Meredith Deliso

• Rents Near Houston’s Best Public Schools Are 46% Higher Than Those Near Low-Ranking Ones, Finds RentCafe [Houston Chronicle]
• Value of New Residential Projects Started in Houston Down 14% to $727M in August [Houston Chronicle]
• Slideshow: The Largest Office Space Available in Houston’s 13 Submarkets [HBJ]
• CBRE: The City’s Best- and Worst-Performing Submarkets in Terms of Occupancy and RevPAR [CBRE]
• Cypress Creek Plaza Shopping Center Completes Construction, 80% Leased [Houston Chronicle]
• Westside Ventures Developing Mixed-Use Project on 82-Acre Katy Parcel [Houston Chronicle]
• Lonza Plans 150K-SF Expansion of Its Pearland Biotech Facility [HBJ]
• Sitterle Homes To Expand Luxury Garden Home Line to Towne Lake, Cypress [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Momentum Indoor Climbing To Open Gym in Retrofitted Warehouse on Washington Avenue [HBJ]
• Metro’s Project List Still Includes 90A Rail Line, Airport Rail Service, Downtown-Galleria Connection [Houston Public Media]
• 8,000 Structures in Harris County Elevated to ‘Special Flood Hazard Area’ in FEMA’s Flood-Risk Map [Houston Chronicle]
• BHP Billiton Giving Nature Conservancy $8M To Buy 1,800 Acres of Brazoria County Wetlands for Preservation [Houston Public Media]

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• Energy Corridor No. 1 Market in the Country for Supply of Sublease Office Space, Finds JLL [Realty News Report]
• HFF: Most New Houston Buyers Focusing on the City’s Class B and C Apartment Market During Energy Downturn [HBJ]
• Nitya Capital Picks Up 235-unit Class B Multifamily Community The Broadmead Near the Astrodome [Realty News Report]
• Texas May Have Made It Through the Worst of the Oil Bust, Says Dallas Fed [HBJ]
• Amenities at FMC’s New Corporate Campus in Generation Park Include Auto Servicing [HBJ]
• Citizen Pilates Planning To Open Second, Crowdfunded Location in the Heights [HBJ]
• Restaurant in Bellaire’s Evelyn’s Park To Be Named Ivy & James Based on Winning Contest Entry [Culturemap]
• Last Full-Service Gas Station Closes on Galveston Island [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Air Alliance Houston Takes Kids on ‘Toxic Tour’ of the East Side [KHOU]
• 23,000-Acre Galveston Bay Oyster Lease Voided [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside Metro’s Social Media Team, Known By Their Initials [Houston Public Media]
• DOJ Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Bar 360 Midtown, Formerly Operated as Gaslamp [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]

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• Midway’s Project on Former KBR Site in the East End To Be Called East River [Houston Chronicle; previous on Swamplot]
• Post Properties Opens 388-Unit Apartment Complex Post at Afton Oaks at 3131 W. Loop South [Houston Chronicle]
• Master-Planned Community Kingwood Celebrating Opening of Final Residential Section, Royal Brook, Oct. 8 [Houston Chronicle]
• Venterra Realty Acquires 370-Unit Multi-Housing Complex Coles Crossing in Cypress [Realty News Report]
• Houston Rent Grew 0.3% Year-Over-Year in August, Finds Yardi Matrix Report [Inman]
• More Than 68K People Signed Up for 30K Spots on Houston Housing Authority’s Public Housing Vouchers Waiting List [The Urban Edge]
• Northwestern Mutual Latest Financial Institution To Target West Houston Area with New Energy Corridor Office [HBJ]
• New, Bigger Location of Rice Village Cafe Hungry’s Opening Next Door Next Month [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Upper Kirby’s Renovated Levy Park Slated To Open in Mid-November [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Allen Parkway parking: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• A Breakdown of What $105M Would Buy in the Proposed Astrodome Parking Garage Redo [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: What the Inside of the Astrodome Looks Like Today [Houston Chronicle]
• JLL To Acquire Houston Affiliate of Commercial Real Estate Valuation Company Integra Realty Resources [HBJ]
• Port of Galveston Buys Out Joe’s Crab Shack Restaurant’s Lease at Pier 19 [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Lawyers for Proposed Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail Withdraw Request for Entry to Northwestern Harris County Property [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Scientists Find “Definitive Link” Between Disposal of Fracking Byproducts and East Texas Earthquakes [Texas Monthly]
• How 9 Office Markets Besides Houston Are Dealing with Low Oil Prices [Bisnow]

Photo of TejasTreffen classic Porsche show photo shoot setup at Winter Street Studios: TejasTreffen

• Harris County Commissioner’s Court To Vote on Proposed Astrodome Parking Plan This Tuesday [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Average Vacancy Rate Within Houston’s Crane-Served Industrial Facilities Stands at 10.5%, Finds NAI Partners [HBJ]
• Holliday Fenoglio Fowler Secures Financing for 388-Unit Energy Corridor Housing Community Aura Memorial [Realty News Report]
• Braun Enterprises Closes on Montrose, Heights Properties [HBJ]
• Aloft Houston Downtown Slated To Open Oct. 4 in Historic Stowers Building at 820 Fannin [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Academy Sports + Outdoors Debuts in Valley Ranch Town Center in New Caney [HBJ]
• Pete Rose Hit King Baseball Academy Starts Construction in Katy [HBJ]
• John Hardy Opens Stand-Alone Boutique in the River Oaks District [Culturemap]
• Louis Shanks Closing Largest Showroom and Distribution Center in Houston [Furniture Today]
• Metro To Start Testing New Zero-Emission Electric Bus in Southwest Houston in December [Houston Public Media]
• Updated FEMA Coastal Flood Map Puts New 8,000 Harris County Owners’ Properties into Special Flood Hazard Zone [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Sawyer Yards: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Average Houston Rent Was $1,077 in August, Down 2.9% Year-Over-Year, Finds Axiometrics [Houston Chronicle]
• The Mitchell Group Closes on 4K-SF Lease at Downtown’s The Jones on Main [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Realty Companies Baker Katz and Braun Enterprises Buy 1920s Washington Avenue Property in the 1900 Block [Houston Chronicle]
• Ronnie Killen Opening First Houston-Proper Restaurant Called Killen’s STQ in Freshly Vacated Bramble Space [Culturemap]
• Metro’s 2017 Budget Includes Improving Bus Stops and Transit Infrastructure [Houston Public Media]
• A Review of The Dunlavy and Its Position in Buffalo Bayou Park [OffCite Blog]
• See 8 Contemporary Houses on the Houston Modern Home Tour This Saturday [Houstonia]
• Houston’s First Annual Weird Homes Tour on Oct. 8 To Feature 8 to 10 Eclectic Residences [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the West Loop: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• More Than 13M SF of Office Space Under Construction in Texas Triangle, Finds CBRE Research [Realty News Report; previously on Swamplot]
• Vacant Former ExxonMobil Building in Greenspoint To Get $2.8M in Renovations To Modernize Common Areas [HBJ]
• How Amegy Bank Plans To Take Over Downtown’s Historic Esperson Building [HBJ]
• 5 Energy Companies That Could Add Space to Houston’s Sublease Market Before Year’s End [HBJ]
• Majority of Oil and Gas Execs Think Downturn Will Be Over by End of 2017, Finds Deloitte Survey [Houston Public Media]
• Metro Prepares for Lower Sales Tax Revenues in 2017 Budget [Houston Public Media]
• Construction on New Galveston Wastewater Treatment Plant Wraps Up 8 Years After Ike [Galveston County Daily News ($)]

Photo of 1825 San Jacinto St.: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Lone Star College Kingwood To Break Ground Next Month on Technology Center in Generation Park [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Miami-Based One Real Estate Investment Buys Avalon at Royal Oaks Apartment Complex for $30M [Houston Chronicle]
• Downtown Post Office’s Historical Elements Include ‘Spy Catwalks,’ Bomb Shelter Bunkers [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• What $465,000 Gets You in Houston, Besides J.J. Watt’s Pearland Home [HBJ]
• Downtown’s Magnolia Hotel To Become First Texas Hotel To Join Tribute Portfolio Brand [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Artist Takes Inspiration from Daily Freeway Commute[Houston Public Media]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sublease Supply Up 118% in Houston Office Market Since First Quarter of 2015, Finds Transwestern [Realty News Report]
• Swiss Manufacturer Sulzer Relocating U.S. Headquarters to Energy Corridor from Sugar Land [HBJ]
• Beyond Westchase District, TechSpace Planning 4 More Co-Working Spaces in Houston [HBJ]
• Broad Mix of Homes Helping Sales at Cross Creek Ranch Amid Softer Houston Housing Market [Houston Chronicle]
• Melange Creperie Finally Finds Brick and Mortar Home Inside Heights Mercantile Development [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• The Burger Joint Opening Second, Bigger Houston Location Next Year in the Heights [Houston Chronicle]
• Allen Parkway Rebuilding To Wrap Up by Sept. 26 Save for Cosmetic and Landscaping Issues [Houston Chronicle]
• River Oaks Restaurant Corner Table Closing for Renovations Ahead of Super Bowl [Culturemap]
• Meet Sandra Lord, Founder of Discover Houston Tours, Better Known as ‘The Tunnel Lady’ [Houston Chronicle ($)]
• Houston Man Arrested in FBI Sting for Allegedly Trying To Buy Explosives Online To Blow Up Building [Houston Chronicle; more here]

Photo of I-45: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hotel Revenue Down in Houston, Up Across Texas, Finds Source Strategies [HBJ]
• Friendswood Development Making ‘First Real Foray into Urban Redevelopment’ with Knoll Park in Spring Branch [HBJ]
• ARA Newmark on 5 Trends in Houston Real Estate Amid Downturn [HBJ]
• Sigma Brewing Company Taproom To Debut Sept. 30 in East Downtown [Eater Houston]
• Nobie’s Taking Over Former Au Petit Paris Space on Colquitt St. [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
• Dallas-Based Juicery Buda Juice Opening in Rice Village This Fall [In the Know Houston]
• Uber Experimenting with Daytime Fixed-Price Fares in Houston To Help Curtail Congestion [Houston Chronicle]
• The Effort To Save the Endangered Houston Toad, Last Found in Houston Around 1975 [Houston Public Media]
• A Walking Audio Tour of the Bayou City with ‘Remote Houston’ [Houstonia]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Energy Company Freeport-McMoRan Puts 475K SF of Pennzoil Place, 717 Texas Space on Sublease Market [HBJ]
• Downtown’s Newest Office Building Partnership Tower Now Open [Realty News Report]
• How New Living Aims To Redevelop the East End’s Former Imperial Linen Services Plant Without Pricing People Out [Houston Chronicle]
• Average Apartment Unit in Houston Has Shrunk by 1% in Recent Years, Finds RCLCO [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Housing Authority Opening Wait List for Voucher Program for First Time in 4 Years [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• City Has Applied for $12M Loan To Buy HCC Land Eyed for H-E-B [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• J.J. Watt’s Pearland Home On the Market [Houston Chronicle]
• Juice Girl Opening in Former Flow Juice Bar Space in East Montrose [In the Know Houston]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Halliburton Selling West Houston Office Complex Known as Oak Park [Houston Chronicle]
• SI Group Buying 10-Acre Baytown Chemical Plant [HBJ]
• Presales, Model Home Construction Begin for Long-Delayed Lago Mar Community in Texas City [Galveston County Daily News ($); previously on Swamplot]
• Single-Family Home Prices Hit Record Highs for an August, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Brooke Smith to See ‘Same Kind of Transformation’ as the Heights, Predicts Cove & Cobble Builders [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside 2 of the Morgan Group’s Pearl Apartments Designed to Woo Millennials [HBJ]
• Restaurant Called Indigo Opening in Former Chinese Buffet in North Lindale Next Year [Culturemap]
• Members-Only Oakwood Social Club Planned for Former Red Room Space in River Oaks [Culturemap]
• Should Houston Have Its Own Version of the Sydney Bridge Climb on Beltway 8 Over the Ship Channel? [Opportunity Urbanist]
• Houston Just Above Rock Bottom on Valuepenguin’s Ranking of Safe Cities for Women [Houston Press]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Residence Inn To Break Ground Near NRG Stadium, Texas Medical Center in Next 6 Months [HBJ]
• General Electric Shutting Down Turbine Manufacturing Operations at Channelview Plant Amid Energy Downturn [Fuel Fix]
• Hopdoddy Burger Bar Planning Second Houston Location in Former Baker St. Pub & Grill Space in Rice Village [In the Know Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Nobu, Fig & Olive Slated To Open in Fall 2017 in Galleria’s Former Saks Fifth Avenue Space [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Will the Houston Bike Plan Reduce Deaths and Injuries of Bicyclists by Drivers? [Houston Press]

Photo of 1720 Houston Ave: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Federal Agency Launches Civil Rights Investigation of Houston’s Housing Practices Stemming from 2640 Fountain View Project [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• NAI Partners: Demand for Crane-Served Manufacturing Buildings Down in Houston Amid Oil Decline [Realty News Report]
• Drones Now Helping the Construction of Hines’ 32-Story Aris Market Square Tower Downtown [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]
• Francois de Menil’s NoLo Studios Artist Development in Acres Homes To Get Naming Tweaks [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• City, Housing Authority Targeting Repairs of Remaining Ike-Damaged Roofs in Blue-Tarp Program [Houston Chronicle]
• Retail ‘Floater’ Under Construction at Garden Oaks Shopping Center Will Add 2 to 3 More Tenants to Complex [The Leader]
• Galveston To Start Putting Away More Money for Operation of Its Trolley System [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Peppermill Place Apartments Residents Worried About Apparent Mold Growing in Apartment [Click2Houston]

Photo of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool