Meredith Deliso

• Almost Everyone the Fed Questioned Had Terrible Things To Say About Houston’s Economy [Business Insider]
• Baker Hughes, GE Adding More Than 300K SF to Houston’s Office Sublease Market [HBJ]
• Houston-Based Oilfield Equipment Maker FMC Technologies Cuts 1,000 Jobs in the Third Quarter, More on the Way [Fuel Fix]
• Novare Group Opens Second SkyHouse-Branded Luxury Apartment Tower Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• McKee Tessa Picks Up 17 Acres Near Pearland for New Industrial Facility [HBJ]
• Deacon Baldy’s Food Truck Park Opens Near The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
• Heights Restaurant Formerly Known as 60 Pioneers Now Called Presidio, Slated To Open Next Month in Former Java Java Cafe Space [Culturemap]
• Pizza Company MidiCi Plans To Enter Houston Market Next Year with Kirby Grove Location [HBJ]
• The Buildings Houston Has Torn Down Over the Years [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Approves Ordinance Banning Daytime Sidewalk Sleeping in Near Northside [Houston Public Media]
• Is the Haunting of Houston’s Spaghetti Warehouse Real or Just Great Advertising? [Houston Chronicle]
• A Brief History of Sugar Land [Bisnow]
• This Weekend, Ride a ‘Sonic Bike’ Through the Second Ward and Hear an Opera [Houston Press]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Howard Hughes Corp. Earmarks Bridgeland Industrial Space for Cypress Master-Planned Community [HBJ]
• CBRE: Most Houston Apartment Developers ‘Playing Defense’ Amid Oil Slump [HBJ]
• Harris County Property Tax Rates Hold at Last Year’s Level [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Historic 1898 James Fadden Building on The Strand Finds Buyer [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Podcast: Why Houston May or May Not Have Zoning, Part II [Houston Chronicle]
• Fiesta Mart To Expand Its Fondren Southwest Village Location, Take Over Former Anna’s Linens [HBJ]
• Cinemark Theatre Under Construction at Valley Ranch Town Center Under Construction in Northeast Houston [HBJ]
• Dick’s Sporting Goods Taking Over Old Sports Authority Space at 2131 Post Oak Blvd. [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Steakhouse Mo’s…A Place for Steaks Closing Later This Month After 10 Years in the Galleria [Culturemap]
• City Issues Notice of Violation to White Oak Music Hall To Cease Work on Outdoor Stage [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Allen’s Landing: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Office Sublease and Direct Lease Asking 35 Percent Difference in Rents in Houston, Finds NAI Partners [HBJ]
• Greater Houston Partnership: Houston Apartment Market Expected To Struggle for Next 5 Years, Especially Downtown [Houston Chronicle]
• 5 Houston Neighborhoods Where Apartment Rents Are Still Growing Despite Oil Slump [HBJ]
• First Homeowners Could Be in Delayed Master-Planned Community Lago Mar by Year’s End [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Houston Ranks No. 4 Among U.S. Cities on the Green Building Adoption Index [Houston Chronicle]
• Preferred Apartment Communities Acquires Hines REIT’s Champions Village Shopping Center [HBJ]
• Johnson & Johnson To Build New Medical Device Facility at Texas Medical Center [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• 5 Clothing Retailers Coming to Galleria’s Former Saks Fifth Avenue Space [Culturemap]
• Korean Noodle House Reopening Next Month Down the Street from Former Location on Long Point Road [HBJ]
• See Some of Houston’s Most Well-Designed Houses on the AIA Home Tour Next Weekend [Houston Press]
• Art Project ‘Eastext’ To Project Poetry onto Houston’s East End from a Driving Vehicle [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Meyerland: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Equus Capital Partners To Renovate Office Buildings at 5300 Memorial Drive, 10497 Town & Country Way [HBJ]
• Avera Cos. Acquires 41.7-Acre Site at Entrance of the Houston Ship Channel [HBJ]
• 5M SF of New Retail Projects Under Construction Across Houston, According to Stream Realty [HBJ]
• First Houston Shack Shake Could Open in Galleria in November, Rice Village Location To Follow in Early 2017 [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Fourth Location of The Union Kitchen Now Open on Ella Boulevard [Culturemap]
• Harris County Toll Road Authority Moves North Houston EZ Tag Store To Bigger Location [Houston Public Media]
• Tee-Shirt Calls To ‘Make Montrose Gay Again’ in Wake of Several Bar Closures [Houston Chronicle]
• Buzzwords Like ‘Lifestyle,’ ‘Live/Work/Play’ Out in Houston Retail Market [Bisnow]
• Oil Majors Experimenting with Drones, Drill Design, Data Management to Drive Down Costs During Downturn [Reuters]
• How Texas Is Using Tiny Houses To House the Homeless [Texas Monthly]
• Landry’s Inc. Receives Texas Travel Industry Association’s Heritage Award [HBJ]
• HUE Mural Festival Underway in Houston This Week [Houston Public Media]
• The Most Instagram-able Walls in Houston [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Bellaire: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Woodlands, Energy Corridor, Greenspoint Suffer Office Occupancy Drops in Third Quarter, Finds PM Realty [HBJ]
• CBRE To Begin Preleasing Skanska USA’s Capitol Tower, On Hold Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Stream Realty: Active-Adult Apartments an ‘Incredible’ Market in Houston [HBJ]
• Rise Communities Completes Amenity Village in Master-Planned Community Meridiana [HBJ]
• Plans In the Works To Restore 50-Year-Old Jones Hall [Houston Public Media]
• I-45 Ranked Second-Deadliest Highway in U.S. by ValuePenguin [Houston Chronicle]
• What Houston Brewers Looks for in Real Estate Space [The Leader]
• A Brief History of The Woodlands [Bisnow]

Photo of Highland Village: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Slow Slightly in September While Home Prices Set Records, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Houston Real Estate Market Uneven Amid Energy Slump [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Greater Houston Partnership Unveils New Downtown Digs [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Future Construction in League City To Feature More Brick and Stone Buildings [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Where Have the Repeat Home Buyers Gone? [The Urban Edge]
• Blink Fitness Expanding into Houston Next Year with 25 to 30 Locations in Downtown, Sugar Land, Baytown, Spring [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston School Board Agrees To Accept $7.5M Gift, Rename HSPVA’s New Downtown Campus After Kinder Family [Houston Chronicle]
• City Breaks Ground on Segment of 1.8-Mile Sims Bayou Greenway, Part of The Bayou Greenways 2020 Project [Houston Public Media]
• Tech Startup HomeMe Raises $3.2M To Expand Apartment App Across Texas [HBJ]
• Houston’s Secret Area Code Class Warfare [Houston Chronicle]
• Traffic Worsens as Kirby Street Work Halts in Upper Kirby District [abc13]
• How To Stage a Home To Sell, According to Frankel Building Group [Culturemap]

Photo of CityCentre Five: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Sublease Space Discounts at Houston’s Largest Multi-Tenant Office Buildings [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s Apartment Vacancy Rate Expected To Climb to 7% by End of the Year, According to Marcus & Millichap [HBJ]
• Deteriorating McCrory’s Building in Downtown Galveston Poised for Revival [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Podcast: Why Houston May or May Not Have Zoning [Houston Chronicle]
• Nao Ramen House Set To Open Later This Year at 5510 Morningside in Rice Village [Houston Chronicle]
• Dual Italian Restaurant Concepts at 500 Crawford from Bill Floyd and Bryan Caswell To Now Be Called Kristalla and Osso [Houston Chronicle]
• Juice Girl Opening in Montrose This Weekend [Eater Houston]
• Southern Goods Chef Sues Business Partner Alleging Fraud [Culturemap]
• Grimes County Residents Concerned About Eminent Domain in Dallas-Houston High-Speed Rail Project [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Among Top Metros Poised To Increase Its Population More Than 50% by 2040 [HBJ]
• Entergy Texas Plans To Build $1B Power Plant in Montgomery County [HBJ]
• Crescent Real Estate Acquires 192-Unit RiverBend Apartments in League City [Realty News Report]
• Florida-Based Drive-Thru Grocery Store Chain Farm Stores Entering Houston Market Next Year with Katy Location [HBJ]
• German-Based Grocer Lidl Looking To Open Stores Somewhere in Texas [HBJ]
• Field & Tides Slated To Open in December in Former Zelko Bistro Space [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Food Trucks Cousins Maine Lobster and The Lucky Fig Opening Brick-and-Mortar Locations in North Houston [Culturemap]
• North Carolina Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake in Ruggles Green, Plans To Open 30 More Locations Across Texas in Next 4 Years [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• HSPVA School Board at Odds Over Kinder Rebranding of Downtown Campus [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Economy Contracting for 21st Month in a Row [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Lynn Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• DC Partners Breaks Ground on High-End Custom-Home Community Brandy Villas Near The Woodlands [HBJ]
• Louis Shanks of Texas Inc. Closing Houston Showroom in February, Warehouse in March [HBJ]
• HISD Trustee: Bellaire HS Would Need ‘About 40 Million To Survive’ Until Potential Replacement Campus on Chevron Land Could Be Funded and Finished [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Kinders Donating $7.5M to HSPVA’s New Downtown Building, Now Named Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Midtown Pizza Joint Ponzo’s Italian American Closing Oct. 16 [Culturemap]
• Evergreen Commercial Realty’s Lilly Golden: Biggest Challenge for Tenant Rep is Finding Space [Bisnow Houston]
• Houston Astros Break Ground on Center Field Renovation at Minute Maid Park [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s New Residential Construction Code Favors Solar Energy [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Market Square Tower: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• CBRE: 6.4M SF of Industrial Space in Houston Delivered in Third Houston, 7.5M SF Still in Development [Realty News Report]
• Chevron Phillips Chemical’s $6B Petrochemical Expansion in Baytown More Than 80% Complete [Fuel Fix]
• ConocoPhillips Shows Off New Energy Corridor Office Building Now on Sublease Market [Houston Chronicle]
• Colvill Office Properties’ Paula Bruns on Shell’s Downtown Departure and the Future of Downtown’s Office Market [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Contempo Builder Working on 82 New Townhomes in Acres Homes Gated Community La Sierra [HBJ]
• Lovett Commercial Plans Super Bowl Popup Mall, Other Events at Post HTX at Former Barbara Jordan Post Office Building [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands Getting $11M Renovation [HBJ]
• With Temporary Permit Expired, Will White Oak Music Hall’s Outdoor Stage Be Ready by Its Oct. 22 Show? [Houston Press]
• Have We Reached Peak Beer in Houston? [Off the Kuff]
• Williams Brothers Construction Poised To Build Next Segment of I-45 Widening from League City to Dickinson [Houston Chronicle]
• Biggest Projected Job Growth in Houston To Come from Hospitality, Healthcare, Professional Services, Education [Houston Public Media]
• Richard Florida: Houston Has an Inequality Problem [The Urban Edge]

Photo: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• PM Realty Cools on Partial-Apartment Plans for Hotel Tower Planned Next to New Office Highrise on Buffalo Speedway [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Neutex Group Building $40M LED Manufacturing Facility Near IAH [HBJ]
• Johnson Development Corp. Breaks Ground on Fort Bend Master-Planned Community Veranda [HBJ]
• Clearworth Capital Acquires Ponderosa Apartments in FM 1960/Champions Area, Plans ‘Extensive Renovation’ [Houston Chronicle]
• Atlanta-Based Cousins Properties and Houston-Based Parkway Properties Complete Merger, Plan New REIT [Houston Chronicle]
• Hughes Landing on Lake Woodlands Adding 9 New Retailers, Retail Row Now 96% Leased [HBJ]
• Austin-Based Boutique Beehive Opens First Houston Store at Rice Village Location [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Platypus Brewing Now Open on Wash Ave in Former Drake Nightclub Space [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Pluckers Wing Bar’s Second Houston Location Opening This Month in Memorial City Area, Third Underway [HBJ]
• Houston Hurricane Protection Plan Still in Limbo [The Texas Tribune; previously on Swamplot]
• Oil Lands Above $50 a Barrel for First Time Since June [Fuel Fix]

Photo of White Oak Bayou: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Randall Davis, DC Partners Break Ground on Marlowe Condo Tower Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Zimmerman Family To Turn Buildings near Allen’s Landing on Main St. into Co-Working Space [HBJ]
• Greystar Begins Preleasing at Active-Adult Community Overture Sugar Land [HBJ]
• Relish Restaurant & Bar Set To Open Monday in Former Bird & the Bear Space on Westheimer [Houston Chronicle]
• 8-Month Project Starting Next Year Will Add Grooves to Katy Freeway Pavement To Help Minimize Noise [abc13]
• How Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio Power the Texas Economy [City Journal via Opportunity Urbanist]
• Lessons Learned from the Oil Slump [Houston Public Media]
• City Council To Vote on Daytime Sidewalk Sleeping Ordinance To Reduce Vagrancy, Trespassing in Near Northside [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Judalon Lane: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Energy Corridor Vacancy Rate Climbed to 25.7% in Third Quarter, According to JLL [Realty News Report]
• Midway’s West Houston Office Building CityCentre Five Secures 2 Tenants, Now 77% Occupied [Realty News Report]
• New 600K-SF Grand Morton Town Center Addresses Retail Shortage in North Katy [Realty News Report]
• City of Katy To Begin Demolition of Downtown City Hall in January To Make Way for Entertainment Hub [HBJ]
• Houston Real Estate Firm Hansen Partners Behind Purchase of Former Mark’s American Cuisine Space [HBJ]
• Academy Sports + Outdoors Slated To Open Pearland Location This Friday [HBJ]
• Inside Third Coast Atop the John P. McGovern Commons in the Texas Medical Center [HBJ]
• Speculators Buying Condemned Houses Slated for Demo and Reselling Them To Buyers, Say Officials [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• The Annual Salary Needed To Own a Home in Top Houston Neighborhoods [Houston Chronicle]
• Defining Houston’s “Bad” Neighborhoods [OffCite Blog]
• What Makes Houston a Knowledge Capital, But Not a Global Giant [The Urban Edge]
• Houston Police Touring Other Super Bowl Cities To See How Security Measures Are Implemented [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Has Seen Elevated Ozone Every Day So Far This Month [Houston Public Media]
• Washington Avenue Arts District Unveils 800-Foot Art Wall Houston in Sawyer Yards [Houstonia]

Photo: Ruben S. via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Saw the Largest Loss of Construction Jobs of Any U.S. City Year-Over-Year in August [Houston Chronicle]
• More Than 1.3M SF of New Retail Space Scheduled To Deliver This Year, According to CBRE [Realty News Report]
• As Austin, Dallas Housing Markets Heat Up, Houston Loses Momentum, Finds RCLCO Real Estate [The Urban Edge]
• Lone Star College-Kingwood To Break Ground Today on Process Technology Center in Generation Park [Houston Chronicle]
• Trademark Property Co. To Develop 82-Acre Town Center in Katy [Realty News Report]
• Surge Homes Begins Pre-Sales for Museum District Condominium Project Museum BLVD [HBJ]
• Florida-Based Advenir Buys 320-Unit Park Lakes Apartment Homes South of the Texas Medical Center [Houston Chronicle]
• JLL: Houston Will See Improvement in Demand for Real Estate from Energy Companies in 2018 or 2019 [Houston Public Media]
• 5 Tips for Homebuilders on How To Weather the Oil Slump [HBJ]
• Ross Dress for Less Opening in Fidelis Realty Partners Development in Northeast Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Commuter Bus Service Woodlands Express To Start Picking Up Reverse Commuters to Montgomery County [Houston Public Media]
• First Sunday Streets Event Held Outside Loop 610 on Mile-Long Stretch of Eldridge Pkwy. on Far-West Side [Houston Chronicle]
• Large Bat Colony Found in Walls of St. Francis Episcopal School [abc13]
• Dallas, Houston Top List of the Best Cities for Evacuating from a Disaster [Texas Monthly]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• How Houston’s Hotel Scene Is Changing Ahead of the Super Bowl [Houston Chronicle]
• City Hall Working To Identify New Neighborhoods Where Houston Can Encourage Public and Private Development [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Freeport LNG Expanding Downtown Footprint by 16,073 SF on 49th Floor of 3 Allen Center [HBJ]
• Inside Pomona, Dallas-Based Hillwood Communities’ First Master-Planned Community in Houston [HBJ]
• Winter the Most Affordable Time To Buy a Home in Houston, According to NerdWallet [HBJ]
• Does Zoning Pose a Barrier to Affordable Housing? [Houston Chronicle]
• Aldi Planning New Stores in La Porte, Richmond and Inside the Loop Southwest of UH [HBJ]
• Amenities at Deutser’s New San Felipe Plaza Office Include Zen Room, Live Lavender Wall, ‘Interesting Chalkboard Room’ [HBJ]
• Underbelly’s Chris Shepherd To Put 5 Different Restaurants in Former Mark’s Space over Next 5 Years [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Maclane’s Cafe Planned for Current Nit Noi Space on Woodway [HBJ]
• Rama Cos. Planning Restaurant/Retail Building at Site of Torn-Down Pollo Bravo on Memorial [Houston Chronicle ($); previously on Swamplot]
• A Rundown of Where Restaurants Are Opening in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Houston’s ‘Coolest’ Bachelor Pads [abc13]
• Some Tips If You’re Looking To Rent Property Out for the Super Bowl [The Leader]
• Appeals Court To Consider EPA’s Plan To Limit Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions This Week [Houston Public Media]

Photo of the Fifth Ward: o texano via Swamplot Flickr Pool