Meredith Deliso

• University of Houston System Completes Purchase of 46 Acres for New Mall Ring-Road Campus in Katy [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Transwestern: Medical Center, Montrose, Downtown Have Most Apartments Under Construction in Houston [HBJ]
• Houston Has Fifth-Largest Number of Wealthy Apartment Renters Nationwide, Finds RENTCafé [HBJ]
• Houston the No. 1 ‘Sell’ Market in the U.S. for Industrial Investors, According to Tex-X LLC [HBJ]
• Affordable Housing Property Cleme Manor Apartments in the Fifth Ward To Get $41M Renovation [Houston Chronicle]
• Ruggles Green Close To Signing a Lease at Vintage Marketplace [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Raising Cane’s Opening 23rd Houston-Area Location in Kingwood Tomorrow [Houston Chronicle]
• Austin’s Ramen Tatsu-Ya To Open First Houston Location in Montrose [HBJ]
• Houston Economist Bill Gilmer Predicts 2017 Will Be Slow But Still Better Than 2016 [Realty News Report]
• These Charts Show Poverty’s Startling Spread Across Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Texas Nationalist Movement Still Working with State Legislators To Draft Bill for Secession [Dallas News]

Photo of 8th Wonder: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Flat in October as Prices Set Records, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Nearly Half of Houston Apartment Residents Considered Rent-Burdened, Finds Abodo [HBJ]
• Will President Trump Be Good for the Texas Oil and Gas Industry? [Dallas News]
• Houston-Based Shoreline Energy LLC Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy [HBJ]
• How the Oil Price Plunge Has Affected Houston’s Local Businesses [Energy Voice]
• Lawsuit Alleges City Work Caused $2M in Damages to Mansion Near River Oaks [Houston Chronicle]
• Mattress Mack Lost $10M on Election Night Bet [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 12,300-SF Medical Office Building in Southeast Houston Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• Austin-Based PPA Group Acquires First Houston Apartment Project [Realty News Report]
• Rosewood Estates Developing Hamilton Park Townhome Community Near Memorial Park [Realty News Report]
• 45 Apartments Damaged in Fire at The Hampstead at Museum District [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Second Houston Location of The Halal Guys To Debut Nov. 19 in Vintage Marketplace [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Viking-Themed Restaurant Ship & Shield Opening in Former Byzantio Space in Montrose [Culturemap]
• Heights Dry Zone Voters Overtun To-Go Alcohol Sales Prohibition [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Ranks No. 2 Behind Dallas in Nationwide Housing Starts in the Third Quarter, According to Metrostudy [Realty News Report]
• Shadyside Mansion on National Register of Historic Places Still on the Market for $18M [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• La Porte White House Look-Alike Sterling Mansion To Be Auctioned Off in December [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Scenes from Shake Shack’s First Day in Houston [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside Houston’s Latest Flotation Therapy Center, Now Open in the Galleria Area [HBJ]
• Minority Applicants More Likely To Be Denied Mortgages in 2015, Finds Zillow Report [Houston Chronicle]
• There Has Been a Fatal Traffic Crash in Texas Every Day Since Nov. 7, 2000 [Houston Public Media]
• TRIP Gives Houston So-So Marks for Its Road Conditions in National Rankings [Houston Chronicle]
• Memorial City Mall To Unveil 4,000-SF Green Area Dubbed The Square at Memorial City on Nov. 12 [HBJ]
• Former Houston College of Law Will Now Go By South Texas College of Law Houston [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Golfsmith To Close 4 Stores in Houston During Bankruptcy [HBJ]
• North Texas Upscale Community Trident Lakes To Feature Underground Bunkers [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Shake Shack at the Galleria: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Office Vacancy Rate Rose to 17.1% in Third Quarter, Up from 14.5% Last Year, Finds Colliers [Realty News Report]
• CBRE’s 2017 Outlook for Houston’s Commercial Real Estate Market [Realty News Report]
• In the Past Year Stone Mountain Properties Has Acquired $60M in Houston Office Properties [HBJ]
• Protected-Landmark-Designated Heights Pumping Station Property To Be Sold to Undisclosed Buyer [The Leader]
• Video: Peek Down From at Market Square Tower’s 40th-Story Clear-Bottomed Pool [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Spring-Based Residential Real Estate Brokerage Re/Max Integrity Opens Second Office in Willis [HBJ]
• Texas Junk Company Closes for Good in Montrose [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Why Shake Shack Landed in the Galleria [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Exploratory Oil Drilling Project Near Lake Houston Ends [Houston Chronicle]
• Metro, Yellow Cab Houston, and Zipcar Offering Free Rides to the Polls on Election Day [abc13]

Photo of Central Station Main: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Park Ten Center in the Energy Corridor Now 100% Leased [HBJ]
• Shake Shack Plans To Open a Third Houston Location by 2018 [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Cordúa Restaurant Group To Replace Woodlands Americas with a Churrascos [HBJ]
• Houston Pedestrian Deaths ‘Dramatically Going Up’ But HPD Can’t Explain Why [Houston Chronicle]
• I-45 Downtown Shutdowns Will Cause Traffic Mess for the Next 4 Weekends [Houston Chronicle]
• I-10 Restriping Project To Reduce Lane Width from Beltway 8 to West of Highway 6, Add Lanes at Exit Ramps [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Bankrate Ranks Houston Among Worst U.S. Metros for Building Wealth [HBJ]

Photo of Richmond Ave.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• About 15% of For-Sale Listings, 17% of Rentals Marked Down in Last Year in Houston, Finds Trulia [Houston Chronicle]
• Griffin Partners Sells 6-Story Office Property 12603 Southwest Freeway in Stafford [Realty News Report]
• Newland Communities Unveils Master-Planned Community Elyson in Katy [HBJ]
• American Cancer Society To Break Ground on New Hope Lodge in the Med Center Next Year [HBJ]
• H-E-B Breaks Ground on Baytown Store Near San Jacinto Mall [HBJ]
• Aldi To Open Lake Jackson Store on Nov. 17 at 206 Highway 332 East [HBJ]
• Hawaii-Based Agu Ramen Opening First Houston Restaurant This Month at 1809 Eldridge Pkwy. [Houston Chronicle]
• Grilled Cheese Concept The Melt To Make Houston Debut This Month at The Lawn at Baybrook Mall [Eater Houston]
• Rebuilt Cleburne Cafeteria ‘on Steroids’ To Have Bigger Kitchen, Patio, Private Dining Room [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Poor Neighborhoods on the Rise in Places Like Baytown, Galena Park, Greenspoint, Gulfton, Finds Rice [KHOU]

Photo of Havel Ruck Projects’ “Sharp” at 6822 Rowan Ln.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas Association of Realtors Finds Houston Home Sales Slowed Down in Third Quarter [HBJ]
• Greenspoint District Has Changed Its Name to the North Houston District [HBJ]
• State Awards Houston $25.4M to Defray Cost of Putting on the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle]
• Fifth Location of The Union Kitchen Announced Inside Elan Memorial Park [Eater Houston]
• Chef Chris Shepherd Puts Out Teasers for January Steakhouse Opening on Instagram [Eater Houston]
• Homeowners Threaten To Sue Over Pearland ISD’s $220M Bond Proposal [Houston Press]
• Where Have All the Inner Loop Dive Bars Gone? [Houstonia]
• Art Installation Opening in Cistern Next Month Will Project Video on the 221 2-Story-Tall Columns [Houstonia]
• Iconic Giant Crab Statue To Return to Roof of Gaido’s Seafood Restaurant This Week [Galveston County Daily News]
• How Donald Trump Gives His Buildings Extra Height [New York Times ($)]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• M Kidd Properties Marketing 20-Acre Medical Center Plot Picked Up by Saint Nicholas School Earlier This Year [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Ravago Americas Planning 1.5M-SF Campus in Baytown’s TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park [Realty News Report]
• Catalyst Houston Apartment Tower Near Minute Maid Park Tops Out [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Greystar’s Elan Heights Apartment Community Opens in the Heights [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• The Clubs at Houston Oaks’ New Tennis Facility Among Amenities Including a Shooting Range, Petting Zoo, Treehouse [HBJ]
• Rice: Houston Housing Value Predicted To Go Up $7,945 for Every 1% Increase in High School Graduation Rates [Rice News]
• Co-Working Space The Work Lodge Opening Second Houston Location in The Woodlands Next Year [HBJ]
• Cost of Katy ISD Football Stadium Tops $70M [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Luxe International Retailers Love Houston’s River Oaks District Even Though It Feels Empty [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Can the Kingwood Greenbelt Serve as a Model for Houston’s Bike Plan and Bayou Greenways Initiative? [OffCite Blog]
• Ninja Ramen Dressed Up Like Anvil Bar & Refuge for Halloween [Eater Houston]

Photo of Hotel ZaZa in Memorial City: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Camden Property Trust: 23K New Apartment Units To Open in Houston This Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Archie W. Dunham To Develop Master-Planned Community in Cypress [HBJ]
• Free Rent, Gift Certificates Among Landlord Lures at New Houston Residential Towers [Houston Chronicle]
• How the Role of Office Brokers Are Changing in Houston During Record Sublease Glut [HBJ]
• Houston Area Leads the Nation in Retail Development Activity, According to JLL [Houston Public Media]
• Kriser’s Natural Pet Store To Open Next Month in Braun’s W. Gray River Oaks Collection [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Baker Hughes To Merge with GE Oil & Gas in $32B Deal [Fuel Fix]
• An Aerial Look at the Marriott Marquis Houston Downtown’s Texas-Shaped Lazy River Island [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• The 5 Best Moments from Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ Visit to Houston [Eater Houston]

