A new casino ship has docked in the Port Aransas area. The ship, which was formally called Jacks or Better is in its new home at the Tarpon Shores Bait and Beers Stand, which is on the road between the Port Aransas Ferry and Aransas Pass.Jacks or … [Read more...]
Expansion in Natural Gas Spurs Big Plans for Corpus Christi
The U.S. shale revolution has spurred construction of many types—remote-site roads, natural-gas processing plants, pipelines, storage-tank farms and petrochemical projects, among them—but few, if any, projects are as challenging to develop, permit, … [Read more...]
Corpus Christi Sees Eagle Ford Shale Benefits
Corpus Christi is seeing explosive economic growth from Eagle Ford Shale.More than $3.8 billion in projects are under construction at the Port of Corpus Christi, with $12 billion more in the permitting phase.Projects include: A $10 billion … [Read more...]
Is Corpus Christi Thinking of Selling the Texas State Aquarium?
There’s a chance that the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi could be expanded, and the Corpus Christi City Council is considering the steps necessary to make the expansion. The aquarium reportedly needs $50 million in funding for a new … [Read more...]
Oil Spill Money Helps Texas Protect Coast
Money paid by BP and Transocean to settle criminal penalties arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has helped Texas close the largest conservation land purchase in the state’s history: Just over 17,000 acres of undisturbed coastal prairie … [Read more...]
Schlitterbahn Upper Padre Adds Water to New Rides
Schlitterbahn Upper Padre added water on Thursday to its Buccaneer Bay and Kristal River ride as about 350 Corpus Christi-area business types looked on from The Veranda restaurant during a mixer sponsored by the Young Business Professionals of the … [Read more...]
Housing prices rise, inventory shrinks in Corpus Christi – report
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports that the coastal city’s robust housing market shows no signs of slowing, but affordable homes are in short supply. The inventory of vacant homes in Corpus Christi is one fourth the size it was just three years … [Read more...]
Simple and natural define latest ‘look’ for Texans’ beach homes
I wanted to talk an expert in beach homes design trends in Texas, so I went to Carol Albrecht, a respected interior designer of Texas beach homes as well as the owner of My Coastal Home furniture stores in Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Port … [Read more...]
Corpus Christi Housing Market on Fire En Route to Summer Selling Season
Corpus Christi was the hottest housing marketing on the Texas coast this year as the busy summer selling season approached, although the number of sales may have been held down so far this year by a lack of inventory, according to data provided by … [Read more...]
Hunter bill to curb state insurance agency powers
Corpus Christi, TX, September 10, 2008 — James Alverez fills up extra tanks with gas in preparation for Hurricane Ike. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Gina Keating Texas Rep. Todd Hunter on Thursday said he will introduce legislation to sharply curb … [Read more...]