Apartments.com data show Texas drew roughly 72,680 new renters in 2026, led by Houston, Dallas and Austin as supply and lower advertised rents attract movers.

Missouri City is rolling forward on a 20‑acre downtown while building a Freedom Tree Park — a test of whether growth and local history can coexist. Residents, artists and planners are all staking claims.

Baton Rouge-based b1BANK has leased space near Uptown Houston to serve as its new Houston hub as it targets growth in the Galleria and Tanglewood neighborhoods.

TDECU has moved into eight floors at Central Park Post Oak, taking a major corporate stake in the Galleria's redeveloped campus.

H‑E‑B is under contract for a 6‑acre site in Houston's East End; the purchase could bring a full‑service supermarket to a neighborhood with limited grocery access.

Forme, the long-stalled Museum District tower, has reopened as a hybrid apartment-and-boutique-hotel with a big wellness and programming focus. The building brings hundreds of new units and dozens of amenities to the neighborhood.

Landmark 601 will convert Conroe's 1937 Sam Houston Elementary into 71 affordable apartments, with construction slated for this summer and state tax-credit support.

LGI Homes is opening Cypress Trails, a roughly 500‑home community in Hockley with mid‑$200k starting prices and parks, trails and pickleball courts. The project targets buyers priced out of the city.

Bank OZK is nearly tripling its Houston office at the Brookhollow Central campus to roughly 40,000 square feet as it beefs up its Corporate and Institutional Banking teams. Renovation permits and company filings show the build‑out is already underway.

Sade Real Estate secured $128.5M to develop The Arno, a 168-unit luxury building at 2929 Weslayan in River Oaks. Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan with capital from Hudson Bay Capital.

State filings show a 15‑building Grand Parkway NW Industrial Park is planned on Boudreaux Road in Tomball, totaling about 428,000 sq ft and roughly $32M in construction value.

Marriott’s AC Hotel will add a 153‑room property to CityCentre Houston after construction financing closed. A ceremonial groundbreaking is now slated for the near term.

Fulshear’s 77441, Katy’s 77493 and Richmond’s 77407 landed on RentCafe’s top-50 list after a decade of heavy building. The rankings highlight where west Houston has added the most housing.