Top Stories
Last year, the Austin City Council decided, wisely, not to rush into a sketchily conceived challenge of the Travis County commercial tax roll. Now, the new 10-1 council appears ready to make that mistake, appealing to the emotions and biases of its political base and ignoring the realities of the cost of living and governing in Austin.
Visit http://www.reca.org/blog/post/city-council-poised-to-take-a-wrong-turn-on-taxes to view the full article online.
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An Austin-based commercial real estate investment and lending firm is launching a new $50 million fund and ramping up its private lending business in Texas. Thrive, FP created Thrive Lending Fund, LLC to oversee its private lending and debt business, and brought banking industry executive Justin Brogna on board to be COO of Thrive Lending. Brogna previously served as the Austin president of Independent Bank.
Visit http://buildingatx.com/2015/05/thrive-launches-new-50-million-fund-serving-texas/ to view the full article online.
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Local News
More players are joining the student housing industry as the demand for beds increases across the country. It’s one of the reasons we’re excited to bring you Bisnow’s Annual Student Housing Summit (BASH) on June 2 in Philly. We asked Axiometrics student housing research analyst Taylor Gunn to help us assemble the top 10 student housing owners based on most owned off-campus beds.
Visit https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/student-housing/top-10-student-housing-owners-45915 to view the full article online.
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Events
When: Wednesday, June 10 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Where: The Four Seasons Hotel 98 San Jacinto Blvd. The June Ideas Forum will feature a media panel analyzing the results of the 2015 Texas legislative session, with a particular focus on transportation and land development.
Visit http://recaonline.site-ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=625174 to view the full article online.
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Thursday, June 11 From 2 PM to 3 PM Online Webinar If you regularly work on Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) then you need to watch this webinar. You’ll learn everything you need to know about TIA requirements for new development projects as well as how and when to effectively incorporate a traffic engineer into your project team. You’ll also learn about the differences between a TIA, Traffic Study and Parking Study.
Visit http://recaonline.site-ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=634611&group= to view the full article online.
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