The Second Street Retail District, as it's evolving, will support a higher-end residential project such as one being proposed (by Benchmark).

With the support of the Islamic Development Bank, my charities will be able to increase their efforts to address the challenges we face in Britain's cities and help those younger British Muslims who feel they have little or no stake in society to play a fuller part in the country's affairs.

I think commercial property owners are going to be very surprised by (this) increase in appraised values, particularly since in most areas, rental rates have not increased by the same percentage that the appraised values have increased.

I think there is a market. I don't know if there is a market for 700 units.

As long as the job growth continues, we'll continue to see rapid sales of new single-family homes and absorption of apartment units.

Development has accelerated in that part of the region over the last few years largely due to the increasing traffic congestion on the north side of Austin. In many instances you can buy essentially the same home in South Austin or in Hays County that you would in Williamson County, and if you are working downtown, your commute time would be half as long.