April 22, 2025
How homebuilders may contend with higher costs amid tariff whiplash
Recent economic shifts could affect home prices, builder strategies and buyer behavior in the crucial spring housing market....
Most Recent Posts
April 22, 2025
Developer, city reach agreement on big mixed-use project in Hutto
This article summarizes the residential and commercial space in the works. The property will be annexed into the city soon....
April 22, 2025
Liberty Hill's Lariat neighborhood begins next phase of development
Lariat, developed by Randolph Texas Development, was named the Austin Business Journal’s top project of the year at our...
April 21, 2025
D.R. Horton lowers revenue estimates amid affordability constraints, downplays tariff concerns
Executives at the homebuilding giant think its size and scale can get it through tariff headaches. But weak demand due...
April 21, 2025
Copperas Cove needs help building class A office space
An official said the need for the building is two-fold. A recent strategic plan identified a lack of new industrial,...
April 21, 2025
Wood Partners breaks ground on Hutto apartment complex
Ten three-story buildings are planned and would be wrapped by a big disc golf course. Included with this report is ABJ's...
April 21, 2025
Active Austin-area developer tees up another project in Jarrell
About 350 new homes are eyed for one of Austin's fastest-growing suburbs. Included with this report is ABJ's latest list...
April 21, 2025
Journal Profile: Nhat Ho shapes Austin's landscape
Each week we shine the spotlight on an influential Austinite via our Journal Profile series, which aims to get well...
April 21, 2025
Real estate agents say a new factor is affecting homebuying decisions
Amid high prices and low inventory, real estate agents point to another factor upending homebuyer decisions. And some...
April 21, 2025
Waterloo Greenway aims to boost partnerships with landowners
The Waterloo Greenway, which is still being developed, aims to partner with surrounding land owners so the burgeoning...
April 17, 2025
Austin icon El Arroyo eyes growth opportunities, buoyed by its irrepressible sign
Tex-Mex restaurant El Arroyo is known and beloved far and wide — but that's overwhelmingly because of its sign out front...
April 17, 2025
Ascension buys Cedar Park medical center
Community Health Systems has sold its majority ownership of a hospital to Ascension. The deal will make Ascension Health...
April 17, 2025
Coworking firm Industrious signs lease at new East Austin office building
Industrious is the first tenant at the new office building, where plenty of space for more tenants remains available....
April 17, 2025
East Austin could get a special planning district
The city still needs to gather community input, and the district could take almost two years to enact....
April 17, 2025
ABIA to host subcontracting event for airport expansion
More than $400 million of the multibillion-dollar airport expansion is set aside to bring on small, local,...
April 16, 2025
Foil making company incentivized to expand just months after moving south of Austin
ATX Packaging — which legally is under the umbrella of Austin-based The Middle Group Inc. — was started about a...
April 16, 2025
Austin could buy office building for $26M, relocate some workers
The city of Austin could buy an office building off I-35 to relocate some employees and open the door to redevelop...
April 16, 2025
Taylor Golden is a Heavy Hitter in Austin real estate
Each year, commercial real estate brokers share with us their production numbers for the prior year, and we rank them to...
April 16, 2025
Nate Paul ordered to home confinement, $1M fine
The World Class Holdings CEO pleaded guilty in January to one charge of making false statements to a lending...
April 16, 2025
Group behind Haywire and Sixty Vines opening new restaurant at The Domain
FB Society, a restaurant group out of Dallas, is hungry to expand across Austin. It's next project involves taking over...
April 16, 2025
Museum of Ice Cream loses lease, searches for new space
The Domain did not renew the Museum of Ice Cream's lease, leaving the business on the hunt for new real estate. ABJ has...
April 15, 2025
Fast-growing startup Closinglock subleases Congress Ave space from Google
A fast-growing Austin real estate tech startup has moved into a new downtown office space. In this story, we explore the...
April 15, 2025
Houston-area developer ARVO Ventures bets big on Leander with third retail project
Sugar Land-based ARVO Ventures LLC has announced its third retail development in one of the fastest-growing cities in...
April 15, 2025
Site for possible South Congress high-rise could be sold
The current owners don’t have the experience or interest in overseeing a high-rise redevelopment on the less than 1-acre...
April 14, 2025
Multifamily developer to build affordable apartments in North Austin
The multifamily project is being planned at a time when Austin is experiencing elevated multifamily vacancy rates, but...
April 14, 2025
Landsea Homes announces new Texas leadership team
The homebuilder is active throughout Austin, including in some of the region's fastest-growing neighborhoods....
