Meredith Deliso

• Amazon Planning To Build $136M Warehouse in Pinto Business Park in Northwest Houston [Click2Houston]
• How Houston Developers Are Experimenting with Millennial, Baby Boomer Offerings [HBJ]
• Drees Custom Homes, Perry Homes Unveil Home Plans for Grand Central Park in Conroe [Houston Chronicle]
• How to Address the ‘Affordability Crisis’ in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• UH Will Rename Street, Erect Statue in Honor of Roy Hofheinz in Legal Fight Over Basketball Arena Name Change [The Texas Tribune]
• El Gato Coffeehouse Cat Café Looking To Open in Early 2017 Somewhere in Houston [Houstonia; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Area Ranked 20 Out of 30 U.S. Metro Areas for ‘Walkable Urbanism’ [The Urban Edge]
• PocketCab Ready To Launch New Dispatch App for Taxi and Limo Companies If Uber Leaves Houston [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• City Allocates More Than $21M for MLK Boulevard Reconstruction [[Houston Public Media]
• Volunteers Clean Up Overgrown Evergreen Cemetery in the Fifth Ward [KHOU]

Photo of Discovery Green: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 35-Acre Energy Corridor Development Republic Square Put on Hold Amid Oil Rout [Houston Chronicle]
• Hines Partnership Turning 6-Building Office Complex Greenspoint Place Over To Its Lender [Houston Chronicle]
• UT’s Plans for the 300 Acres It Bought in Houston Do Not Include a Full ‘4-Year Campus with a Mascot’ [Houston Chronicle]
• How the Grand Parkway Will Help and Hurt North Houston Retail [HBJ]
• Inside Morgan Group’s New Luxury Pearl Apartments Near CityCentre in Memorial Area [HBJ]
• French-Vietnamese Restaurant Le Colonial Opening in River Oaks District in August [HBJ]
• West U Now the Richest City in Texas with Median Household Income of $207,429, According to 24/7 Wall Street [PaperCity Magazine]
• Houston-Galveston Area Council Bring Back Regional Safety Council To Confront Traffic Safety [Houston Public Media]

Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Land Tejas Cos. Breaks Ground on New Residential Community Called Balmoral Near Generation Park [HBJ]
• Crews Relocating Trees Ahead of Uptown Dedicated Bus Lanes Construction Next Month [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Serendipity Labs Suit-and-Tie-Set Coworking Space Headed to Esperson Building, More Houston-Area Sites [Houston Chronicle]
• AllTransit Report Highlights the Catch-22 of Bus Service to Houston’s Suburbs [Houston Chronicle]
• Videos: What It Was Like to Ride the Rides of AstroWorld [Houston Press]
• David Crossley: In Houston’s Mobility Future, the Car Can No Longer Be King [Houston Chronicle]
• Are We in a Mattress Store Bubble? [Freakonomics]

Photo of Galvez: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• JPMorgan Asset Management Buys River Oaks District in Cash Sale Valued at $550M [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• South Florida-Based Real Estate Company Elandis Buys Nearly 1,000 Units in 4 Multifamily Communities in Houston [Realty News Report]
• Meritage Homes Developing High-Density Residential Development on 3.2 Acres in Spring Branch [HBJ]
• Steak 48 Opening in the River Oaks District June 14 [HBJ]
• Third Houston Location of Piada Italian Street Food Now Open in Vintage Park [Community Impact Newspaper]
• Closed Since Last Week’s Rain, Hwy. 6 Reopens North of I-10 [Houston Chronicle]
• At Least 20 ‘Community Solar’ Farms Scheduled To Built or Come Online This Summer in Texas [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Salvation Army on Bissonnet: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Avera Acquires 41.5 Acres to Develop Bayport Industrial Park Near Port of Houston [Realty News Report]
• The Only Parcels Left for Sale Along the Northwest Grand Parkway [HBJ]
• Houston Home Price Growth Lags Behind Nation Amid Oil Slump, Finds CoreLogic Report [HBJ]
• Interactive Map Shows Where Renters Live in Houston [The Urban Edge]
• 90-Room Boutique Hotel To Rise at Galveston’s Falstaff Brewery Site [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Antone’s Famous Po’Boys Building Empire with New Restaurant, Kiosks in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Stretch Of Yale Street Between 6th and 19th Streets Closer To Becoming ‘Green Corridor’ [Houston Public Media]
• Free Press Summer Fest Has Been Owned By Live Nation for About 6 Months Now [Houston Press]

Photo of Memorial Park: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Opens 150,000-SF League City Hospital [HBJ]
• Loews Hotels and Resorts Considering Developing Hotel on Land It Owns in Uptown [HBJ]
• Powers Brown First Tenant in Under-Renovation Midtown Office Complex Central Square [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Luxury Apartments Offering Apple Watches, Flat-Screen TVs, Cruises To Woo Tenants [Houston Chronicle]
• Frankel Building Group Sees Increased Demand for Raised Homes Post-Floods [HBJ]
• Cajun Brasserie Eunice from Chef John Besh Opening in Greenway Plaza Area Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Commuter Bus Shofur Launching Service Between Houston and Dallas Starting July 14 [Culturemap]
• Anthony Bourdain Begins Filming Houston Version of ‘Parts Unknown’ at Plant It Forward’s Montrose Farm [Culturemap]
• 24 Houston-Area Firms Make Fortune 500 List, Led by Energy Companies [Houston Chronicle]
• Oil Settles Above $50 a Battle for First Time in Nearly a Year [Fuel Fix]

Photo of Bissonnet near Kirby: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Nearly 4 Years After Buying the Land, Phillips 66 To Move Into Westchase Headquarters in July [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Housing Market a ‘Cause for Concern’ as Florida Atlantic University Report Forecasts Housing Price Decline [HBJ]
• College-Educated Houston Residents Need at Least 2.2 Years To Save 20% Down Payment on Starter Home [Houston Chronicle]
• New Restaurant Taverna Now Open at River Oaks District [Houstonia]
• Owners To Close Maria Selma Next Month, Reopen as Texas Shrimp Shack Amid Mexican/Tex-Mex Competition in Montrose [Houstonia]
• Recent Flooding Damaged or Destroyed About 880 Homes in Montgomery County [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Buffalo Bayou: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hines Hitting $30 to $36 Per-Square-Foot Rents It Projected for 609 Main Tower Downtown [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Pepperl+Fuchs Breaks Ground on 110K-SF Engineering Facility in West Ten Business Park in Katy [Realty News Report]
• Former Bunker at Houston Oaks Resort To Be Transformed into Napa Valley-Style Wine Cellar [HBJ]
• American Express Taps Chef Justin Yu for IAH’s Centurion Lounge Opening This Month in Terminal D [Houston Chronicle]
• Where Houston Drivers Are Most Prone to Crashes [Houston Chronicle]
• Nerd Wallet Ranks Houston Among Top 20 Worst Cities for Drivers Based on Crashes, Crime, Insurance Rates [CW39 NewsFix]
• Bayou Greenways 2020 Project Lands Another $3M Gift [HBJ]
• Houston Leads U-Haul’s Top 50 U.S. Destination Cities List for Seventh Year in a Row [HBJ]
• More Areas Along the Brazos Being Evacuated Due to Flooding [KHOU; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston-Based Oil and Gas Explorer Warren Resources Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy [Fuel Fix]
• Houston a Glimpse of a Future Where Weather Has Gone Wild [Slate]
• Grand Texas’ Newly Completed Storm Water Management System Withstands Flooding [Your Houston News]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Doesn’t Need Any More Class A Apartments, Greater Houston Partnership Finds [HBJ]
• First Look Inside Linde Group’s Ziegler Cooper-Designed Energy Corridor Digs [HBJ]
• Houston Lags Behind Austin, San Antonio, Dallas for Entrepreneurial Growth, According to Kauffman Foundation Study [HBJ]
• Houston Commuters Paying Nation’s Third-Highest ‘Sprawl Tax’ [Houston Chronicle]
• UH Wants More People To Be Aware of Its Public Art Program [Houston Public Media]
• Governor’s 31-County Disaster Declaration a Step Toward Federal Help as Texas Faces Waves of Severe Weather [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Mercer Botanic Gardens Back Underwater Days After Reopening Post Tax Day Floods [Houston Chronicle]
• Drones Give a New Perspective on Extent of Flooding in Houston [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Nearly 1 in 5 Houston-Area Homes Along the Gulf at Risk for Flood Damage This Hurricane Season, Predicts CoreLogic [HBJ]

Photo of the Galveston Seawall: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ConocoPhillips To Put Entire Energy Corridor Office Tower on Sublease Market [Houston Chronicle]
• City Purchases 18 Acres of Vacant Land in Minnetex for 120-Bed State Veterans’ Home [Houston Chronicle]
• Gracepoint Homes To Build 381 Carolina Low-Country-Style Houses in Stillwater Community Near The Woodlands [HBJ]
• Galveston County Identifies 200 Blighted Properties Abandoned Since Ike for Demolition [Galveston County Daily News]
• Inside Master Planned Cross Creek Ranch’s Tree Farm Growing Live Oaks, Maples, Cypresses, Pines for the Fulshear Community [Houston Chronicle]
• Embattled Zelko Bistro Space in the Heights Is Actually Up For Lease Now [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Mass Texas Oil Job Losses Expected To Continue for Months Despite Price Rally [Fuel Fix]
• Brazos River Expected To Remain at Flood Stage for at Least 2 Weeks [Houston Chronicle]
• Fort Bend County Residents Continue To Evacuate as Waters Slowly Rise [abc13]
• Houston Homeowners Using Personal Water Gates To Protect Homes from Additional Flooding [abc13]

Photo of Market Square Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Hundreds of Homes Impacted by Historic Flooding in Fort Bend County [Houston Public Media]
• Construction To Start This Month on Model Homes for First Phase of Elyson Community Near Grand Parkway [Realty News Report]
• Transwestern Sells Sugar Land Business Park Tract To Be Developed into a New School [HBJ]
• Houston’s Hostel Scene Slowly Grows with Midtown Hostel Slated To Debut Next Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Boutique Stationary Bike Company Peloton To Open Houston Showroom in the Galleria [HBJ]
• EaDo’s The Cajun Stop To Slowly Turn Spring’s The Tamale Pot into Second Location [Culturemap]
• Houston Falls 18 Spots to No. 24 Among Large Cities on Forbes’s ‘Best Cities For Jobs’ List [HBJ]
• ExxonMobil May Face Many Millions in Fines After Federal Court Reverses Baytown Refinery Decision [Houston Public Media]

Photo of flooding in Richmond: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Brazos River Reached Record Level of More Than 50 Feet on Memorial Day in Richmond [Houston Chronicle]
• Drone Captures Footage of Flooding in The Woodlands After Friday’s Rains [Houston Chronicle]
• Debating the Katy Prairie’s Role in Flood Control [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Flooding Forces Free Press Summer Festival To Relocate to NRG Park for Second Year in a Row [Houston Press]
• Multifamily Development The Grand at LaCenterra Apartment Homes Opens in Cinco Ranch [Realty News Report]
• Miami-Based One Real Estate Investment Buys 446-Unit Village at Uvalde in East Houston for $20.3M [Houston Chronicle]
• Inside Houston’s Newest Whole Foods Market Opening June 1 in Westchase [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• $50M, 25-Acre Waterpark Typhoon Texas Debuts in Katy [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Austin-Based Gloria’s Latin Cuisine Opening Second Houston Location in Baybrook Mall [HBJ]
• TxDOT Plans To Widen 7-Mile Stretch of FM 1960 Near Humble Once It Acquires Funding, Property [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Typhoon Texas: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Prime Asset Management Secures Unprecedented $450M in Financing for JPMorgan Chase Tower, Chase Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Giant Retail Project Valley Ranch Town Center Going Up North of Kingwood Lands Hobby Lobby [Houston Chronicle]
• Heights Central Station Strip Mall Project Just Following Houston Orders [Purple City; previously on Swamplot]
• Canadian Hockey Player Turned Reef Chef Ryan Lachaine To Head Riel in Former House of Te Location on Fairview [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Few ExxonMobil Employees Actually Buying in Stillwater Residential Community Built Near Exxon Campus [HBJ]
• Auto and Mortgage Loan Delinquencies on the Rise in Oil-Dependent Counties, Finds New York Fed [Houston Chronicle]
• Lack of Coordination Among Agencies One of Houston’s Biggest Roadblocks To Addressing Flooding, Says Flood Czar [Next City]
• Houston Ranks Low on ParkScore But Is Improving City with Buffalo Bayou Park, Trails [New York Times]
• Quiz: How Well Do You Know Houston’s Iconic Logos? [Houstonia]

Photo of Washington Ave: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• French Restaurant Brasserie du Parc Slated To Open in Downtown’s One Park Place This Fall [Culturemap]
• The Barvin Group Has Acquired Memorial Towers and The Grove at White Oak Apartment Complexes [HBJ]
• H-E-B Confirms It’s Working with Political Consulting Firm To Change Heights Dry Law [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Renters Need To Earn $18.23 Working Full Time To Afford a 2-Bedroom Apartment in Houston, Finds Report [Houston Chronicle]
• What the Evolution of 2 Frank Sharp Developments Says About Houston [The Urban Edge]
• Metro Launching New Manchester/Lawndale Route This Summer To Serve East Houston [Houston Public Media]
• Is Houston’s Pothole Repair Program Really Working? [Click2Houston]

Photo of Elan Heights: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• ABS Signs Lease for Mixed-Use Development CityPlace Under Construction in Springwoods Village [Houston Chronicle]
• Economist Mark Dotzour: Houston Market To Hold Up Amid Oil Slump as Long as Inventory Remains Low [Houston Chronicle]
• How Third Ward Plans To Manage the Forces of Gentrification [The Urban Edge]
• Inside the Harwood Taylor-Designed Frame House, Currently on the Market [OffCite Blog; previously on Swamplot]
• The ‘Questionable’ Relationship Between Subsidized Housing and Property Values [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Uptown Top Neighborhood for Houston Apartment Inquiries in April, According to Zumper [HBJ]
• Heights-Area Triple A Restaurant Closes Amid Lease Dispute, Likely For Good [Culturemap]
• Houston’s Unemployment Rate is Likely Higher Than It Looks [Houston Chronicle]
• 10 Acres of Heavily Tax-Day-Flooded Mercer Botanic Gardens Reopening Today near Spring [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of White Oak Music Hall: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool