The vacancy rate at IBC Bank’s office complex downtown has risen, with Visionworks vacating more than 150,000 square feet last year.

A once-bustling downtown Houston department store—the historic Battelstein's Building —is receiving a second life as part of the JW Marriott Houston Downtown's multimillion-dollar expansion.

Dr. Sleiman El Jamal, the medical director of neurology at HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, said nationwide, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds with over 800,000 strokes a year. Stroke cases are up 15.