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Austin Launches Web Site for Climate Protection
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:02:09 +0000
The city of Austin has created a new Web site to advise residents on how to reduce their carbon output. The Austin Climate Protection Plan is behind the Web site, located at www.coolaustin.org, helps Austin residents learn how they can contribute to the effort city wide to become more environmentally aware and change their lifestyles [...]
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Austin is One of the Fastest Growing Cities in the Nation
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:07:49 +0000
According to new data from the US Census Bureau, Austin’s population grew by 18,000 new residents between July 2006 and July 2007. This makes Austin the eighth fastest growing city in the US during this year. Houston led the pack with 39,000 new residents.
In July 2007, Austin’s population stood at 743,074, a growth of 2.4 [...]
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Cedar Park Wants Corvalent
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:02:58 +0000
The city council of Cedar Park wants to bring Corvalent to the area and voted unanimously to approve a $402,500 package of incentives designed to lure the computer systems manufacturer to the city. The move would bring 45 jobs over three years to the Cedar Park area. Corvalent is working on the design for a [...]
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Austin Retail Market: A strong commodity
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:55:24 +0000
Despite the rise in office and apartment vacancies in the city of Austin, the retail sector is staying strong. About two and a half million square feet of retail space was added in the first half of 2008 and the occupancy rate rose slightly from 92 percent to 92.5 percent. This makes Austin number one [...]
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Texas Economy: McCoy’s Getting New Headquarters
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:00:07 +0000
McCoy’s Building Supply is building a brand new building for their headquarters and it is going to be huge. The new building will be three stories high, and encompass 73,400 square feet. About 30 percent of this area will be reserved for future growth. McCoy’s has enjoyed a growth in revenue in the approximately 30 [...]
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Developments in Round Rock
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:50:49 +0000
Plans are in the works to develop a 1,000 acre area northeast of Round Rock near the new Seton Medical Center and the Higher Education Center. The land is owned by the Avery family and they have partnered with the Waterstone Development company to begin a mix use development project in the area.
The project, named [...]
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Pacific Summit Going Downhill?
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:42:23 +0000
Complaints about late payment, partial payment or no payment at all are starting to grow louder and more insistent as the California based developers face foreclosure and lien action on many of their projects in the central Texas area.
Just three years ago, Pacific Summit Partners entered the Austin development arena with a $100 million investment [...]
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Austin Real Estate Market: Good News and Bad News
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:38:12 +0000
First, the bad news. New home construction in the Austin area in 2008 is still far below where it was this time last year. Housing starts had been sliding since the third quarter of 2006, possibly a delayed reaction to the national house construction slump. The 2,814 new homes started in the second quarter of [...]
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Construction Spending Falls in May
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:25:00 +0000
The United States Department of Commerce reports that overall construction spending has declined in May of 2008 by four tenths of a percent. Residential construction rates went down 1.6 percent in May, the same decline as in April. Non-residential construction rose slightly at three tenths of a percent, slightly less than the eight tenths rise [...]
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Downtown Reuse and Redevelopment
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:13:34 +0000
The Dallas based Trammell Crow Co. is heading a partnership to redevelop the five block area between Second Street and the Seaholm Power Plant and includes the Green Water Treatment Plant, right smack in the center of downtown Austin. Joining the partnership is Constructive Ventures Inc., based in Austin, and USAA Real Estate Company, from [...]
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