Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
These violent delights have violent ends.
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- Six Flags Rebranding Splashtown to ‘Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown’ [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Grab-and-Go Meal Spot Borgo Food Station at 3641 W. Alabama Rebranding as Dine-In Italian Eatery Mina Ristorante [Eater]
- D.R. Horton Requesting Variance for 160-Acre Community Called City Park Near 288 and Orem Dr. [HBJ ($)]
- Midcentury Braes Heights Shopping Center Getting New Facade, Parking Changes [Houston Chronicle]
- Silicon Valley Firm Bill.com, Inc. Picks 25K SF in Westchase CityWest Development for Second Location [HBJ ($)]
- UT Students Found Startup for Folks Traveling Texas on Business To Be Shuttled Around by Private Drivers in Teslas [Culturemap]
- Ex-Pro Wrestler Brooke Adams Suing Former Landlord for Evicting Her from Heights-Area Home Over Emotional Support Dog [Houston Chronicle]
- Planned 357-Unit Apartment Complex at 10333 Clay Rd. Mostly Outside 500-Year Flood Plain Appears To Be a Project of Slate Real Estate Partners [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
- New Winery Opening Next to Great Heights Brewing Co. Serving Houston-Fermented Wines in Forthcoming 2k SF Tasting Room and Pup-Friendly Patio [Eater]
- Former Leaders of Harmony and YES Prep Schools Seeking Campuses for New HISD Charter Schools [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Houston City Hall: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Pack it up and pack it in, let us begin the destruction:
- Justin Yu and Bobby Heugel’s New Heights Eatery Squable Aiming for Spring Opening in Former Southern Goods Space on W. 19th [Eater]
- Firefighters Awaiting Emergency Demo Permit After Roof Collapses on Vacant Strip Club at Crosstimbers and Fulton [Click2Houston]
- La Macro Taco Truck Moving into Former Mam’s House of Ice Location at 1040 W. Cavalcade St. [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Killen’s New Woodlands Location in Former Bob’s Steak & Chop House Building Could Open Within 60 Days [HBJ]
- After Closing Last Year for Extensive Interior Renovations, Uptown Sushi Set To Reopen Pending Inspection [Eater]
- Lone Star College Teams Up with Fallbrook Church To Build 50K SF Facility on Church’s North Houston Campus [Houston Chronicle]
- Well-Fed Tiger Found in Garage of Vacant Home on Ave. J Spends the Night at BARC Shelter Before Going to New Sanctuary Home [Click2Houston]
Photo of Mason Park Bridge: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Bring on the bulldozers, the time has come:
- Groundbreaking Held This Weekend for New 90K SF Third Ward H-E-B at 288 and N. MacGregor [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Faulty Heater Sparks Fire in Apartments on S. Post Oak and Willowbend After Hearing-Impaired Man Died in Fire There Just Last Month [Houston Chronicle]
- Owners of Now-Closed Great W’Kana Cafe Debut New Indian Eatery inside Kirby Collection Today [Eater; previously on Swamplot]
- Montrose Center Files Building Permit for LGBTQ Senior Living Apartments at 2222 Cleburne [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Three Alarm Fire Rips Through The Plaza on Westheimer Apartments on Corner of Westheimer and Briargrove Dr. [Houston Chronicle]
- Downtown’s Total Plaza Planning Upgrades as Anchor Tenant Total Renews Lease, Increasing Office Space by Almost 20% [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Preston and Main: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A former wheel repair shop is pulled out of rotation, plus some Rice Military turnover:
- Houston Endowment Buys 1.5 Acres Overlooking Spotts Park To Build New HQ on Former YWCA Site [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
- Discovery Green Renovations Include More Playgrounds, Energy Efficient Lighting, and a Repurposed Hill [Houston Chronicle]
- After All That Flooding, Houston’s Midcentury Homes Are Disappearing [Houston Chronicle ($)]
- Chinese Company Hailiang Group Applying for Tax Incentives for New Manufacturing Facility on 57 Acres in Sealy [HBJ ($)]
- After Losing Last Studio to Harvey, KHOU Moving into New Digs at 5718 Westheimer This Week [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
Photo of Discovery Green: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
An apartment complex, a distribution center, a church — demolition always delivers.
- Besting Rem Koolhaas, Studio Gang, and David Chipperfield, Architect Farshid Moussavi Selected to Design Long-Promised Ismaili Center at Corner of Allen Pkwy. and Montrose [Houston Chronicle]
- If Killen’s BBQ Pizza Experiment with Papa John’s Goes Well, Houston Could Score a Killen’s-Brand Pizzeria [Culturemap]
- Braun Enterprises Buys Yorktown Plaza Near Galleria with Renovation, Retail Redevelopment Plans [HBJ]
- Two Former Uchi Chefs Team Up for Kokoro, a Sushi Spot Opening Soon at Bravery Chef Hall Downtown [Eater]
- Dollar Tree has Tentative Plans for 1.2M SF Distribution Center in Rosenberg [HBJ]
- Junior’s Produce To Take Over Canino’s Spot Selling Farm-Fresh Goods at Heights Farmers Market [Houston Chronicle]
- Coworking Company Spaces Doubles Houston Locations, Leasing Space in GreenStreet, CityCentre [HBJ]
- Newly Elected Fort Bend DA Asks School Board To Halt Construction and Keep Convict Remains in Their Resting Place [Houston Public Media]
Photo of Hardy Yards: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
The former Berger Ironworks complex is going to the dogs, and Dot Coffee Shop gets crossed out along the Gulf Freeway:
- Texas Had the Fifth-Highest Gross Square Footage Per Capita of New LEED-Certified Space in the Country Last Year [Houston Chronicle]
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Seeking Tax Incentives for New Facility on 1,700 Acres in Orange, Texas [HBJ ($)]
- Congresswoman Fletcher Vows To Help METRO Seek Funding, Support for Public Transit Expansion [Houston Public Media]
- Wood Partners Building 7-Story, 204-Unit Alta Washington Avenue Apartments on Former Industrial Site [PR Newswire; previously on Swamplot]
- Pearland Delays Planned Med Center and Downtown Park and Ride Routes from Shadow Creek Ranch [Community Impact]
- Houston Trust Ditches Downtown Office Space, Leaving 1001 Fannin for 3737 Buffalo Speedway [HBJ ($)]
- Galveston Officials Deviating from Street-Focused Approach of 2003 Drainage Plan, Instituting More Stringent Drainage Requirements for New Developments [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Stude Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
It’s plain to see that the end is nigh for these buildings:
- New Common Bond Locations Opening in Med Center, Heights, Midtown, Plus 2 More Yet To Be Confirmed [Culturemap]
- 1415 Louisiana’s New Top-Floor Restaurant Strato 550 Will Be Houston’s Highest Vantage Point Open To the Public [HBJ]
- Richmond’s Farm-Centric Harvest Green Community Adding 290 New Homesites to Existing 1,300 Acres [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
- Eco Firm Hired To Meet Regulatory Requirements for Environmental Mitigation in Construction of Houston-Dallas Bullet Train [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
- Wolfgang Puck’s Catering Company Signing Lease for Inner-Loop Location To Open in the Next Month [HBJ]
- Hines Releases Renderings and Details of 46-Story Downtown Apartment Tower Now Dubbed The Preston [Bisnow]
Photo of 317 W. 19th St.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Clearing out some industrial grunge on Manchester St. is a refined choice indeed:
