Financing of Dallas-Fort Worth area development illustrates how C-PACE supports decarbonization in new construction while lowering capital costs

C-PACE is lowering the overall cost of capital to facilitate this legacy project that is driving economic development and creating jobs in the community,”

GREENWICH, CT, USA, February 16, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate (CounterpointeSRE), a respected leader in sustainable finance, announced it has provided C-PACE financing towards the construction of a luxury multi-family tower in Lakeside Village, Flower Mound, Texas.

The 16-story residential tower with lake views is the latest development by Realty Capital Residential in the $1.5 billion, 165-acre mixed use development located on Lake Grapevine. The multi-family building will feature all-electric heat pump VRF systems for heating and cooling to significantly reduce the energy use of the property. HVAC, building envelope and other efficiency investments are projected to reduce operational expenses by over $500,000 annually with a reduction in annual greenhouse gas emissions of over 1,000 MTCO2e .

“CounterpointeSRE’s ability to provide fixed-rate financing that lowers the cost of development is a significant driver of decarbonization in new construction despite a volatile rate environment.” stated Eric Alini, Managing Partner of CounterpointeSRE. “C-PACE is lowering the overall cost of capital to facilitate this legacy project that is driving economic development and creating jobs in the community,”

“3111 Sunset offers residents premier views of Lake Grapevine with large windows and expansive balconies,” said Alex Brown, President of Realty Capital Residential. “With natural light flooding in the building, it was important to us to make the building as energy efficient as possible. We are excited to partner with CounterpointeSRE to help us achieve this goal.”

About Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate:

CounterpointeSRE invests at the intersection of the commercial real estate and energy industries through diversified ESG infrastructure investments and is a respected leader in C-PACE financing. Since 2013, CounterpointeSRE has had a major impact in reducing the building sector’s carbon footprint.

About Realty Capital Residential:

Realty Capital, a Dallas/Fort Worth based development firm, was founded in 1987 by Richard Myers. Since its formation, Realty Capital has developed nearly 200 projects in Texas and Colorado, including over 10,000 residential units and more than two million square feet of commercial buildings. Currently, Realty Capital has $500 million of projects under development.

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CaseBakes, a bakery in Webster, near Houston, posted a viral mean girl energy-themed cookie following the Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez drama that unfolded on social media last week between their fan bases.

The post pictured a decorated cookie that said, “In a World Full Of Hailey’s Be A Selena,” with the caption, “We don’t do the mean girl energy around here #teamselena.” The post has reached 11 million people, with over 175,000 reactions, 290 comments and 38,000 shares on Facebook.

For a bit of backstory, the drama comes after Hailey Beiber, Justin Beiber's wife, potentially threw shade at Gomez, Justin's ex-girlfriend, on social media. Then a Jenner got involved and our eyes rolled into the back of our heads and we blessedly blurred out for five seconds. Alas, people picked sides much like the Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Fashion Week fiasco back in 2018. This particular spat was whittled down to "mean girl energy."

CaseBakes specializes in gourmet cookies, cakes and custom-decorated sugar cookies. Owned by Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge finalist, Casey Cardona, the company holds a strong presence in the Webster community, where the owner was born and raised.

Hive Bakery in Flower Mound has been known to stake a stance and subsequently caused a ruckus with iced words as well. In May 2022 baker Haley Popp wrote "My Body My Choice" on the top of a cake, which didn't go over well with her conservative neighbors. But people from across North Texas showed up in support, and the customer line stretched out the door to the parking lot.

Inspiration for the decorated cookie came to the owner after a long week, when she decided to decorate an extra cookie. After searching "Selena and Hailey Drama clipart,” on Etsy, the owner purchased a template and whipped it up.

Cardona says CaseBakes stays updated on pop culture and current events, always looking for ways to tie those events into the design of the cookies for engagement. The bakery's Valentine's Day options were heavily influenced by the Netflix series Wednesday. After seeing the Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber drama unfold on Tiktok, Cardona decided to design the cookie, not knowing how controversial and popular the post would become.

