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Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
SANTA CLARA, CA—Irvine Company is assembling retailers at its Monticello multifamily site including Pressed Juicery, California Pizza Kitchen, The Yellow Chilli, Konjoe Burger Bar and Vitality Bowls Superfood Café, set to open in the first half of 2017.
HUMBLE, TX—Gateway Supply's lease of the entire industrial manufacturing facility at 620 N. Houston Ave. was due to the fact that the building is crane-served and suited for assembly-line work, says JLL.
LAS COLINAS, TX—With its central location to both airports and easy access to most major arteries, this market offers value for many companies and is expected to continue to grow with new developments, organic expansion and relocations.
Here's a look at the trends, announcements and deals that you may have missed in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
AMERICAN CANYON, CA—A new logistics park's design enhancements include the option for one of the buildings to be converted into a rail facility and unloaded/loaded on-site if a future tenant requires access to the nearby rail line.
LUBBOCK, TX—Senior living properties were recently positioned for HUD take-out financing, and resulted in the payoff of three loans and the consolidation of financing into two loans, one for each property, with the third owned outright.
HOUSTON—Labor shortage is being addressing by local government, project owners and construction companies via the Construction Career Collaborative, McCarthy's Ray Sedey says in this EXCLUSIVE.
NEWARK, CA—Trumark teamed up with long-term equity partner, The Resmark Companies, to develop Timber, which provides direct access to transit, schools, parks, sports facilities and shopping.
DALLAS—High demand continues for office space as a result of accelerating job growth and space consolidation or expansion of existing tenants but more absorption, higher rents and fewer vacancies could lead to more development.
HOUSTON—The jury toured the eight finalists' projects, with one juror noting that mixed-use suburban infill developments were present not only in those projects but throughout the region.

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