Meredith Deliso

• Amegy Bank Vacating 175K SF at Five Post Oak Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston the Nation’s Fifth-Best Market for Home Buyers, Finds Zillow [Houston Chronicle]
• Ten-X Lists Houston as the Country’s No. 1 ‘Sell’ Market for Office Real Estate [Houston Chronicle]
• Senator John Whitmire’s Astrodome Bill To Be Introduced Today [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Pelican Builders Opens Model Unit Inside the New Luxury Condo Tower The Wilshire Going Up Near the Galleria [HBJ]
• T.J. Maxx, Homegoods Coming to Brazos Mall’s Redeveloped Sears Space [HBJ]
• Dallas-Based Emler Swim School Entering Houston Market with Leases at Meyer Park and Clear Lake Marketplace [Houston Chronicle]
• Morningside Plaza Slated To Open Next Month in Front of New Rice Village Hopdoddy Burger Bar [Houston Chronicle]
• City Officials Question Funding as Houston’s Bike Plan Moves Closer to a Vote [Houston Public Media]
• Pew Study: More Than 1 Million Undocumented People Live in Houston and Dallas Combined [Texas Monthly]
• Galveston Declares Itself a ‘Welcoming City’ for Immigrants [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Gets Its Own Version of the ‘I Love You So Much’ Mural with a Taco Twist at El Big Bad [Culturemap]

Photo of Deer Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Luxury Condo The Sophie To Break Ground Near Memorial Park This Spring [HBJ]
• Caydon Property Group Securing Financing, Planning To Break Ground on Midtown Apartment Highrise Later This Year [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• A Preview of United’s New Terminal C North at IAH [Houston Chronicle]
• $25M Renovation Planned for Brazos Mall in Lake Jackson [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston ISD Opens $35.2M Delmar Fieldhouse [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin Chef Paul Qui Hints at Involvement with Pointy Restaurant Under Construction at 520 Westheimer [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Hughie’s Tavern & Vietnamese Grille Moving into Former Foreign Correspondents and Canard Space [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Field & Tides Opens in Former Zelko Bistro Space in the Heights [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• UH, South Texas College of Law Houston Head to Mediation This Month over Name Dispute [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of East Downtown: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Randall Davis Scraps Plans for Third Chateau Ten Luxury Condo Project in Houston [HBJ ($)]
• West U Home with Rock Climbing Gym Hits the Market for $3.1M [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Whiskey Bar Bosscat Kitchen & Libations Set To Open Near the River Oaks District Feb. 22 [HBJ]
• The Lost Cajun To Open First Houston Location in Humble in Mid-March [HBJ]
• Report: Customer Traffic into Quick-Service Restaurants in the Houston Area Will Grow by 8% through 2021 [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Now Has 2 Cactus-Themed Taco Joints with Opening of Sonora Cactus on Richmond Ave [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
• Pizza Franchise Your Pie Guesstimates More Than 20 Locations Eventually in Greater Houston Area [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Houston Hotel Operators Offering Services That Will Cater to Area Residents [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• I-45 Southbound Lanes Will Be Closed from Scarsdale to NASA Bypass This Weekend [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Castle Court: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Single-Family Home Sales Went Up Slightly Year-over-Year in January, Found HAR [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Apartment Market Facing a Sluggish Year as Demand Struggles To Keep Up with Supply [Houston Chronicle]
• Camden Property Trust Gives Declining Outlook for Houston Apartment Market in 2017 [HBJ]
• Atlanta-Based Law Firm Fisher Phillips in Negotiations To Lease Space in One Shell Plaza [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Stone Mountain Properties Has Acquired Beltway 8 Office Flex Center in Southwest Houston [HBJ]
• 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza Slated To Open Third Houston-Area Location Today in Katy [HBJ]
