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According to the Texas Comptroller’s office Austin’s bars, restaurants, and hotels sell over $35 million in alcoholic beverages each month.  In June 2013 alone the total was over $43 million.  So which bar and restaurant was the top seller of alcohol in June 2013? The Rio Rooftop Pool Lounge  & Restaurant located in the West

Every day we see new articles about trends in office space design and a lot of them contradict each other.  Do you incorporate more hard-walled offices or have a more open office layout?  What works best for one company may not work for another AND what works best for your company today may not work tomorrow!

Boundary Inc, a California based software maker has recently opened an office in Austin, Tx.  It currently has 12 employees however expects to double that number by 2014.  CEO, Gary Read wasn’t expecting to grow this way in Austin however the more they got to know Austin and the awesome talent pool of experienced management software professionals

Get ready retail shoppers!  The Tax Free Weekend for Texas in 2013 has been moved to Friday, August 9th to Sunday, August 11th.  It was originally planned for August 16th-18th, however in an effort to allow retailers to attend the Dallas Apparel and Accessories Market, where they determine which products they will sell in the next few

Office space in Southwest Austin is in high demand however in limited supply these days.  However thanks to AMD selling their office buildings located at 7171 Southwest Parkway (aka Lone Star Campus) to Spear Street Capital there will soon be over 340,000 sf available for lease.  SolarWinds Inc has already secured about 230,000 sf of that space

I have spoken to too way too many businesses who are unrealistic when it comes to budgeting for their retail leasing and build out needs.  When leasing retail space business owners and companies must budget for MORE than just the monthly rent.  Below I will touch on security deposit, 1st months rent, and tenant improvements

The Movoto blog recently researched the 50 hardest working cities in America and low and behold Austin, Tx was ranked #4!  You may be wondering what they based this on?  Well for this article they researched 7 criteria (listed below) and looked at America’s 50 most populated cities. Each city was measured by these 7

Austin, Tx is still behind California when it comes to technology incubators however it’s not far behind.  This article talks about how the low cost of doing business is a major draw for a lot of startups considering opening an office in Austin.  The infographic compares several cities on median tech wages, income taxes, sales

The Ruminations blog recently posted a great list of operating expenses that Tenant’s should not have to pay for.  Typically when leasing office space most lease contracts will require that tenants pay for most if not all building operating expenses.  While most expenses are passed through 100% to tenants they need to be aware of things