Meredith Deliso

• SLS Properties  Picks Up Bellaire Atrium I and II Buildings [Houston Chronicle]
• Amid Store Closures, Investors Eyeing Houston’s Hurting Malls [HBJ ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Houston-Based Bel Furniture To Open New Showroom, Distribution Center in Transwestern’s West Ten Distribution Center [HBJ]
• Today’s Apartment Renters Want Smart Appliances, Package Dropoff Services, Find UH Researchers [Houston Chronicle]
• 5-Acre Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire Opening Tomorrow on Former Tea’s Nursery Site [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• TxDOT’s  Katy Fwy. Pavement Project To Provide Spring Valley Village Residents Some Noise Relief [Houston Public Media]

Photo of the University of St. Thomas: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Houston Commercial Real Estate Market ‘Slower But Not Sluggish’ [Houston Public Media]
• Warehouses the Hottest Niche in Houston’s Recovering Real Estate Market [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Whitestone REIT Plans To Buy Uptown-Area Mixed-Use Development Blvd Place, Build Additional Phase [Realty News Report]
• PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans To Add 9 Locations to Houston Area [HBJ]
• Agu Ramen Coming to Sugar Land Town Square in Next Few Months [Houston Chronicle]
• Katz’s Deli and Bar To Replace Katz’s Express in The Woodlands [Eater Houston]
• Metro Looks at How To Provide Buses Outside Its Service Area [Houston Public Media]
• The Woodlands the 6th Best City To Live in America in 2017, According to Data Site Niche [Houston Chronicle]
• American Lung Association Ranks Houston Among the Most Polluted Cities in the United States [Click2Houston]
• Residents Frustrated with Illegal Dumping in Northeast Houston Neighborhood [KHOU]
• Why Mosquito-Borne Illness Is Becoming More Common in Texas [New York Times; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the Post Oak: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 2 Buildings in Pineway Business Park in Northwest Houston Sold [Realty News Report]
• Austin-Based PPA Group Buys Citation North Apartment Homes in North Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Rate of New-Home Sales On Par with the National Average, Finds Meyers Research [Houston Chronicle]
• Sneak Peek Inside StreetLights Residential’s 17-Story Apartment Project The Ivy [HBJ]
• How Much You Need To Make To Live Comfortably in Houston [Culturemap]
• The Creek Group Opens Fifth Concept, Piggy’s Kitchen & Bar, in River Oaks Area [HBJ]
• Cherry Pie Hospitality To Debut New Seafood Restaurant Star Fish Any Day Now in the Heights [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Just How Much Money Do Bernadine’s and Hunky Dory Owe? [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• State Senate Approves Bill To Prohibit Bans on Short-Term Rentals in Texas Cities [Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Jerry’s Artarama: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Grand Central Park at Former Camp Strake Site in Conroe To Hold Grand Opening April 22 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Where Houston Has East Coast Levels of Density [The Urban Edge]
• Service Industry Workers Getting Priced Out of Downtown Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Sugar Land Retail Center First Colony Commons Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• Florida Investors Buy Humblewood Center Near Deerbrook Mall from Weingarten Realty [Houston Chronicle]
• Tradition Senior Living Planned on Buffalo Spdwy. To Feature 316 Units, Open in Late 2018 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• H-E-B-Anchored Junction at Deer Park Adds New Retail Tenants [HBJ]
• Title Boxing Club Franchise To Add 7 to 10 Locations in Houston over the Next 3 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s First Cat Cafe, El Gato Coffeehouse, To Debut at Some Point Next Month [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• New Orleans Steakhouse Doris Metropolitan To Take Over Former Triniti Space on S. Shepherd [Houston Chronicle]
• Scottsdale-Based Restaurant SumoMaya Opening in River Oaks This Summer [Eater Houston]
• How White Oak Music Hall Hit a Series of Flat Notes with Its Northside Neighbors [Houstonia]
• New 4-Lane Extension on Park Row Connects Energy Corridor Drivers to the Katy Freeway Managed Lanes [Houston Public Media]
• Video: How CoStar Surveys Houston to Update Its Database of Local Office Buildings, Shopping Centers, and Warehouses [Houston Chronicle]
• The Most Popular Landscaping Trends for 2017, According to Houzz [Culturemap]
• The Story Behind Beaver’s David Adickes-Designed Big Brown Beaver [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• At Rummy’s Beach Club, a Private 1-Acre Dog Park and Pool in Spring [Houstonia]
• East Montrose Home Tour and Art Walk This Saturday [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Confessions of a Houston Ghost Tour Guide [PaperCity Magazine]
• A Comic Book Character for Houston [Houstonia]
• Deal Over Trump-Branded Dallas Hotel is Dead [Dallas News]

