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Houston Makes Top 5 as Boom Lures Foreigners: Real Estate By Dan Levy - Mar 26, 2013 International real estate investors are falling in love with Houston, a fast-expanding energy hub that’s luring buyers from Toronto to Tel Aviv seeking properties with lower costs and higher returns than buildings in the priciest U.S. cities. Firms from outside the U.S. acquired $2.83 billion of Houston (OFCRAHOU) office buildings in the past three years, according to Real Capital Analytics Inc. They were the largest net buyers of any investor class, spending four times more than U.S. real estate investment trusts, which ranked second. Last year, Houston for the first time was among the top five global cities in an annual survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate that dates back to 1994. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/houston-makes-top-5-as-boom-lures-foreigners-real-estate.html

The City That Oil Built Gets a Retrofit for The Latest Gusher 02/5/2013 HOUSTON -- On the outskirts of this sprawling city's core, Royal Dutch Shell PLC is in the midst of a major expansion of its corporate offices. http://www.energycorridor.org/news/news-list/news-item?title=the-city-that-oil-built-gets-a-retrofit-for-the-latest-gusher

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2013/01/23/sabine-pass-liquefaction-to-offer-1.html Sabine Pass Liquefaction to offer $1B in debt for LNG train construction Collin Eaton Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC will soon offer $1 billion in senior secured notes due 2021, Houston-based natural gas distributor Cheniere Energy Partners LP (NYSE MKT: CQP) said in a statement.

Jan 18, 2013, 5:00am CST Geographic Spotlight Focus on West Houston: Energy Corridor, Katy and Westchase Emily Wilkinson Assistant Managing Editor- Houston Business Journal Home to several Fortune 500 companies as well as prominent private businesses ranging from health care to manufacturing, it’s been boom times lately in west Houston. With several significant projects on the horizon bringing hundreds of thousands of jobs to the area, indicators signal west Houston’s growth momentum will not be slowing anytime soon. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2013/01/18/west-houston-energy-corridor-katy.html

Dec 21, 2012, 5:00am CST M.D. Anderson snags prime tract in Energy Corridor Shaina Zucker Reporter- Houston Business Journal Alongside the bustling traffic on Interstate 10, an unscathed tract of land in the Energy Corridor has beckoned developers for more than four decades. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2012/12/21/md-anderson-snags-prime-tract-in.html

A Boom in Houston Is Led by the Energy Industry Office buildings under construction in the Woodlands Town Center. The taller one is for Anadarko Petroleum. By MATT HUDGINS Published: December 4, 2012 HOUSTON — Even first-time visitors here can tell that the city is growing rapidly. Construction cranes overhang office and apartment sites all along the Katy Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 10 that connects a string of booming submarkets west of the 610 Loop. This expanse includes the Westchase neighborhood and the Energy Corridor, home to an expanding cluster of energy companies. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/realestate/commercial/houstons-boom-is-led-by-the-energy-industry.html