Meredith Deliso

• Zillow: Houston-Area Housing Stock Valued at $373B [Houston Chronicle]
• PMRG Closes on Midtown Site Planned for Apartments at 3300 Main [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• NexPoint Residential Trust Acquires 924 Apartments Across 2 Briargrove-Area Complexes [Houston Chronicle]
• These Leases Gave Houston’s Industrial Market a Strong Finish in 2016 [HBJ]
• Beaver’s Second Location Now Open in Former Westheimer Texadelphia Spot [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Restaurant Planned for Former Teala’s Mexican Restaurant at 3210 W. Dallas [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Lubbock-Based Abuelo’s Mexican Opening First Houston-Area Restaurant in Katy in February [Community Impact Newspaper]
• White Oak Music Hall Can Return to Outdoor Amplification For Now [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• MUD Taxpayers Left on the Hook for Developer’s Bankruptcy After Failed Northeast Harris County Project [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• The 6 Biggest Questions Facing Houston in 2017 [The Urban Edge]
• 3 Things To Watch in Houston’s Retail Scene in 2017 [HBJ]
• Slideshow: Transportation Projects That Will Shape Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Remembering the 3-Screen Basement Movie Theater The Greenway 10 Years After It Closed [Houston Press]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How Houston Is Reinventing Itself for the Super Bowl and Beyond [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Former Radio Holland Industrial Site in Southeast Houston Sold, To Be Redeveloped for Retail [Houston Chronicle]
• Texas Children’s Hospital Wrapping Up $50M Expansion at West Houston Campus [HBJ]
• Trulia: Median Starter Home Price in Houston in the Fourth Quarter Was $104,967 [Culturemap]
• Galveston County Project Adds 1.2 Miles of Beach to Bolivar Peninsula [AP]
• Major Shortage of Gulf Coast Refinery Maintenance and Repair Workers Expected in 2017 [Reuters]

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• Florida-Based Firm Acquires 324-Unit Vintage Park Apartments [Realty News Report]
• Toll Brothers To Launch Smaller, Cheaper Home Line in Tomball Next Month [HBJ]
• Ryan Lachaine’s Riel To Debut Next Week on Fairview [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Laurenzo’s-Branded Bar & Grill To Move Into Former The Republic Smokehouse & Saloon in Midtown [HBJ]
• Westside Tennis and Fitness Building Multimillion-Dollar, 1,200-Foot Lazy River at West Houston Club [HBJ]
• 97-Year-Old Wexler Jewelry Slated To Close Dec. 31 at River Oaks Plaza When Lease Is Up [HBJ]

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• Texas City Terminal Railroad Co. Buys 65 Acres in Kemah for $1.65M [Realty News Report]
• Former Second Ward Warehouse Being Developed into Co-Working-Oriented Hub of Shops and Businesses Dubbed EaDo Workspaces [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• SAE Towers Commits to Greenspoint, Renews 2,500-SF Office Lease in Four Greenspoint Place Building [Realty News Report]
• Chicago-Based Hotelier Buys Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Tomball [HBJ]
• Orangetheory Fitness Opens 10th Houston-Area Location with Webster Studio [Houston Chronicle]
• Day 1 Inside Biggio’s Sports Bar at the Marriott Marquis Downtown [Houston Chronicle]
• California Pizza Chain Persona Pizzeria Opening Second Houston Location at The Shops at Houston Center [HBJ]
• Houston in 2016, as Told Through 5 Maps [The Urban Edge]
• Minnesota Homebuilder Alive After Accidentally Firing Nail Gun into Head [Fox9]

Photo of EaDo: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Median Home Value Up 7% to $176K Year-Over-Year in November, Finds Zillow [HBJ]
• Houston’s High-Rise Apartment Rents Fell the Most Nationally in 2016, According to Realpage [HBJ]
• Marriott Marquis Downtown Opens Ahead of Super Bowl [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis Preleases More Space at 609 Main Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Maharishi Peace Palace in The Woodlands To Become Co-Working Space [HBJ]
• New Restaurants, Festivals Made 2016 the Year of Barbecue in Houston [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Can Houston Sustain All These New Performance Venues? [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Upscale Indoor Gun Club Brazos Shooting & Social Club Planned for Missouri City [HBJ]
• Debating Whether To Save a Detailed Model of The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Western Westheimer Could Be Test Bed for Automated Buses [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Council Approves Sale of Landmarked Heights Waterworks Land to Apartment Developer Alliance Realty Partners [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Foreign Correspondents Neighbor Canard Follows Suit, Closing Jan. 1 [HBJ]
• La Vista in Briargrove To Close in the Spring, Reopen Somewhere Else in Houston [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek at 5 Out of the 6 Restaurants Opening in the Marriott Marquis Downtown Monday [Eater Houston]
• Downtown Houston I-10 Entry Ramp Closed Until Mid-January for Emergency Repair [Houston Chronicle]
• A Look at C3’s Efforts To Lessen Exploitation of Texas Construction Workers [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of Aris Market Square reflection: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Harris County Commissioners Select Kirksey Architecture To Design Astrodome’s Basement Parking Garage [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Rent Grew 1.6% Year-Over-Year in November, Finds Yardi Matrix Report [Houston Public Media]
• Foreign Correspondents Closes After Founding Chef Departs, Treadsack To Redevelop Space [Culturemap]
• Carlo’s Bakery of ‘Cake Boss’ Fame Opening Somewhere in Houston in Spring 2017 [Eater Houston]
• Houston’s First Poke Restaurant, Ono Poke, To Open Early Next Year in Montrose [HBJ]
• Energy Corridor Dutch Junctions Underway, Should Be Completed by the Spring [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Discovery Green: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Apartment Rents Dropped 3.7% Year-Over-Year in November, Finds Axiometrics [Realty News Report]
• Local Foods To Open Fourth Location in Downtown’s Former Byrd’s Department Store on Main Street [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Hugo Ortega and Tracy Vaught’s Restaurant Xochi To Debut Inside Marriott Marquis Downtown Next Month [Eater Houston]
• Northpointe Shopping Center Planned Next to Silverado Theater in Tomball [HBJ]
• Karbach To Build $4.5M Warehouse at Karbach Street Facility in Wake of AB-Imbev Sale [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Greater Houston Partnership: The Worst is Now Over for Houston’s Economy Amid Steady Job Growth [Houston Public Media]
• The Reasons Why Hundreds of Houston Homes Are Still in Need of Ike Repairs [Houston Public Media]
• Bill Signed by Obama Aims To Expedite Ike Dike Study on Houston Hurricane Flooding Protection [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Hermann Square: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Photo Tour through Hanover Montrose Apartment Tower [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• More Than 100 Homes So Far Sold at Hillwood Communities’ Master-Planned Community Pomona in Manvel [Realty News Report]
• Checking in on the George R. Brown Convention Center Renovations So Far [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Near the Galleria Sold to Undisclosed Buyer [HBJ]
• Dumpling Restaurant Planned for Former el Tiempo Parking Lot at 223 Westheimer [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Ridership Declined in November, Affected by Unemployment Rate [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• White Oak Music Hall Ordered To Pull Plug on Outdoor Amplified Music Until Dec. 30 [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Residents Raise $7,500 Bond Through Garage and Bake Sale To Enforce Restraining Order Against White Oak Music Hall [Houston Chronicle]
• El Campo Home Claiming Largest Swimming Pool in the World On the Market for $3.5M [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• 8 Years Later, Ike-Damaged Roof Repaired for South Houston Resident Through City’s Blue-Tarp Program [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou Park: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• First Look Inside Downtown’s New Marriott Marquis Hotel Opening Next Week [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Food Bank’s ‘End Hunger’ Building Off I-45 in the Heights Sold [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Apartment Rents Among the Slowest Growing Nationally, Finds RENTCafe [HBJ]
• Fusion Taco To Open Second Houston Restaurant in the Heights in January [Houston Chronicle]
• Luxury Men’s Clothing Store Established Bespoke Coming to Downtown’s The Jones on Main [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Fitness Facility Yoga Athletex To Debut in Spring Branch in January [Houstonia]
• Uber To Remain Operating in Houston At Least Through the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Reggae Hut Cafe: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Up 22.7% to 5,706 Year-Over-Year in November, Finds HAR [Realty News Report]
• Developer Long Lake Acquires 549 Acres in Rosenberg for New Residential Community [HBJ]
• Kroger-Anchored Village at Riverstone To Break Ground in Fort Bend County Community Riverstone Next Year [HBJ]
• First Public Performance at $84M Arena Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land This Sunday [Culturemap]
• Car Vending Machine Carvana Now Open Off Katy Freeway [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Germany-Based Grocery Store Lidl Planning League City Location [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• How Rising Federal Reserve Interest Rates Would Impact Houston Homebuyers [HBJ]
• Mapping the Character of a City [The Urban Edge]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Economy Expands for Second Straight Month, Finds The Purchasing Managers Index [Houston Public Media]
• Why Rising Property Values in Texas Don’t Lower School Property Tax Rates [The Texas Tribune]
• More Housing Geared Toward Nation’s Growing Boomer Population Needed, Finds Harvard University Study [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Simon Property Group’s Galleria IV Wing in Remodeled Former Saks Fifth Avenue Store [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Downtown Taco Spot Dizzy Kaktus Now Open in Historic Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Academy Sports + Outdoors To Buy Naming Rights for Katy ISD’s Future Football Stadium [Houston Chronicle]
• Replicas of ‘Be Someone’ Overpass, Astrodome, Space Shuttle Among Winners in AIA Gingerbread Build-Off [HBJ]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• A Look Back at Some Notable Condo Projects Claimed by the Energy Downturn This Year [HBJ]
• CBRE: Houston’s Retail Market is 94% Occupied [HBJ]
• Morningstar Adds Houston Properties to Real Estate ‘Watchlist’ [Houston Chronicle]
• Predicting the Good, Bad and Ugly of Houston Realty for 2017 [Realty News Report]
• White House Look-Alike Sterling Mansion in Morgan’s Point Sold at Auction [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Hawaii-Based Agu Ramen To Open Third Houston Location in Former Christian’s Tailgate Bar & Grill This Month [HBJ]
• Spring Branch Beer Bar The Branch To Open in Otilia’s Spot in March with Full Liquor License [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• What A Few Houston Restaurants Looked Like Nearly a Decade Ago, as Captured by Google Street View [Houston Chronicle]
• What’s Next For Houston’s Bike Trail System [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Delays Push Seawall Improvements to the Spring [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of the future Cemex HQ: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Overall Houston Apartment Rents Fell 0.7% Year-Over-Year in 2016, According to MPF Research [HBJ]
• Why Developers Aren’t Building Affordable Apartments in Houston [HBJ]
• 13 Restaurants and Bars Opening in 8-Block Stretch Near Discovery Green Ahead of the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle]
• Longtime Galleria-Area Restaurant Arcodoro to Renovate, Rename Itself Arcodoro by Efisio [HBJ]
• Dallas-Based Franchisee Planning To Open 8 More Dunkin’ Donuts in Houston [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Greater Houston Partnership Predicts Healthcare Growth, Energy and Construction Job Losses in 2017 [Houston Public Media]
• New Yale Street Bridge in the Heights To Open 10 Months Ahead of Schedule in February [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• White Oak Bayou Trail Closes Gap in Bike Trail Network [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside the Buffalo Bayou Cistern’s Digital ‘Rain’ Exhibit [It’s Not Hou It’s Me; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of “Rain” by  Madgalena Fernández at the Cistern: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Market’s Sublease Space Glut Has Decreased Slightly for the First Time in 2 Years [Houston Chronicle]
• 4 Houston Multifamily Projects Totaling 1,067 Units Sold to Dallas-Based Knightvest Capital [Realty News Report]
• Hilton Homewood Suites Planned for Memorial City Area [HBJ]
• Construction To Start Next Week on Beer Market Midtown [HBJ]
• Hungry’s To Debut Second-Story Bar and Lounge at the End of This Month in New Rice Village Space [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin-Based Barbershop Finley’s Planning To Open at Least 2 Houston Locations Next Year [HBJ]
• Houston’s B-Cycle Bike-Sharing Program Gets OK To Grow To More Than 100 Stations by 2018 [Houston Public Media]
• What The New Head of Harris County Flood Control Thinks About Houston’s Recent Flooding [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Rothko Chapel’s Newly Restored ‘Broken Obelisk’ Now Back at the Reflection Pool [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Few Residents Leaving Houston Despite Oil Slump, Finds Abodo [HBJ]

Photo of Woodland Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool