Meredith Deliso

• Spear Street Capital, Transwestern Development Co. Officially Announce Acquisition of ExxonMobil Property Near Greenway Plaza [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• More Details on Tenants for Braun’s 2-Story Retail Project Planned by Former Fiesta Site in the Heights [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Deerwood Glen II Office Building in Deer Park Changes Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Approves Deal To Buy $13.8M Third Ward Property for an H-E-B [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• University of Texas Medical Branch Puts West Island Clinic Plans on Hold [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Senior Living Facility Heartis Clear Lake Opens in Webster [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Bike Plan Approval Delayed Several Weeks [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: Views from Houston’s New Residential Towers [HBJ]
• Yellow Cab Unveils New Uber-Like App Called ZTrip in Houston [HBJ]
• A Look at How Montrose Has Changed as a Gay Neighborhood [The Urban Edge]

Photo of the former Houston Chronicle building: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Building Formerly Known as 600 Jefferson Now Renamed 1801 Smith [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin Management Group Acquires 14-Story Office Building Northborough Tower in the Greenspoint Area [Realty News Report]
• Enbridge Moving Houston Operations from Downtown to Newly-Acquired Office Near the Galleria [HBJ]
• Report: Construction Costs in Houston a ‘Bargain’ at 10% Below National Average [Houston Chronicle]
• The Companies with the Largest Chapter 313 Tax Breaks in Houston [HBJ]
• KB Home Opens Westview Landing Neighborhood in Northwest Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas One of the Worst States for First-Time Homebuyers, Says Bankrate [Culturemap]
• Chinese Restaurant Yauatcha To Open in the Galleria’s ‘Jewel Box’ on March 29 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Hermann Park’s Clubhouse To Undergo $5.8M Renovation To Restore Historic Elements and More [abc13]
• Rice Art Gallery Closing To Make Way for a Rice University Welcome Center [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Potential Deportation Of Taqueria Gómez Food Truck Operator Spreads Fear In Southwest Houston [Houston Public Media]
• City Council Set To Vote Today on the Latest Version of the Houston Bike Plan [The Urban Edge]

Photo of the Kirby Collection: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s First Baptist Church Set To Close on 40K-SF Downtown Union Office Building [abc13]
• Luxury Sports Club in Downtown’s Allen Center Starts Multimillion-Dollar Renovation [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• SurePoint Self Storage Planning Facility in Pearland [Houston Chronicle]
• Breakfast Chain First Watch Opening Second Houston Location March 13 at 5503 FM 1960 [Houston Chronicle]
• The Republic Grille Planning a Third Restaurant in Montgomery County [Houston Chronicle]
• Christian Boutique Altar’d State Opening in Former Rice Village Starbucks Spot This Spring [Houston Chronicle]
• Sunnyside Residents Worried That Site of New Multi-Service Center in Landfill-Adjacent Sunnyside Park Is Polluted [Houston Press]
• What Houston Restaurants Sites Looked Like a Decade Ago, Courtesy of Google Maps [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Ramen Tatsu-Ya: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Housto Cost of Living Below U.S. Average, But Catching Up as Housing Becomes More Expensive [Houston Public Media]
• Housing Cost Burden for Extremely Low-Income Families in Texas Among the Worst Nationwide, Finds Report [Texas Housers]
• Caldwell Cos. Launches New Homebuilding Division Geared Toward Baby Boomer Buyers [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek at Museum of Natural Science’s Expanded Energy Hall [Houston Chronicle]
• Montrose Honky-Tonk Goodnight Charlie’s Eyeing Fall Opening [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• ‘Champagne-Fueled’ Restaurant a’Bouzy Opening at 2300 Westheimer [Eater Houston]
• House Property-Tax Measure Seeks To Curb Rising Rates [Houston Chronicle]
