- Sale of Downtown’s 1000 Main Has Attracted a Dozen Bids; Could Become Houston’s Biggest Deal Ever [Realty News Report]
- Marquette To Break Ground on 28-Story Residential Tower on Texas Ave. between Austin and LaBranch on November 5 [Houston Chronicle]
- Construction Starts on 68K-SF Medical Office Building and Surgery Center in Spring Valley Near Katy Fwy. and Blalock [Prime Property]
- Houston Area Led Country in Construction Hiring with 13,500 Jobs Added Over 12 Months Ending in September [Houston Public Media]
- 5 Residential Projects Under Construction Downtown with 9 More Planned, According to Central Houston [Houston Business Journal]
- Hearsay Gastro Lounge’s New Hearsay on the Green Now Open Inside Embassy Suites Next to Discovery Green [Houston Business Journal]
- City Lowers Fundraising Requirement To Keep Gus Wortham Golf Course from $15M to $5M, but Doesn’t Like Houston Golf Association’s Plan To Take Over All 4 City Courses [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Galveston Home Sales Increased 11%, Sales Volume Up 22% So Far This Year, Finds Sand ’N Sea Properties [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Roof of Vietnamese Buddhist Center at 10002 Synott Rd. in Sugar Land Collapses Overnight; No One Injured [abc13]
- Lyft Preparing To Pause Operations in Houston Over New Background-Check Regulations That Take Effect Next Week [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Downtown from site of Elan Heights: Ashley Day
Wow 14 active projects for residential downtown seems significant. Maybe the non-Main Street parts of downtown will start to see more night life, retail and general biotic movement after 6 pm.
I guess that people are too concerned about some trees at a Wendy’s restaurant to notice the 28-story tower in east Downtown. Surely they can find something to complain about with this tower. Extra traffic? Presumed absence of a retail component? Chicago comparison? I suppose that they’re too busy being petty about one thing to be petty about the other.
I’ll have to remember this. If I should ever do something totally awesome, I should cut down a tree at a fast food restaurant so that people are too distracted to notice the awesome thing and start complaining about it.