A local TID committee recommended a full property-tax abatement for Project Mustang, prompting debate over transparency, water use and impacts on school funding.

Demolition crews will take down the long‑vacant Penn‑McKee Hotel starting Monday after years of failed preservation efforts. The city says bricks will be salvaged and the lot used for temporary events while it seeks redevelopment.

Rural Texans are organizing to oppose giant data‑center projects they say will drain water, drown nights in noise and eat up farmland. From Leon to Grimes counties, neighbors have formed groups and pushed county officials for answers.

The Stillwater council split 2‑2 on the 108‑unit Brixton townhome plan at Manning and 80th, leaving the project in limbo as developers refine designs. A special meeting is set for May 5.

Pearl Ranch, a 662-acre Maypearl estate near Dallas, lists for $16.9M and pairs lakes, stables and a large sunflower planting with a 10,000‑sqft event venue.

A 752‑unit apartment complex won site‑plan approval in March, promising hundreds of new homes and tax revenue while prompting concerns about traffic and services.

The City Planning Commission approved a 27‑story, roughly 1,000‑unit development at 175 Third Street with canalfront park space and about 25% permanently affordable units. Developers say the plan also includes retail, artist space and elevated design to address flooding.

Tampa-based Genstone Realty has picked Cincinnati as the first stop in a Midwest expansion, opening an interim office at 8044 Montgomery Road while a permanent space is finished in Q2 2026.

Project Ruby, a proposed $5.18B data center in Muscogee County, would sit near a 19th‑century family cemetery and has residents pressing city officials for stronger protections.

WM’s new west-side plant can process up to 200,000 tons a year and is tied to Indianapolis’s 2028 curbside recycling rollout. The site adds glass recovery, optical sorters and local jobs.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission found 158 South Oxford ineligible for landmarking, and demolition approvals plus new‑building permits make teardown likely. The mid‑19th‑century Italianate house now faces redevelopment pressure.

Sen. Rachel May wants a study to allow single‑stair mid‑rise buildings in New York to lower costs and open up more units; builders back it and fire officials push back.

Bartlett launched planning for a 63‑acre Lake Street gateway that pairs housing, hotels and entertainment with a new TIF and a major road realignment. Officials say the site could redefine the village’s northern edge.