Port Royal Fire Station suffers damage to garage door

The fire station in Port Royal is in need of garage door repair after an accident occurred this week while the firetrucks were on their way to attend to a fire. On Wednesday morning, two firetrucks were responding to a call when a firefighter in the first truck pressed the wrong button on the remote… Read More

Fire station receives new garage door

Highland Park fire station will be receiving a new garage door for their station in order to reduce their response time to accidents. The station is one of the oldest in the area and it can get really hot inside, especially during the summer months. This is why the firefighters usually keep the door open… Read More

Austin chip maker to open new facility

Producer of gluten-free Beanitos Bean Chips, Bean Brand Foods, is planning on moving their manufacturing plant from its current location in San Bernardino, California to Austin.  The company has its headquarters here in Austin and would like to combine the two parts of the company into one facility. CEO Doug Foreman stated that he hopes… Read More

Data centers to be built in Austin

Houston-based data center provider CyrusOne has started construction on a new 72,000 square foot data center off U.S. 183 and Texas 71 in Austin.  Construction on the data center is expected to be finished in fall 2011. CyrusOne opened their first location in Austin in 2009.  The original space is only a short distance from… Read More

Austin forecast to have 10th best real estate market

According to a recent Grubb & Ellis Co. report, Austin is expected to have the nation’s 10th best commercial real estate market in the years 2011-2015.  Real estate analysts say that Austin’s commercial real estate market will remain strong due to the city’s highly educated workforce, low business costs and high quality of living. Other… Read More