HOUSTON-KTR Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm, has bought its fourth Houston property.

HOUSTON-Less than six years after its local launch, Stream jumps into retail with a 1.4-million-square-foot portfolio. Heading up the division: Heather Nguyen, Mark Sondock and Ralph Tullier.

PEARLAND, TX-The Atlanta, GA-based buyer, with help from Starwood Capital, acquires Carrington Place at Shadow Creek Ranch, its first Texas deal.

HOUSTON-The Texaco building at 1111 Rusk in downtown Houston will be converted into luxury apartments.

HOUSTON-CenterPoint Energy Inc. will start construction this week on a new building in Houston's East End.

HOUSTON-Transwestern's Victoria Hollon tells Globest.com that energy costs, tenant demand and municipal codes mean building owners and property managers need to focus on sustainability.

HOUSTON-Greenwich, Connecticut-based Wheelock Street Capital has bought the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel on Westheimer Road in the Galleria.

HOUSTON-KBS Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. has sold an office property at 2200 West Loop South to Miami-based Parmenter Realty Partners for an undisclosed price.

HOUSTON-BayNorth Capital Inc. and Core Real Estate have sold The Plaza at Enclave in Houston.

HOUSTON-Two boutique office buildings have changed hands in the Museum District.

HOUSTON-CBRE, which has long had the leasing assignment for the class A office high-rise in the Galleria submarket, will also provide property management services.

HOUSTON-Executives at the multifamily REIT’s Q4 2011 earnings conference were happy with 2011 and bullish about 2012, offering an FFO guidance of $3.30-$3.50 per share, an increase from $3.03 in 2011.

HOUSTON-The oil company decides to stay put at its Post Oak Central office building, extending its current lease to five years beyond the 2013 expiration.

HOUSTON-Florida-based Sterling Organization has partnered with Canada-based RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire The Market at Village Center, a 97,761-square-foot retail center Cinco Ranch, for an amount of $17 million.

HOUSTON-On the heels of the Apache Corp. renewal, owner JP Morgan aims to fill the office building, with help from former Crescent VP Eric Siegrist, who joins the Cassidy Turley team.

HOUSTON-Apache Corp. has enlarged and extended its office lease in the Galleria area.

HOUSTON-The retail company takes charge of leasing activities for the mall, as well as for Lakewood Forest and Highland Knolls shopping centers. Included: Commercial real estate news in the Southwest.

HOUSTON-The local developer and property manager arranges financing for five multifamily properties, totaling more than 17,000 units. Two of the assets are in Houston.

HOUSTON-Principal Real Estate Investors and Trammell Crow Co. have secured Noble Energy Inc. as a new tenant to occupy the old Hewlett-Packard headquarters building in Houston.

HOUSTON-Following a six-month negotiation with owners Trammell Crow and Principal Real Estate, the energy company takes the former Hewlett-Packard office building, which will be called Noble Energy Center One.