Monthly Archives: March 2015

For nearly 70 years, Robert Mueller Municipal Airport thrived on the east side of Austin, Texas but as the city grew, Austin needed a modern international airport to serve its residents.  While Austin Bergstrom International Airport is now the state capital’s airport, the challenge facing city planners is what to do with the 711 acres of land now situated in the heart of Austin

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add the Main Street Groundwater Plume site in Burnet Co., TX, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and converts them into productive community resources by eliminating or reducing public health risks and environmental contamination.

Three of Texas’ major metropolitan areas are embracing energy efficiency to save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by meeting EPA’s Energy Star requirements. Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston jointly have over 500 buildings with Energy Star certifications—saving a combined $145 million.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced Odessa, Texas, as the nation’s leader among smaller cities for Energy Star certified buildings. Odessa boasts 31 buildings with the certification—all schools and school administration offices—totaling 3.1 million square feet. The energy savings from these buildings total $2.4 million. This represents the equivalent of the annual electricity use of 1,800 homes.

The Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities will host a community forum April 9 in recognition of Fair Housing Month.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism, has been named as a leader of the FDI Frontlines Coalition, a national organization focused on arming state, regional and local economic development organizations (EDOs) with the resources they need to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI).

Patriot Royalties, Inc., a Dallas-based oil and gas company that specializes in acquiring and packaging income-based royalty properties, announces its latest offering: The Patriot-Liberty.

Hunt Mortgage Group, a commercial real estate lender, announced today that it provided a $44,437,000 Freddie Mac loan to facilitate the acquisition and upgrading of a multifamily property located in The Woodlands, Texas.

Houston’s iconic NRG Astrodome “can and should live on” as a multi-use park that will enhance the quality of life for residents of the city, serve as a popular tourist destination, and catalyze economic development that enhances the greater NRG Park and benefits the region as a whole, according to a report released today from the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

The City Council approved a resolution naming the new Public Safety Complex in memory of Bob Bolen, the longest-serving mayor of Fort Worth.

Spring will bring warmer temperatures to Texas, but it also brings the threat of severe weather with little time to prepare. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) urges consumers to plan for severe weather and take steps to reduce the risk of property damage, before storms strike.

Solana Business Park and architecture firm 5G Studio Collaborative today released final architectural design renderings of the property’s $50 million campus renovation. 5G Studio revealed designs that build on the inimitability of the original architectural design, while augmenting the “ranch cool” sophistication granted by the rural Texas setting. Renovations will update campus offerings, and provide corporate tenants with facilities and amenities they need in a contemporary work environment

According to information presented in court, from July 2006 to March 2008, in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere, Santens conspired with Irons, Limbrick, Preston, Patterson, and Allen to engage in monetary transactions in criminally-derived property of a value greater than $10,000, which property was derived from wire fraud, that is a scheme to induce lending institutions to fund mortgage loans for residential properties for which the property values had been fraudulently inflated for buyers who had been fraudulently qualified for loans.

Now is a good time to review your property’s flood risk, your current insurance coverage, and consider whether a separate flood policy should be part of your home protection plan.

U.S. Representative Filemon Vela, D-Texas, hosted U.S. Representative Bill Shuster, R-Pennsylvania, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at the Port of Brownsville. Chairman Shuster is participating in a bipartisan transportation and infrastructure congressional delegation visit to South Texas

Final Release, Sat. March 14th! First come, first served! 1 to 6 acres with Big Bay Views and Water Access from $39,900 1.75 aces Direct Dockable Waterfront only $59,900 1,634 sq ft Coastal Cottage just $79,900

The settlement, which amends a prior agreement, will enhance benefits to Farmers policyholders who fall within the settlement class.

Texas Department of Insurance Commissioner David Mattax announced today the resolution of a more than decade long dispute with the state’s largest homeowners insurer, State Farm Lloyds.