Record 2024 results pushed Houston’s hotels to new highs, and 2025 has brought a fresh wave of sales and portfolio deals. Investors are favoring full‑service, convention‑capable assets across the metro.

A Zonda study presented to Conroe ISD trustees projects the district will swell to about 73,000 students by 2030–31, reshaping school planning and bond timelines.

Midway says Dow will anchor CityCentre Six, the new 19‑story tower, as the developer nears delivery of the 320,000‑square‑foot project in 2026.

Houston's medical office rents have been flat, but a plunging construction pipeline could finally let landlords push rates if absorption holds.

Conroe-Montgomery home sales dipped 3.6% in February even as median prices rose in six ZIP codes; 77356 saw a 27% jump to $462,000 and longer listing times.

Edloe Realty bought Greenhouse Medical Plaza off I‑10 in west Houston and plans to use outside investors to back more medical‑office deals near hospital campuses.

Lincoln Property Co. is moving ahead with The Arc at the Ion District, a Rice‑anchored lab and office project, but construction financing is still unresolved.

Sugar Land and Missouri City recorded 203 home sales in February while medians eased across most ZIP codes.

Sagard Real Estate and La Caisse have formed a joint venture to buy industrial outdoor storage yards across U.S. port markets, starting with a Meadowlands acquisition and an initial CAD 490M target.

At SXSW, economists and researchers told a room of 20‑somethings that soaring prices, a roughly 4‑million‑home shortage and inherited wealth—not lifestyle choices—are locking young buyers out. Panelists urged more building and policy fixes to change the math.

A 24‑story, $125M Rambler Northgate tower is planned just steps from Texas A&M, adding hundreds of beds and prompting an airport height variance.

Drake Plastics will celebrate 30 years next Saturday with a grand opening for a new 143,000-square-foot headquarters on its 45-acre Cypress campus.

A roughly 55,600‑square‑foot retail center is planned for Porter’s FM 1314 corridor, bringing fast food, a gym and medical clinics as permits move through state filings.