Meredith Deliso

• Brookfield Unveils DesignHive Office Space Redesign Contest Entries in 1600 Smith St. Downtown [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek Inside Thor Equities’s Kirby Collection Under Construction in Upper Kirby Area [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How Houston Is Meeting Growing Demand for High-Rise, Midrise Properties [Houston Chronicle]
• The Types of Multifamily Projects Lenders Will Back in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Bryan Caswell New Restaurant Oxbow 7 Opening July 18 in Le Méridien Houston Downtown [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Galleria-Area Restaurant Sullivan’s Steakhouse Closing May 23 [Culturemap]
• Is the Oil Bust Really Over for Houston? [Houston Public Media]
• Texas Historical Commission’s New Website To Help Sell and Lease Downtown Buildings in Small-Town Texas [Bisnow]
• The Property Brothers Went to Galveston for Fifth Season of HGTV’s ‘Brother Vs. Brother’ [Houstonia]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Single-Family Home Sales in Houston Up 3.1% Year-Over-Year in April, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Nitya Capital Picks Up 510-Unit City West Apartments in Westchase [Houston Chronicle]
• Wildwood Corporate Centre Near The Woodlands Gains 2 Tenants with One on the Way Out [Houston Chronicle]
• Late Heart Surgeon Denton Cooley’s River Oaks Home on the Market for Nearly $4.5M [HBJ]
• The City’s Plan for Fixing Lower Westheimer’s Narrow Lanes, Failing Infrastructure [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Historic Galveston Trolleys Shipping Out to Iowa for Repairs Ahead of Return to the Streets [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston-Based David Weekley Homes Ranked No. 14 on Professional Builder Magazine’s 2017 Housing Giants List [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of 3505 Sage Road: Patrick Feller via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Parkway Starting a Series of Renovations in Greenway Plaza [Houston BisNow]
• The Most Expensive Homes Listed by HAR in Houston’s Priciest ZIP Codes [Houston Chronicle]
• What Makes The Heights Houston’s Hottest Dining Neighborhood, According to Chefs [Eater Houston]
• Newk’s Eatery Opening Fifth Houston Location May 15 in Sugar Land [Houston Chronicle]
• The Human and Capital Costs of Making Houston Bike Safe [abc13]
• ACLU Issues Texas “Travel Advisory” after Governor Signs SB4 [Texas Tribune]
• Finding Other Cities that are Kind of Like Houston with the Federal Reserve of Chicago’s New Data-Mapping Tool [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Brays Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Katy Shopping Center Grand Crossing II Trades Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Arrimus Capital Acquires Campus Vue Apartments Near the University of Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Patrinely Group Delivers 266-Unit Multifamily Complex Folio West at 2525 Citywest Boulevard [Realty News Report]
• Average Rent for Houston Apartment Down $38 a Month Over the Last 12 Months, Finds Axiometrics [Realty News Report]
• Camden CEO: Houston Apartment Renters Are ‘Having a Field Day’ Amid Oil Slump [HBJ ($)]
• How New-to-Houston Law Firms Have Impacted the Commercial Real Estate Market [HBJ ($)]
• Housing and Community Development Department Launches Fair Housing Campaign [The Urban Edge]
• Top 5 Neighborhoods in Houston To Save Big on Your Next Home [Click2Houston]
• Long-Running Heights Restaurant Shade Turning into Alice Blue [Houston Chronicle]
• TxDOT Officials Hosting Hearings on Draft Plan for I-45 Widening North of Downtown [Houston Chronicle]
• A Glimpse into What It’s Like To Be a Cyclist and Pedestrian in Houston Right Now [The Urban Edge]
• How Hillcroft Ave. Points to the ‘American City of the Future’ [LA Times]

Photo of 2717 Engelke: Patrick Feller via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Mayor Turner Outlines Plans for Innovation District Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Avera Construction Completes Design-Build Office Building for Bihner Chen Engineering in Katy [Realty News Report]
• Inside King’s BierHaus, Opening Today Near the Heights [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• HISD’s Recapture Proposition Passes This Time Around [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Construction Starts on I-45 Widening Project in Galveston County [abc13]
• Fifth Ward Residents Fear Growing Trash Pile Causing Health Problems [abc13; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Heights Blvd.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• E Contractors Breaks Ground on 2-Story Office Building in Sugar Land [Houston Chronicle]
• Weingarten Realty Investors Sells Off Broadway Shopping Center in Galveston [Houston Chronicle]
• Island Grill To Open in Coming Weeks in Former Little Liberty Space in Rice Village [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Dallas-Based Snappy Salads Preparing To Enter Houston Market Next Month on Fountain View [Houston Chronicle]
• Roostar Vietnamese Grill Opens Second Houston Location with Spot in the Uptown/Galleria Area [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Massive Fire Destroys Long-Running Charlie’s BBQ in North Harris County [Click2Houston]
• Houston-Based Ignite Restaurant Group Said To be Filing for Bankruptcy [Bloomberg]
• 610 Loop Between I-10 and Southwest Freeway the Most Congested Stretch in Texas [KHOU]
• Galveston Residents To Vote Saturday on Bond Issue for Road and Drainage Improvements [Houston Public Media]
• American National Insurance Building in Galveston Kills 395 Migratory Warblers, Orioles [KHOU]

Photo of Hobby Family Pavilion: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• NexPoint Residential Trust Acquires Multifamily Project in Northwest Houston, Selling Off Another in Seabrook [Realty News Report]
• Crestwood Moving from Bank of America Center to BG Place [Houston Chronicle]
• King’s BierHaus Opening Near the Heights on May 8 [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Sam’s Boat To Expand to Katy’s Stableside at Falcon Landing Early Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Chef Ryan Hildebrand Opening FM Kitchen + Bar on Shepherd Drive in the Next Few Weeks [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Green Stormwater Management Could Be the Answer to Houston’s Drainage and Flooding Issues [Realty News Report]

Photo of Armadillo Palace: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Leasing Begins at 25-Story Residential Tower at Kirby Collection, Under Construction on Kirby Drive [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Folio West Apartments Open in Westchase District [Houston Chronicle]
• HCA To Buy 3 Hospitals in Houston from Tenet Healthcare, Another from Community Health Systems [Realty News Report]
• European Grocery Chain Lidl Going Through Permitting Process To Open Store in Conroe [Houston Chronicle]
• Jinya Ramen Bar Signs Lease at New Market at Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• John S. Jacob: Houston Sidewalks Aren’t Improving Fast Enough [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• WalletHub Ranks Houston Among the Best Cities To Start a Business [Culturemap]
• The Places the New Travel Channel Show ‘Places to Love’ Went to in Houston [Culturemap]
• The Worst McMansion Sins, as Documented by the Blog McMansion Hell [Hyperallergic; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Spring Branch: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Colliers: Houston Office Vacancy Rate Hits 18.5% in the First Quarter, Up from 15.3% Last Year [Realty News Report]
• Duke Realty Corp. Selling 6.6M-SF Medical Office Building Portfolio in Katy for $2.8B [Houston Chronicle]
• Greystar Opens Active-Adult Community Overture Sugar Land [HBJ]
• Kirby Collection Apartment Amenities To Include Bicycle Valet [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Fire-Damaged Cleburne Cafeteria To Reopen Later This Summer [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• 14K-SF Restaurant Smoke’n Honey House Slated To Open in Northeast Houston This Month [HBJ]
• Kindred Hospital Town and Country in West Houston To Close This Summer [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Freedmen’s Town Brick Reinstallation Suspended After Wrong Bricks Placed [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Kinder Houston Area Survey: Residents’ Preference for ‘Walkable Urbanism’ More Prevalent Than Ever [The Urban Edge]
• Kinder Houston Area Survey: Most Houstonians Would Stay in the City If Offered Chance To Leave [The Urban Edge]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Whole Foods 365 Store in Garden Oaks Pushes Back Opening to 2018 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• WeWork Signs Lease for About 86,000 SF of Co-Working Space at The Jones on Main Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Re/Max Inner Loop Opening a Location in the Heights [Houston Chronicle]
• Hundreds Attend Third Ward Event Aimed at Increasing African-American Home Ownership [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Justin Yu and Bobby Heugel’s Better Luck Tomorrow Quietly Opens in the Heights [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• City Reinstalls Damaged Freedmen’s Town Bricks in the Fourth Ward [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• The Future of Houston Traffic: How TxDOT’s I-45 Project Will Change Commuting Downtown [abc13; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Had Net Absorption Gain of 4,916 Apartments During First 3 Months of 2017, More Than 2016 Total, Finds Berkadia [Realty News Report]
• Two-Thirds of Houston-Area Neighborhoods Saw Sales Price Gains in 2016, Finds HAR Data [Houston Chronicle]
• Land Tejas Breaks Ground on Wedgewood Forest Community in Conroe [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Slowly, Confidence Is Returning to Houston’s Office Market [Realty News Report]
• JLL: 76 Branch Banks Closed in Houston from 2010 to 2016 [Realty News Report]
• Contested West End Property To Stay Residential, Galveston Council Decides [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Dish Society Opening Fourth Houston-Area Location in Heights Central Station [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Post Yauatcha, Hakkasan Group Eyes Future Growth in Houston [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• California Chain Black Bear Diner Opening First Texas Location Next Year in Katy [Houston Chronicle]
• ExxonMobil Ordered To Pay $20M for Air Pollution at Baytown Complex [The Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• The Worst Roads in Houston, Based on Factors Like Cracking and Roughness [KHOU]
• New Project To Add Mosaics to Houston Bridges Connecting Downtown and Midtown with EaDo and the Third Ward [Click2Houston]

Photo of I-10: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Growth Slowing in Houston’s Industrial Real Estate Market, Shows Latest Colliers Report [Houston Chronicle]
• New Houston Homes on the Market an Average of 134.7 Days in March, Finds HomesUSA.com New Homes Sales Index [Houston Chronicle]
• Coventry Homes Introduces Houses with Showers for Both Humans and Pets in Veranda Community [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Shipping Container Apartment Complex Cube Square in Huntsville [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• UT Football Coach Tom Herman’s Bellaire Home on the Market for $2M [abc13]
• What Homebuyers Are Looking for in Houston, According to Bank of America Survey [HBJ ($)]
• H-E-B Grocery Store Opens Along Grand Pkwy. Near Tomball [HBJ]
• Outback Steakhouse Opening New Locations in Katy and Pasadena Next Spring [Houston Chronicle]
• Long-Delayed Retrospect Coffee Bar Opening in City Historic Landmark Gas Station in Midtown Next Month [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Housing Authority To Rescind 900 Vouchers, Stop Issuing New Ones To Close Projected Federal Budget Gap [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas House Bill Would Crack Down on Employers Who Provide Inadequate or Unlicensed Housing to Farmworkers [The Texas Observer]

Photo of Meyerland: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Parkway Sold Off 49% Stake in Its Greenway Office Portfolio for $512M [Realty News Report]
• Site Work Begins on Amazon Distribution Center in Katy [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Penthouse at The Houstonian Estates on the Market for $3.9M [HBJ]
• David Weekley Homes Plans New Homes for First-Time and Active-Adult Buyers in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• Discount Retailer Dirt Cheap Enters Houston Market [Houston Chronicle]
• New Orleans-Based Dat Dog Planning To Open up to 25 Locations in Houston [Culturemap]
• Seaside Poké To Open First Location in East Village Development Next Month, Second Location in the Works [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• 4 Ways Houston Can Become Less Economically Segregated [The Urban Edge]
• It’s Now Close to Impossible to Be Homeless in Houston Without Breaking the Law [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of The Station Museum: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas Leads Nation in Development of Warehouse, Flex, and Retail Space, Finds NAIOP [Realty News Report]
• Blighted Crestmont Village Apartments in South Acres Community Torn Down [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• NYC-Based Pokéworks Opening in Former WhichWich Space on Heights Blvd. [Culturemap]
• Greenway Plaza Food Court’s Kuma Burgers Now Known as burger-chan [Culturemap]
• Report: 20% of Galveston County Jobs Come from Maritime Industry [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston-Galveston Area Crashes Increased 62% from 2011-2015, Finds Regional Safety Report [abc13]
• Crane Tips Over During Removal of Circular Street Sign Hanging at Post Oak and Westheimer [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Public Values Gulf Oil Spill Damage at $17.2B, Finds 7th Anniversary Commemorative Study [Bloomberg News; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the West Loop: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool