Author: Anna Lotz

The number of square feet of space grew year over year as of Aug. 18 for retail, office and industrial properties.

Hungry? Check out these new dining venues across Willis, Montgomery and Conroe that have opened this summer.

Bespoke Cigar Lounge and Social Club, located in Woodforest, includes a retail shop with hundreds of boxes of premium, hand-rolled cigars for customers to choose from along with cutters, lighters and humidors.

From a sports cards and collectibles show to a sip and shop event in Conroe, check out what’s on the calendar this weekend.

Hound Hauz, a dog-friendly and family-friendly “ice hauz,” is now open on FM 1486 in Montgomery, just north of Hwy. 249.

Owner Katie Newman launched Yard Love Lake Conroe, a home-based business serving Montgomery, Willis and Conroe, in August.

July data shows the price of homes sold continues to decline in Tomball and Magnolia year over year except in Tomball ZIP 77377, which saw a slight bump.

Dean & Draper Montgomery County, an insurance agency, relocated to the third floor of the Woodforest National Bank building at 400 W. Davis St., Conroe.

Bob Harvey, president and CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership, said in an Aug. 25 emailed statement the convention is expected to bring an estimated $200 million in economic benefit to the Houston area via the 50,000 attendees expected. 

Home sales slowed year over year in five of eight local ZIP codes in July.