Notebook extras: More info on UT's Health IT program
Chad Swiatecki Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter While doing my research and interviews for this week’s story on the success of the health information technology program at the...
View ArticleTexas bill thwarts Medicaid expansion here
James Jeffrey Contributing Writer- Austin Business Journal Email An amendment to a Medicaid-related bill would prevent Medicaid expansion, Reuters reports. The proposal, an amendment to Senate Bill 7,...
View ArticleVictory Energy completes 320-acre lease agreement
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Victory Energy Corp. has acquired a 320-acre lease in Glasscock County near Midland through Aurora Energy Partners LLC....
View ArticleIn the money: May 27 Austin startup funding wrap-up
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter At least five Austin-area companies received funding last week to take their businesses to the next level, according to the...
View ArticleNo fines over Austin's bag ban yet
Staff Austin Business Journal Austin's three-month-old ban on single-use paper and plastic bags has resulted in few complaints and no fines. From March 1 to May 15, the city received 19 complaints on...
View ArticleUniversity projects left in lawmakers' dust
Staff Austin Business Journal The University of Texas, Texas State and other public institutions of higher education didn't get the $2 billion for expansions that they were hoping for from the Texas...
View ArticleAustin's building permit process investigated
Staff Austin Business Journal A former residential permit pusher in Austin's planning department is under investigation by police due to suspicion that he illegally took money to approve applications....
View ArticleCompare Metrics filing reveals more funding details
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter A regulatory filing provided additional details about the Compare Metrics Inc. Series A financing announced earlier this week....
View ArticleBitAngels to coach Austin, NYC, San Fran Bitcoin startups
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Some 65 investors from across the U.S. have joined forces to create BitAngels, a multi-city angel network and...
View ArticleAustin native Valentine sues Go-Go's bandmates
Chad Swiatecki Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Claiming potential damages in excess of $1 million, Austinite and former Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine is reportedly suing her...
View ArticlePNC erects sign on new home at downtown Tampa tower
The downtown Tampa skyline has taken on a slightly different look. PNC Bank, which...
View ArticleSmells like special session at Texas Capitol
James Jeffrey Contributing Writer- Austin Business Journal Email Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping quiet until the last moment on whether a special session will occur, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has...
View ArticleNoesis launches energy-focused financing service
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Noesis Energy Inc. has launched a service designed to connect energy professionals with lenders specializing in energy...
View ArticleWP Engine inks major lease deal in downtown Austin
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn WP Engine, the WordPress hosting and management company, has expanded so quickly that it’s signed a lease for 14,500...
View Article'Live as high as your dreams' at Aeon Towers
DABAWENYOS, watch out! The building that will soon rise along JP Laurel Avenue is yet to redefine modern living in few years' time in one of the country's busiest metros. Although, there's no telling...
View ArticleDell investors file suit over bid; date set for buyout vote
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn The $24.4 billion buyout offer proposed by Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell is too low compared with the computer maker's...
View ArticleDevelopers worry proposed city program may hamper downtown growth
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn The Austin City Council will consider a proposal this month that would change rules allowing developers wanting to...
View ArticleSoftware maker Sharegate snags $1.3M financing
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Austin-based Sharegate Inc. has received a $1.3 million financing. The software maker collected the capital from 14 investors,...
View ArticleDowntown Dallas’ One Main Place tower dodges this week’s...
Downtown Dallas’ familiar One Main Place tower was threatened with a foreclosure sale this week. But the forced sale by...
View ArticleSlideshow: See the houses on the Annual Cool Home Tour
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn The 17th Annual Cool House Tour will showcase this weekend nearly one dozen homes and multifamily projects that illustrate...
View ArticleTerra Group Breaks Ground On Grove at Grand Bay, Coconut Grove's Newest...
Download image Grove At Grand Bay. (PRNewsFoto/Terra Group) COCONUT GROVE, Fla., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pedro Martin and David Martin , founders and owners of leading Miami real estate...
View ArticleBusiness gets 'M'm, m'm, good' for GSD&M
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Austin-based GSD&M has been selected by Campbell Soup Co. to market the company's new dinner sauce business. The...
View ArticleBill to require drug tests for unemployment benefits passes Texas Senate
James Jeffrey Contributing Writer- Austin Business Journal Email A Texas Senate bill that would make drug screening or testing a condition for receiving unemployment compensation benefits by certain...
View ArticleColliers consolidates in a 16K-square-foot downtown space
Wendy Culverwell Real Estate Daily editor- Portland Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Colliers International will unite its brokerage, valuation and property management divisions in downtown...
View ArticleAustin's Summit Hotel Properties makes big acquisitions
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Austin-based Summit Hotel Properties Inc. (NYSE: INN) formally purchased four hotels for $153 million. The acquisitions...
View ArticleFeds investigating solicited financial loans weeks after Powell's death
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into financial loans an Austin investment manager who died nearly...
View ArticleBuyers rescue landmark downtown Dallas skyscraper from debt woes
One of downtown Dallas’ grand 1980s skyscrapers has quietly changed hands. The 60-story Comerica Bank Tower at 1717 Main Street has been purchased by a partnership of M-M Properties Inc. and CBRE...
View ArticleBattle for control of Dell enters heated phase
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn The Dell Inc. buyout battle is moving into more heated territory, as the company and the group vying to control it...
View ArticleCedar Park to Google: We're Fiber ready
Sarah Drake Contributing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn City of Cedar Park officials are sending a message to Google Inc. execs: the suburb northwest of Austin is Fiber-fit...
View ArticleDowntown Dallas’ landmark Comerica Bank tower was a tough job for its...
The great architect Philip Johnson called downtown Dallas’ Comerica Bank Tower “the hardest job I guess we ever had.” That’s because Johnson and his partner John Burgee had to go back to the drawing...
View ArticleCornish considers 19-story residential tower in downtown Seattle
Winifred Westergard photo Cornish College of the Arts is studying whether to build a 19-story residential tower next to its main campus at 1000 Lenora St., in downtown Seattle. Staff Writer- Puget...
View ArticleNew office tower on 833 East Michigan St downtown Milwaukee architectural...
Tweet 0 Email Report Photo 1 of 6 New office tower on 833 East Michigan St downtown Milwaukee main bird eye arial view architectural rendering New office tower on 833 East Michigan St downtown...
View ArticlePlots & Ploys
Breaking News From WSJ.com's Developments Blog Interesting Rates One big issue is looming in the background this week as hundreds of real-estate executives gather in Chicago for an industry...
View ArticleTrammell Crow Co. proposes downtown Bellevue office tower
LMN Architects Trammell Crow Co., is proposing an office tower in downtown Bellevue. This image is from the company's early application to the city, and Trammell Crow can "continue to explore design...
View ArticleLincoln Property Company Expands Presence in Downtown Los Angeles with New...
Tweet Send to a Friend LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lincoln Property Company has partnered with Angelo, Gordon & Co. to purchase 800 Wilshire, a 16-story office building at the corner of...
View ArticleCousins breaks ground on Austin skyscraper
Atlanta-based Cousins Properties said on Thursday it has broken ground on a new office tower in...
View ArticleAustin's Warehouse District getting 29-story office tower
Staff Austin Business Journal An Atlanta-based developer is breaking ground next week on a 29-story downtown Austin office tower at Third and Colorado streets, bringing 371,000 square feet to the...
View ArticleQ&A: Downtown Austin developer Tim Hendricks
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc. is building the newest office tower in downtown Austin — a 29-story glass and steel...
View ArticleAustin tower will be state’s tallest current office project
Developers are breaking ground in downtown Austin on what will be the first skyscraper constructed in the Texas capital in a...
View ArticleCousins breaks ground on downtown Austin office tower
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn It’s been more than a decade since Cousins Properties Inc. broke ground on a major office tower in downtown Austin, and...
View ArticleCousins Properties Breaks Ground on Austin Office Tower
Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) has commenced construction on Colorado Tower, a 371,000-square-foot, Class-A office development in Downtown Austin, Texas. The 29-story building, designed...
View ArticleCousins Properties Breaks Ground on Austin Office Tower (Cousins Properties...
(Source: Cousins Properties Inc) Cousins Properties Breaks Ground on Austin Office Tower AUSTIN - (May 21, 2013) - Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) has commenced construction on Colorado...
View ArticleOffice landlords are tossing ’80s posh in favor of modern creature comforts
Walking into the Ross Avenue lobby of downtown Dallas’ Chase Tower is like entering a museum or a grand cathedral. The floor is an ocean of carefully cut polished stone. Great marble arches line the...
View ArticleMetro set to break ground on Uptown Transit District
Photo courtesy of UrbanCincy.com Metro will break ground on its new Uptown Transit District on Friday. Staff reporter- Business Courier | | Metro will break ground on its new Uptown Transit District...
View ArticleSunTrust Tower owner moving forward with Downtown parking garage, has 'big'...
Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Reporter- Jacksonville Business Journal Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Plans to build a six-story parking garage next to the SunTrust Tower in Downtown Jacksonville are...
View ArticleArvest breaks ground on downtown branch
Andrew Grumke | KCBJ Fourth District Councilwoman Jan Marcason praised downtown development while Arvest Bank regional president Mark Larrabee looked on at the bank branch's groundbreaking on Tuesday....
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