by Aron Susman
Texas cities have long been attractive to small businesses owners, which may be more true now, as real estate experts in the Austin area have reported that the office market is seeing many commercial spaces receive tenants.
by Aron Susman
Dallas has all the pieces necessary to be a breeding ground for small businesses, assuming that local companies can find a way to hire locally.
by Aron Susman
Another report on the commercial real estate picture in the United States points to the continuing demand for new office and warehouse spaces driving up office leasing activity in key markets around the country.
by Justin Lee
by Aron Susman
Small business owners with intentions of operating in the South should look no further than Austin, Texas, which continues its three-year reign atop The Business Journals' rankings of best southern cities for these organizations. This should spell good news for providers of Austin office space.
by Aron Susman
The burgeoning oil and gas market in the Houston area continues to push ongoing commercial real estate development and encourage new investments in local infrastructure. Now, one real estate team has announced plans to construct a 20-story tower west of Houston to house additional office space to serve this sector and others.
by Aron Susman
Modest gains in hiring - led primarily by an increase in temporary jobs - influenced occupancy rates for office space around the country during the first quarter of 2012, according to a report.
by Aron Susman
The Shops at Park Lane in Dallas, Texas contains dozens of stores and restaurants in an outdoor mall setting, allowing shoppers to spend hours outside if they so desire. The shops sit on a 33.5 acre space, so there is always room for additional development. With this in mind, two Southern Methodist University graduates want to bring an American pastime - with a contemporary twist - to the area.
by Aron Susman
Office leasing activity among businesses around the United States continued to improve during the first quarter of 2012, although larger gains were reported in certain key markets, such as Houston.
by Aron Susman
Along with the other major office markets in Texas, Houston office space may be effected by urban areas leading population grown for the first time in 20 years.
by Aron Susman
Tenants of Dallas office space received a scare earlier this week when a series of violent tornadoes swept through Northeast Texas, destroying homes, upsetting flight patterns out of Dallas/Fort Worth National Airport and sending tractor trailors into the air.
by Aron Susman
The current commercial real estate market appeals to buyers in major cities such as New York City, Dallas, Houston and Austin. However, experts say businesses conducting an office space search may soon increasingly find themselves leasing properties owned by foreign investors, who consider the market's current position ideal for investment.
by Aron Susman
When real estate developer Kevin Williamson arrived in Austin 14 years ago, the West Sixth Street district was not much to write home about - a deli and a steakhouse were the main attractions. They were, at least, until Williamson helped pioneer the expansion of several businesses that have transformed the area into a vibrant destination spot, which has positively effected Austin office space.
by Aron Susman
Businesses around the country have heard the drumbeats of cloud computing technology and, for the most part, many have responded by making investments in technology that help more workers perform duties remotely.
by Aron Susman
While traditional commercial real estate owners in Houston continue to buy up properties to lease to members of the city's growing business community, one notable property remains dormant, unused and unlikely to attract any attention from a commercial real estate perspective.
by Aron Susman
Real estate observers in New York City were encouraged by recent reports that financial services corporation Morgan Stanley would expand its commercial real estate lease at One New York Plaza in Manhattan. While that company's expansion may have been a sign of an improvement environment for New York office space leasing activity, experts say the local market has still been stifled by the challenges faced by several Wall Street businesses.
by Aron Susman
This November, the 125-person town of Elroy, Texas - on the outskirts of Austin - will come alive as 24 Formula One drivers careen around 20 turns at speeds in excess of 200 mph during the first United States Grand Prix hosted by the facility.
by Aron Susman
The buildings that once housed the East Austin headquarters for Motorola and Freescale Semiconductor are now likely to provide Austin office space for rent to local Austin business owners.
by Aron Susman
The United States' population is increasingly becoming centralized in major urban areas, including the Los Angeles, New York City and Austin metropolitan regions, according to new federal data. Patterns of growth may affect the level of commercial real estate leasing activity in particular parts of the country.
by Aron Susman
Financial services heavyweight Morgan Stanley is already a large tenant at One New York Plaza in Manhattan, but the corporation may lease more New York city office space in that building, according to The New York Post.
by Justin Lee
This week we are featuring the offices of SnapStream TV Search, a television monitoring solution that lets you search, clip and save everything you can possibly record on TV. Jon Stewart from The Daily Show uses them to track news throughout the day and find clips for their shows. You can imagine without this technology how burdensome that process would be!
by Aron Susman
Changes in how leases are classified for accounting purposes may affect commercial real estate in Dallas and other major markets like Austin, New York, and Houston.
by Aron Susman
While they were traditionally a major concern for consumers and homeowners, bed bugs have become a persistent problem for businesses that own or lease commercial real estate in Dallas.
by Justin Lee
As if it needed any more validation after getting voted as the 2011 2nd best-selling mater planned community in the United States, The Woodlands keeps getting good news on the commercial side as well. Anadarko recently announced plans to add a second office tower next to its headquarters on Woodlands Parkway. The new tower will hold 550,000 square feet of class A office space and will rise 21 floors above the 10 story parking garage it will sit on. We can certainly assume that the new tower will be constructed using state-of-the-art energy efficiency practices LEED certified. Based on the rendering, it looks like it will be gorgeous.
by Aron Susman
Demand for rental space for lease in Austin continues to climb, according to a report, as the city now represents the state's strongest market for commercial retail space.
by Aron Susman
Since the height of the recent economic recession, malls and shopping centers around the country have felt increasing pressure stemming from shuttering stores {never heard that term but Lisa claims it's legit} and climbing vacancy rates. However, with jobs figures and economic indicators heading in the right direction, more shopping centers are noticing increasing demand for retail space for lease, particularly in burgeoning metropolitan areas such as Austin.
by Aron Susman
Though it may have previously been known for a high volume of industrial tenants, Brooklyn's 17-building Industry City at Bush Terminal complex along Third Avenue has seen increased office leasing activity from a diverse array of business, including creative and technical professionals.
by Justin Lee
Well now it's official. You've known it was coming for years, but you weren't sure who exactly would be looking and through what vehicles the search would be carried out in. Commercial Real Estate is a funny business. For an industry so lucrative with billions of dollars switching hands every year, it seems to be very slow to adapt to change and technology. Most experts (real estate professionals who understand digital marketing and the technology behind online advertising) say that the residential side of real estate adopts changes in technology faster than the commercial side, and is about 3-8 years ahead of commercial when it comes to adopting technology and using it to increase productivity and source prospects.
by Aron Susman
While more technology firms and financial businesses continue to search for office space for lease in Houston, Austin and Dallas, one national grocery chain has announced its intention to occupy space in another key Texas metropolitan area.
by Aron Susman
A Carrollton-based company will expand to Dallas office space as the result of a major client contract that required the immediate implementation of roughly 500 workers, according to reports.
