Meredith Deliso

• Amazon Announces Plans To Open 1M-SF Distribution Center in Katy [HBJ]
• Woodbine Development Corp. Breaks Ground on Marriott CityPlace in Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• Median Monthly Rent for 1-Bedroom Houston Home in the First Quarter was $1,210, Finds Zumper [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston Hotels Raked in Nearly $8M During Spring Break [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Michelin-Starred Teahouse Yauatcha Lands in the Galleria [Eater Houston]
• Austin-Based Gelato Shop Dolce Neve Opening First Houston Location Today in the Heights [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• UT’s Abandoned Houston Land Deal Might Have Housed Data Science Center [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Astros Host Grand Opening of Minute Maid Park’s Renovated Center Field [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• TxDOT To Start Tearing Down the Elysian Viaduct Next Week [Houston Public Media]
• City Extends Civility Ordinance to South Post Oak Neighborhood [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Kirby Grove: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hopdoddy Burger Bar Opening Third Houston Store, Located at Vintage Park Shopping Center, on April 25 [Houston Chronicle]
• Midtown’s Cali Sandwich To Close Today, Move Across the Street to Former Crave Sushi Space [Houston Press]
• Ike Dike Gets Support of Texas Senate [Houston Chronicle]
• League City To Pitch in $1M to Build Hike-and-Bike Trails [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Energy Corridor Office Building Energy Crossing II Goes Platinum on Efficiency [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: What Some of Houston’s Landmarks Looked Like While Under Construction [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston the Second-Most Unhappy City in Texas, According to WalletHub Study [HBJ]

Photo of Levy Park: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s Construction Industry Tackles Labor Shortage [Houston Public Media]
• Sawyer St. Area Emerges as “Creative Hub” for Houston [Click2Houston]
• Houston Music Landmark in the Fifth Ward That Recently Housed the Charity Baptist Church Razed [Houston Chronicle]
• Greystar Starts Preleasing “Active Adult” Apartment Community Overture Tanglewood [HBJ]
• These Amenities Don’t Bring in Higher Apartment Rents in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• BHGRE Gary Greene Houston Top Sales Office Nationwide for Franchise [Houston Chronicle]
• Braun Enterprises to Lease Out 18th Street Pizza Hut To New Restaurant [Houston Chronicle]
• Fire at Big Daddy’s BBQ in State Highway 6 Strip Mall Caused by ‘G’ in Marquee Sign [Houston Chronicle]
• Sneak Peek at Next Month’s Heights Association 2017 Spring Home & Garden Tour [HBJ]
• Half-Hour Documentary on YouTube Takes a Look Back at AstroWorld Through Historical Footage, Pictures [Houston Press]

Photo of Lynn Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developers Delivered 1,555 New Apartment Units Downtown in 2016, Finds Central Houston Report [HBJ]
• Inside the Renovation of the 107-Year-Old Star Bottling Works, AKA Warrant Building, in the Warehouse District [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• 8-Acre Public Garden with Restaurant, Event Space To Break Ground Next Month in Cypress [HBJ]
• East Downtown Restaurant Nancy’s Hustle Opening This Fall at 2704 Polk [HBJ]
• Houston’s Noisiest Areas, as Mapped by the Department of Transportation [Houston Chronicle]
• The Latest on the Artist Drawing Heights-Area Houses [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
• Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar in the Heights Reopens Under New Ownership [The Leader]

Photo of shuttered Macy’s at Northwest Mall: Brent Oldbury via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Zillow: Houston Home Values Up 4.5% Year-Over-Year in February to $175,200 [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Rent Growth Hottest in Jacinto City, Cloverleaf, Channelview, Pearland, Inwood [Bisnow]
• Houston Had Record Number of Visitors in 2016 with 20.5M People [Houston Public Media]
• Senior Living Facility Houston Heights Tower Has Completed $12M Renovation [Realty News Report]
• Can ‘Stilts’ Make a Comeback in the Inner Loop? [Realty News Report]
• Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital To Open This Month [HBJ]
• Five Houston Post Offices Off Chopping Block, Energy Corridor Facility Still Under Review [Houston Chronicle]
• Unlicensed Club and  Possible Crimescene Club Life in Midtown Shuttered by Harris County [Houston Press]
• House of Pies Opening a Third Houston Location on the South Side [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Food Hall Conservatory Replaces Ramen Shop Samurai Noodle with Poke Concept Moku Bar [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro’s $13M Dispute with Light Rail Train Builder Continues [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Local Artists Depict Pearland’s Historic Landmarks in New Mural [abc13]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Chase To Keep Some of Its Property near Heights Waterworks for New Branch Building [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Targa Resources Signs Major Lease Across 4 Floors at 811 Louisiana Downtown [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Johnson Downie To Move from BG Group Place to 609 Main [HBJ]
• Photos: Cranes Over Houston, March 2017 Edition [Houston Streetwise]
• Slideshow: Tour Hines’ Luxury Apartment Tower The Southmore in the Museum District [HBJ]
• Sushi Burrito Restaurant U’Maki Opening at Vintage Market Plaza Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Passes New Bike Plan [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Galveston Officials Lay Out Plans for Trolley-Like Buses [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston Named a Top City for Millennial Homebuyers by Realtor.com [Culturemap]
• 3 Off-the-Radar Things To Do in Houston [Houstonia]

Photo of Spring Branch: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Single-Family Home Permits in Houston Totaled $387M in February, Down 17% from Year Earlier [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Rent Growth Down 3.3% in February, Finds Axiometrics [Houston Chronicle]
• Baker Katz Acquires 2 Acres Near Baybrook Mall to Develop 2 New Restaurants [Houston Chronicle]
• 67-Year-Old Bellaire Town Center To Be Redeveloped, Expanded [Realty News Report]
• More on That Experimental-Target-Anchored Retail Center Next to the Grand Parkway in Aliana [HBJ]
• The Benefits of Class B and C Office Buildings [Bisnow]
• Texas City Amusement Park Adventure Pointe Moves Forward with Construction Plans [HBJ]
• Nanobrewery 160ft Beerworks Opening Downtown on April 1 [HBJ]
• The Ivy & James Set To Open May 1 in Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire [Houston Chronicle]
• Neighbors of White Oak Music Hall Ask City for List of Investors in the Venue [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• How Much Houston Families Save By Living in the Suburbs [Culturemap]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Crane Pops Up at Construction Site of Skansa’s Delayed Capitol Tower Downtown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Housing Authority Breaks Ground on Mixed-Income Complex in Independence Heights [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Topped Nation in Housing Permits Authorized Between 2010 and 2016, Based on Census Bureau Data [Forbes]
• Houston Apartment Market Ranked the Riskiest Nationally for Multifamily Investors by MPF Research [HBJ]
• New Target Store Prototype To Debut near Richmond in October [Houston Chronicle]
• King’s BierHaus To Open in the Heights Next Month [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Report: Houston Has Lowest Number of Farmer’s Markets Per Capita Compared to Austin, Dallas, San Antonio [HBJ]
• How Drones Are Used in Houston’s Oil and Gas Industry [Click2Houston]
• In a City Where Bigger Is Better, Can Houston Build a Startup Scene? [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Hotel Boom in Dallas, Houston, and Austin Driven by Corporate Relocation, Population Growth [New York Times ($)]

Photo of Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• New Hope Housing Sells Downtown Property to Astros Owner, Moving to New Second Ward Facility [Realty News Report]
• ‘Blair House’ Mansion in Village of Grogan’s Mill To Be Auctioned Off on April 8 Starting at $2M [HBJ]
• Work Begins on Converting Heights Waterworks Site into Midrise Apartments [The Leader; previously on Swamplot]
• The Priciest Homes in 5 Prestigious Houston-Area ZIP Codes [Houston Chronicle]
• Kemah Takes First Step Towards Possible Convention Center [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Apogee Brewing Co. Planning To Open Inside the Loop Next Year [HBJ]
• Chobani Café Now Open in The Woodlands’ New Walmart [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• JCPenney’s Houston Stores Spared Amid Dozens of U.S. Closings [Houston Chronicle]
• Skater-Designed Skatepark The Station Debuts in Southwest Houston [abc13]
• Report: Harris County No. 1 in Texas for Tourism Economic Impact [HBJ]
• IAH Ranked as Top US Destination for Airport Dining [Culturemap]

Photo of the Astrodome: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Still a Majority Homeowner City, with 44% of Residents Renters, Finds Abodo [HBJ]
• What You Can Rent for $2,000 in Central Houston vs. in the Suburbs [Houston Chronicle]
• 811 Louisiana and the Enduring Appeal of a Louisiana Street Address in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park Leases Space in Pearland for Fifth Houston-Area Location [Realty News Report]
• Peli Peli Outpost Peli Deli Soft-Opening March 20 Downtown on First Level of Esperson Building [Houston Press]
• Bacon Brothers Public House Opens in Sugar Land [abc13]
• Details on the Changes Underway on Post Oak Boulevard [BisNow; previously on Swamplot]
• Some Old Photos of Houston That Depict Downtown, Astrodome, and More [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Gus Wortham Memorial Fountain: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Inside Third Palm Capital’s Updated Plans for Republic Square on Former West Houston ExxonMobil Campus [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Add More Grocery Stores Than Any Other State Last Year, Finds JLL [Houston Chronicle]
• What the Fed Interest Rate Hike Means for Houston Homebuyers [HBJ]
• McKinsey & Co. Relocating Houston Office from 5 Houston Center to 609 Main [HBJ]
• Architecture Firms Imagine Remodeling Sections of 1600 Smith into ‘Office of the Future’ Prototypes Through Brookfield DesignHive Contest [HBJ]
• Dallas Chef John Tesar Opening Steakhouse Knife in Unnamed Houston Hotel [Eater Houston]
• State Senate Budget Rider Could Prevent TxDOT from Doing Any Work Related to Planning, Building, or Operating Bullet Trains [The Texas Tribune]
• Long-Awaited Bus Line Connecting Galveston, Texas City, and Houston Moves Forward [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Revised Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Estimates Say Greater Houston Added Only 200 Net Jobs in 2015, Not 15,200 [Houston Public Media]
• Travis Scott: Houston Needs a Monument To Celebrates Artists Like Himself and Beyonce [abc13]
• Slideshow: Tours That Show Off the Coolest Parts of Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Has Highest Office Vacancy Rate in the Nation, Finds Marcus & Millichap Report [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Continues To Be a Top Choice Among Home Investors [Houston Chronicle]
• How Foreign Investment Fuels Hyper-Gentrification [The Urban Edge]
• City Officials Want To Transfer Ownership of Ashton Villa to Galveston Historical Foundation [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• More About 17-Story Luxury Senior Housing Community The Village of Southampton to Go Up Next to Robinhood Condo Tower [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Some 70,000 Bees Removed from Floor of Fort Bend County Home [abc13]

Photo of Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Amazon Eyes West Houston for 1M-SF Distribution Center Along I-10 [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• HFF Secures $65M in Financing for Retail Portion of CityCentre [Houston Chronicle]
• Northwest Mall Closing 45 Out of 50 Stores on March 31 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Grand Morton Town Center Lands Taco Bell, Whataburger, McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A [Houston Chronicle]
• Year-Old Little Liberty in Rice Village Has Closed, Will Be Replaced by Island Grill [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Next Chapter of Montrose Management District Lawsuit Likely To Be Resolved by End of May [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Podcast: Understanding Houston’s Affordable Housing Crisis [The Urban Edge]
• State Senator, Environmental Group Call for Investigation into Halls Bayou Dioxin Waste Pits Near Hitchcock [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Local Artist Develops Houston-Themed Emoji App [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Lynn Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Pelican Builders Closes on Half-Acre for The Revere Near River Oaks [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark Reopens Following 11-Month, $2.7M Renovation [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Sheldon Independent School District To Break Ground on New Campus Near Generation Park [HBJ]
• Third Beer Market To Open in Houston Next Year in the Heights [HBJ]
• Gander Mountain Latest Sporting Goods Store To File for Bankruptcy, Will Close 3 Houston-Area Stores [The Dallas Morning News; previously on Swamplot]
• South Texas College of Law Houston To Keep Houston in Name, per Settlement with UH [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Recommendations for Design Guidelines for Heights-Area Historic Districts To Be Shared This Month [The Leader]
• Metro Considers Repainting Trains, Adding Reflective Stripes and Warning Signs Following Recent Round of Collision Concerns [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• No-Parking Zone Mistakenly Pops Up in Front of Houston Home [abc13]
• Houston Among the Best 15 Cities for Renters in 2017 [Forbes]

Photo of Aris Market Square: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• MetroNational To Break Ground on 327-Unit Rental Apartment Midrise Near Memorial City Mall [Realty News Report]
• For Some Developers, Houston’s Apartment Glut Signals Time to Build [Houston Chronicle]
• Jones & Carter Signs Lease for 27,025-SF Office in Sierra Pines II in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Has One of the Lowest Rates of Underwater Properties in the Country, Finds Mortgage Report [Houston Chronicle]
• Randalls To Close Distribution Center in Northwest Houston [HBJ]
• New Version of Helen Greek Food & Wine To Replace Arthur Ave Italian American in the Heights [Culturemap]
• City Council OKs Funding To Replace Ellington Airport’s Hurricane-Damaged Air Traffic Control Tower [HBJ]
• Do the Costs of Property Tax Reform Outweigh the Benefits? [Houston Public Media]
• New Brays Bayou Bike Trail Features Lane for Golf Carts [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: The Biggest Lake Home Markets in the  Houston Area [HBJ]
• The Top 10 Most Expensive Homes for Sale in Texas, According to PropertyShark [Culturemap; direct link here]

Photo of Memorial Gateway: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool