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| January 22, 2010 |  Economic Forecast Predicts Rebound for Central Texas
Community Impact - Round Rock / Pflugerville
Things are looking up for Central Texas' economy over the next two years, according to economist, Angelos Angelou.
"Austin remains in an envialbe position compared to the rest of the country," Angelou said. "The metro area is on a solid road to recovery."
Texas is now the 11th largest economy in the world... | |
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| January 22, 2010 | Retail In Austin Strong, Will Continue To Be
Austin Business Journal
Austin's retail sectors have significantly outperformed much of the nation and are projected to continue doing so, according to a national consulting firm. Since last year Pitney Bowes has been tracking retail data for some of the biggest names in retail, restaurants and real estate. Across all four sectors of retail. | |
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| January 13, 2010 | Pflugerville's Population Estimate Exceeds 50,000 Residents
Community Impact - Round Rock / Pflugerville
The Pflugerville City Council approved a resolution Jan. 12 declaring the city has reached a population of more than 50,000 residents.
Based on the city planning department's annual estimate, the population of approximately 50,850 residents officially changes Pflugerville's classification from a rural community to a small urban city. | |
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| January 5, 2010 | Austin Office Leasing Stabilizes, Price Increases a Good Sign
Austin Business Journal
Medical office rental continued to dominate new commercial real estate deals in fourth quarter 2009, while vacancy increases and price depreciation showed across the Austin market as a whole. | |
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| December 29, 2009
| Hope on Horizon for Industrial Real Estate
Austin Business Journal
This year wasn't kind to industrial properties in the Austin area, but real estate experts in the field see reason for hope on the horizon.
According to a year-end report from NAI Austin, the city's industrial vacancies reached 22 percent in 2009 - the highest rate recorded since the end of 1988 when vacancy reached 24 percent. The rate was 18 percent last year.
Despite the negative numbers, there was positive news. | |
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| December 18, 2009 | Austin-Round Rock Safest in U.S.
Austin Business Journal
The Austin-Round Rock region is the most "secure" large metropolitan in the U.S., according to a ranking by Famers Insurance Group of Companies released Thursday.
The report compares, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, air quality, terrorist threats, environmental hazards, life expectancy and job loss data for 379 U.S. municipalities with populations of more than 500,000. | |
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| December 15, 2009 | Austin Community College Adds 100 Jobs, New Round Rock Campus
Austin Business Journal
The Austin Community College District is adding more than 100 full-time positions to keep up with enrollment increases, at the same time as the school approaches the fall opening of its Round Rock campus.
ACC expects openings across the college as current facility request to transfer to the new campus. Eventually, the ACC Round Rock campus will encompass nearly 600,000 square feet and serve 11,500 students. | |
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| December 11, 2009 | Texas A&M Health Science Center Opens First Round Rock Campus
Community Impact - Round Rock / Pflugerville
The Texas A&M Health Science Center held a ribbon cutting Dec. 10 for the first building on its Round Rock campus, 30 months after receiving initial funding from the Texas Legislature.
The new 134,000-sq. ft. facility will be used for clinical teaching and includes a simulation center equipped with computer-programmed mannequins, administrative office and clinical research space for the Texas A&M Health Science Center/Scott & White Diabetes Institute. | |
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| November 20, 2009 | More Jobs Heading to Suburb
Austin Business Journal
AIT in Pflugerville to hire about 55 engineers, designers.
After adding employees earler this year, a Pflugerville company is again poised to grow. Advanced Integration Technologies, which has been in Pfluerville since 2007 as AIT and for several years before that as Integrated Flow Systems, has grown its workforce this year from 12 to 25. That employee growth came when AIT's California office shut down, and its Arizona and Texas offices gained workers. | |
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| November 20, 2009 | Goodwill Adding Stores in Round Rock, and Bastrop
Austin Business Journal
Goodwill Industries of Central Texas is expanding its retail presence in Round Rock and Bastrop with two new locations.
The new Goodwill Round Rock location will occupy a 21,400-square-foot space at Highway 79, at a 20 percent increase over its former Round Rock store. Goodwill's Bastrop location, its first in that city, spans 11,069 square feet at the intersection of FM 304 and State Highway 71. | |
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| November 19, 2009 | Avant Technology to Bring 150 Jobs to Pflugerville
Community Impact - Round Rock / Pflugerville
The Pflugerville Community Development Corporation has finalized an agreement with Avant Technology Inc. to help facilitate the company's move to Pflugerville, which will bring approximately 150 jobs to the area.
Establiched in 1985, Avant Technology manufactures dynamic random access memory modules for clients worldwide in the computing, data and telecomunication industries. | |
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| November 9, 2009 | Environmental Study Begins For Rail Connecting Round Rock, Austin, San Antonio
Community Impact - Round Rock / Pflugerville
This month, the Lone Star Rail District - formerly the Austin-San Antonio Commuter Rail District - announced the next steps it will make toward completing the passenger rail project, which will link Georgetown, Austin, and San Antonio.
"We are beginning to do the environmental work that is required to get federal approval for this project," said Sid Covington, chariman of the board for the Lone Star Rail District. | |
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| November 6, 2009 | Technology Center Could Expand Scientific Research in Round Rock
Community Impact - Round Rock / Pflugerville
Round Rock city and community leaders are considering proposals to build a research center in northeast Round Rock to serve as a base for companies developing new technologies, medicines and scientific products.
The city council voted unanimously in October to approve a resolution supporting the project - called a convergent technology center - and to request state funding. | |
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