Here's a look at the trends, announcements and deals you may have missed in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Grocery stores as well as fitness and food-related tenants will continue to seek space, resulting in steadily declining vacancy rates in neighborhood/community centers and continued investor appeal.

The Northwest is the juggernaut of rail, port and petrochemicals due to population and transportation access for shipping to Texas and US markets, with Cutten Distribution Center I expected to accommodate some demand.

Rayzor Ranch Town Center to welcome eight new tenants and a 292-unit apartment community with more than 100 new Denton jobs on the horizon as progress continues at the mixed-use destination.

Despite a lull in US retail as a whole, opportunities in secondary markets especially in the Bay Area are evident as reduced investor demand has increased yields and low cost capital is still readily available.

The failure of the 1980s retail mall configuration could be a breakthrough in that this type of retail reinvention/redevelopment is becoming more commonplace in high-value areas such as North Texas, GlobeSt.com learns in this EXCLUSIVE.

The 213-unit Larkspur at Gateway will serve increasing demand from the baby boomer generation and respond to the need for affordable senior housing in northeast San Antonio when complete in early 2019.

An affordable rental reuse project celebrated its re-opening last week and Candice Gonzalez of Palo Alto Housing discussed its impact in terms of affordable housing preservation and modernization in this EXCLUSIVE.