The co-authors filed their recommendations under seven specific themes — taxes, housing, transportation, health, utilities, food and telecommunications — they set out to develop each suggestion with a mind toward its relationship to other factors.

Texas is virtually tied with New York for total commercial real estate spending.

There may be benefits to waiting around for fruit, wine and teens, but waiting for a loan to reach its maturity date without examining whether it might be open to early refinancing doesn’t make the loan better – it makes the lending opportunity more likely to pass by those lenders who wait too long.

Since the Federal Aviation Administration began issuing exemptions to its ban on the commercial use of drones, the construction and infrastructure industries have led the number of exemption applications, as well as the exemptions themselves. In an April report from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the organization found that found that those two sectors combined made up almost 40% of FAA-approved exemptions. In addition, an NAHB survey revealed that the bigger the builder, the more likely it is to incorporate drone use into its operations.

Texas came in second in CNBC's rankings, which scored the states on about 60 measures of business competitiveness. Texas's No. 2 rank is the same as last year. The scores were based on input from business and policy experts, government sources, CNBC's Global CFO Council and the states themselves.

Austin has moved up among the top five cities for tech talent pools on CBRE Group Inc.'s annual tech talent scorecard, which ranks 50 U.S. and Canadian markets. Austin moved from No. 8 on the report last year to No. 5, only to be outscored by San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; Seattle and New York City.

Officials: $250 million water park, hotel and convention center is a game changer.

It is constructing 3,300,000 square-feet of new corporate office space on three downtown city blocks, including a massive natural playscape, inside three transparent spheres, complete with towering treehouses.

The latest craze in pop culture has just been handed to us from an unlikely source: Pokémon, the decades-old Japanese media franchise, has hit the jackpot with its extraordinarily popular mobile game Pokémon GO. A perfect storm of 90s nostalgia, gimmicky but impressive tech and social media share potential, the game has been hailed for its ability to draw players outside to explore their surroundings through a virtual lens, raising their awareness of local interest points and prompting in-person socialization with other players they encounter along the way. Of note to Architizer readers, this sensation also has the potential to connect everyday people to the architecture around them in ways never before possible.

Seeking farm-fresh food for flavor and health, new-home buyers move to ‘agrihoods’

Property owners want the assurance that their long-term real estate investment is in good hands. The security and peace of mind that comes from knowing their assets are treated with care and the assurance of a strong return is crucial. Of course, being a property owner is an entirely different job altogether than is being a property manager.

Date: 8/9/2016
Time: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm

JW Marriott
110 E 2nd Street

Keynote Breakfast + Breakout Sessions + Economic Forecast Lunch

RECA Exchange is our half-day event that brings together hundreds of Austin’s
commercial real estate professionals to network and learn about hot topic issues.
We have expanded programming in 2016 to include additional educational
breakout sessions with plenty of room for attendees.