• Environmental Groups Sue Pasadena Refining System over Repeated Clean Air Act Violations [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Brays Bayou Floodplain To Shrink After Channel and Detention Pond Projects, Officials Say [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Lead Levels in Water at Some but Not All HISD Schools Now Down Below EPA Public Utilities Thresholds [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• U of H and South Texas College of Law Reach Agreement in Naming Dispute [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Texas City Trades Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside the Penthouses at The Carter in the Museum District, Which Start at $10,000 Per Month [HBJ]
• Ramen Chain Agu Plans To Open 3 Houston Locations by April [HBJ]
• Hopdoddy Burger Bar Officially Opens Rice Village Location to the Public on Monday [Culturemap]
• 288-Acre Farm Loam Agronomics Launches in Richmond [Houston Chronicle]
• The Winning Redesigns for Various East Downtown Streetscapes, from the Rice Design Alliance Charrette [OffCite Blog]
• Downtown I-45 Connector Ramp Closing Friday for 7 Months of Work [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Trying To Improve Its Standing as an Innovation Hub [Houston Public Media]
• Brookings Institute Ranks Houston the Second Fastest-Growing Economy in the U.S. [HBJ]

Photo of River Oaks Golf Course: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Renovated Downtown Office Tower 811 Louisiana Lands 4 Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• HAR: Top Houston Neighborhoods Where Home Prices Rose and Fell the Most in 2016 [HBJ]
• South Korea-Based Chicken Chain Vons Chicken Opening in Houston at 10020 Long Point Road [HBJ]
• City Council Approves ‘Special Parking Area’ for Montrose [Houston Chronicle]
• The Faux Sheep Grazing at GreenStreet, and Other New Amenities To Draw Visitors to the Development [Houstonia]
• Houston Winter Brings Record High Temperatures, Flooding [Houston Press]
• Texas Lands Near Bottom of U.S. News and World Report’s Inaugural State Rankings [HBJ]

Photo of Greenleaf Wholesale Florists in EaDo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Has the Most Sublease Office Space of Any Market in the Nation, Finds CBRE [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Education Agency Updates List of Houston Buildings Subject to Tax Recapture [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Co-Working Company WeWork To Open First Houston Location in Downtown This Year [HBJ]
• Katy ISD’s New $70M High School Football Stadium Will Be Called Legacy Stadium [HBJ]
• Tomball’s First Food Truck Park, 403 Eats, Gets Closer to Opening [Houston Chronicle]
• Residents Suing White Oak Music Hall Call for Hearing on the Venue’s Sound Permit [Click2Houston]
• Prohibition Supperclub & Bar’s New Split Identities [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Warns Roadway Capacity Won’t Meet Regional Mobility by 2050 [Houston Chronicle]
• Proposed Bill Would Create Statewide Toxic Emergency Alert System for Residents Near Chemical Plants [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Downtown Management District Launches 20-Year Planning Project [Houston Chronicle; more here]
• Dallas Investors Buy 1,516 Apartment Units Across 4 Communities in Houston [Realty News Report]
• 3 Retail Stores To Take Over Former Chippendale’s Antiques Space on 19th Street in the Heights [Houston Chronicle]
• Christie’s Re-Enters Houston Real Estate Market with New Affiliate [HBJ]
• $381M Luce Bayou Project Breaks Ground, Will Deliver 500M Gallons of Water a Day to Lake Houston [HKA Texas]
• Mayor To Announce New Plan To Address Houston Homelessness This Thursday [abc13]
• Largest Portable Ferris Wheel in the Western Hemisphere Coming to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo [abc13]
• Film Commission Wants To Convince Moviemakers To Shoot in Houstons [abc13]
• Texas Firefighters Ask People To Stop Flying Drones Near Wildfires [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Sawyer Yards: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Williamsburg Enterprises Acquires Retail Center the Renaissance Center Near the Medical Center [Realty News Report]
• Levy Park Reopens After $15M Reconstruction [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Trampoline Company Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park Leases Pearland Space [HBJ]
• Irma’s Southwest Grill Opening New Location Across the Street from Original on Ground Floor of Catalyst Houston [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Dairy Queen Planning 15 More Houston Locations over the Next 5 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• River Oaks Restaurant Cafe Ginger Relocating Nearby, Opening Second in the Galleria Area [Culturemap]
• Ed Emmett Responds to Calls for Nonspecific NRG Stadium Renovations [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Builders Watch for Fallout of Immigration Crackdown on Building Workforce [Houston Chronicle]
• Ranking Houston’s Services, Quality of Life [The Urban Edge]
• Kinder Institute Enlisting Volunteers Who Regularly Bike, Walk, or Use Transit for Study on Near-Miss Incidents [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Levy Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Inside the Completed Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Photos: Sneak Peek Marquette’s Catalyst Luxury Apartments Under Construction Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houstonians Need To Work 62.8 Hours Each Month to Afford Median Rent, Finds SmartAsset [Culturemap]
• Austin Bar Handlebar Planning Houston Location in Former GlassDoor Space on Wash Ave [Eater Houston]
• The Shoppes at Cinco Ranch Lands 3 New Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Austin-Based Twin Liquors Increasing Houston Presence with Planned Kingwood Location [HBJ]
• Old Bike Trail Along Sims Bayou Getting Refurbished [Houston Public Media]
• City Signs Another Contract To Start Getting Solar Power from West Texas Solaire Holman Plant, This Time in April [Houston Chronicle]
• Dickinson Bayou Still Has Unhealthy Levels of Bacteria [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Selfie-Stick Wielding YouTubers Sneak into Market Square Tower’s Cantilevered Rooftop Pool [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Shortcuts for Getting to the Galleria, Downtown, Hobby Airport, and Medical Center [abc13]
• Remembering Playland Park and Other Old Houston and Texas Theme Parks [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of a highrise near Hermann Park: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sudhoff Cos. To Restart Partially Built Condo Project Morningside Mansion Flats, Now Dubbed The Moderne Rice Village [HBJ]
• Ikea Distribution Center Near Port of Houston Changes Hands [HBJ]
• Indigo, M5 Midstream Expand Footprint in Downtown’s JPMorgan Chase Tower [HBJ]
• Houston Office Leasing Market More Diversified in 2016 as Energy Accounted for Only 18% of Leasing Activity [Realty News Report]
• Nassau Bay seeing Surge in New Homes, Businesses [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Katy-Southwest Saw the Most Home Sales in the Houston Area Last Year, According to HAR [HBJ]
• And Another Poke Restaurant, Poké Bar, Coming to Houston [Eater Houston]
• Burger Joint Balls Out Burger Planning to Open in Former Gas Station/Car Wash on N. Durham Drive [Houston Chronicle]
• Flying Fish Catfish Restaurant Isn’t Actually Seeking Permit To Fish in Buffalo Bayou [HBJ]
• Houston To Get Double Serving of Chicken Sandwich Concept Krisp Bird & Batter This Year [HBJ]
• Luv Me Tenders Chicken Food Truck Has Shuttered Brick-and-Mortar Location on Yale in ‘Unproven Location’ [Houston Press]
• Houston Considers Building a Campground for the Homeless [Houston Public Media]
• Harvard Grad Students Float Projects for Buffalo Bayou’s East Sector [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Weingarten Plans To Redevelop 2 Buildings Next to Its River Oaks Shopping Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Midtown Office Building at 1500 McGowen St. Sold to Davis Holdings [HBJ]
• Houston Single-Family Home Sales Fell 2.1% Year-Over-Year in January, Finds Re/Max [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Apartment Industry Braces for Another Slow Year [Houston Public Media]
• Crescent Communities Sells Master-Planned Community The Groves in Humble [Houston Chronicle]
• Canadian Home Builder Empire Communities Planning Woodforest Project in Montgomery County [Realty News Report]
• The Story Behind the Joseph Finger-Designed Mansion in Old Braeswood, on the Market for $2.5M [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston-Dallas Bullet Train Targeted by State Lawmakers’ New Bills [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Post-Super Bowl, Uber Says It Has Made No Plans to Leave Houston [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]
• The 12 Strangest Things To Happen on Houston’s Freeways, in Cartoon Form [Houstonia]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Owner of Greenway Plaza, Phoenix Tower Selling Nearly Half of its Interest in the Properties for $512.1M [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Office Tenants Seeking Close Proximity to Shops, Restaurants, Gyms [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• La Marque Saw the Greatest Growth in Average Sales Price, Transactions Last Month, Finds HAR [Houston Chronicle]
• Single Women Can Not Afford To Buy a Home in Houston, Finds RentCafe and PropertyShark Study [Culturemap]
• Snooze, an A.M. Eatery, Signs Lease at La Centerra at Cinco Ranch, Will Open Later This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Grilled Chicken Chain El Pollo Loco Expands to Webster [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Catfish Restaurant Flying Fish To Debut Later This Year in the Former Houston Tire Shop in the Heights [Houston Chronicle]
• German Grocer Lidl Planning Pearland Location in Addition to League City [HBJ]
• Work Underway for Potential June Opening on Galveston County Amusement Park Called Adventure Pointe with Year-Round Outdoor Ice Rink [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: Inside Downtown Private School Incarnate Word’s $15M Expansion [HBJ]
• Evelyn’s Park in Bellaire Slated to Open on April 22 [HBJ]
• Houston Drivers Wasted an Average of 51.6 Hours in Traffic Last Year, Finds Study [Click2Houston]
• Houston Falls in TomTom’s Latest Congestion Rankings as Job Losses Helped Ease Traffic [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Why Houston Remains Segregated [Texas Housers]
• How One Houston Homeowner Made Her Townhouse Flexible for Short- or Long-Term Paying Guests [Marketplace]
• Traffic Signal at Westcott and Memorial Misspells Street’s Name as ‘Westscott’ [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Drops on Marcus & Millichap’s National Ranking of Top Apartment Investments [Houston Chronicle]
• Davis Holdings Buys 2-Story Midtown Office Building at 1500 McGowen [Houston Chronicle]
• Sam Houston Crossing II Office Building Sold to Newport Beach, California-Based Buchanan Street Partners [Realty News Report]
• RigNet Leases New Energy Corridor Headquarters in Park Ten Plaza [Houston Chronicle]
• Shuttered Outback Steakhouse Near Meyerland Plaza Could Be Torn Down To Make Way for Retail Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Among U.S. Cities That Account for Growth of New Business Post-Recession [The Urban Edge]
• The 10 Houston Communities That Saw the Most New Home Starts in 2016, According to Metrostudy [HBJ]
• Astrodome Conservancy’s Ideas for Short-Term Dome Use Include Mock Stargazing, Art Shows, Festivals, Sporting Events [HBJ]
• New Valley Ranch Town Center Big-Box Tenants Include TJ Maxx, Burlington, PetSmart [HBJ]
• Suit Filed To Overturn Texas Statute That Protects Landlord Discrimination Against Section 8 Voucher Holders [Texas Housers]
• Montrose Management District Class Action Lawsuit Now in Federal Court [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin’s Ramen Tatsu-Ya To Open Houston Location Feb. 20 in Montrose [Eater Houston]
• Austin’s Kerbey Lane Cafe Planning to Expand to Houston [Culturemap]
• Austin Eateries Are Crowding Into the Houston’s Restaurant Scene [Eater Houston]
• Where Houston Felt the Effects of ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ [Houston Public Media]
• Riding Shotgun with an Uber Driver in Houston 2 Nights Before the Super Bowl [The MMQB]
• What Lead To Houston’s Great Snow of 1895 [Space City Weather]

Photo of the Astrodome: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• More Details on the 1.5-acre Swimming Pool Planned for Balmoral Subdivision in Humble [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Sales in Cross Creek Ranch Rose 13% in 2016 [Houston Chronicle]
• Canada-Based Empire Communities To Build Homes in Woodforest in North Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Votes To Support Nearly a Dozen Affordable Housing Projects in Houston After HUD Rebuke [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]
• Signorelli Starts Construction on Second Phase of Valley Ranch Town Center [Houston Chronicle]
• How Trump’s Economic, Immigration Policies Could Impact Houston’s Apartment Industry [HBJ]
• Local Lawmakers Want Taxpayers To Vote on Astrodome Renovations [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Tilman Fertitta’s New Galleria-Area Steakhouse Mastro’s Starts Construction [HBJ]
• Why Your Property Taxes Are So High in Texas [Texas Monthly]
• Houston Bracing for ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ [KHOU]
• Report: I-45 Bridge Heading South over Rayford and Sawdust ‘Structurally Deficient’ [abc13]
• Revamped, Tal’s Hill-less Minute Maid Park Starting to Take Shape [Fansided; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool