Meredith Deliso

• Where Apartment Vacancies Are the Highest and Lowest in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Former Tootsie’s Owner’s Broadacre Estate Designed by William Ward Watkin on the Market for $4.75M [Houston Chronicle]
• New Business Park Planned in Northeast Houston Near Generation Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Third Ward Barbecue Joint Ray’s Real Pit BBQ Shack to Relocate to Bigger Third Ward Space [Culturemap]
• Asian Population the Fastest-Growing Racial or Ethnic Group in Houston from 2015-16, Finds Census Bureau [The Urban Edge]
• La Marque Officials Concerned Proposed I-45 Expansion May Displace Businesses [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston Adds 2 Homes, Former Southwestern Bell Headquarters to Historic Landmarks List [Houston Chronicle]
• Bayou Greenways, Buffalo Bayou Projects Join National Infrastructure-Repurposing Parks Network [The Urban Edge]
• How Driverless Cars Are Changing the Way Houston Architecture Firms Design Garages [HBJ ($)]
• Chamber A in Johnson Space Center’s Bldg. 32 Mimicking Freezing Temperatures of Space [NASA]

Photo of the Cullen Sculpture Garden: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bank of America Acquires Naming Rights for Skanska Tower Under Construction Downtown [Realty News Report]
• Brazil Petrochem Company Braskem To Build $675M Project in La Porte [HBJ]
• Where Apartment Vacancies Are Highest and Lowest in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Construction of Villas on the Strand Mixed-Income Housing Development in Galveston Complete [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• How the Texas Medical Center Prepares for Disasters [Houston Public Media]
• New Kuykendahl Bridge Linking Harris and Montgomery Counties To Open Next Week [Houston Public Media]
• Some 60 Storefronts Have To Move Out of the Way of Seabrook’s Highway 146 Expansion [Houstonia]

Photo: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Missouri City Development Park 8Ninety Signs First Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Chicago Title Insurance Co. To Move into 609 Main [HBJ ($)]
• How Houston Home Sizes Have Changed Over the Years [HBJ ($)]
• Pulte Homes Planning New Residential Community Northwest of Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Dallas Restaurant, Bar, and Live Music Venue The Rustic To Break Ground Downtown by GRB Next Year [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Hotel ZaZa Memorial City Opening Dec. 1 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Emsi Ranks Houston Fourth Among Major U.S. Metro Areas for Talent Attraction in 2017 [Houston Chronicle]
• Do the Fashion Police and the Regular Police Intersect in Upper Kirby? [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• How Street Art Took Over Houston [Houstonia]
• How Battleship Texas Was Readied for Tropical Storm Cindy [Houston Public Media]
• Storm Surge from Cindy Causing Flooding in Low-Lying Areas of Bolivar Peninsula [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• After Cindy, Houston To See a Rainy Pattern Through the Weekend [Space City Weather]

Photo of Margaret Long Wisdom HS: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Agricole Hospitality Announces 3 Bar and Restaurant Projects at 1201 St. Emanuel in EaDo [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• More on Bravery Chef Hall, Proposed for Aris Market Square Apartment Tower Downtown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• CBRE Group Consolidating 3 Offices in New ‘Workplace360’ at Williams Tower [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Area Ranked No. 3 Among the Nation’s Most Undersupplied Apartment Markets [HBJ ($)]
• How Crime Affects Houston Apartment Rents [HBJ ($)]
• Holocaust Museum Houston To Double Size with $49.4M Expansion [Houston Press]
• Dallas-Based Coffee Shop Ascension First Restaurant Tenant Announced for Heights Waterworks Development [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Kansas-Based Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburger Opening Restaurants in Pearland, Pasadena, League City [Houston Chronicle]
• Kolache Shoppe Coming to Heights Central Station in Summer 2018 [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• About 13.2% of Texas’s Total ‘Booked Listings’ on Airbnb Last Month Were in Houston [HBJ]
  Where the ‘Ike Dike’ Stands as Houston Prepares for Arrival of Tropical Storm Cindy [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Holding 2 Dozen Open Houses Starting June 27 Where You Can Pitch Projects for Its Regional Transit Plan [The Urban Edge]
• What Happens When You Try To Get a Street Sign at the Border of 2 Cities Repaired [KHOU]

Photo of Imperial Sugar Factory: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Among Top U.S. Cities for Hotel Rooms Under Construction with 4,993, Finds STR [HBJ]
• Everest Medical Properties Acquires 4 Houston Medical Office Buildings [Houston Chronicle]
• Galleria Place I and II Office Buildings To Undergo $14M Renovation [Bisnow]
• Luxury Condo To Replace Canceled Flats on Fairview Project in Montrose [HBJ ($)]
• UK-Based Churchill Drilling Tools Buys Manufacturing Property at 1366 E. Richey Road [Realty News Report]
• How HFF Helped Both Sides in Whitestone REIT’s Purchase of BLVD Place [Houston Chronicle]
• New 390-Acre Subdivision ‘Reserve at Lakewood Pines’ Coming to Lake Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Ranks No. 7 on Resonance Consultancy’s 2017 List of America’s 50 Best Large Cities [HBJ]
• City Council To Consider $33.6M Contract To Add Hundreds of Traffic-Tracking Devices Across Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• ExxonMobil’s XTO Energy To Move 1,600 Employees from Fort Worth to Springwoods Village Campus [HBJ]
• How Those Relocated Jobs Could Affect The Woodlands Housing Market [Houston Public Media]
• Falling Oil Prices Could Drag on Houston’s Economy — Again [Houston Chronicle]
• Is Houston Prepared for the Next Hurricane? [KHOU]

Photo of Yia Yia Mary’s: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Midway Demolishes Office Buildings for CityCentre Expansion [HBJ ($); previously]
• Work To Begin in August on Big Rivers Water Park at Grand Texas Theme Park [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Will Hyatt Regency Ever Build a Resort on Galveston’s West End? [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Baileson Brewing Co. Plans To Open at 2322 Bissonnet St. by Labor Day [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Giant Gastropub Chapman & Kirby Debuts in EaDo [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• indiGO Auto Group Opening Porsche North Houston Next to Its Lamborghini Houston Dealership Next Month [HBJ]
• Battleship Texas Reopens for Tours After Emergency Repairs [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• AT Kearney Ranks Houston a Top 10 Global City for the Future [Houston Public Media]
• How American Cities Including Houston Are Trying To Change Sprawl [Thrillist]
• Harris County Commissioners Court Approves Set of Property Tax Exemptions [abc13]
• Emancipation Park Rededicated After $34M Upgrades [AP; previously on Swamplot]
• Rainbow Crosswalk Debuts in Montrose at Westheimer and Taft [Houston Chronicle]
• Owners of Shuttered Bernadine’s, Hunky Dory Now Being Sued by Father of former Chef [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the Marriott Marquis: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston-Area Home Prices Have Increased Nearly 30% Since 2000, Finds Harvard Study [Houston Chronicle]
• Stream, AMD To Develop 5-Story  Medical Office Building in Memorial Villages Area [HBJ]
• Why Remington Square III Is Catering to Smaller Tenants [HBJ ($)]
• Astrodome Architect Ralph Anderson’s Courtyard Home in Boulevard Oaks Still Looking for a Buyer [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• New Audit Shows Lack of Fire Marshal Building Inspections Across Houston [abc13]
• Health Museum Unveils Solar-Powered Air Monitoring Station [Houston Public Media]
• Aluminum Cladding Used on London Tower That Burned Is Banned for Use in U.S. Tall Buildings [Independent]
• Will Drones Lead to a Boom in Landscape Architecture? [CityLab]

