Erin Brockovich launched a crowdsourced map to track AI data‑center projects and community complaints; Texas is the top source of reports, with Sulphur Springs the loudest cluster.

A modular $400M refinery project broke ground Friday at the former Tosco site south of Duncan, promising a 30,000‑bpd plant and new jobs.

City permits filed May 29 show Raising Cane’s will replace the closed Pollo Tropical at Mandarin Corners with a roughly 2,770‑sq‑ft restaurant and dual drive‑thru. The DBPR plan allows about 77 seats.

A lender‑led foreclosure has put the 246‑room Hyatt Centric at 721 Congress Ave on the courthouse auction block for June 2. The sale will decide who controls the downtown hotel.

City commissioners approved conveyance of public lots to Palm Beach Venture Philanthropy so a Quantum Foundation arm can build mixed-income housing, a grocer and a community hub in Coleman Park.

A Wingstop sign is up on South Main in West Bend and the chain is expected to open in July. The addition would bring another national takeout option to the busy retail strip.

A Consumer Policy Center report warns that portals and lead services often take large referral fees from agents, and those cuts may be baked into buyer-side commissions.

An RPM affiliate paid $103.5M for the 346‑unit Grand Central in the South Loop, topping Waterton’s 2023 price as investors return to Chicago rentals.

A five‑parcel Wynwood assemblage at 85 NE 27th St sold for $14.5M in cash, a steep discount from 2022 as buyers weigh mixed‑use redevelopment potential. Brokers say higher borrowing costs are re‑pricing land in Miami.

A local developer has a deal to buy the long‑vacant Oak Cliff hospital and is pitching a mixed‑use "village" of apartments, townhomes and retail after neighbors opposed a homeless‑services plan.

Elk Grove Village will hold a July 18 raffle giving residents first dibs on 20 new single‑family homes priced in the high $400,000s; winners must live there at least five years.

Duke Health has filed permits for a Garner medical campus including a 60,000‑sq‑ft outpatient building and potential ambulatory services that could bring roughly 600 jobs.

Plans filed with the city show Wild Waves' 66‑acre site in Federal Way could be leveled for a roughly 1‑million‑square‑foot warehouse called Podium I‑5. The park will finish its 2026 season and close on Nov. 1, 2026.