December 21, 2011Austin No. 1 For Highest Job Levels In a Decade
Austin Business Journal
Austin's total employment is now at its highest level in the past decade.  The area had 786,200 non-farm employees on local payrolls in October, one of only five cities in the country to reach a new 10-year peak, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by The Business Journals' On Numbers.
Three of the other high-flying cities are also in Texas:  El Paso, Houston, and McAllen-Edinburg.
Austin added more than 125,000 jobs from its lowest point in the past decade, a 19.7 percent gain.
October 26, 2011

Austin Real Estate Round-up:  October 26th
Austin Business Journal
Darren Quick of Don Quick & Associates Inc. lease 10,233 square feet of office/warehouse space at 2701 Gattis School Rd. Suite E150 in Round Rock.  Darren Quick represented the Landlord, Gattis School Rd. Business Park Ltd.

October 6, 2011Ragusa:  Hight-tech is Fueling Austin's Office Market
Austin Business Journal
A few days ago, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. released some interesting data analyzing rent growth nationwide based on high-tech job demand.  JLL found that Austin, home to hundreds of technology companies, is still one of the most sought-after cities among tech companies looking for more office space.
ABJ:  High-tech accounted for 50 percent of total venture capital funding over the past four quarters, with biotechnology and medical devices compromising 25 percent combined, according to the JLL report. 
Ragusa:  In Austin, venture capital funding is largely funneled into software and semiconductor firms, representing 40 percent of total funding from 2006 to 2010.  the presence of Samsung, Freescale, Intel, Cirrus Logic, ARM and AMD - whose businesses are rooted in the development of semiconductors - draw startups and growing businesses to the region, which in turn attracts venture capital investment.
October 5, 2011Austin Industrial Market Sees Positive Absorption
Austin Business Journal
Austin's industrial market saw 596,018 square feet of net absorption over the past year, according to a new report by CBRE Group Inc.
the increase is a notable improvement over the year-to-date absorption the market experienced 12 months earlier, when it was negative 333,466 square feet, the company said.  Overall vacancy in the Austin industrial market stood at 20 percent which compares to 21.3 percent one year earlier.
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June 3, 2010

Retail Real Estate:  Poised For Progress
A Memoir from ICSC RECON 2010
By Charles A. Harvey, REALTOR®
Don Quick & Associates, Inc.
Spring was in the Las Vegas air this year at the annual International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Retail Real Estate Convention (RECON) with low temperatures in the 50's and a fresh positive vibe for the future of retail real estate.  RECON is an annual gathering of retail real estate professionals from around the globe convening to network with industry leaders, retailers, developers, municipalities, and brokers.  This year's event was held May 23rd - 25th at the Las Vegas Convention Center with an attendance of approximately 30,000 people which was up from last year's 25,000.

September 14, 2010Round Rock: Growth, Growth and More Growth"
By Don Quick, REALTOR - Don Quick & Associates, Inc.
On Thursday, August 26th,  I attended the the opening of the Texas State University School of Nursing.  The building is a three-story, 77,740 SF modern, brick structure adjacent to the TSU Main Campus building. 
I would guess that several hundred people attended the ceremony.  Ninety-nine students are in the first class.  You could say that the school opened at capacity!  
...We viewed the labs where there were hospital beds with mannequins that ranged from $4,000 to over $60,000 each.  Each bed had an overhead camera in the ceiling that recoded the student nurse's technique.  Playback was available to study the methods and for correction of mistakes made.  What a high-tech place!
December 27, 2010Remembering Round Rock's History:  Quick family's roots run deep locally
Round Rock Leader
As they drive up and down Main Street in Round Rock, few people might realize the significance of the buildings that stand along its edges. One person who does, however, is local Realtor Don Quick.  A Realtor since 1957, Quick has seen many changes happen in Round Rock over the years, but even before then, Quick grew up with the stories his parents and grandparents would tell him about life in Round Rock before technology.
According to Quick, his grandparents, Oscar and Carolina Quick, came to the U.S. around 1885, after their homeland of Sweden ...