Kathryn Hardison

New York

Managing Editor at Austin Business Journal

Managing Editor at @MyABJ | Previously: @WSJ, @SBJnet, @CoMissourian and @Storyful w/ @djnf

Articles

Austin's biggest commercial real estate brokerages ranked - Austin Business Journal

Mar 17, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Kathryn Hardison |Patricia Rogers

Which commercial real estate brokerage has been the busiest in the Austin area recently? The full list can be found at the end of this article or in the March 14 edition of the paper. It's not an all-inclusive look at the CRE brokerage industry — but it's one of the most exhaustive and comprehensive data sources locally, making it a valuable tool for both landlords and tenants. The latest ranking of Austin's biggest commercial real estate brokerage firms is out. CBRE Group Inc.
Elon Musk's DOGE terminates 2 Austin-area leases

Mar 11, 2025 | kxan.com | Kathryn Hardison

by: Kathryn Hardison - Managing Editor, Austin Business JournalPosted:Updated:( Austin Business Journal) - The Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk's team of federal government cost cutters, has canceled two federal agency leases in the Austin area.
Industrial hubs multiply across Austin metro - Austin Business Journal

Mar 5, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Kathryn Hardison |Patricia Rogers

Developers haven’t let up on the gas in recent years, resulting in a wave of available industrial product, from as far south as Kyle to the northern reaches of Georgetown. Our new data-packed list details the metro's largest industrial parks by square footage, plus this article includes a map of those big industrial developments. An added bonus: ABJ's list of the area's industrial brokers, ranked by how much space they move.
Austin homebuilding landscape in focus - Austin Business Journal

Feb 25, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Kathryn Hardison |Patricia Rogers

Rooftops continue to rise across the metro, particularly in the suburbs, and the Austin Business Journal's new lists showcase the homebuilders leading the charge. These data-packed lists detail sales volumes, housing starts and closings and average home prices, among other stats. Rooftops continue to rise across the metro, particularly in the suburbs, and the Austin Business Journal's latest lists showcase the homebuilders leading the charge.
ABJ Ahead: Upcoming events, nomination deadlines to know - Austin Business Journal

Jan 10, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Kathryn Hardison

In this article, we wrap up some of the Austin Business Journal's upcoming happenings, including info about how to get on the always-popular Lists. There's a lot to look forward to in 2025. Below we wrap up some of the Austin Business Journal's upcoming events and nomination deadlines to know — including some new opportunities for recognition — plus info about how to get on the always-popular Lists. ABJ Research Director Patricia Rogers is surveying companies for more data-packed Lists.
Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants to acquire Chuy's Tex-Mex restaurant chain - Houston Business Journal

Jul 18, 2024 | bizjournals.com | Sarah Kinbar |Kathryn Hardison

Chuy's was founded in Austin in 1982 and now has 101 locations across 15 states — including 11 in the greater Houston area — with more coming. One of Austin's largest public companies and most iconic brands has agreed to be bought in a $605 million deal by the parent company of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. Orlando-based Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) has agreed to buy all outstanding shares of Tex-Mex restaurant chain Chuy's Holdings Inc.
Elon Musk plans to move X, SpaceX HQs to Texas

Jul 16, 2024 | kxan.com | Brent Wistrom |Kathryn Hardison

ATX gets X, coast gets SpaceX; Move follows years of Musk's outrage about California's laws, politicsby: Brent Wistrom and Kathryn Hardison - Austin Business JournalPosted:Updated:AUSTIN ( Austin Business Journal) - Elon Musk's Austin empire is about to grow a lot more. The enigmatic serial entrepreneur and world's richest man said July 16 on X that he will move X's headquarters from San Francisco to Austin. He also said that he will move Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Elon Musk plans to move X, SpaceX HQs to Texas

Jul 16, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Brent Wistrom |Kathryn Hardison

AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Elon Musk’s Austin empire is about to grow a lot more. The enigmatic serial entrepreneur and world’s richest man said July 16 on X that he will move X’s headquarters from San Francisco to Austin. He also said that he will move Space Exploration Technologies Corp. from Hawthorne to its Starbase in South Texas where it is developing plans to one day send humans to Mars.
Tesla lays off hundreds as it cuts entire Supercharger team

May 3, 2024 | kxan.com | Kathryn Hardison

by: Kathryn Hardison, Austin Business JournalPosted:Updated:AUSTIN ( Austin Business Journal) - Tesla Inc. has eliminated its entire Supercharger team, which is responsible for building an electric-vehicle charging network in the U.S. that major carmakers plan to use, according to media reports and social media posts from employees. The Austin-based company laid off about 500 people, according to The New York Times, citing an email sent to employees by CEO Elon Musk.
Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison tags Nashville as company's next world HQ

Apr 23, 2024 | kxan.com | Adam Sichko |Kathryn Hardison

by: Adam Sichko and Kathryn HardisonPosted:Updated:AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) - Oracle Corp. co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison has indicated that Nashville, not Austin, will be the company's headquarters in the future. Ellison made the declaration April 23 during an on-stage interview at a health care industry summit Oracle hosted in Nashville.