First low-income housing project in decades planned for downtown
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 02/02/2012) (Registration Required)\n
An Austin nonprofit plans to build the first downtown development in decades \nto house low-income residents, a population often priced out of apartment \nand condo towers dow");
document.write("ntown.\n\n\n\n\nFoundation Communities is proposing a $15 million, four-story project called \nCapitol Terrace at 11th and Trinity streets that will include 135 efficiency \napartments. The units will be rented for $400 to $650 a mont...\n
Deep Ellum's Ambrose Complex on Green Line Is Done Trying to Make Retail Spaces Work
\n(Dallas Observer © 02/0");
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When The Ambrose and DART's Baylor University Medical Center Station on the Green Line finally, formally married three short years ago, Dallas Area Rapid Transit hailed it as the \"consummate example of the\nnew transit-oriented lifestyle.\" After all, the complex at Indiana and Malcolm X consisted of 325 apartments and a city block's worth of retail right on the rail. Said DART's Green Line Report f...\n
Program helps lower housing crime
\n(Wichita Times Record © 02/02/2012)
Some areas in Wichita Falls were known to the city police department for a high volume of service calls in recent years ? many of which were dispatched to some of the city's apartment communities.\n\nOfficers were responding routinely to some complexes, at times several times in a single day, according to Sgt. Joe Snyder, a police spokesman. The problem grew to levels that spurred city leaders to pa...\n
Austin real estate round-up: Feb. 1
\n(Austin Business Journal © 02/01/2012)
Here is a round-up listing of recent deals and announcements in the Austin real estate market since last Wednesday:\n\n\nThe Austin office of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC recently originated a $10.3 million, seven-year, adjustable-rate mortgage through its Freddie Mac program for the acquisi");
document.write("tion of the Westborough Crossing apartment complex in Houston. The 278-unit property was secured for Mosaic...\n
Hillwood ramps up apartment plans at Fort Worth?s AllianceTexas project
\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/01/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Developer Hillwood is expanding its operations, with plans to ");
document.write("build more than 3,000 apartments during the next decade.\r\n\r\nThe rental units will be constructed in Hillwood?s flagship AllianceTexas community in North Fort Worth.\r\n\r\nHillwood said Tuesday that it has hired veteran apartment industry executive Mark McHenry to head up its multifamily development division. McHenry has previously worked w...\n
Builders step up spendin");
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\n(KFOXTV.com © 02/01/2012)
WASHINGTON — \n\nBuilders increased their spending in December for the fifth consecutive month, ending a weak construction year on a hopeful note.\n\nSpending on construction projects rose 1.5 percent in December after a revised 0.4 percent gain in November, the Commerce Department said Wednesday That pushed spending to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $816.4 billion, the highest level in 20...\n
Seabrook apartments, management company blamed for burglary
\n(Ultimate Clear Lake © 02/01/2012)
A Seabrook apartment complex and its management company are being sued over claims they failed to provide a tenant with a secure rental unit.\n\n \n\n Amanda Vail filed a lawsuit Friday, Jan. 27 in Harris County District Court against Pirates Landing Apartments in Seabrook and Greystone Asset Management Co., citing negligence and breach of contra");
document.write("ct.\n\n \n\n Vail lost many valuables Sept. 9, 2011 when an ...\n
Families displaced in apartment fire
\n(Waxahachie Daily Light © 02/01/2012)
Two families were displaced and are receiving assistance from\nthe American Red Cross after their apartments were damaged during a\ncooking on fire Tuesday afternoon.\n\n\nUnits responded to the Solon");
document.write(" Place Apartments in the 1000 block\nof Solon Place Way at about 3:20 p.m.\n\n \n Subscription Required\n \n \n \n An online service is needed to view this article in its entiret...\n
Housing options limited for some residents
\n(Beeville Bee-Picayune © 01/31/2012)
Looking for a house or place to live in Be");
document.write("eville? Those looking may be searching for a long time or paying premium price for something that was once considered affordable.\n\nAmong those searching are some residents of Windsong Apartments. The 70-year-old complex is scheduled to be torn down soon, but demolition cannot be started until all residents are vacated.\n\nMelinda Aguirre, a 37-year-old mothe...\n
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\n(Corpus Christi KRIS (NBC) 6 © 01/31/2012)
KINGSVILLE - A bed bug problem is so bad at the Texas A&M Kingsville campus library that officials had to step in.\n\nThe Interim Director of the library says that around eight months ago, they noticed about 100 books were returned with bed bugs inside. So they bought a special machine called a Packtite to fight the bed bug problem.\n\nSince the machine has been in place, the bug infestation has d...\n
Developer ready to start Far North Dallas project
\n(Dallas Morning News © 01/31/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Developers working with Texas A&M University to build on 73 acres in Far North Dallas are ready to kick off their project.\n\nArlington-based Realty Appreciation Ltd. is seeking city approval to build the first 310 apartments in its development called Urban Living Laboratory on Coit Road in C");
document.write("ollin County.\n\nThe mixed-use project is planned for land that is part of A&M's decades old extension ...\n
More housing bucks for Bliss soldiers
\n(El Paso Inc © 01/31/2012)
The Army is giving soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss more money\nto spend on housing this year, following a push by senior post\nleadership for more equitable ");
document.write("funding, and a small surge in El Paso\nrents.\n\n\nWhile what's called BAH, the Basic Allowance for Housing,\nincreased an average of 2 percent nationwide, the housing allowance\nincreased 10 percent here in El Paso. BAH is paid to soldiers who\nlive ...\n
Family Temporarily Evacuated During Overnight Apartment Fire
\n(El Paso KTSM (NBC) 9 © 01/31");
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EL PASO - A family was forced to evacuate overnight after a small fire started inside their apartment.\n\n\n \n\n\n It happened at about 2:00 a.m. Monday in a two story apartment at 716 S. Mesa.\n\n\n \n\n\n According to firefighters, a candle was left unattended on top of a desk and flames spread to several items.\n\n\n \n\n\n Firefighters reported smoke coming from inside the unit and the family wa...\n
FW council to revisit museum funding, discuss zoning
\n(Fort Worth Business Press © 01/31/2012)
A week after postponing a decision on whether to spend $510,000 to maintain and temporarily store a Fort Worth Air and Space Museum exhibit, the Fort Worth City Council is expected to resume discussions at its Tuesday meeting.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\nThe pre-council session begins at 8:30 a.m., with the regular meeting starting at 10 a.m. at City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.\n\n\nAt the Jan....\n
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Harborwalk under contract to Austin firm
\n(Galveston Daily News © 01/31/2012)
Legend has it: An Austin-based development firm has Harborwalk, a Hitchcock community known for million-dollar homes, under contract.\n\nLegend Communities, a developer of single- and multifamily residential and associated commercial projects, is buying Harborwalk fro");
document.write("m BBVA Compass Bank, said Mark Caldwell, of the Austin firm.\n\nCaldwell will be development manager of the property once the acquisitio...\n
Developer withdraws apartment plans
\n(Temple Daily Telegram © 01/31/2012) (Registration Required)\n
A plot of land along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive that some say has b");
document.write("een vacant for at least 10 years will remain so after a Dallas builder abandoned plans to convert the area from light industrial to low-income housing.\n\nTo continue, please log in or sign up now. \n\nAlready Registered?\nLogin \n\nNot a subscriber?\nSign up...\n
Editor's Note: Updates to the development map
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We’ve added dozens of entries to our living, breathing San Marcos Development Map including several multi-family projects under construction or recently approved. We’ve also added all of the new multi-family projects constructed since 2005. Coming soon: Building permits.\nVisit the San Marcos Development Map here....\n
Veterans housing derailed agai");
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\n(San Antonio Express-News © 01/29/2012) (Registration Required)\n
A lack of support among Kerrville leaders has again derailed Department of Veterans Affairs' plans for a housing complex on the grounds of its medical unit there.\n\nThe Kerrville City Council last week voted against endorsing an application for federal income tax credits by Communities for Veterans LLC, the Georgia contractor behind the 100-unit complex designed to cater to low-income senior and di...\n
Hidden Neighborhood: South Shore District becoming more known, especially for renters
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 01/28/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Published: 9:26 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012\n\n\n\nThe South Shore District is a rapidly transforming neighborhood in Southeast Austin where new construction and a proximity to downtown are bringing i");
document.write("n new retail stores, restaurants, apartment residents and home buyers.\n\nLocated east of Interstate 35, the South Shore District reaches from Riverside Drive and South Lakeshore B...\n
Residents at Arlington apartments frustrated with flooding problem
\n(Dallas WFAA (ABC) 8 © 01/28/2012)
ARLINGTON - The water that poured into Jacquli");
document.write("n McCoy's townhouse Wednesday after a night of record rainfall forced her to record the damage on her cell phone. She shared the video with News 8.\n\n\n\n\n\n"I stepped in a huge puddle of water, all the way under my couch," McCoy said. "All the way under my staircase, as you can see. It goes all the way around here, including under my televi...\n
Project");
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\n(Austin Business Journal © 01/27/2012)
District at SoCo on Oltorf Street is being developed by Kaplan Management Co. It secured the site in 2006, but by the time it got approval to build, the financial world imploded.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Cody Lyon Staff writer - Austin Business Journal\n \n Email\n ...\n
Heritage Oaks replacement on hold
\n(Denton Record-Chronicle © 01/27/2012)
A project to replace the Heritage Oaks senior apartment complex is on \n hold indefinitely after it ranked poorly in preliminary scoring for \n federal tax credits, the head of the Denton Housing Authority said \n Wednesday.\n \n \n\n\n The public housing agency hoped to redevelop the site at 2501 N. Bell \n Ave. with new tax-credit a");
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