Author: Welcome Group

RailWorks Corporation, a leading provider of track and transit & systems construction and maintenance services, announced its subsidiary, RailWorks Track Systems, broke ground today on a new 20,000-square-foot regional facility in Deer Park, Texas.

Welcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a lease renewal with Tyco Valves & Controls LP in the Bayport North Industrial Park. The 73,000 SF, includes 13,000 SF of office and facility is situated on 6.9719 acres of land is located at 4607 New West Drive, Pasadena, Texas 77507. Mike Scimo of CBRE represented Tyco Valves & Controls LP while Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Services represented the landlord.

Welcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with E. W. Wylie Corporation. The 17,034 SF facility is situated on 4.478 acres of land and is located at 8511 E. North Belt Drive, Humble, Texas. John Ferraro of NAI Houston represented E. W. Wylie Corporation while Ryan Wasaff of GSL Welcome Services represented the landlord.

Welcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with Ohmstede Industrial Services, Inc. in the city of Deer Park. The 20,120 SF distribution warehouse sits on 2.0087 acres tract of land is located at 801 Georgia Avenue, Deer Park, Texas. The facility is used for pipe fabrication, heat exchange re-tubing and general equipment maintenance. Brad Beauchamp of Colliers International represented Ohmstede Industrial Services while Adam Garrow of GSL Welcome Real Estate Services represented GSL Welcome Group.

The University of Houston System Board of Regents elected new officers for the coming year at its board meeting on June 5.

Welcome Wilson Sr., chairman of GSL Welcome Group, a Houston real estate developer, was elected to a third term as chairman. He was appointed to the board in April 2006 by Gov. Rick Perry and will serve through Aug. 31, 2011. Wilson received a B.B.A. degree from the University of Houston in 1949, where he received its UH Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1970 and the C.T. Bauer College of Business Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1996. He received an A.A. degree from Texas Southmost College in 1946, and received its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2005.

Houston’s real estate market may not get much better in 2010, but it’s not expected to get much worse.

That’s based on market analysis from four experts who spoke last week at an annual BoyarMiller Breakfast Forum focused on local real estate. Roughly 200 clients and guests of the law firm attended the event at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa.

As a young man, he came to the University of Houston, seeking a head start. He took advantage of every opportunity, and created new ones. He helped launch campus traditions, from Frontier Fiesta to the Frontiersmen. He developed the entrepreneurial spirit as general manager of the campus newspaper.

(Austin, Texas) – On behalf of McShane Development Company’s Austin office, Joseph G. Llamas, Senior Development Manager, is pleased to announce that GSL Welcome Group LLC has purchased the firm’s 54,865 square foot Tuscany Technology Center Building 4 located at McShane’s Tuscany Center at Walnut Creek development in Austin, Texas.

Welcome Wilson, Jr., CEO of GSL Welcome Group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of its fourteenth building in the Deer Park/Pasadena area. The 19,550 SF, two-story building on 4.95 acres at 4300 Pasadena Freeway and Highway 225 was purchased from Capital Commercial Investments, Inc. represented by Tom Lynch and Alisha Renshaw of CB Richard Ellis. The property’s tenant is Hagemeyer North America. The building serves as a technical center providing life safety equipment and supplies to refineries located along the Houston Ship Channel and Gulf Coast region. Financing was provided by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Welcome Wilson, Jr. and Danielle Gann represented GSL Welcome Group.

Welcome Wilson, Jr., President & CEO of GSL Welcome Group, announces the signing of a new lease with General Work Products, Inc. in the Clinton/Wayside Industrial Park. The 20,000 SF, tilt-wall office and crane-served industrial warehouse is located at 7218 Clinton Drive, Houston. Steven O’Connor of Southwest Realty Advisors represented General Work Products, Inc. while Andy Sowell and David Munson of Boyd Commercial represented GSL Welcome Group.