Photo of Shell Deer Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• September Saw Nearly $1.5B Worth of New Houston Construction, Down 24% from Year Before [Houston Public Media]
• The Woodlands’ Class A Market Vacancy Increased to 12.8% in Third Quarter, Finds Colliers [HBJ]
• 6 Hotels Proposed or Under Construction in Shenandoah [Realty News Report]
• So Far The 305-Unit Luxury Tower The Carter in the Museum District Has 25 Leases [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• The Features of Successful Active-Adult Apartments, According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Raising Cane’s Opening 22nd Houston Restaurant on Nov. 1 on South Rice Avenue [Houston Chronicle]
• Main Street Taco Concept Taking Shape in Former Nit Noi Space Downtown [Houston Streetwise]
• The 44 Most Exciting Houston-Area Restaurants Opening Before the Super Bowl [Culturemap]
• Metro Approves Reliant Park Light Rail Station Name Change to Stadium Park/Astrodome [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• New 20-Year Master Plan Being Developed To Guide Hermann Park Improvements [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of San Jacinto monument: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Transwestern: There Is a High Demand for Class B and C Apartment Assets in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston-Based NAI Partners To Acquire $100M of Class B Buildings in Texas [HBJ]
• Predicting the Direction, Vision, and Influences of Houston’s Future Growth [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• McKinley Development Co. To Break Ground on Mixed-Use Community in Cleveland [HBJ]
• Houston Falls into Bottom Half of ULI’s List of Real Estate Markets To Watch [HBJ]
• Biggio’s Sports Bar To Debut Next Month at Downtown’s Marriott Marquis [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Total Wine & More To Open First Houston Location Near Willowbrook Mall [HBJ]
• Breakfast Restaurant Snooze Opening 3 More Houston Locations in Cinco Ranch, Town & Country Village, the Heights [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• How Houston Has Become a More Diversified Energy Capital [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Bicyclists Rally in Support of Houston Bike Plan at City Hall as Council Prepares To Vote on Proposal Soon [Houston Press]
• Houston College of Law To Decide on New, Non-Conflicting Name Next Week [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s High-Poverty Areas Have Quadrupled Since 1980 [Rice University]

Photo of the Fred Hartman Bridge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Available Houston Office Space Hits 20.7% in Third Quarter, According to NAI Partners [Houston Chronicle]
• Rise Communities Almost Done with Phase I of Brazoria County Master-Planned Community Meridiana [HBJ]
• Fixer-Upper Listings Increased 96% in Houston from 2011 to 2016, Finds Zillow [Houston Chronicle]
• New Kingwood H-E-B Opening Today Across the Street from Old Kingwood H-E-B [HBJ]
• White Oak Music Hall Has Now Obtained Construction Permit To Build Outdoor Stage [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Ed Wilson on His Controversial Convention Center Sculpture [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]
• Signs Unveiled for New Galveston Causeway Name, The George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of Charlie Chaplin statue by David Adickes: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Greenspoint Retail Center West Road Collection Sells for $15M [Realty News Report]
• Co-Working Space Station Houston Sign Deal for 25K-SF Space in Downtown Houston [HBJ]
• JLL: Falling Rents in the Galleria, Central Business District Making Houston a Law Firm-Friendly Market [HBJ]
• Mayor Turner Says All Three Pension Boards Support Reform Deal [Urban Edge]
• Johnson Development, Newland Communities Open New Master-Planned Communities in Houston [HBJ]
• Omaha Steaks Replaces Houston Flagship Store in Town & Country Village Shopping Center [HBJ]
• Majority of Millennials Delaying Homebuying Because of Costs, Preference for Renting, Finds NHP Foundation [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Kay’s Lounge: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sales of Houston’s Most Expensive Homes Fell 7.9% During First 8 Months of 2016 Over Same Time Last Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside StreetLights Residential’s New Museum District Luxury Tower The Carter [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Brokerage Berkadia Tripling Office Space in Move from BBVA Compass Building To Hines’ 2229 San Felipe Street [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• How the Affordable Care Act Is Impacting Real Estate in Houston [Realty News Report]
• CBRE: ‘This Is the Hottest Retail Market That Houston Has Ever Seen’ [HBJ]
• Panelists: Houston Retail Rental Rates Outstripping Consumer Spending [Houston Bisnow]
• Comparing the Richest Houston ZIP Codes with Dallas, San Antonio, Austin [HBJ]
• Dallas-Based Pizzeria Cane Rosso Opens Second Houston Location in Montrose [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Greater Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church Destroyed by Hurricane Ike Opens in New Building [Houston Chronicle]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool