HOUSTON—Last week, Memorial Hermann broke ground on the $650-million expansion and renovation of its Texas Medical Center (TMC) Campus.

AUSTIN—On the eve of the inaugural RealShare Austin conference, GlobeSt.com spoke with many panelists about the current state of CRE in the Capital City. Here's what they had to share, sure to be just the tip of the conversational iceberg at today's conference at the W Austin:

DALLAS--Colliers International has announced that BT Global Services, a subsidiary of BT Group plc, is moving its Americas headquarters to Cypress Waters in Coppell. BT will take 28,000 square feet and bring about 250 employees.

DALLAS--HighStreet Net Lease Group, a Houston-based company specializing in the disposition and acquisition of net-leased investment properties, recently represented two private groups in the acquisition of net-leased properties in Arlington and Texas City, TX.

HOUSTON--PM Realty Group (PMRG) has revealed plans for Republic Square, a 35-acre development in the Energy Corridor, the previous location of the ExxonMobil Chemical headquarters.

AUSTIN—Industrial activity in Austin is said to be “brisk” and in “better shape than it was five years ago,” concludes a recent report from REOC Austin.

SAN ANTONIO—Just days after acquiring Renaissance Village at Shadow Lake in Houston, San Francisco-based Olympus Property has acquired Tacara at Westover Hills, a 312-unit class A community in San Antonio.

HOUSTON--As of the first quarter of this year, industrial construction in Houston topped 8.88 million square feet and second quarter construction may set a new record, says new analysis from CBRE.