• Houston Texans Grille in CityCentre Has Closed for Some Reason [HBJ]
• Mayor: The Super Bowl Left Houston with a $350M Gain, and Good PR [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Memorial Villages Police Considering Installing ‘Virtual Gate’ of License Plate Reader Cameras [KHOU]
• Repairs Begin on Texas City’s Hurricane Levee [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• UH Exhibition Pays Tribute To Late Architecture Professor John Zemanek [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the former Houston Chronicle building: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Morgan Starts Construction on Whole Foods-Footed Mixed-Use Project Pearl Midtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Camden Property Trust Rents, Occupancy Down Year-over-Year in the Fourth Quarter [Houston Chronicle]
• Duke Realty Has Sold Sam Houston Crossing II to Buchanan Street Partners [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Based Neighbors Health Relocates Headquarters to Richmond Park Westchase [Realty News Report]
• CBRE: Houston’s Office Leasing Slowdown Reminiscent of Post-Enron Years [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Area Chef Tim Love Opening Woodshed in Levy Park [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Carlo’s Bakery of TV’s ‘Cake Boss’ Fame To Open New Kiosk Bakery in The Woodlands Mall Feb. 18 [Culturemap]
• Ryan Hildebrand’s 5-Year-Old Triniti Restaurant and Sanctuari Bar on S. Shepherd Has Closed [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston, San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin Ranked Among Best Cities To Live In by U.S. News & World Report [abc13]
• Houston Restaurants Saw a 31.5% Increase in Sales During Super Bowl Weekend, Finds Upserve [Thrillist]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bellaire H-E-B To Close March 13 To Make Way for 2-Story Replacement [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Has the Most New Home Communities in the Country [HBJ]
• Houston Homebuilder Plantation Homes Debuts $160,000 Home Inside Beltway 8 [HBJ]
• Houston-to-Dallas Bullet Train Start Date Pushed Back a Year to 2023 [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Restaurant and Drag Venue Chain Hamburger Mary’s To Debut in Montrose Feb. 24 [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Had a One-Day Rail Record of 109,500 Trips on Saturday [Houston Chronicle]
• Roughly 140K Out-of-Towners Visited Houston for Super Bowl Week [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Podcast: What’s the Next Big Thing for Transit in Houston? [The Urban Edge]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Ellipse-Footed Residential Tower Kirby Collection Tops Out [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Downtown’s Sam Houston Hotel Debuts New Restaurant and Bar [Houston Chronicle]
• Burger Chains, Upscale Barber Shops, and Movie Theaters Flock to Houston [HBJ]
• Soul Food Restaurant Sweet Times Now Open at 6356 Richmond Ave. [HBJ]
• Potente Opening Near Minute Maid Park This Week, Followed by Sister Outpost Osso & Kristalla Later This Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Wine-Record Store Vino & Vinyl Opening Second Houston Location in Sugar Land’s Town Square Next Month [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Top Golf’s Swing Suite in the Four Season Hotel’s Bayou & Bottle Bar Debuts [Houstonia]
• How ESPN Turned an Old Warehouse Near the Washington Avenue Corridor into a Super Bowl Party Space [Culturemap]
• Scenes from Across Houston on Super Bowl Game Day [Houston Chronicle]
• Super Bowl Shines Spotlight on Discovery Green’s Success Story [AP]
• Inside Lady Gaga’s $10,000 a Night Super Bowl Crash Pad, Courtesy of Airbnb [TMZ]
• ‘Be Someone’ Bridge Graffiti Changed, Then Restored, Yet Again [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• What Houstonians Think of Their Neighborhoods, According to American Housing Survey Data [The Urban Edge]

Photo of NRG Stadium and surrounding area: NASA

• Zillow: Houston Homebuyers Break Even in Just Under 2 Years [Houston Chronicle; report]
• Houston’s Retail Sector Has Shown Little to No Ill Effect from the Energy Downturn, Finds Weitzman Report [Realty News Report]
• The Most Expensive Houston Rental on HomeAway for This Weekend Is $10,000 [Houstonia]
• Downtown Hotels Running on Average $650 a Night for the Super Bowl, Finds Orbitz [HBJ]
• Typical Super Bowl Booking in Houston on Airbnb Is $150 Per Night [Houston Chronicle]
• A Breakdown of the Houston-Dallas Bullet Train’s Economic Impact [HBJ]
• In Texas, Houston Dominates the Most-Congested Roads List [The Urban Edge]
• Drake Opening Pop-Up Houston Strip Club The Ballet for Super Bowl Weekend [Houston Chronicle]
• How the Super Bowl Served as a Peacemaker Between Uber and Houston [AP]
• Was It Really Super Bowl LI That Brought About All These Improvements to Houston’s Landscape? [Houston Public Media]
• Highlights from the Forthcoming ‘Handbook of Houston’ Featuring Historic Bayou City Dwellers and Events [Houstonia]
• Why the NFL’s Super Bowl Economic Impact Studies Are So ‘Blatantly Dishonest’ [Bisnow]
• The Home of Super Bowl 2017 Is Also a Haven for Refugees [SB Nation]
• More Ways To Pretend the Super Bowl Isn’t Happening [Texas Monthly; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of US-59 Bridges: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• David Kline Acquires Mixed-Use Art Square Center in Midtown [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Still No Movement on Groundbreaking of Downtown Office Tower 6 Houston Center [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Marriott Westchase Wraps Up $20M Renovation [HBJ]
• Dining, Entertaining Options on the Rise in Lake Houston Area [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Houston Real Estate Expert: ‘The $200,000 House Is Going To Be Gone’ [HBJ]
• Will Houston Beef Up Its Flood Control Rules? [Houston Chronicle]
• National Construction Boom Exposes Shortage of Skilled Tradesmen, Threatening Homebuilding [Curbed]
• Club Nomadic Receives Necessary Permits for Inspections To Get Certificate of Occupancy by Later Today [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• A Look Inside Super Bowl Live’s Nightly Light Show in Discovery Green [abc13]
• The Best Places To Avoid During Super Bowl Week in Houston [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• ‘Be Someone’ Graffiti Is Now Back to Saying ‘Be Someone’ [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Experts: Houston Economy and Real Estate Market To See Better Times Ahead [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• In-N-Out Burger Closing on Multiple Sites for Entry into Houston Market [HBJ]
• Club Nomadic Had Not Yet Obtained Certificate of Occupancy 2 Days Before First Scheduled Super Bowl Events [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Hotels Won’t Be 100% Occupied over Super Bowl [Realty News Report]
• Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee: Houston Is Ready To Host the Summer Olympics [Houston Chronicle]
• How Many Super Bowl Guests Houston Should Actually Expect [Houston Chronicle]
• Rice Village Construction Blocks Morningside Dr. Restaurants During the Super Bowl [abc13]
• Houston Installs Its First Bike Box, on Holman St. in Midtown [Streetsblog Texas]
• These Are the Greenest Places To Work in Houston [abc13]

Photo of The Square at Memorial City Mall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Surge Homes Launching Midrise Condo Project The Isabella at Midtown on Main Street [HBJ]
• Dallas-Based Westmount Realty Buys 21-Building Houston Apartment Complex London Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Construction Begins on Third Retail Component in the Katy Green Mixed-Use Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Woodlands Job Growth Slowed Significantly in 2016, Finds The Woodlands Economic Outlook [HBJ]
• Economists: Senators Presented ‘Misleading’ Stats in Bid To Cap Texas Property Taxes [Dallas News]
• Sylvia Casares Closes Original Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen on Westheimer To Focus on Other 2 Locations [Houston Chronicle]
• Torchy’s Tacos Planning To Open 4 More Locations Around Houston This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• A Changing Houston Puts Its Best Face Forward as the Super Bowl Nears [Wall Street Journal ($)]
• How Sprawl, Transit, Lack of Common Spaces Influence Protester Turnout in Houston [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Richmond: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston ‘No Longer a Dirty Word’ Thanks to Cosmopolitan Makeover [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Houston’s Dramatic Transformation Since the Last Super Bowl [Houstonia]
• Medistar To Add Medical Office Building at Bay Area Regional Medical Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Bobby Heugel Quietly Opens New Formal Cocktail Bar Tongue-Cut Sparrow Downtown [Houstonia]
• Conveyor-Belt-Sushi Restaurant Kula Revolving Sushi Bar Headed to the Westchase District [Eater Houston]
• Fourth Houston-Area Location of Avalon Diner Planned Near the Energy Corridor [HBJ]
• New Schlotzsky’s Sandwich Shop To Open This Week Near Westlake Marketplace Retail Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Smokehouse Acquires Katy Land for Site of Third Houston-Area Restaurant [Houston Chronicle]
• Bacon Bros. Public House Opening First Houston Location Next Month in Sugar Land Town Square [HBJ]
• A Warmer January Helped Increase Restaurant Traffic in Houston, Says Planalytics [Houston Chronicle]
• Turner, HUD Clash Over Affordable Housing Policies [Houston Chronicle ($); more here; previously on Swamplot]
• Why Does Houston Seem So Young? [The Urban Edge]
• Inside Lucky Land, a Forbidden Gardens-Inspired Chinese Cultural Theme Park on Airline Drive [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Galveston City Council Approves Trolley Contract [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• The Most Dangerous Intersections in Houston for Drivers [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Midtown’s “Preservons la Creation”: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Slideshow: The 10 Highest-Selling Homes Sold in Houston in 2016, According to HAR [HBJ]
• JLL: Master-Planned Communities Drove Houston Retail Market in 2016 [Houston Public Media]
• Construction Starts in the Houston Area Fell 15% in 2016 to $15.4B [Houston Chronicle]
• Sam’s Club Opens in Valley Ranch Town Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Chris Shepherd’s Newest Concept One Fifth Debuts in Montrose [HBJ]
• Brasserie du Parc Opening Jan. 30 on Northern Lip of Discovery Green at Base of One Park Place [Houston Chronicle]
• Video: TPWD Sinks Old Ship Off Galveston Coast To Create Artificial Reef [abc13]
• Where the Anticipated $350M Generated by the Super Bowl Will Go [KHOU]
• Houston Bcycle Offering Free 1-Hour Rides Leading Up to the Super Bowl [Houstonia]
• The Upcoming Challenges of Fair Housing Efforts in Texas [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Local Foods Downtown: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bigger-Than-Usual Signs Popping Up Across Houston for the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Planned Road Closures Ahead of the Super Bowl [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Residents Waiting To See If Club Nomadic Really Goes Away [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• How Houston Wooed Its Way To Hosting Super Bowl LI [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look Back at Houston’s First Super Bowl in 1974 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston Office Market Vacancy To Increase to 20.1% by the End of 2017, Predicts NGKF [Realty News Report]
• 3 Woodlands Mansions Up for Auction in February [HBJ]
• Hughes Landing Restaurant Broken Barrel To Open Feb. 6 [HBJ]
• City Approves State Loan Request To Accelerate Flood Control Projects Along Brays Bayou [City of Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Considering New Bus Service in Northwest Houston Along West Little York Route [Houston Public Media]
• Greater South Post Oak/West Bellfort Coalition Petitioning for Ordinance To Prevent Daytime Sidewalk Sleeping [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Suburb Porter Among Leaders in Inbound U-Haul Moves in 2016 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Houston Winners in ULI’s Development of Distinction Awards [Realty News Report]
• Texas Ranks No. 10 in the Country for LEED Green Building Space in 2016 [Houston Chronicle]
• Discovery Green To Open Temporary Outdoor Roller Rink in March [abc13]

Photo of Brays Bayou: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool