Publisher’s Letter
PUBLISHER
Ginger Wheless
ginger@rednews.com
FOR 100,000+ CRE BROKERS, INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS
EDITOR Marjorie Gohmert marjorie@rednews.com STAFF WRITER Janis Arnold CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ray Hankamer rhankamer@gmail.com Austin - Jill Rowe San Antonio - Kim Gatley ART DIRECTOR Connie Marmolejo - connie@rednews.com ACCOUNTING Benton Mahaffey accounting@rednews.com DATABASE MANAGER Jason Marshall jason@rednews.com SALES Ginger Wheless ginger@rednews.com
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Dear Readers, This month’s focus is on the Texas retail markets and since retail is known to be the last to follow commercial development, it’s exciting to note how active that market is. I spoke with Fidelis Realty Partners’ Lynn Davis and their company has never been busier (see Page 14). Ed Wulfe of Wulfe & Company used the heading “Aggressive Retail Development in Houston Projected” to describe Houston’s market and Kim Gatley of REOC San Antonio & Jill Rowe of Rowe Development in Austin have only upbeat and positive things to say about opportunities in the San Antonio and Austin markets (see Page10 and Pages 12-13. )
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Several weeks ago I toured La Porte with Scott Livington, La Porte’s Economic Development Director. There is so much Texas history in La Porte! It brought back fond childhood memories of having Sunday lunch at the San Jacinto Inn (since replaced with Monument Inn) and a tour of Battleship Texas and the San Jacinto Monument. Scott is aggressively working with developers to bring retail to La Porte. Their town center is only one of the projects on their drawing board. Next month is A&M’s 24th Annual Outlook for Texas Land Markets being held in San Antonio, April 17th – 18th. If you haven’t attended before, you’ve missed a great event. It’s always very informative with outstanding speakers and networking opportunities. You can register online at www.recenter.tamu/edu/register. REDNews’ April issue will have a Land Focus with extra distribution at the A&M Land Conference so if you have property to sell, let me know if you want to include it in this issue. Enjoy the warm weather and Spring Break! Best Regards,
Ginger Wheless
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