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NEW LISTING | Hunter Ball and Tommy Wilson of Ball Commercial Real Estate are representing a seller for ± 20.812 acres in Brookshire, Texas. This hard corner property in Waller County features ± 574 feet of frontage on FM 359 and close to 1,500 feet on Bozeman Road. The site also provides close proximity to Interstate 10. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.

NEW LISTING | Hunter Ball and Tommy Wilson of Ball Commercial Real Estate are representing a seller for ± 40.10 acres in Brookshire, Texas. This hard corner property in Waller County features ± 1,363 feet of frontage on Neuman Road and ± 1,283 feet on Morton Road. The site also provides close proximity to Interstate 10, Houston Executive Airport, and the Grand Parkway. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.

The power demand in Texas hit a record high in August, reaching 85,559 megawatts as a heat wave made its way across the state. Texas' recent population surge and its role as a hub for energy-demanding industries have driven up the need for power and put added strain on its electrical grid. As most of the state’s energy comes from natural gas, with solar and wind playing a part as well, battery storage is the newest player and its land usage gives it a notable connection to commercial real estate. Battery farms resembling rows of shipping containers are increasingly appearing across Texas, often near ranchland or industrial sites. This comes as Texas's grid operator, ERCOT, is now working closely with battery operators that can store power when it’s needed the most. These facilities store energy to be sold back to the grid during peak demand, much like stock trading. Since the grid was crippled from the February 2021 winter storm, Texas has increased its battery storage capacity by about 2,500%. Jupiter Power connected a battery farm in Houston to the grid last month, marking the first grid-scale energy storage facility in the city. Currently, the state can store around 8,000 megawatts of electricity, with projections suggesting this capacity could double to 16,000 megawatts by mid-2025, solidifying Texas’ leadership in grid battery deployments.

NEW LISTING | Hunter Ball and Tommy Wilson of Ball Commercial Real Estate are representing a seller for ± 0.997 acres in Melissa, Texas. This property in Collin County, one of the fastest growing areas in the country, provides ± 240 feet of frontage on Sam Rayburn Highway (Highway 121). The site, which sits across from the entrance to the Liberty master-planned community, is also less than one mile from Melissa High School and the new $35 million Coach Kenny Deel Stadium. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.

This 7.76-acre hard corner property in the heart of the Texas hill country would be ideal for commercial and retail development. Liberty Hill, located 30 miles northwest of Austin, was home to 3,646 people in 2020. Today, there are more than 8,000 students in the city’s school district alone. There are no signs of slowing down as Liberty Hill ISD is using a $471.1 million bond to build a new high school and two more elementary schools. School leaders anticipate the district could have an enrollment of 18,000 by 2030. Butler Farms, the latest master-planned community in the area, is building close to 300 new homes in the city while around a dozen other new subdivisions were built in the last several years. With the proximity to Austin’s tech hub and billion-dollar investments by companies like Apple, Dell Technologies, Samsung and Tesla, Liberty Hill offers small-town living with convenient access to urban amenities. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.

NEW LISTING | Hunter Ball and Tommy Wilson of Ball Commercial Real Estate are representing a seller for ± 3.044 acres in Melissa, Texas. This property in Collin County, one of the fastest growing areas in the country, provides ± 502 feet of frontage on Sam Rayburn Highway (Highway 121). The site, which sits near the entrance to the Liberty master-planned community that will deliver over 1,865 homes to the city of Melissa once completed, is also less than one mile from Melissa High School and the new $35 million Coach Kenny Deel Stadium. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.

NEW LISTING | Hunter Ball and Tommy Wilson of Ball Commercial Real Estate are representing a seller for ± 2.528 acres in Melissa, Texas. This property in Collin County, one of the fastest growing areas in the country, provides ± 560 feet of frontage on Sam Rayburn Highway (Highway 121) as well as ± 362 feet on Cascades Street. The site, which sits at the entrance to the Liberty master-planned community, is also less than one mile from Melissa High School and the new $35 million Coach Kenny Deel Stadium. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.

From all of us at Ball Commercial, happy 4th of July!

Texas, the eighth largest economy globally, was ranked as the best business climate for 2024 by Business Facilities. The company's 20th annual rankings report noted that Texas welcomed more than 1,200 expansion and relocation projects in 2023. The growth is expected to create nearly $60 billion in capital investment and over 35,000 jobs. While 24 companies relocated their headquarters to Texas from 2023 through April 2024, the Lone Star State led the country in foreign direct investment for 2023 with $20.3 billion in capital investment across 235 projects. Last week, Governor Abbott also announced Texas added jobs at a faster rate over the past 12 months than the nation as a whole. May employment data released by the Texas Workforce Commission shows Texas reached a new all-time high with the largest labor force ever in the state’s history at 15,262,600 people. The number of Texans working, including the self-employed, also hit a new peak at 14,655,700. It marks the 10th consecutive month of record-high job levels in the state.

NEW LISTING | Hunter Ball and Tommy Wilson of Ball Commercial Real Estate are representing a seller for ± 9.04 acres in Melissa, Texas. This property in Collin County, one of the fastest growing areas in the country, provides ± 775 feet of frontage on Sam Rayburn Highway (Highway 121). The site is also less than one mile from Melissa High School and the new $35 million Coach Kenny Deel Stadium. For more information on this listing, please visit ballcre.com.