Photo of the Sabine Street Bridge: BOldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Foreclosure Rate 52% Below the Average Pre-Recession Rate, Finds ATTOM Data Solutions [Houston Chronicle]
• Concerns Rise About Downtown Houston’s Affordability During Urban Land Institute Conference [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• BHGRE Gary Greene To Move River Oaks Office To Larger Location 2 Blocks Away [Houston Chronicle]
• Red Wing Shoe Co. Has Relocated To Larger Building in Southwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Briargrove Staple La Vista Relocating to Former Pizza Hut in Lazybrook/Timbergrove [Culturemap]
• Florida-Based Ice Cream Chain Twistee Treat Aiming To Open 40 to 50 Houston Spots in the Next 5 Years [HBJ]
• Video: What It Was Like To Ride Astroworld’s Roller Coaster Greezed Lightnin’ [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Critical Mass March: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Skanska’s Capitol Tower Now Going Up, with Bank of America Confirmed as  Anchor [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Home Sales Up 11.7% Year-Over-Year in March, Finds HAR [Houston Chronicle]
• The Profile of an Average Texas Homebuyer, According to Texas Association of Realtors [HBJ ($)]
• Airbnb To Collect the 6% State Hotel Occupancy Tax Starting May 1 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Buc-ee’s Building What Its Hails as the Largest Car Wash in the World in Katy [HBJ]
• Houston City Council Bans Panhandling, Public Encampments for the Homeless [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Jerry’s Artarama: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Real Estate Folks See ‘Missed Opportunity’ in Cancelled UT Data Science Plan [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Influx Of Money Reshaping East Houston [Bisnow]
• Lennar Joins Lineup of Homebuilders in Humble Community The Groves [Houston Chronicle]
• Torchy’s Tacos To Open in Westchase Next Month [HBJ; previously on Swmaplot]
• Louie Mueller Barbecue Shifts from EaDo to Energy Corridor for Potential Houston Outpost [Culturemap]
• Houston Economy Continues Modest Growth with Latest Purchasing Managers Index Above Neutral [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Among the Top 10 Cities in the U.S. for Attracting Millennials, Finds Mover Mayflower [HBJ]
• Houston Still in the Dark on Chemical Stockpiles [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• More on the Texas Bill That Could Make It Easier To Demolish Historic Buildings [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Galveston Proposing Bus Service Cuts To Keep Island Transit Afloat [Houston Public Media]
• Former KHOU Anchor Lily Jang Going into Real Estate with Turner Mangum [HBJ]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: Houston Office Market Vacancy Hits 22-Year High [Realty News Report]
• Helen in the Heights Opening Today in Recently Shuttered Arthur Ave Italian American [Houston Press]
• Dollar Express To Close All Nationwide Stores, Including 6 in Houston Area [HBJ]
• How Southwest Houston Apartment Complexes Are Accommodating Refugees [The Urban Edge]
• Why ‘Informal Housing’ Could Be on the Rise [The Urban Edge]
• Downtown District’s Art Blocks Public Art Program Extended To Remain on View at Main Street Square Through December [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Levy Park: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• SmartAsset Names Houston Among the Top Cities for First-Time Homebuyers [Houston Chronicle]
• 11-Story Anadarko Tower in The Woodlands Imploded on Sunday [abc13]
• America’s Retailers Are Closing Stores Faster Than Ever [Bloomberg]
• Industry Experts Predict Houston Restaurant Closures Will Continue Throughout the Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Red Ox Bar & Grill Near Northside Closing April 15 After 3 Years [Culturemap]
• TCISD To Demolish Remaining Vacant La Marque Schools [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Recommended Guidelines for Building in the Heights Historic Districts Unveiled [The Leader]
• Houston BCycle To Expand to 104 Stations with More Than 900 Bikes by the End of Next Year [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Video: The View from Market Square Tower’s 40-Story-High Swimming Pool [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Tour the Houston Ship Channel Without All the Toxic Details [OffCite Blog; previously on Swamplot]
• Hacking Blamed for All 156 of Dallas’s Emergency Sirens Going Off Early Saturday [Dallas News; more here]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Kemah City Council Commits $1.1M to Downtown Renovation [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• $10M Renovation to Galleria-Area Building 5718 Westheimer To Include 2-Acre Green Space [Realty News Report]
• Kroger Marketplace Has Opened in the Valley Ranch Town Center [HBJ]
• 7-Eleven Coming Back to Houston Through $3.3B Deal with Sunoco [HBJ]
• Millennials Fare Financially Better in Texas Than Most Americans, Finds JLL Report [Culturemap]
• A Sort-Of Fond Farewell to the Old Houston Chronicle Building, Now Gone for Good [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Part of U.S. 290 HOV Lane Will Close Starting Friday for Construction [Houston Public Media]
• In Defense of the Urban Freeway [Urban Edge]

Photo of the San Jacinto Monument: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Stonelake Capital Partners Developing Luxury Retail Center in Uptown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Saw a 3.6% Annual Drop in Rents in the Fourth Quarter, Finds John Burns Real Estate Consulting [Houston Chronicle]
• Capitol Tower Could Be Finished with ‘Core and Shell’ Construction in 18 Months [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• First Tenant Sets Move-In Date for Downtown’s 609 Main [HBJ ($)]
• More Dense Development Could Be in the Works for Chevron Campus in Bellaire [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Bills Targeting Houston-Dallas Bullet Train Pass Texas Senate Committee [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• 14 Houston-Area Stores Closing as Part of Payless Shoesource’s Bankruptcy Process [HBJ]
• Theory Opening Second Houston Location in May at the River Oaks District [HBJ]
• Downtown Subterranean Food Hall and Beer Garden Conservatory Getting New Vendors [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Lubbock-Based Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant First Houston-Area Restaurant Lands in Katy Next Month [Eater Houston]
• Salata Opening 29th and 30th Houston-Area Locations This Week [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston’s Solar Use Lags Behind San Antonio, Austin, Finds Environment Texas Report [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Lynn Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Space Vacancy Rose for 9th Consecutive Quarter, to 20.9%, Finds JLL [Houston Public Media]
• CenterPoint Plans To Boost Transmission Infrastructure, Petrochem Industry, To Meet Growing Power Demands in Freeport [HBJ]
• Former Venterra Realty President Launches Houston-Based Hilltop Residential [HBJ]
• Austin’s Tacodeli Opening April 11 at 1902 Washington [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• King’s Biergarten To Debut Second Houston-Area Location on T.C. Jester This Month [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
• Architect Group ByDesign Shares Ideas for Houston, from Hyperloop Lines to Empty Surface Lot Uses [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Thai Cottage Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Dallas-Based Performance Properties Makes First Houston Apartment Acquisition [Houston Chronicle]
• Transwestern Tapped To Lease Energy Corridor Office Building One Park 10 [Houston Chronicle]
• Fashion Retailer Bebe To Close All 4 Houston-Area Stores [Houston Chronicle]
• Upscale Uptown Park Tex-Mex Restaurant Anejo Has Closed After 2 Years [Culturemap]
• A Third Halal Guys Planned for Houston with Westchase District Location [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Dallas and Austin Restaurants, Confirmed or Rumored, Coming to Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Project To Turn Gravel Lot by Avondale into Park Awarded $1M Grant [Houston Public Media]
• Texas Senator Announces Plan for Managing the Maintenance and Operations of the Ike Dike [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Uptown: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Prologis Picks Up 4 Distribution Warehouses Totaling 809,196 SF in West by Northwest Industrial Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Where Houston’s Rising Retail Market Is Gaining the Most Traction [HBJ]
• Why Are Grocers Gobbling Up Houston Real Estate? [Food Dive]
• The Sportsy Features Designed To Highlight the 500 Crawford Apartments’ Proximity to Minute Maid Park [Realty News Report]
• More on Bethany United Methodist Church’s Proposal To Build a Senior Apartment Complex in Its Parking Lot [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Co-Working Space TechSpace Opening New Westchase Location This Month [Commercial Property Executive]
• BHGRE Gary Greene Inks Lease in River Oaks Collection [Houston Chronicle]
• Opinion: Plans for Proposed UT Houston Data Science Center Should Be Reconsidered [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• The Attempt To Bring Super Neighborhood 15, Covering Greater Heights, Back to Life [The Leader]
• How Texas Ranks Among the Most Innovative States, According to WalletHub [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Spire Houston: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Buys Underwood Distribution Center in LaPort, Rebrands It Independence Logistics Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown’s Nearly Empty 500 Jefferson Office Building Trades Hands [HBJ ($)]
• Value of Houston Construction Starts Rose 17% Year-Over-Year in February, Finds Dodge Data & Analytics [Houston Chronicle]
• Castex Energy Leases Office Space at Downtown’s Three Allen Center [CoStar]
• You Can Rent That Alexan Heights House Where a Skeleton Was Found for $1,600 a Month [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• What Could Houston Roads, Parks, And Buildings Look Like in the Future? [Houston Public Media]
• Safety of Drinking Water in Alief a Growing Concern [Click2Houston]

Photo of Miller Outdoor Theater: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool