HOUSTON— SkyHouse River Oaks a 25-story, 352-home high-rise apartment broke ground in the Westcreek at River Oaks community close to the Galleria.

DALLAS— HREC Investment Advisors arranged the sale of the 227-room DoubleTree Market Center located in Dallas, Texas.

MCALLEN, TX— In a strategic buy spree, California-based Hager Pacific Properties (HPP), acquired eight properties in 90 days, of which four are in border town McAllen, Texas.

HOUSTON— Hines announced plans for an extensive modernization and repositioning of 26-story Two Shell Plaza in downtown Houston.

AUSTIN, TX– Rockspring Capital acquired a 22.52-acre retail site in the Bee Cave area outside Austin, Texas.

HOUSTON— Real estate development and investment firm KDC will add a new office in Houston to further their Texas presence.

FORT WORTH— Thackeray Partners secured financing to purchase retail power center, Ridge Rock Plaza, in Fort Worth, Texas.

KENNER, LOUISIANA— Kingfish Development II, L.L.C. purchased the former Rault office building in Kenner, Louisiana a suburb just west of New Orleans.