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Sep
17
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5Qs for broker Jason Baker on Houston’s food & beverage scene

For the past 20 years, Jason Baker has helped retailers the likes of Darden Restaurants, Cava, and Fox Restaurant Concepts expand in the Houston metro. Like many retail real estate brokers, a good part of his
  • Chain Store Age
  • Fox Restaurant Concepts
  • Food & Beverage
  • Jason Baker
Sep
14
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Sharpstown Mall opened 63 years ago. After a successful rebranding, it’s as popular as ever

Frank Sharp celebrated the opening of Sharpstown Center, Houston’s first enclosed air-conditional mall, on this day in 1961 with a crowd of 8,000 and a speech by Ted Kennedy, the brother of the then-president. Sharp, who
  • PlazAmericas
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Jason Baker
Sep
11
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Texas People & Company News — Sep 13, 2024

KDC has promoted Eric Hage to president. Going forward, Hage, along with KDC Chief Investment Officer Scott Ozymy and Chief Financial Officer Mike Kaufman, will form a new KDC Management Operating Committee to oversee all day-to-day
  • Martin Mendoza
  • Connect CRE
Sep
04
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Movers: Carter Bechtol to Triten; Jon Farris to Stream Realty

Lee & Associates acquires Commercial Resource Capital in Houston Triten Real Estate Partners hired industry veteran Carter Bechtol as partner and head of Triten Residential. He will oversee the firms’ multifamily holdings, including sourcing developments and
  • Real Deal
  • Jack Moody
Sep
04
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Piada Italian Street Food Lands Prized Spot In NewQuest’s Grand Morton Town Center

NewQuest has selected Piada Italian Street Food to fill the last of its built space in Grand Morton Town Center — a highly prized end cap that’s clearly visible from the Grand Parkway in Fort Bend
  • Summer Gibson
  • CityBiz
  • Piada
  • John Frazier