RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Celestica, a Canadian electronics manufacturer, has unveiled plans for the expansion of its Telecom Parkway campus in Richardson, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The initiative represents a capital investment of approximately $300 million and is expected to account for the creation of roughly 2,300 new jobs over the next two years in addition to the retention of about 400 existing jobs. Celestica has renewed its office leases at both its existing buildings and has also begun construction on a new, 343,000-square-foot building. Celestica has also entered into a public-private partnership with the City of Richardson, which has approved a $3 million tenant improvement grant to support Celestica’s long-term commitment, capital investment and job creation.
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — International development and construction company Skanska has broken ground on an academic project at Texas A&M University in College Station that is valued at approximately $134 million. The AgriLife Meat Science & Technology Building will span 85,600 square feet and will serve as a cornerstone of a future agriculture district on the university’s West Campus. The facility will feature updated labs, classrooms and processing space to support applied research and hands-on education, as well as a retail outlet with a public storefront for products developed at the center. Construction is expected to be complete in 2028.
ELGIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the portfolio sale of two self-storage properties totaling 126,038 net rentable square feet of space across 1,087 units in Elgin, an eastern suburb of Austin. Known as the Solid Ground Storage Portfolio, the facilities are located at 505 and 1210 W. U.S. Highway 290 and feature 81,878 net rentable square feet across 721 units and 44,160 net rentable square feet across 366 units, respectively. Dave Knobler, Mixson Staffel, Charles LeClaire and Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS — Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) will open a 175,995-square-foot store in Liberty Hill, located north of Austin in Williamson County. The store will be located within Santa Rita Ranch, a $100 million mixed-use development, and is expected to add about 400 new jobs to the local economy. The opening is set for next year. Ed Horne is the owner and master developer of Santa Rita Ranch.
HORSESHOE BAY, TEXAS — Nuveen Green Capital has provided $38.6 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing for the development of a new seniors housing community in Horseshoe Bay, roughly 50 miles northwest of Austin. The borrower and developer is Falcon Senior Housing. Dubbed The Statesman at Horseshoe Bay, the community will total 313,714 square feet upon completion and will feature 180 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Financing for the project also includes EB-5 immigration investment funds.
DALLAS — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of six office buildings totaling 288,217 square feet within the historic Old Parkland campus in Uptown Dallas. The campus was originally built in 1894 as a teaching hospital and has been redeveloped and repositioned over the past 20 or so years. John Rose, Ryan Pollack and Jordan Buck of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. The borrower was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Focus Healthcare Partners has acquired The Buckingham, a continuing care retirement community in West Houston. The property’s unit count was not disclosed. Focus acquired the 23-acre property through a court-supervised auction process at the beginning of this year and has since rebranded The Buckingham as Laural Parke Senior Living. LCS will operate the independent living, assisted living and memory care units on behalf of Focus. Ignite Medical Resorts will operate the skilled nursing services at the property.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates and Younger Partners have co-brokered the sale of a 12,006-square-foot industrial building in Arlington. The building at 1300 E. Corporate Drive was originally constructed in 1976. Alex Wilson and Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates and Justin Moreau of Younger Partners co-brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
By Alan Stalcup, founder, CEO, GVA Real Estate Austin’s apartment inventory grew 33 percent from 2020 to 2025, according to data from Marcus & Millichap — the fastest rate in the country. In addition, data from CoStar Group and the U.S. Census Bureau show that vacancy is sitting at 14 percent, roughly double the national average. That’s what happens when every investor in America chases the same story at the same time. Austin isn’t a bad market. It’s a great city. But the math doesn’t work right now. When vacancy is 14 percent and new supply keeps getting added, buyers aren’t buying yield; they’re buying a prayer. The opportunities in Texas didn’t disappear; they moved. And they moved to places most investors aren’t looking. The Places Nobody’s Watching The Rio Grande Valley has between 1.4 and 1.5 million people, according to Census data. That’s not a small market. It’s a large, underfollowed one. McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville — these cities have real population bases, stable renter demand and almost no institutional competition. Rents sit around $700 per month. GVA has been pushing $240 increases — roughly 30 percent — with light improvements. Not gut renovations or repositioning the asset, just new …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — April Housing, Blackstone Real Estate’s affordable housing division, has reopened three affordable housing communities totaling 654 units in East Austin. Working in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), April Housing completed roughly $60 million of renovations across the following properties: Heritage Point, a 240-unit senior living community for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI); Eagle’s Landing, a 240-unit multifamily property for those earning 60 percent or less of AMI; and Village at Collinswood, a 174-unit senior living community for residents earning 60 percent or less of AMI. All three communities now offer updated units interiors, including bathrooms, kitchens, fixtures and appliances, as well as upgraded building systems and amenity spaces.
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