Meredith Deliso

• New Listings Going as Much as $30,000 a Night for Houston’s Super Bowl Rental Market [HBJ]
• Four Seasons Wrapping Up Major Renovations Ahead of the Super Bowl [Click2Houston]
• The Super Bowl Returns to a Transformed Houston [New York Times]
• Houston at Super Bowl 2004 vs. Houston at Super Bowl 2017 [Click2Houston]
• Street Artist Sebastien “Mr. D” Boileau Gives His 5-Story ‘Preservons la Creation’ Mural in Midtown a Super Bowl Makeover [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Among First Cities for Wal-Mart’s New Car-Buying Program [HBJ]
• Why Parkway Is Betting on Co-Working Space in Houston [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• New Houston Home Market Facing ‘Speed Bumps’ Before Possible Expansion in 2018 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Spring Branch Central the ‘Hottest’ Neighborhood in Metro Houston for Real Estate This Year, Predicts Redfin [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Permitting Center Overhauling Website to Offer All Services Online [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Kinder Institute Rolling Out New Houston Urban Data Platform [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Greenway Plaza: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• NextDecade Leases 1,000 Acres at Shoal Point in Texas City To Build Natural Gas Facility [Realty News Report]
• Hanover Rice Village Apartment Complex Valued at $91M [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Gulfton, Park Place Hottest Houston Neighborhoods in 2017, According to Zillow [Culturemap]
• U of H President Renu Khator Appointed to Board at Camden Property Trust [Houston Chronicle]
• 8 New Restaurants Revealed for United’s Terminals C South, E at IAH [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Restaurant Pair Lucky Sushi Bar and Green Ceviche Opening Side-by-Side at 12555 Westheimer Road This Summer [HBJ]
• By the End of 2017, Checkers & Rally’s Restaurants Looks To Have 30 Locations in the Houston Area [Houston Chronicle]
• What if Houston Floods During the Super Bowl? [Houston Press]
• Houston’s Air Quality Improving, but Asthma Disparities Persist [The Urban Edge]
• The Ultimate Guide to Buffalo Bayou Park [Houstonia]
• How Houston Escaped a Huge Oil-Related Recession [Houston Chronicle ($)]

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• Post Oak Energy Capital Acquires Office Building in Uptown [Houston Chronicle]
• Thompson Hotels Plans To Open in Allen Pwky. Mixed-Use Highrise Development Around 2020 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• AVERA: It’s Getting Harder To Find Land in Deer Park, Pasadena, and La Porte for Industrial Development [Realty News Report]
• Westchase District Could Support up to 7,000 New Class A Apartment Units [HBJ]
• A First Look at Houston First’s Houston 2200 Plan for Convention Attracing [Bisnow Houston]
• Houston Listings on Airbnb Increased 50% from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1 Ahead of the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Metro Planning Shuttle Bus Blitz To Carry Super Bowl Visitors [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Inside the A.D. Players’ New Theater Opening in the Galleria Area Next Month [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• The Rice Box Opening First Standalone Location Jan. 28 in the Heights with ‘Blade Runner’-Inspired Design [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Greenway Coffee Company Owners Bringing Coffee Shop Prelude Coffee and Tea to 609 Main St. Lobby Later This Month [Culturemap]
• Houston’s Fourth Pluckers Wing Bar Opening in Cypress Next Year [HBJ]
• The Biggest Reasons Why Houstonians Move: Better Homes, Better Neighborhoods, Better Commutes [The Urban Edge]
• Google Maps Time-Lapse Video Shows How Big Houston Has Gotten Over the Past 30 Years [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the George R. Brown Convention Center: Jesus Jimenez via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bank of America’s Skanska Tower Lease Negotiations ‘Not Welcome News’ to Downtown Houston Landlords [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Martin Fein Interests Planning Luxury Apartments Near Lake Houston [HBJ]
• Howard Hughes Corp. To Begin Building Creekside Park Apartments in The Woodlands [HBJ]
• Horizon Homes Joins Lineup of Builders in Valley Ranch Community [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Premium Outlets Adds a Dozen New Retailers and Restaurants [HBJ]
• White Oak Music Hall Injunction Hearing Continues [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• The Four Seasons’ Lobby Bar Bayou & Bottle from Richard Sandoval Opens Saturday [Houstonia]
• Zipcar Launching in Midtown on Jan. 23 Ahead of the Super Bowl [HBJ]
• ‘Tree of Life’ Mural Wraps Up Around Capitol Tower Parking Garage Downtown as Part of Pre-Super Bowl Spruce-Up [Houston Chronicle]
• Citizen Survey Ranks Crime, Flooding, Potholes at Top of Houston Services Priority Lists [Houston Chronicle]
• Web Cams Offer Real-Time Views of Galveston Bay Water Conditions [Houston Public Media]
• Invasive Freshwater Plant Water Hyacinth Washing Up in Mounds Along Galveston Seawall [abc13]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Aerial Video Captures Severity of January Storms at 610 and North Braeswood [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Meyerland-Based Citizens Group Calling for Creation of a Regional Body To Control Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• Residents Urged To Boil Water after 69th St. Wastewater Treatment Plant Overflows [KHOU]
• Houston Rents Down 3.9% Year-Over-Year in December to $1,052, Finds Axiometrics [Houston Chronicle]
• Hakimee Real Properties Acquires Manufacturing Facility Near Houston Intercontinental Airport [Realty News Report]
• Is Annexation a Feasible Solution for the City of Houston as State Budget Faces Fiscal Constraints? [The Urban Edge]
• Texas Jeweler James Avery Opening New Houston Store Feb. 1 at Westlake Marketplace in the Summerwood Area [Houston Chronicle]
• Rose Gold Cocktail Lounge Takes Over the Former Tarakaan Space in Midtown [Culturemap]
• Mexican Chain Fajita Pete’s To Open New Restaurant in Katy This Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Is Houston the NFL’s Best Super Bowl Host City? [Forbes]

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

• Mitsubishi Caterpillar To Break Ground Soon on Facility in Conroe Industrial Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Motel 6 at Hobby Airport Trades Hands, New Owner To Add Rooms [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Homebuyers Need To Put Down a Little More Than Half of Their Annual Salary for a Down Payment, Finds Zillow [Culturemap]
• Gus Wortham Park Golf Course Slated To Close Friday To Begin First Phase of $14M Renovation [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside KPRC’s New Station, Under Construction in the Parking Lot Behind Its Soon-To-Be Former Station [Mikemcguff.com]
• Kiran’s Slated to Reopen in New Home on Richmond Ave. Today [Houstonia]
• 5 Home Technology and Design Trends in Houston’s Luxury Market [HBJ]
• Flash Flood Warning Issued for Parts of Greater Houston This Morning Amid Heavy Rain [Houston Public Media]
• Houston BBB Warns of Roofing Scams Following Tornado in Harvest Bend Neighborhood [KHOU]

Photo of a Knollwood Village spec house: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Gupta Partners Buys 9-Building Beltway 8 Industrial Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Rockler Woodworking Opening Second Houston Store in NewQuest Properties’ Spring Town Center [Houston Chronicle]
• White Oak Music Hall Books First Post-Restraining-Order Outdoor Lawn Show of 2017 for May 20 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Westchase District’s Multi-Million-Dollar Plan To Encourage More People to Bike To Work [Houston Public Media]
• This Briarmeadow/Tanglewilde Subdivision Home Will Be Featured on an Upcoming Episode of HGTV’s ‘House Hunters’ [abc13]
• Meyerland Homeowner Says Group Broke onto Property, Drained Pool and Turned It into a Skate Park for the Third Time [abc13]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Bellaire Officials Considering Rezoning 28-Acre Chevron Campus [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Cheek-Neal Preservationist David Denenburg To Take Over Restoration of Schlumberger Building in the East End [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Randalls To Close Katy Location at 525 S. Mason Sometime in February [Houston Chronicle]
• Dick’s Sporting Goods Opening in Former Sports Authority Spots in Pearland, Galleria Area Later This Year [HBJ]
• Houston Economy Saw Expansion for Third Month in a Row in December, Finds Purchasing Managers Index [Houston Public Media]
• Why Creative Office Space is On the Rise in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• A Last Look at the Murals Adorning the Doomed Myrtle B, Fonteno Building in Midtown [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
• The Most Underrated Bars in Houston, According to Local Bartenders [Thrillist]

Photo of the Port of Houston: James Ray via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Developers Expected To Build and Open Nearly 5M SF of Retail Space in Houston in 2017 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• JLL To Market Kirby Collection Offices to Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Beltway 8 Corporate Centre III Backfills Vacancy with 3 New Leases, Back to 100% Occupancy [HBJ]
• Russell Reynolds Associates Relocating Downtown Offices to New 609 Main Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Medical Center Embassy Suites Hotel Expected To Break Ground This Year [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Alamo Drafthouse To Anchor Last Phase of LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch [Culturemap]
• Heights Mercantile Leases Space to Retailers Saint Lo Boutique, The Gypsy Wagon, and Marine Layer [Culturemap]
• Killen’s Barbecue Considering Opening Second Houston Location in Sugar Land, Katy, or Inside the Loop [Culturemap]
• A Renovated Jamail Skatepark Did Not Actually Reopen in October as Previously Announced [Houstonia]
• City Council Officially Votes To Change Dowling St. To Emancipation Ave.[Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Law Schools University of Houston, South Texas College of Law Houston Reach Potential Impasse in Name-Change Dispute [Houston Chronicle]
• Broadway St. Landscaping Near Hobby Airport Finished Just in Time for the Super Bowl [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Discovery Green: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• HP To Build New Campus on 12 Acres in Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• First-Phase Tenants of East Village Development Confirmed as Truck Yard, Rodeo Goat, and Poku [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Peli Deli To Take Over Murphy’s Deli Space in Esperson Building for 9 Months Starting in March [Houston Press]
• How Chris Shepherd’s New Restaurant Is Taking Houston to New Heights [Tasting Table; previously on Swamplot]
• Rice Village District To Launch New Parking Plan with Storefront Meters, 36% More Free Parking Next Month [HBJ]
• Kinder Foundation, H-E-B, Houston Endowment Commit $2M to Emancipation Park Conservancy [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How To Legally Rent Out Your Home for the Super Bowl [Click2Houston]

