Midtown project Eviva back on track with revised design, new subcontractor

A concrete slab for mixed-use housing project Eviva should be poured early next month, with the modular housing units appearing by summer’s end.

In presenting an amendment to the original Capitol Area Development Authority agreement for the project at 16th and N streets, authority staff on Friday updated long-awaited progress on the project.

Though the project broke ground last summer, progress was hardly noticeable until recently. CADA deputy executive director Marc de la Vergne said the original…

Housing sales are down in the Washington suburbs

The number of closed sales was lower in most suburban counties last month, but prices were almost entirely higher.

Long & Foster says the biggest drop in sales was in Loudoun County, down 16 percent from a year ago. Arlington was the only county to see a sales increase, up 6 percent, and remains the region’s most expensive county, with a median selling price last month of $570,000, up 11 percent from a year ago.

Sales in Alexandria City fell 3 percent compared to a year ago. In Fairfax County,…

Gerald Hines calls for more mass transit in Houston

As NAIOP Houston presented legendary developer Gerald Hines with its third Howard W. Horne Legacy Award April 24, Hines had a theme he kept returning to during the discussion: public transportation.

The first two recipients of the award, Dan Bellow, president of Jones Lang LaSalle Houston, and Robert Duncan, the founder and chairman of Transwestern, joined Hines on the stage and asked him questions about Horne’s legacy and his thoughts on the city of Houston.

Howard Horne was a real estate heavyweight…

Bezos vs. Musk: The billionaire space race plays out in Texas

Jeff Bezos has a massive secret facility in Texas where his Blue Origin space company is developing technology that could eventually take the Amazon founder to space.

And he’s not alone. Fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk, who founded Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX, is also developing space technology at a facility in Texas.

The Associated Press took a fascinating look at the modern space race playing out between the two men who have seemingly unlimited resources to devote to their pet projects: Viable…

Permits, I-395 edition: Capitol Crossing foundation, new apartments in Mount Vernon Triangle

Welcome to permits on this delightful Monday. Let’s get to it.

222 Massachusetts Ave. NW: While the utility relocation and site prep continue, Property Group Partners at least has the permits in hand to build the foundation of its massive Capitol Crossing project, which will literally cover a portion of Interstate 395 through the city. The permit package includes foundation work, a tunnel, vaults and construction of a subterranean parking garage. Capitol Crossing will feature a platform over roughly…