April 14, 2025
Will people do business with Nate Paul after all this?
Would you do business with Nate Paul after his legal woes and potential prison stint are behind him? That's the question...
April 14, 2025
Monkey See Monkey Do relocating from South Congress after 20 years
Another longtime shop is leaving South Congress as the strip's transformation into a hub of luxury shopping and dining...
April 12, 2025
Texas Supreme Court clears way for more development in Austin's fastest-growing suburb
The ruling essentially clears the way for Dripping Springs to put the long-litigated wastewater issue to rest. Business...
April 11, 2025
High-end makeup brand Jones Road to open on trendy South Congress Avenue
The company chose Austin — and specifically sought out real estate on South Congress — because it's one of the high-end...
April 11, 2025
Industrial property adjacent to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport sold
The area around ABIA in Southeast Austin has become a hotspot for new development and leases. But this site sold for...
April 11, 2025
Condos and a hotel proposed for site near Bee Cave previously tapped for an amphitheater complex
Just like a previous proposal for an amphitheater at the location, the new plans are facing significant pushback....
April 11, 2025
Austin in spotlight for how to grow into big city
The Austin City Council and Vice President JD Vance are aligned in this case....
April 11, 2025
Charles Cirar moved a heap of multifamily units to be a Heavy Hitter
Charles Cirar, vice chairman at CBRE, earned the top spot on our multifamily sales list — again. Get statistics on him...
April 11, 2025
Davis Bass is a 10-time Heavy Hitter
Davis Bass, industrial project partner at HPI Real Estate Services & Investments, landed the top spot on our...
April 11, 2025
From the football field to the office world, Case McCoy is a Heavy Hitter
HPI Tenant Advisors’ Case McCoy top ABJ's latest list of office space brokers for tenants. Read about him and get stats...
April 11, 2025
In a tough office leasing world, Brian Liverman is a Heavy Hitter
While much has been said about the slow office leasing environment Austin is experiencing, at least one landlord rep is...
April 11, 2025
Hutch Hutchings is a Heavy Hitter
They say that retail follows rooftops, and Hutch Hutchings has capitalized on the metro’s explosive population growth to...
April 11, 2025
When it comes to selling buildings, Witt Westbrook is a Heavy Hitter
In the building sales category, the No. 1 Heavy Hitter is Witt Westbrook, senior director of capital markets at Jones...
April 11, 2025
Austin commercial real estate brokers ranked
Each year, the Austin Business Journal ranks real estate brokers who either sold or leased the most commercial space...
April 11, 2025
Larry Hathorn is a land sales Heavy Hitter
This year, we introduced a new Heavy Hitter category: land deals. One of the people on that list is Larry Hathorn, a...
April 11, 2025
Air conditioning now mandatory in Austin homes
Austin City Hall has six changes to housing rules to know about....
April 11, 2025
Here are 42 heavy hitters making land deals in the Austin area
Land sales is the newest Heavy Hitter list to join the ranks of the ABJ lists recognizing local commercial real estate...
April 11, 2025
Here are 6 heavy hitter leaders in mutifamily sales
Less units traded hands on the heavy hitter list tracking multifamily sales. This year's listmakers were responsible for...
April 11, 2025
Here are 44 heavy hitters inking office leases for landlords in the Austin area
Office Landlord leases rebounded somewhat last year. In all, 44 Heavy Hitters are included in the 2025 online list for...
April 11, 2025
Here are 35 heavy hitters by retail leases in the Austin area
Retail heavy hitters leased more in 2024 than previous couple of years. The top 25 listmakers are credited with leasing...
April 11, 2025
Here are 55 heavy hitters by industrial leases in the Austin area
Industrial leasing skipped a beat on this year's list, narrowly down about the equivalent of one lease. The top 25...
April 11, 2025
Here are 60 heavy hitters ranked by office tenant leases
Office Tenant representatives experienced an uptick in leasing activity on this year's Heavy Hitter list. The top 25...
April 11, 2025
Here are 55 Heavy Hitters by building sales in the Austin area
Building sales soar on the 2025 Heavy Hitters list. In all, 55 heavy hitters are included in this category online with a...
April 10, 2025
Top Austin architecture firm Page steers course through tariff uncertainty
We spoke with executives from Page, the No. 1 architecture firm in the region by local design revenue, about how tariffs...
April 10, 2025
Tesla's plan for big public park next to gigafactory greeted with skepticism
Tesla included designs for a “riverfront eco-park" in a recent report to Travis County, complete with illustrations of...