Galveston development rules highlight never-ending battle between landowners, developers, residents and city government over height restrictions on condo’s, office towers and the like.

The Development firm Falcon Group says it plans to add a twin-peaked, 300-unit tower to the Palisade Palms project that already boasts Galveston’s tallest building. Sapphire Towers, the tallest on South Padre Island has similar plans.

How some Texans are re-engineering their plans as gas prices soar; adapting and surviving in an outrageous gas price environment.

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See Galveston area sales and the various factors affecting them, such as buyer demographics, climate changes, and more.

With no bottom in sight for the U.S. housing market and recession fears growing, the summer rental market is doing well. Galveston area rentals are up this year.

The show will take place March 8 - 9, 2008 at the Galveston Island Convention Center at San Luis at 5600 Seawall Boulevard.

An attempt to renovate a tract of wetlands on the east end of Galveston Island into a first-class ecotourism park is one of several projects expected to make the city more appealing to tourists.

Want to know about the ferry traffic or local road conditions, checkout the Houston Transtar Galveston Bolivar Ferry landings web camera