Times are surely changing and there’s no place like Austin for retail. Driving across America, you may likely find some vacant retail strips or ghost towns with empty stores but definitely not in Austin! Austin is just the opposite of a typical US city, with a surprisingly lower retail vacancy since 2020. The capital of Texas now has the lowest retail vacancy rate for any city in the State of Texas and is also one of the lowest in the country.  Competition is fierce in major Retail Areas such as the Domain and other trendy shopping streets like South Congress, 2nd street Downtown, Burnet Rd, and East Austin. Properties command high rent and spaces have multiple businesses looking at each sight and competing with each other to be selected by the Landlord.

Step into Sign Bar, the latest addition to East Austin's nightlife scene, and embark on a nostalgic journey through the city's rich history.

Situated on the iconic South Congress Avenue is a great piece of family-owned, Austin history that’s been around since the 50’s. Formerly known as “Lockhart’s”, this property is now home to Meteor Coffee, and possibly a new home for your business or someone you know looking for a high visibility space with great opportunity for growth. 1815 SF Off/Retail For Lease.

Bisnow is honoring Austin’s most influential trailblazers - Top-level women executives and industry powerhouses who influence the way commercial real estate is done in ATX. Read the article full of quotes by our Founder DeLea Becker : “Building The Plane While Flying It”: Women In Austin CRE Are Soaring

According to research by BiggerPockets, women represent less than 2% of commercial real estate investors. This figure is surprising given that more women own and manage their own businesses today than ever before. Commercial real estate is an asset class that offers tremendous potential for growth, especially when you consider the current market conditions. However, most women are not investing in commercial real estate for one main reason: lack of knowledge about how it works and how they can get started investing. But this isn't true for Women In Commercial Real Estate. For Women in our profession, investing is squarely in our Circle of Competence.

There is potential to create $1 trillion dollars of value for women in commercial real estate by 2025 if we start investing like men. It's a $3.5 trillion dollar industry, and it's the largest one in the world.

We acquired 4403 W Commerce in December of 2020 after selling 2707 Rogge Lane. The Rogge property was an East Side shopping center near the Mueller that required a gut renovation. We had it leased up and were working through our redevelopment plans when Austin’s growth out-paced us and a bigger fish came with an offer we couldn’t refuse.

Similar to our 8808 Barker Cypress acquisition, we felt like we could sell high in the Austin market and move our gains into a safe and stable NNN investment elsewhere.

East Austin:

In many ways, development has displaced the cultural arts traditions of East Austin, long the home of the city’s Black community. Now, its champions — Black artists, creatives and community leaders — are working to restore that soul.

Capitol View Arts and the Austin Justice Coalition, with support from local artists and dozens of volunteers from the Austin area, painted a ‘Black Artists Matter’ mural on East 11th Street the morning of Thursday, June 18 2021. #BlackArtistMatter

Texas REALTORS® Global and Commercial hosted a May 2019 webinar: Doing Business in Texas -The Austin Market. DeLea Becker, owner of Beck-Reit Commercial Real Estate LLC, gave an overview of the Austin CRE market, and explained how Austin fits into the Texas landscape.  The webinar is recored for viewing if you missed the live event.

Since the very first building DeLea Becker purchased and renovated, she has been honed in on the East Side.

Jan Buchholz of ATX Real Estate News writes an update on 1201 E Cesar Chavez’s construction, as well as some history of the project. Click to read further.

Real estate broker and multiple business owner recognized for service-- DeLea Becker receives NAR National Commercial Award!

The Austin Business Journal just announced the 2018 nominees for the Profiles in Power award. This award honors Women of Influence around Central Texas who are making a difference in their community. DeLea Becker, one of the nominees, is a broker and founder of Beck-Reit Commercial Real Estate, LLC.