Meredith Deliso

• Fairmont Central Shopping Center in Pasadena Trades Hands [Realty News Report]
• 1980s-Era Northwest Houston Office Space Renovated with ‘New York City Vibe’ To Appeal To ‘Hip’ Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside a Multimillion-Dollar Home Flip in Memorial [HBJ]
• Clean Lines, Flex Rooms, Convenience Big Remodeling Trends on the Luxury Market [HBJ]
• BRC Gastropub Closing on Shepherd To Become Private Event and Catering Facility, Taking the BRC Statue With It [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza Opening Second Houston Location Next Week in Deer Park [HBJ]
• Mid-America Apartment Communities Acquiring Post Properties, Creating Nation’s Biggest Apartment REIT [Realty News Report]
• $14M Allen Parkway Improvement Project in Final Stages [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of construction work between W. Dallas St. and Allen Pkwy.: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 500 Crawford Apartment Community Across from Minute Maid About 40% Leased So Far [Realty News Report]
• Checking in with Downtown Living Initiative-Spurred Residential Development [HBJ]
• First Phase of Valley Ranch Town Center To Start Opening Next Month [HBJ]
• 5-Acre Plot Between Highland Village and River Oaks District Will Become a Park Until Economy Can Support Mixed-Use Development [HBJ]
• Mod Pizza Has Opened 5 Houston Locations, 7 More on the Way [HBJ]
• Houston One of the Best Places in America To Start a Business [CNBC via HBJ]
• Why the Quest for ‘High Opportunity’ Housing May Destabilize Communities and Schools [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]
• Have We Reached a Tipping Point on Flood Mitigation? [Off the Kuff; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Flash Flood Watch Extended to Tonight [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Spindletop: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The 20 Houston Homebuilders with the Biggest Market Penetration [HBJ]
• Goose Creek Landing in Baytown Houston’s Fastest-Selling Residential Community [HBJ]
• Will Houston’s Retail Space Market Get Overbuilt Too? [Realty News Report]
• Studies Quantify Impact Good Schools Have on Nearby Home Prices [Houston Chronicle]
• Metro Bus Ridership Up 1.2% and Red Line Up 16.6% a Year After System Redesign [The Urban Edge]
• Relish Fine Foods Closing San Felipe Location Aug. 20, Opening Bigger, Slightly Renamed Westheimer Location Next Month [HBJ]
• Cell Service in Downtown Tunnels Gets Upgrade with New Antenna System [Houstonia]
• Texas Facing Hurricane Season with Drained Disaster Fund [The Texas Tribune]

Photo of IRC Surplus at 4329 I-10 Frontage Rd., Sealy: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Homebuilders Started 26,039 Single-Family Homes in Last 12 Months, Down 12% from Previous Year, Finds Metrostudy [Houston Chronicle]
• Francois de Menil Planning ‘Rural,’ 14-Home Artist Enclave in Acres Homes [Houston Chronicle]
• Developers Target Houston Homebuyers 55 and Up Looking to Downsize [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Renters Least Financially Qualified Nationally To Become Homebuyers, Finds Zillow [HBJ]
• H-E-B Slated To Open Oct. 26 in Main Street Kingwood Shopping Center [Kingwood Observer via HBJ]
• Slideshow: Houston’s Biggest Malls Through the Years [Houston Chronicle]
• An Appreciation of the Houston Townhouse [The Urban Edge]
• Discovery Green Wants All Pokemon Go Stops, Lures and Creatures Removed from Park [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Flash Flood Watch In Effect for Harris County Until 7 p.m. Tonight [Houston Public Media]

Photo of University of Houston-Downtown: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Submarkets Westchase and the Katy Freeway Saw Largest Decreases in Office Rent Last Quarter [HBJ]
• Average Houston Rent Dropped 14% in July to $1,306 for 1-Bedroom Apartment, Finds Abodo [Houston Chronicle]
• Average Closing Cost in Houston is $2,175 on a $200,000 Home Mortgage, Finds Bankrate.com [HBJ]
• Moving Forward on Minute Maid Park’s Tal’s Hill-Removing Center Field Renovation [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Inside the New BBQ Joint Taking Over the Former Talk of the Town Porn Shop on Richmond Ave [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Is a Cat Cafe in Houston a Real Regulatory Possibility? [Houston Press]
• HISD Approves $1.24M for Renaming 8 Schools with Confederate Links [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Sales Dropped 8.8% in July with 7,204 Closings, According to HAR [Houston Chronicle]
• West Houston Added Nearly 1.6M SF of Sublease Space in June and July, Finds Savills Studley [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston’s Urban Townhomes All About Front-Loading Driveways, First-Floor Living, Small Backyards [HBJ]
• Bearded Fox Brewing Co. To Start Construction on New Tomball Facility [Community Impact Newspaper]
• FreeRange Concepts Restaurant General Public To Debut Tomorrow in CityCentre [HBJ]
• Whiskey Bar Bosscat Kitchen & Libations Slated To Open Near River Oaks District This Fall [HBJ]
• Forthcoming Woodlands Shopping Center Research Crossing Adds 2 Restaurant Chains [Houston Chronicle]
• Renaming 8 HISD Schools Named After Confederate Loyalists Could Cost More Than $1,2M [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• How Houston Businesses Are Capitalizing on the Pokemon Go Craze [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Harris County Commissioners Support Property Tax Increase or Reallocation of County Funds To Fight Flooding [Houston Chronicle]
• How Houston Racked Up $4B Pension Debt in 15 Years [The Urban Edge]

Photo of the Galleria: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 8-Story Lockton Place Tops Out in Westchase [Houston Chronicle]
• Transwestern Sells 3 Class B and C Apartment Properties Totaling 786 Units [Realty News Report]
• 1415 Louisiana Finishes $10M in Upgrades and Renovations to Lobby, Tunnels, Elevators [HBJ]
• CBRE To Market 3 Healthcare Properties for Sale Near the Medical Center [HBJ]
• Woodlands-Based LGI Homes Saw 40% Jump in Homes Sales Revenue in Second Quarter Over Same Period Last Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Titan Homes To Expand To New Houston Neighborhoods Beyond the Heights [HBJ]
• Southampton Contemporary Home Designed by Stern and Bucek Up for Auction Later This Month [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Launches New Website on How To Avoid a Solo Commute [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston To Start Expanding 4-Mile-Long Stretch of Beach with New Sand Pipeline [Houston Chronicle]
• Greenspoint Residents Still Waiting To Return Home After April Floods [abc13]
• Just for Kicks, the Pros and Cons of Houston Ever Hosting the Olympics [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the Alexan Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Holiday Inn Express To Break Ground in September at 10500 Katy Freeway Near CityCentre [HBJ]
• Packwell Signs 286,000-SF Industrial Lease at Bayport Distribution Center in Pasadena [Realty News Report]
• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Law Firm Joins Tenant Lineup at 609 Main Downtown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Roeder’s Pub Owners Planning New Sports Bar in Former Corkscrew Space in the Heights [Eater Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Did a Fire Close the Montrose Outpost of La Tapatia for Good? [Eater Houston]
• Harris County Commissioner Says Some People ‘Enjoy Floods’ Because They Get New Cars or Homes Redone [Click2Houston]
• Scammers Have Created Facebook Pages for at Least 60 Houston Restaurants That Don’t Exist [Houston Press]

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

• Montrose, Medical Center Lead Houston Neighborhoods with Most Apartment Construction in Second Quarter [HBJ]
• Average Occupancy Rate for Class C Apartment Market at 93.5% in Second Quarter, Finds Transwestern [Realty News Report]
• Bar Louie To Add 5 Locations Somewhere in the Houston Area [HBJ]
• Main Event Opening Entertainment Center in Humble [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Harborside Mercantile in Galveston Closing To Become Another Hubcap Grill [Houston Press; previously on Swamplot]
• Steinhoff International Holdings To Acquire Debt-Laden Mattress Firm for About $2.4B [Houston Chronicle]
• Why Houston Renters Aren’t Giving Their City High Marks [The Urban Edge]
• Zillow: Nearly 40% of Galveston Homes At Risk of Being Underwater by 2100 [HBJ]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Says 609 Main Downtown Office Tower Now 50% Leased [Houston Chronicle]
• 96-Unit Condo Tower The Wilshire, Under Construction on Site of Former Westcreek Apartments, Has Reached Its Full Height [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• White Oak Music Hall To Open 2 Indoor Venues This Month [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Bebidas Juice, Coffee & Bites Opening This Summer in Former Infinity Tile Building at Edloe and Westheimer [Culturemap]
• Nonprofit Avenue CDC’s Homebuyer’s Club Offering Free Classes to Potential Homebuyers [Houston Public Media]
• Mayor Turner Calls for More State, Federal Funding To Fight Zika in Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Sudden, Unexplained Floor Collapse at Church’s Chicken in Livingston Injures Workers [abc13]
• The Best New Wall Murals in Houston [Greater Houston Partnership]

Photo of Sunset Heights construction: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• BP To Sell LEED Platinum Helios Plaza in the Energy Corridor, Lease Back Its Space from New Owner [HBJ]
• Midway’s 20-Story Hotel Alessandra Tops Out Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• What’s Next for the Houston Housing Authority’s Briargrove Project [The Urban Edge; previously on Swamplot]
• Apartment-Search Startup Ranks Houston No. 33 Among the 100 Most Expensive Rental Markets Nationally [HBJ]
• Construction Starts on ‘Anti-Mall’ Heights Mercantile [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Mattress Firm’s Houston HQ at 5815 Gulf Freeway Changes Hands [Houston Chronicle]
• Sugar Land City Council To Consider Acquiring Sugar Land Auditorium [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Upscale Bowling Alley Bowl & Barrel To Open in CityCentre This Month [HBJ]
• Houston’s First Cat Café El Gato Coffeehouse Will Pop Up for One Night Ahead of 2017 Opening [Houstonia]
• I-45 HOV Lane Extension to Conroe To Open by the End of This Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Fast-Growing Fort Bend County Community Sienna Plantation Experiencing ‘Epidemic’ of Power Outages [Houston Public Media]
• City To Tackle Abandoned Shopping Cart Problem [Houston Public Media]
• What the Latest Version of Google Maps Tells Us About Cities [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Tampico Seafood, 2115 Airline Dr.: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas Records Strongest Home Sales Ever in a 3-Month Period — 91,418 Homes Sold in Second Quarter [Realty News Report]
• Developer of Revere Near River Oaks Had Been Trying To Buy River Oaks Manor Condos for More Than a Year [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Farm-Themed Richmond Development Harvest Green Opens 3 New Neighborhoods [Houston Chronicle]
• JV Industrial Cos. Subleasing 90,140 SF at Southwest Houston Industrial Space [HBJ]
• New Hilton-Branded Home2 Suites Opens in Stafford [Realty News Report]
• Inside the New Kroger Marketplace with Another Bar Inside, Debuting Friday Near Generation Park [HBJ]
• Fitness Chain VillaSport To Break Ground on Second Houston-Area Location in Cypress [HBJ]
• Austin-Based Gelato Shop Dolce Neve Opening First Houston Location, at 4721 N. Main [Eater Houston]
• Houston Named a Top ‘Brand’ Among U.S. Cities [HBJ]
• Galveston’s Sea Level Rose 8-Plus Inches Between 1960 and 2015, Finds EPA [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Hobby Airport Looking for Art for New Southwest Airlines International Terminal [Glasstire]

Photo: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• The Median Rent for a 1-Bedroom in Houston Right Now Is $1,160, According to Apartment List [Houston Public Media]
• Nearly $5B in Healthcare-Related Projects Currently Underway in Greater Houston Area [HBJ]
• Griffin Partners Sells Nassau Bay Town Square Retail Center to Bilak Group [Realty News Report]
• Houston Home Sales Rose 2.2% in the Second Quarter, Behind Austin, Dallas Gains [Houston Chronicle]
• Nan & Co. Founder Says “As Much As Half” of Its Listings “Are Sold Before They Hit HAR.com” [HBJ]
• Mayor Asks Housing Authority To Seek Alternative to Mixed-Income Project Near Tanglewood, Galleria [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• City of La Marque To Demolish 21 Dilapidated Properties Before October [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• H-E-B-Backed Coalition Says It Has Enough Signatures To Get Houston Heights Alcohol Ban Reversal on November Ballot [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of 3710 Kirby: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• BP To Put Entire Westlake Four Building on Sublease Market, Move Employees to Westlake One and Helios Plaza [HBJ]
• Hogan Lovells Law Firm Moving from Bank of America Building to 609 Main Next Year [HBJ]
• 29 New LEED Certified Commercial Projects So Far This Year [Houston Green Building]
• Houston Homes Are Staying on the Market for a Median of 70 Days, Finds Zillow [Culturemap]
• Houston Is Camden Property Trust’s Weakest-Performing Market Nationally Right Now [HBJ]
• Calpine to ‘Retire’ So-Called Clear Lake Power Plant in Pasadena [HBJ]
• Local Businesses Counting on New Katy Football Stadium for Economic Boost [Houston Chronicle]
• Hearst Corp. Buys Houston Community Newspapers & Media Group from 1013 Communications [HBJ]
• Richmond, Pearland, Webster Make 2016 Scenic Cities List [Houston Chronicle]
• New Signs with Maps, Directions Go Up Downtown Ahead of Super Bowl 2017 [Houston Public Media]
• The Curious Case of the $30M Worthing HS Renovation in Sunnyside [Houston Press]
• Midtown Mural Depicts Gentrification ‘Monsters’ Attacking Older Homes [CW39 NewsFix]
• A History of Drywall, Convenient but Controversial [The Atlantic]

Photo of 707 Saulnier St.: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Australian Development Firm Caydon Property Group To Break Ground on Midtown Apartment Project in January [Houston Chronicle]
• Prologis Warehouse Portfolio in West by Northwest Industrial Park Hits 100% Occupancy [Realty News Report]
• Lloyd’s Register Extends 86,892-SF Lease for U.S HQ in West Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Auto Warehousing Co. Signs Lease with Port of Houston for Bayport Terminal Site [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Rice Military One of the Nation’s Priciest Neighborhoods To Rent In, Finds HomeUnion [Culturemap]
• How Much Space $1,500 in Rent Gets You in Houston Versus Other Cities
  [HBJ]
• Expanding Affordable Housing Big Objective for Houston’s New Housing Director [Houston Public Media]
• Sterling House Bar Officially Opens to the Public Aug. 6 in Historic Sterling House [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]
• Triniti Owner Planning To Open New Restaurant FM Burger on Washington Ave This Year [Culturemap]
• Texas Highway Spending To Reach Record Levels as State Makes Repairs, Expansions in Growing Areas Such As Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Oak Forest Residents Launch Online Petition Over High Water Bills [KHOU]
• Podcast: Is It Possible to Forage for Food in Houston? [Houston Matters]
• How the Astrodome Was a Symbol of Houston’s ‘Can-Do’ Attitude [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of River Oaks District: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool