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Area women’s chamber to open office at Brunson
August 9, 2021 - The Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce has chosen the Brunson Theater as the ideal location for its new satellite office for Chambers County.Thanks to grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration announced in January, 20 new Women’s Business Centers are being launched across the...

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Harris County approves new $30M small-business recovery program using federal funds
August 9, 2021 - Harris County leaders just approved a new small business relief fund using money from the American Rescue Plan Act.The $30 million relief fund is aimed at supporting small and micro-businesses in Harris County that have been financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, citing a...

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September ceremony for hotel, city says
August 6, 2021 - The groundbreaking for the Bayland Island hotel/convention center project is still targeted for September, city officials say. Rick Davis, city manager, said they are looking into moving the groundbreaking date up a couple of days. He had at the July 1 Baytown Municipal Development District meeting the city was...

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Blue Tide Environmental Announces Redesign of Recycling Plant
July 26, 2021 - PLANO, Texas, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Tide Environmental, LP ("Blue Tide" or the "Company"), formerly TopSail Energy L.P., an environmental company focused on building and developing a network of used motor oil ("UMO") recycling facilities across the U.S., today announced the redesign of its recycling...

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Office Project Underway in America’s Largest Industrial Park
July 12, 2021 - HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A new office development will be constructed in the 15,000-acre TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park – the first office project in the massive development east of Houston.It’s the largest master-planned, rail-and-barge-served industrial park in America with 11,000 acres remaining for development, the...

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Texas’ Early Reopening Has Helped Houston’s Retail Sector Recover Faster Than Other Cities
July 7, 2021 - Houston’s brick-and-mortar retail stores were among the hardest hit at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, as public health fears and lockdowns forced owners to temporarily shutter.Texas allowed businesses to reopen earlier than many other states, and avoided additional lockdown measures throughout the rest of 2020. Retail brokers...

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Plastics Express Bringing Jobs, Port Business To Houston Area
June 14, 2021 - A California-based plastics resin logistics company is bringing 50 jobs to the new $75 million Cedar Port Logistics Center near Port Houston.Plastic Express Inc. will occupy 100% of the first of three buildings planned at the logistics center. The first phase is scheduled to be completed by December. The Cedar Port...

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Increased shipping activity through Port Houston helps boost city’s industrial market
June 3, 2021 - A surge in shipping activity going through the Port of Houston is expected to drive demand for industrial warehouse space in the coming years, according to a report from New York-based commercial real estate firm Newmark (Nasdaq: NMRK).The report found that over the past five years, the Port of...

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Avera Signs Huge Lease with Restaurant Supply Firm
June 2, 2021 - HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – The Avera Companies, a Houston-based commercial real estate development, construction, and investment firm has signed a restaurant supply firm as the tenant in Avera’s Cedar Port Logistics development.At 644,000 square feet, the lease is one of the largest industrial real estate  ...

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