbock, Odessa, and Amarillo met to formalize the new district that will service designees from West Texas. The meeting was held at Fairway Oaks...

American Realty Plans $30M Houston Industrial Buy June 3, 2009 American Realty Capital Trust Inc. plans to acquire a newly constructed freight facility entirely net leased to FedEx Freight in the coming weeks. The firm will buy up the 152,600-square-foot Houston-area facility by June 15 for some ...