“I actually was surprised how the quote was viewed in so many different ways,” Cardona said. “It was eye-opening for sure! When I saw the quote I did not view it in the same light as some of the other people, and that was a reminder that we can all see something in a different way or light. The post to be deemed as mean was the complete opposite effect of what we had intended.”

Cardona says after she turned off comments for the posts, users turned to Google and Yelp to voice their opinions, and some have directly messaged the local bakery with threats and vulgarities. Comments on the posts split the support of Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber; some called out the post for being mean, and others urged people not to take the post seriously.

The response was a surprise for Cardona. However, sales did increase, as did the bakery's followers. Just as the company received negative responses, it also received quite a few messages of encouragement.

A massive new development approved this week in Flower Mound could support 20,000 new residents along with stores where they shop and offices where they work.

The site is a rare 1,000 acres of vacant land surrounding all four corners of a major intersection at US 377 and FM 1171 near I-35W in far west Flower Mound.

Property Owner Jack Furst assembled the land in 22 different transactions over the years.

“You have one landowner which is great. And you have one town that’s really looking for a legacy project. And when you put those two together it should be quality deluxe. And what we want to do out there is create a vibrant mixed-use community with a lot of open space where modern life is occurring, where people are connecting with nature and have a blast,” Furst said.

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Raw Interview: Property Owner Details Plan Behind Approved Flower Mound Development

NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff talked with property owner Jack Furst, who assembled what amounts to 1,000 acres at all four corners of U.S. 377 and Farm-to-Market Road 1171 in western Flower Mound. It’s a development approved this week that promises to transform the southwestern corner of Denton County.

Residents in the booming subdivisions of far west Flower Mound have been waiting for commercial development to come their way.

James Johnson lives in the Trailwood community just west of the new project off Highway 1171.

“You want the basic things like milk? We head to go to Kroger on Long Prairie, about 10 miles away from here,” he said. “It would be nice to have things like some groceries or gas stations.”

After years of planning, that’s what the town of Flower Mound approved this week for the Furst property.

FM 1171 is already a 6-lane road through the property extending from I-35E in Lewisville all the way to I-35W west of Flower Mound Ranch.

The Texas Department of Transportation plans a new US 377 bridge over 1171.

“The western gateway to Flower Mound will soon have a very urban expression flyover interchange,” Furst said.

His plan calls for 3,000 single-family homes, 5,000 apartments and large office and retail areas.

“This is an opportunity for us to create really something spectacular for the town, something spectacular for its people, sticking with our values of modern living on the prairie,” Furst said.

Nathan Bryan lives in the nearby Canyon Falls neighborhood.

“I'm very excited about it, honestly. It takes me about half an hour to get to any grocery store,” Bryan said.

Some neighbors voiced opposition to the possibility of 5,000 apartments in the development.

Rules were added to require substantial office and commercial development at the site to support the need for residential before all those apartments could be constructed.

“I think that the town council did a great job putting controls around how the development of apartments would occur,” Bryan said. “A lot of the members of this community spent a lot of time asking for quality development and I think that’s what this project represents.”

Furst currently lives in Flower Mound’s Lakeside development on the east side of Grapevine Lake. It includes a similar mix of homes, stores and offices, but Furst said his project will have more parks and open space and a different flavor.

“We're really going to try to create this urban expression on the prairie,” he said.

And he intends to rename it Furst Ranch.

Completion may span 40 years.

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We don’t have to tell you, dear reader, that March 14 is National Potato Chip Day. It’s one of the few days that bring us together as a nation as we celebrate America’s No. 1 snack food, at least according to Big Potato. National Broccoli Day? Piffle. National Something on a Stick Day? Who needs it? (Both are real days that also occur in March, just for the record.)

However, if we’re going to do National Potato Chip Day, we’d like to put a bit of a spin on it, and when we happened upon what seemed like dozens of chip flavors at one of our local Asian markets, an epiphany ensued. What better way to celebrate this most American of holidays than by sampling several slightly offbeat chip flavors from Thailand? Buckle up, it’s going to be a savory ride.

Roasted Garlic Oyster The oyster flavor here seems to be what one would get after putting spent oyster shells in an old shoe for about two weeks. That didn’t stop us from finishing the bag, however.

Chili Crab Eh. Tastes of the associated seasonings, not really of the crab. Par for the course.

Nori Seaweed If your favorite part of a sushi roll is the outer seaweed wrapping, then this flavor is for you.

Mexican Chicken Tomato The tomato flavor is up front with no real chicken present. Slightly on the sweet side, and we’re still not really clear what about this is Mexican.

Sweet Basil Despite the pepper pictured on the bag, this seemed to have a very low spice level at first, but it gradually intensified. The flavor profile is reminiscent of a 4-year-old jar of dried basil that one might find in a forgotten spice cupboard.

Wasabi Mayo Flavor The wasabi, thankfully, drowns out the mayo, but is on the lower range of the wasabi punch scale, if such a scale exists. We like wasabi flavor that’s strong enough to clear one’s sinuses as an aftereffect.

Salted Egg Upon first opening this bag you are assaulted with an odor that smells a bit of wet sock, which is redeemed slightly with a flavor profile that evokes a slightly burned room-temperature fried egg, if you're into that sort of thing.

Roast Beef One is greeted with a strong odor that doesn't instill much confidence in the snacking experience to come. The flavor is reminiscent of meat drippings mixed with cold mashed potatoes on a leftover plate, but the sweetness ends up being a turnoff. This isn't a honey ham chip, after all. Come on.

Extra Barbecue We had high hopes for this one, what with the picture on the package depicting what appears to be chicken kabobs on a grill. but at the end of the day these simply have a slight barbecue chip flavor and are boring.

Truffle These were great. The truffle flavor didn't come across as artificial, and there was also a secondary buttery taste just as one finds in the real McCoy. Thumbs up.

Sour Twist You'd be surprised to learn that this is really ... sour. We were taken off guard. This has a really intense lime or vinegar flavor, and based on the packaging, the "twist" would appear to be some sort of pepper, along with the assault on our tastebuds that came out of the blue without warning.

Roasted Cumin Lamb Skewer Another in the long line of things that capture the seasoning of the protein if not the protein itself; this did have a hint of lamb in the aroma when the bag was first opened, however. Now if we could only find a bag of mint-flavored potato chips to accompany it.

Ghost Pepper As spicy as you'd expect, but edible, which is a nice twist on most ghost pepper-flavored things.

Strong Beer Taste We had to translate the packaging using a phone camera and the Google Translate app, but it seems valid what with the glass of beer on the label. This does taste of beer: not strong, but slight. To be more specific, it tastes slightly like a room-temperature flat pilsner beer. Too bad they didn't go with an IPA.

Grilled Squid Grilled squid has the smell of some sort of aquarium fish food with a flavor that, amazingly, slightly redeems itself. Still, we aren't guppies.

Salted Shrimp Very similar to the grilled shrimp-flavored chips with an unsettling aroma and a flavor that is only slightly more appetizing. In this case less so, though the salt-and-pepper combo that's upfront isn't bad. It's a shame that the pictured beer didn't make an appearance.

Takoyaki This had a mustardy-meat profile, which tastes better than it sounds. Takoyaki typically is filled with minced octopus, but it's hard to tell here. Checking the ingredient list we find potatoes, oil and "meatball flavor seasoning," so that clears it all up.

Beef Wellington These were much better than the simple roast beef-flavored chips mentioned above. This tasted like a flavorful hunk of beef that had not been sitting too long under the heat lamp at the local Golden Corral on a Sunday afternoon, and we mean that in a good way. This takes top honors along with the truffle chips.

So there you have it. Happy Potato Chip Day, indeed. Why constrain yourself to blah, ho-hum flavors like sour cream and onion, vinegar or barbecue when a world of weird and odd chip flavors awaits those willing to venture out to some Asian markets? Sure, some flavors may be a bit off-putting, but it's just $1.99. And to be clear, even though many of the chips we sampled above had an issue or two, that didn’t stop us from finishing each and every bag. We’re Americans, after all.