Photo of the Chambers County Courthouse: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Investor Rockspring Capital Plans Townhouse Community in Spring Branch [HBJ ($)]
• Construction Underway at Grand Parkway and I-10 for Shopping Center Dubbed ‘Katy Asian Town,’ Anchored by H Mart [Houston Public Media]
• High-End River Oaks Restaurant Luigi’s Cucina Italiana Has Closed [HBJ ($)]
• The Local’s Guide to Galveston’s Least-Touristy Beaches, Cheapest Beachfront Views [Houstonia]
• Shepherd Forest Residents Upset City Workers Removed 9 Trees [abc13]
• Attorney Sees Movement in $52M Worth of Stalled Ike Claims [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Gulf Fwy. Northbound Between Scarsdale and Fuqua Will Be Closed This Weekend [Houston Public Media]

Photo of the KPRC demo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s Median Home Price Hit All-Time Record of $235,000 in May, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Slideshow: Skyscrapers That Will Join Houston’s Skyline in 2018 [Houston Chronicle]
• Hines Seeks Reimbursement for Cost of Chronicle Building Basement Cocoon in Downtown Tunnel Dispute [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• White Oak Music Hall Neighbors Add City To Lawsuit, Alleging It’s Not Enforcing Sound Ordinance [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Are Management Districts on the Brink of Extinction? [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Galveston Bay Foundation To Implement Part of Its ‘Bacteria Reduction Plan’ [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• New Building, Landscape Raises Profile of Houston’s Emancipation Park [OffCite Blog; previously on Swamplot]
• The Problems with Outdoor Festivals in Houston [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• The Top Trending Bars, Restaurants, Tourist Attractions, and Parks in Houston, Based on Google Search [Culturemap]
• The Best Houston Neighborhoods To Raise a Family in This Year, According to Niche [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Greenway Plaza: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Ranked Fourth in Nation for First Quarter Industrial Real Estate Sales by Colliers International [Houston Chronicle]
• First Tenants at Grand Central Park’s 336 Marketplace on Former Camp Strake Land To Include Kroger Signature Store, HomeGoods, Michaels [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Apache Corp. Extends Office Lease at 2000 Post Oak Blvd. in the Galleria Area [HBJ]
• Cat Cafe El Gato Plans To Open Full-Service Coffeehouse in a Shipping Container by August [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Cash-Strapped Houston Sells off $2M Worth of City Streets [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Some Houston Neighborhoods Bear the Brunt of Junk Waste [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]
• Three Years Later, Where Does Sunday Streets Go from Here? [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Bryan-Based HeliBacon Lets You Gun Down Feral Hogs from a Helicopter [San Antonio Express-News; previously on Swamplot]
• Treehouse Hotel To Debut 30 Feet Over Creek Near Columbus 75 Miles West of Houston [Culturemap]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Everest Medical Properties Group Buys $58M Medical Office Portfolio in Southwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Transwestern: Houston Healthcare Market Positioned Well for Long-Term Growth [Realty News Report]
• Large-Acreage Land Deals Making a Comeback in Houston Amid Oil Recovery [HBJ ($)]
• Galveston Facing Construction Workforce Shortage as Homes and Building Rise [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Rental Households in Suburban Houston Grew 13% from 2011 to 2015, Finds RentCafe Study [Houston Public Media]
• Américas Chef Michael Cordúa’s Memorial-Area Home on the Market for $2.89M [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Breastaurant Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery Opening June 19 at Pinnacle Park [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Fake Facebook Protest Announcement Ostensibly Calling for Sam Houston Statue Removal Spurs Actual Armed Counter Protest at Hermann Park [Houston Chronicle; more here]
• Development of Eastern Glades Now Underway as Part of Memorial Park Master Plan [The Leader]
• 5 Kingwood Sidewalks Getting Repaired or Replaced Through Safe Sidewalk Program [Community Impact Newspaper]
• The Hunt for Factors To Predict Houston’s Most Dangerous Intersections [The Urban Edge]
• Lake Conroe Resident Sues Homeowners Association for ‘Continuous Sinkhole’ Near Her Home [The Courier]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Johnson Development Corp. Acquires 1,619 Acres in Northwest Harris County for Master Planned Community [Realty News Report]
• More Info on the Hotel Alessandra’s Bar and Dining Options [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• 1114 Texas Ave. Next to Magnolia Hotel To Become a Hyatt Place Hotel [HBJ ($)]
• Korean Chain Paik’s Noodle Quietly Opens Its First Houston Restaurant [Eater Houston]
• American Airlines Debuts New Lounge at IAH in Terminal A [HBJ]
• Draft Design Guidelines for Houston Heights Historic Districts Will Be Online Monday, Prior to Public Meeting on June 20 [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
• A Deeper Dive into Conroe’s Rapid Growth [The Urban Edge]
• Uber To Have Designated Pickup, Dropoff Spot Downtown at the Esperson Building [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developer Giorgio Borlenghi Shelves 26-Story Villa Borghese Project on Bammel Ln., but the Bungalows Are Still Being Scooted Offsite [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Mike Spears of Lee & Associates: Houston Trending Towards Becoming a Distribution Hub Like DFW [Realty News Report]
• Apartment Project Residences at Hardy Yards Near Downtown Moves Forward [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• How Hispanic Homebuyers Are ‘Becoming a Powerhouse’ in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Memorial Hermann Health System, Medistar Corp. Opening Acute-Care Community in Katy Area Next Year [HBJ]
• Paul Qui Feels Out Potential Reception for a Second Houston Restaurant from Twitter [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• 2 Houston Running Routes Ranked Among Most Popular Routes in America by App MapMyRun [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Mixed-Use Development District West, Off Grand Parkway, Will Be ‘Very Similar’ to CityCentre [HBJ ($)]
• Steadfast Development Building Industrial Park in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• Kuraray America First Tenant in Avera’s New Bayport Logistics Park [Realty News Report]
• Inside Under-Construction Luxury Condo Tower Arabella [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Friendswood Development Launches New Urban Community in Garden Oaks [HBJ ($)]
• Where Houston Ranks Nationally for Its Property Tax Rate [The Urban Edge]
• Denver-Based Brunch Chain Snooze Opening Next Houston Restaurant June 21 in Town & Country [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Nacho Nachos Food Truck Planning Brick and Mortar in Pearland [Houston Chronicle]
• Roka Akor Sets Opening Date of June 26 on Ground Floor of 2929 Weslayan [PaperCity Magazine; previously on Swamplot]
• NOLA Poboys Opens Second Houston Location with Webster Shop [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston County Commissioners Court To Pay $1.7M for Private Land Around Rollover Pass [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
• California Solar Company Sunrun Makes First Foray onto Houston Rooftops [HBJ ($)]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Signs Houston’s Office Properties Market Seems To Be Stabilizing [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Kellogg Closing Houston Distribution Center, but Other Warehouse Inventory Continues To Grow in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Slideshow: Inside Midway Cos.’ Nearly-Finished Luxury Apartment Midrise Avenue Grove Near Levy Park [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Most Houston Millennials Pushing Off Purchasing a Home, Finds Apartment List Study [Houston Public Media]
• North Houston District’s Ideal Flood Projects Include Buying Out Apartment Complexes, Turning Former Residential Areas into Flood Control Basins [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Methodist Prepares To Open Woodlands Hospital [HBJ]
• BB’s Café, Aladdin, Pop & Pan Coming to Resurfaced Surfhouse Strip Center at 34th and Ella in Garden Oaks [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
• U’Maki Sushi Burrito Opening June 8 in Vintage Marketplace [HBJ]
• Drone Video Shows a Muddy Eleanor Tinsley Park After the Free Press Summer Fest [abc13]
• Federal Government’s Documents on Houston’s Hurricane Vulnerability Are ‘Basically Useless’ [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of the Southwest Freeway: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool