Filings: Westland Bunker in Montgomery set for $25M data center project

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 9:52A Jishnu Nair

The former nuclear bomb shelter has been housing data centers for 20 years, and its new owner wants to add more.

Exxon, Calpine ink carbon transportation and storage deal for new Baytown plant

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 9:39A Naomi Klinge

Spring-based Exxon Mobil Corp. has reached a deal with Calpine Corp. — Houston's largest private company — ahead of the latter's sale to Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Corp. This is Exxon's sixth such deal.

Nan & Co. Properties adds 4 brokers, including former owner of famed 3-story closet

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 9:15A Jeff Jeffrey

Houston-based Nan & Co. Properties/Christie's International Real Estate is adding four well-known local real estate brokers to its team, one of whom garnered international attention for the three-story closet she had built in her former home in...

Galveston County residents to vote on $186 million infrastructure package bond

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 8:56A Janet Miranda

Galveston County residents will go to the polls to vote on a major $186 million infrastructure bond issue.

Honorees named for HBJ's 2025 Best Family-Owned Business Awards

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 7:52A Wyatt Loy

The 50 honorees are all successful icons of the Houston business community.

Houston billionaire Christopher Sarofim joins Dan Friedkin’s Everton FC ownership group

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 5:59A Chandler France

A Houston billionaire with ties to the Texans and Houston's largest institutional money management firm is the latest to join Dan Friedkin's ownership group for the English Premier League club.

Vigavi Realty plans 557,000-square-foot industrial park in Brookshire area

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 3:00A Florian Martin

The developer purchased 36 acres from Johnson Development Corp. for the development.

Newly Houston-based manufacturer starts construction on third local facility in Waller County

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 2:45A Naomi Klinge

The 267,000-square-foot manufacturing facility will support the data center and oil and gas industries. It joins two other locations the company operates nearby.

Capital One’s Houston market president departs bank, interim local executive named

Houston Biz Journal 4/23 2:09A Chandler France

Capital One has downsized its presence in Houston over the past two years, and now the bank has lost its local leader.

Expansion, rising rents, and investor confidence define Houston’s industrial market

Houston Biz Journal 4/22 7:29A Lee & Associates

Houston’s industrial real estate market continued its strong performance in the first quarter of 2025, with vacancy rates reaching a seven-year low of 5.6%. This tightening market, coupled with a 43.3% increase in quoted asking rents since Q1...

Should you finance your business equipment? Here are 5 benefits, per banking leaders

Houston Biz Journal 4/22 4:52A Commerce Bank

Adding equipment is a critical component of the growth strategy for many businesses. But the cost often presents a significant challenge. For nearly 8 in 10 businesses, the solution is to finance at least some of the cost. In 2021, companies...

Houston-based Ascend Performance Materials files for bankruptcy protection to restructure

Houston Biz Journal 4/22 3:02A Olivia Pulsinelli

The company expects its Chapter 11 process to take about six months.

Memorial Park to launch $42 million project to honor World War I roots (RENDERINGS)

Houston Biz Journal 4/22 3:00A Jeff Jeffrey

The next portion of Memorial Park's transformation will use nature to tell the story of thousands who trained there before heading off to war. Like the rest of the transformation, this $42 million project is also supported by some of Houston's...

Baybrook Mall developer starts work on new 1,066-acre community

Houston Biz Journal 4/22 1:28A Florian Martin

The mall's owner is developing the new master-planned community in a joint venture with the company that has owned the land since the 1960s.

Shots Fired at Texas City Officers Responding to Family Fight; Woman Injured

Texas Herald News 4/21 3:52A Amalia Weigandt

Texas City Police Department officers were shot at early Monday morning after responding to a report of a family disturbance in the 400 block of 27th Avenue N. At approximately 1:01 a.m. on April 21st, a juvenile called police to report family...