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Texas Real Estate News 9/3/2010
Mixed-Use, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Mid-America Acquires Craig Ranch Property
McKINNEY (GlobeSt.com) – Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. has purchased Times Square at Craig Ranch out of foreclosure for $31.25 million. | Multifamily, San Antonio
Bascom Retreats to Canyon Springs
SAN ANTONIO (GlobeSt.com) – The Bascom Group LLC has purchased the 360-unit Retreat at Canyon Springs through a receivership sale. | Housing, U.S.
FHA Insurance Premium Changing
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CMPS Institute) – The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is giving homeowners and buyers until Oct. 4 to lock in a low monthly insurance premium on FHA loans, according to Gibran Nicholas of the CMPS Institute, which trains and certifies mortgage bankers and brokers. | Economy, U.S.
Consumer Confidence Up
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Americans’ confidence in the economy has improved slightly in August according to a monthly Consumer Confidence Index compiled by the Conference Board. | Mixed-Use, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
Washington Heights Project Planned
HOUSTON (Culture Map) – Airbinder Company’s Walmart-anchored retail development, dubbed Washington Heights, is planned for 23 acres in the Houston's inner loop. | Economy, San Antonio
St. Mary's Reaches Out
SAN ANTONIO (San Antonio Express-News) – St. Mary’s University has granted Northwest Automotive Warehouse Inc. $12,500 to upgrade its property as part of the University Neighborhood Revitalization Project. | Economy, College Station-Bryan
College Station Family-Friendly, Kiplinger Says
COLLEGE STATION (Kiplinger) – College Station was the only city in Texas to make Kiplinger’s list of top ten great cities for raising families. |
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History of Carrollton Texas - The area was first settled by Jared Ford in 1842 by William and Mary Larner on a site within the Peters' Colony grant. In 1844, the A. W. Perry family claimed land in the area around Trinity Mills, where, in partnership with Wade H. Witt, a mill was established.
The English colony, a group of families in the northeastern area of settlement which crossed into Denton County, was home to large landowners including the Furneaux, Jackson, Morgan, and Rowe families. It is most likely that Carrollton was named for Carrollton, Illinois, the original home of many of these settlers.
Early on, Carrollton's livelihood was exclusively agricultural, but following the construction of the Dallas-Wichita Railroad through Trinity Mills in 1878, the community began to grow in its industrial significance. Carrollton's significance was further strengthened when the railroad was extended to Denton in 1880 by Jay Gould (who sold the line to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (the Katy) in 1881). By 1885, Carrollton had flour mills, cotton gins, two churches, a school, and a population of 150. The St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) crossed the Katy in 1888 and the town became a shipping center for livestock, cotton, cottonseed, and grain, helping the town surpass Trinity Mills to the north.
In 1913 Carrollton was officially incorporated, and W. F. Vinson was elected mayor. A gravel industry that began in Carrollton in 1912 transformed the city, by the late 1940s, to a 'grain and gravel' town. The city also supported a brick plant, a dairy industry, and National Metal Products established itself in the city in 1946.
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