Photo of Niels Esperson Building: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• About 3.4M SF of New Office Space Underway in Houston with 45% Preleased, According to PMRG [HBJ]
• Columbia Property Trust Sells All Houston Office Properties for $272M [Realty News Report]
• Co-Working Space Called Headquarters To Open in Converted EaDo Warehouse in February [Houston Chronicle]
• First Model Home Goes Up in Texas City’s Lago Mar Development [Houston Chronicle]
• Montrose Property Owners File Another Lawsuit Against Montrose Management District [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Concerns About Fair Housing Mount as ‘Opportunity Index’ Tax Credit Guidelines Change [The Urban Edge]
• Long-Delayed Green Line Set To Open Wednesday with Free Rides Until Jan. 22 [Houston Chronicle]
• More Bricks Destroyed in Historic Freedmen’s Town [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Texas Had a Net Gain of 107,689 Residents in 2015, 4% Higher Than in 2014, Finds Texas Association of Realtors [HBJ]
• Hundreds of Stunned Turtles Recovering from Cold Weather Across Texas [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of Saturday’s freeze: Swamplot inbox

• Bank of America In Talks To Anchor Skanska’s Unbuilt Capitol Tower Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• NewQuest Crosswell Planning 150K-SF Retail Center in Kingwood [Realty News Report]
• ‘The Downturn Seems To Be Over,’ Says Texas A&M University Real Estate Center Chief Economist [HBJ]
• Houston Fails To Make List of Top U.S. Cities for Foreign Investors — Again [Houston Chronicle]
• How Revitalization Programs Slowly Impact Houston Neighborhoods [Housing of Houston]
• California-Based Juice Bar Chain Juice It Up! Looking To Expand in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look at Temporary 3-Story Super Bowl Venue Club Nomadic So Far [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s 8 Greatest Vantage Points for Dramatic Downtown Skyline Views [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of the San Jacinto Monument: Swamplot inbox

• LyondellBasell Taking Its Houston Refinery Off the Selling Block [Fuel Fix; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: The New Highrises That Will Reshape Houston’s Skyline in 2017 [Houston Chronicle]
• Riverstone and Aliana Among the 20 Top-Selling Communities Nationally in 2016, According to RCLCO [Houston Chronicle]
• The Department Store ‘May Very Well Be Dead’ as Mixed-Use Developments Are the Future of Retail [Bisnow]
• J. Black’s Feel Good Kitchen & Lounge on Wash Ave To Close [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How Lake|Flato and Studio RED Made MATCH’s Open-Air ‘Street’ Appealing in Houston’s Heat [The Architect’s Newspaper; previously on Swamplot]
• Atlas Van Lines Classifies Texas as a ‘Balanced State’ with 53.5% of Moves Inbound [HBJ]
• How Houston’s Looking One Month Out from the Super Bowl [Bisnow; previously on Swamplot]
• A Portion of I-10 Will Be Closed This Weekend for Bridge Repair Work Downtown [Houston Public Media]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Construction Starts Down 40% Year-Over-Year in November to $766.7M, Finds Dodge Data & Analytics [Houston Public Media]
• The Case for Natural Drainage Systems in Houston-Area Land Development Projects [Realty News Report]
• Gateway Southwest Industrial Park in Missouri City Signs First Tenant [HBJ]
• HISD Opens $72M New Campus for Aviation Magnet High School Sterling with Airplane Hangar [HBJ]
• Construction To Start This Month on Roka Akor Steak, Seafood & Sushi in First-Floor Retail Space in 2929 Weslayan [HBJ]
• Chobani Café Opening First Houston-Area Location in The Woodlands, Per Craigslist Job Post [Eater Houston]
• CityCentre in West Houston Getting New Restaurant, Boutique and Showroom [HBJ]
• League City Mixed-Use Development Pinnacle Park Adds Ohio-Based PizzaFire [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Macy’s To Close Greenspoint, West Oaks Mall, and Pasadena Town Square Stores This Year [abc13]
• The Real Story Behind the Closing of Foreign Correspondents [Houston Press]
• How Houston Is Coping with Population Growth and Demographic Changes [BBC via Houston Chronicle]
• Orkin Names Houston Among the Most Bed Bug-Infested Cities in the Country [Houston Chronicle]
• How a Fresh Look at Street Design Could Help Prevent Pedestrian Deaths in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Finding History in Bellaire’s Evelyn’s Park [Offcite Blog]
• 5 Graphs That Describe Houston in 2016 [The Urban Edge]
• The Restaurant Industry Bubble Is About To Burst [Thrillist]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool