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In The News

Spaceport Real Estate Readies for Liftoff

Construction boom heats up along I-40 in Orange County

HBJ reveals Best Places to Work 2024 finalists

Distribution center breaks ground in north Houston's Greenspoint area

Florian Martin | June 3, 2024

Somerset Properties, ABR Capital Partners acquire southwest Charlotte industrial building in $11M deal

Collin Huguley | February 13, 2024

Houston developers unveil industrial projects targeting smaller tenants

Katherine Feser | October 28, 2023

Griffin Partners Income & Value Fund IV acquired 9 acres for the development of Carter Crossing on Greensmark Drive in Houston

Maddy McCarty | October 20, 2023

Intuitive Machines Opens Lunar Production and Operations Facility at the Houston Spaceport and Confirms Lander Ship Date in the Coming Days

Intuitive Machines | September 29, 2023

EP32: Deep dive into the Industrial Asset Class

Wealthy Mind Investments | Aug 04, 2023

Real Estate Development Trends 2023

Ralph Bivins | July 17, 2023

Griffin Partners to Build 2 MSF Warehouse Project

Gail Kalinoski | May 5, 2023

Relay Helps Griffin Partners Reach New Heights

Relay | May 03, 2023

Griffin Partners Gains Tenants at Loop Central

Realty News Report | March 14, 2023

NASA’s $3.5 billion plan to redesign its aging spacesuits

Magdalena Petrova | February 22, 2023

Griffin Partners welcomes SVP

Rejournals | December 19, 2022

Austin Investor Purchases Montrose multifamily complex

Katherine Feser | December 12,2022

Hines Buys Houston Warehouse

Realty News Report | December 12, 2022

Griffin Partners Buys Charlotte Office Buildings

Jordana Rothberg | October 6, 2022

Collins Aerospace opens its doors at Houston Spaceport

Lisa Hay | September 1, 2022

From the moon to mars, Collins Aerospace opens a new 120,000-square-foot facility at the Spaceport

Brittany Taylor | August 31, 2022

Griffin Partners Breaks Ground on New Dallas Area Development

Lisa Hay | July 25, 2022

Houston developer breaks ground on Wilmer business park

Steve Brown | July 22, 2022

Axiom Space Breaks Ground on New Headquarters and Space Station Production Facility at Houston Spaceport

Axiom Space | May 11, 2022

Houston-based developer spends $22 million on Lebanon land

Ian Bradley | Nashville Business Journal | April 27, 2022

Houston property firm lands in Wilmer with new business park

Steve Brown | Dallas Morning News | April 21, 2022

Galleria-area office building inks 7 tenants

Katherine Feser | Houston Chronicle | April 19, 2022

Griffin Partners completes sale of industrial project in Nashville

REJournals | April 11, 2022

This Week's Houston Deal Sheet

Lane Gillespie | Bisnow Houston | January 30, 2022

Real estate transactions: Wound care specialty clinic enters Houston market

Katherine Feser | Houston Chronicle | January 27, 2022

More Than Three-Quarters Of Workers Will Return To The Office In January

Dees Stribling | Bisnow National | December 10, 2021

Houston firm bolsters Charlotte portfolio with seven-building acquisition in airport submarket

Charlotte Business Journal | Liz O’Connell | October 25, 2021

ARKA Buys Griffin Project in Sugar Land

Realty News Report | Oct 11, 2021

California investor buys 6-building industrial park from Griffin Partners

Houston Chronicle | Katherine Feser | Oct 11, 2021

Pinto Business Park

Griffin Partners tapped for project at Houston Spaceport

Houston Chronicle | Katherine Feser | June 3, 2021

Griffin Partners to develop 115K-SF Houston Spaceport facility for Collins Aerospace

Jeff Jeffrey | Jun 3, 2021

BREAKING: Collins Aerospace coming to Houston Spaceport

Community Impact Newspaper | Jake Magee | May 13, 2021

Edward Griffin Discusses post-COVID Office Market Trends on StreetBeats

CrowdStreet | Edward Griffin & Darren Powers | May 5, 2020

Griffin Partners Acquires Property In Greenway Plaza Submarket

Bisnow Houston | Christie Moffat | Feb. 5, 2020

Griffin Partners buys west Houston office building

Houston Chronicle | Katherine Feser | Jan. 14, 2020

George Oliver Acquires Office Asset in Metro Phoenix for $38.8M, Plans $14M Redevelopment

Rebuisness Online | Amy Works | Oct. 22, 2019

Real estate transactions: Hicks Ventures partnership buys West Loop office building

Houston Chronicle | Katherine Feser | Apr 5, 2019

One Agave Center sells in Phoenix’s I-10 Technology Corridor

RED News | Feb. 6, 2019

Houston investment company buys Zachry's HQ

San Antonio Business Journal | Ryan Salchert | Dec 10, 2018

CBRE | Raleigh Announces the Sale of One Harrison Park in Cary, NC

CBRE | Samantha Lublinkhof | May 14, 2018

Griffin Partners Acquires 3-Building Houston Office Complex

Commercial Property Executive | Gail Kalinoski | Apr 6, 2018

Houston office investor: 'We're expanding our platform'

Houston Business Journal | Cara Smith | Apr 3, 2018

Griffin Partners’ New Office Fund Buys Houston Asset

Commercial Property Executive | Veronica Grecu | May 18, 2017

Texas investor buys Raleigh's Lake Boone office, retail center for $20 million

Business Journals | Amanda Hoyle | Dec 16, 2016

Griffin Partners sells Stafford office building

Houston Chronicle | Katherine Feser | Nov. 1, 2016

What We Are Reading

Newly-opened facility at Ellington Airport is the next step toward commercialized space flights, officials say

Patricia Ortiz | December 8, 2023

Houston Class A Office Assets

Mike Boyd | October 2, 2023

Intuitive Machines opens $40M production center at Houston Spaceport ahead of moon mission

Jishnu Nair | September 29, 2023

Total CRE Loans From Banks Hit $3T Even as Originations Cool

Erik Sherman | August 17, 2023

Houston Makes Biggest Jump on List of Top 20 Cities Where People Are Moving

Parimal M. Rohit and Nicole Shih | July 09, 2023

The working-from-home illusion fades

The Economist | Jun 28, 2023

Brookfield Properties targets South Austin for industrial hub, filing suggests

Cody Baird | Jun 28, 2023

Here Comes The Job Shock: Philadelphia Fed Admits US Jobs "Overstated" By At Least 1.1 Million

Tyler Durden | Dec 15, 2022

Governor Lee, Commissioner McWhorter Announce Ultium Cells to Invest $275 Million to Expand Battery Cell Manufacturing Plant in Spring Hill

December 02, 2022

Office Conversions to Fix the Housing Problem? The Fed Says It Probably Won't

Erik Sherman | October 19, 2022

Prologis Pulls Back on New Warehouses, Citing Economy

Randyl Drummer | October 19, 2022

Office Sales Volume Declining In-Step with Interest Rate Hikes

Patricia Kirk | October 19, 2022

Space Center Houston announces plans for new facility as part of larger transformation

Sofia Gonzalez | October 18, 2022

Significant Declines in CRE Sales Volumes Hit in August

Erik Sherman | October 14, 2022

Marci Rossell on Interest-rate Realities, the Shrinking Labor Supply and Trouble in Europe

Brielle Scott | October 11, 2022

The Sun Belt’s Surging Office Market

Alexander Paul | Commercial Property Executive | March 18, 2022

Overheard: Space experts discuss commercialization, innovation, and Houston's future

Natalie Harms | innovationmap | Mar 2, 2022

Office Investment Demand Improving as Clarity Emerges

Paul Bergeron | Globest.com | March 03, 2022

Intuitive Machines breaks ground on lunar operations center at Houston Spaceport

Florian Martin | Houston Business Journal | December 3, 2021

Why Office Absorption Will Turn Around in 2022

Scott Baltic | Commercial Property Executive | November 22, 2021

The Effects of Remote Work on Collaboration

nature | October 5th, 2021

Houston Industrial Record

Aj Latrace | REDnews | September 2021

Is the Office Market Stabilizing?

Brian Lee | GlobeSt | September 30, 2021 |

Top 5 Markets for Industrial Construction

Jeff Hamann | Commercial Property Executive | August 2, 2021

CRE Prices Roar Back Led By Apartments, Industrial And Even Office

Bisnow

June US Natural Gas Prices Highest Since 2014

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Houston Ranks Among Fastest Growing Tech Hubs Amid the Pandemic, Report Finds

John Egan | InnovationMap | May 7, 2021

CREFC First-Quarter 2021 Surveys Reveal Continued Positive Outlook for CRE Finance Market

CRE Finance Council | May 7, 2021

$4 Trillion in Stimulus Spending? Don’t Bet on It

Connect National | Paul Bubny | May 7, 2021

Tech Sector Leads the Way Back to the Office

Commercial Property Executive | Corina Stef | May 6, 2021

Jamie Dimon Says Commuting to Offices Will Make a Comeback

CNBC | Hugh Son and Dawn Giel | May 4, 2021

The Fed, Interest Rates, and The Good News for Commercial Real Estate

Forbes | Calvin Schnure | Apr. 29, 2021

Apple Announces Plans For $1B Research Triangle Hub

GlobeSt. | Ted Knutson | Apr. 26, 2021

Young Adults’ Relocations are Reshaping Political Geography

AP | Nicholas Riccardi and Mike Schneider | Apr. 25, 2021

Is the US Market Turning the Corner on Distress?

RCA Insights | Jim Costello | Apr. 15, 2021

Did Work From Home Really Work

IA Interior Architects | Erik Lucken | Oct. 7, 2020

Sizing the Retail Conversion Opportunity

Prologis | Sep. 2020

Why Suburbs, Secondary CRE Markets Will Benefit From the Next Recovery

Commercial Property Executive | Barbra Murray | Jul. 14, 2020

Suburban office campuses gaining appeal in social distancing age

S&P Global | Tom Yeatts, Chris Hudgins | Jul. 1, 2020

Industrial Spaces in High Demand, Leads Post-COVID Recovery

Globe St. | Pearl Wu | Jun. 26, 2020

Post-COVID, Companies May Flock to the Suburbs Along With Their Employees

Globe St. | Victoria Hudgins | Jun. 18, 2020

Value-Add Investors Should Heed These Trends

Commercial Property Executive | Scott Crowe | Jun. 17, 2020

New Industrial Demand Won’t Be Met for Years

Globe St. | Kelsi Maree Borland | Jun. 15, 2020

Pricing Discovery Remains Elusive Amid Thin Deal Flow

NREI | Beth Mattson-Teig | May 21, 2020

ULI Forecasts Strong CRE Growth to Return in 2022

Commercial Property Executive | Therese Fitzgerald | May 21, 2020

Suburban Offices Could Make A Return Due To Pandemic

Globe St. | Ryan Tarinelli | May 8, 2020

The Coronavirus Will Accelerate the Shift to Smaller Warehouses

Globe St. | Les Shaver | Apr. 9, 2020

Weathering Extreme Markets with Real Estate Investments

Wealth Management | Ari Rastegar | Apr. 6, 2020

Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis for the Coronavirus Crisis: Public and Private Real Estate

Nareit | Nicole Funari | Apr. 2, 2020

Commercial Real Estate Chartbook

Wells Fargo | Mark Vitner & Charlie Dougherty | Apr. 1, 2020

Historical Quarterly Market Thoughts

Q1 2024 Quarterly Market Thoughts

Echoing our opening salutations from last year’s 1Q report – We hosted our Annual Investor conference just prior to pressing “send” on this report and…

Q4 2023 Quarterly Market Thoughts

From where we sit it’s nice to have 2023 in the rearview mirror. This past year was a difficult time in all facets of Commercial…

Q3 2023 Quarterly Market Thoughts

Once again for the 3rd year in a row our opening remarks in the 3rd quarter have begun with paying a bit of homage to…

Q2 2023 Quarterly Market Thoughts

It’s been a hot summer across Texas; we hope you’ve been able to travel to higher ground to beat the heat with family and friends.…

Q1 2023 Quarterly Market Thoughts

Just prior to pressing “send” on this quarterly report, we hosted our Annual Investor conference. Thank you to all that attended, we are grateful for…

Q4 2022 Quarterly Market Thoughts

2022 provided a tremendous first half, and in the second half we witnessed a steep burn down of the capital markets since Barry Sternlicht’s “sugar…

Q3 2022 Quarterly Market Thoughts

Looking back at this time last year our ‘Stros had a “fight to the finish” and lost the 2021 World Series (WS) in game seven;…

Q2 2022 Quarterly Market Thoughts

As the heat wave continues over most of the US, we hope our readers had a relaxing summer and each of you were able to…

Q1 2022 Quarterly Market Thoughts

We hope this finds our readers excited for the approaching summer break while acknowledging we all should be mindful of those caught up in the…

Q4 2021 Quarterly Market Thoughts

As we go to publication, the war in Central Europe has begun. We sympathize with all people facing the atrocities of war wherever they may…

Q3 2021 Quarterly Market Thoughts

The tail-end of the 3Q-2021 for those ‘Stros fans was a fight to the finish. The competition was fierce and fun to watch. Similarly, we’ve…

Q2 2021 Quarterly Market Thoughts

A little more than half of 2021 is in the books, and thankfully things are looking less uncertain compared to this time last year. With…

Q1 2021 Real Estate Market Thoughts

What a ride the last year has been. We hope this finds you well and adjusting back into what we all wish to be a…

Q4 2020 Real Estate Market Thoughts

Once again, we hope this Quarterly Update finds our readers healthy and looking forward to a fresh start to 2021. We continue to be optimistic…

Q3 2020 Real Estate Market Thoughts

We hope this Quarterly Update finds our readers healthy and “carrying on” during a year that many will never forget. As part of our continued…

Q2 2020 Real Estate Market Thoughts

Our Market Thoughts this quarter are somewhat lengthy as there is so much to talk about amidst the upheaval of COVID, the recession and gyrating…

Q1 2020 Real Estate Market Thoughts

The last 60 days has been quite a ride, and it feels more like a year for many of us. We have been flooded daily…

Q4 2019 Real Estate Market Thoughts

We mentioned in our Q3-2019 market report that many existing and prospective partners ask about the trend towards higher office densities and what the long-term…

Q3 2019 Real Estate Market Thoughts

After months of anticipation we finally witnessed the exuberance of the private capital markets and an extraordinary “tech” salesman collide with a more skeptical public…

Q1 2019 Real Estate Market Thoughts

Once this quarterly report is published the Fund III acquisition team will have less than 9 months to invest the remaining committed capital. We are…

Q2 2019 Real Estate Market Thoughts

Our TEAM continues to turn over many (rolling) stones to find strong investment opportunities in each of our markets, and considering we last referenced our…

Q4 2018 Real Estate Market Thoughts

The never-ending saga of Washington politics has created an endless news cycle deflecting attention away from what we are all asking ourselves, how much longer…

Q3 2018 Real Estate Market Thoughts

The yearlong shake down (a.k.a. search) for Amazon’s HQ2 has finally come to an end, and with a bit of a fizzle as Jeff Bezos,…

Q2 2018 Real Estate Market Thoughts

It has been quite an interesting summer, which is winding down as we write despite the prospect of another month of heat here at HQ.…

Q1 2018 Real Estate Market Thoughts

Many interesting things have happened in the broader world as well as in our little corner since we last wrote. The US 10 year Treasury…

Q4 2017 Real Estate Market Thoughts

Our team has been quite busy during the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first two months of 2018. The final closing of Fund III,…

Q3 2017 Real Estate Market Thoughts

As mentioned last quarter, with the benefit of some time and thoughtful perspective, we are able to reflect on Hurricane Harvey and its impact on…

Q2 2017 Real Estate Market Thoughts

We are scrambling in Houston trying to recover from Harvey. The Griffin Partners team is all safe, but some have completely lost their homes, and…

Press Releases & Public Announcements

Griffin Partners Proudly Accepts 2024 Kingsley Excellence Awards

25.62 Acres of Shovel-Ready Industrial Land Sold in Mebane, NC

Griffin Partners Breaks Ground On Class A Industrial Project In North Houston

Griffin Partners Announces $11 Million Sale of 81K-SF Flex Building in Southwest Charlotte, North Carolina Houston-Based Developer Continues to See Success in Other Markets

CBRE Arranges Sale of Flex Property English Oak for $9.25M in Charlotte, North Carolina

Griffin Partners’ Income & Value Fund IV Acquires Land in North Houston for Industrial Development

Griffin Partners Wins 16 Kingsley Excellence Awards

Site Work Underway for 2 Million Sq. Ft. Industrial Project Outside Nashville Developed by Griffin Partners

Griffin Partners Welcomes SVP while Bidding Farewell to Industry Titan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMEDIA CONTACTJenny Gustafson – pr@likemindstalk.com | 713-416-7280 Kelly Agent Joins Team as Janie Snider Enjoys RetirementGriffin Partners, an entrepreneurial, commercial real estate investment,…

Griffin Partners Announces Disposition of Industrial Development in North Houston

Griffin Partners acquires The Roxborough and 6525 Carnegie buildings in SouthPark

Griffin Partners, Foundry Commercial Break Ground at Saturn Crossing in Spring Hill

Griffin Partners Announces Another Speculative Industrial Development in Nashville, TN

Griffin Partners Welcomes Greg Schilling As CFO

Lee & Associates – Houston Work Together With Griffin Partners Leasing More Than 30,000 Square-feet of Office Space in the West Loop/Galleria Submarket