City officials announced a $180M renovation for Toyota Center, with Texas providing $95M and Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta covering the balance. The work includes seat and suite upgrades ahead of major events.

The University of Houston has begun demolishing its 1941 Technology Annex to make room for a multi‑disciplinary Innovation Hub that will house makerspaces, labs and entrepreneurship programs. Filings show a roughly 78,000‑square‑foot project with work running into 2028.

OHT Partners has started construction on a 396‑unit Lenox‑branded complex at 19615 Park Row Blvd in West Houston, promising resort‑style amenities and one‑ and two‑bedroom units.

Portman filed plans for a five‑story, 172‑unit, $54M project at 3616 Center Street. Parking variances and neighborhood pushback are now part of the review.

Toll Brothers and Tri Pointe closed on 445 acres north of the Grand Parkway and plan roughly 919 single-family homes with lakes, parks and a mix of lot sizes.

KA Residences plans an invite-only collection of wellness-driven "sky villas" near River Oaks with in-unit Merkaba suites and prices starting around $3.5M.

Parkhill has leased about 5,800 square feet at BLVD Place in Uptown Houston, marking a new local office for the architecture and engineering firm.

Renovated legacy towers and mid‑rise offices in Houston are finally recording net move‑ins as trophy space tightens and conversions reshape supply.

Texas A&M’s 400,000-square-foot Space Institute at NASA’s Exploration Park has topped out, moving crews into interior fit‑out and giant moon and Mars testing scapes. The state‑backed project is being readied for partner occupancy in late 2026.

Evergrove will cover about 911 acres near Richmond and include roughly 1,655 homes, with Toll Brothers and Tri Pointe listed as the lead builders and sales expected in fall 2026.

A new Construction Coverage analysis puts Texas dead last in national housing-heat rankings, with Austin near the bottom and five Texas metros in the weakest tier. Market shifts and rising inventory are giving buyers more leverage.

PowerBridge landed an option to lease roughly 3,400 acres in Reeves County for the Alpha Digital Campus, a proposed gigascale data hub that could include up to 2 GW of power. The site is positioned near the Waha gas hub and remains subject to permits and interconnection approvals.

Mesa West Capital provided an $81M refinance to Knightvest for Domain Memorial, a 313‑unit townhome complex in west Houston. The five‑year loan will fund interior renovations after several years of amenity upgrades.