Meredith Deliso

• Inside StreetLights Residential’s The James Luxury Apartments Near the River Oaks District [HBJ]
• Belfiore Developer Says Galleria-Area Tower Sets a New Standard for Upscale Housing [Houston Chronicle]
• The Challenges in Developing Houston’s East End Properly [The Urban Edge]
• University of Texas Medical Branch Set To Open Galveston Hospital After 4 Years of Construction [HBJ]
• The Donald J. Trump For President Campaign Has Leased 3K SF in Northwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• The Remaining 59 Diner Locations at Farnham, Willowbrook and Stafford All Appear To Be Closed [Houston Press]

Photo: telwink via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Master-Planned Communities Harvest Green ‘Agrihood,’ Cane Island Slated To Open in March [HBJ]
• Houston Added 190 New Restaurants from Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 for 2% Growth, Finds The NPD Group [HBJ]
• City Will Only Permanently Quit Mecom Fountain Alterations if Private Funds Can Be Raised to Reverse Them [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Conroe Realtor Paul Gomberg Offers Limo Rides, 24-Hour On-Call Showings [abc13; previously on Swamplot]
• Trail Riders Once Again Trot Through Houston at Start of Rodeo Season [Houston Public Media]

Photo of trail riders south of Kirby Collection construction site at 3200 Kirby Dr.: Loves Swamplot

• United Airlines Confirms Houston Headquarters Move to Hines’ 609 Main Building Under Construction Downtown [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Urban Land Institute Recommends Creating Multimillion-Dollar Incentive Program To Develop East End [Houston Chronicle]
• New Cedar Port Industrial Park Owners Have Invested $22M into Infrastructure Upgrades Since Buying Park in 2014 [HBJ]
• Mapping Houston’s Residential and Commercial Demolitions from 1990 to 2014 [Houston Chronicle]
• StreetLights Residential Opens First Houston Apartment Project The James Between River Oaks District and Highland Village [HBJ]
• Dams at Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Undergoing $75M Repair Job To Reduce Risk of Failure [Houston Public Media]
• Longtime UT Architecture Dean Leaving Post Over State’s New Campus Carry Law [The Texas Tribune]
• Video: Katie Couric Visits Houston in Yahoo Special Series ‘Cities Rising: Rebuilding America’ [Yahoo News]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Building Permits Fell 31% Year-Over-Year in January to $400M, Finds Greater Houston Partnership [Houston Chronicle]
• Hines’ Beltway Southwest Business Park Preleases 424K SF of Space with First Tenants [HBJ]
• La Marque Land Cleared To Make Way for 450 Houses in Next Phase of Salt Grass Crossing Development [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Kiran’s Vacating Galleria To Open in Kirby Grove Development on Richmond by July or August [Culturemap]
• Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen’s Second Houston Location Opening in Plaza in the Park Next Month [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Golf Association Officially Takes Over Gus Wortham Park Golf Course from City [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• New Tech Startup HomeMe Pre-Approves Renters and Matches Them with Houston Apartments [HBJ]
• The Signs of the Oil Downturn Among Houston’s Rich [Reuters]
• Just a Few More Formal Steps Before Work Begins To Extend Final 1.5 Miles of the Tomball Tollway in Harris County [Houston Chronicle]
• Galveston’s New Downtown Bus Terminal Now Officially Open [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• 6 Ways To Make Downtown Houston More Pedestrian-Friendly [The Urban Edge]
• Mayor Turner Not Planning To Move Forward with Houston’s ‘One Bin For All’ Program [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]

Photo of Larchmont: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• $400M Hydrogen Plant To Break Ground in Baytown Tomorrow [HBJ]
• Port of Texas City Buys More Than 300 Acres in La Marque Once Home to Lakeview Country Club [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Al Ross Luxury Homes Scraps Plans for $20M Condo Project The Monroe Near Buffalo Bayou [HBJ]
• Sneak Peek at the Nearly-Finished Belfiore, the Most Expensive Condo Tower Under Construction in Houston [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• River Oaks Berryhill Baja Grill Relocating to Former Harwood Grill Across the Street [HBJ]
• This Year’s Winners of Preservation Houston’s Good Brick Awards [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Marathon Oil Tower: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Some 8.6M SF of Sublease Space on the Houston Market Now with At Least 1.5M SF More on Its Way [Realty News Report]
• Crow Holdings Industrial Acquires About 50 Acres of Former Texas Instruments Campus in Stafford for Industrial Park [Realty News Report]
• Paul’s Kitchen in Former Haven Space To Close Feb. 28, Reopen as Banquet Facility The Merrill House [Culturemap]
• Houston Could Soon Be Home to More Than 100M Barrels of Stored Crude Oil [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Will Cheap Oil Kill the Houston Art Scene? [Glasstire]
• The Urban Land Institute in Houston Names David Kim Its New Executive Director [Houston Chronicle]
• Residents of Garden Oaks Apartments in Southeast Houston Have Been Without Hot Water for a Month [Houston Press]

Photo of KV Weld in Baytown: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Community College Losing $10M in Deal To Sell Off Missouri City Campus to Fort Bend County [Houston Chronicle]
• Fore Property Entering Houston Market with Luxury Midrise Apartment Project on 1.1 Acre Lot North of Wash Ave [HBJ]
• Neighbors Oppose Affordable-Housing Complex in Galleria Area [Houston Chronicle]
• Construction Begins on Restaurant, Beer Hall and Bowling Alley Bowl & Barrel in CityCentre [Houston Chronicle]
• New Chinese Restaurant Ginger & Fork Slated To Open in Former La Fisheria Spot in Mid-March [Houston Chronicle]
• Federal Report Finds More Than 1,000 Texas Bridges Are ‘Structurally Deficient’ [Houston Chronicle]
• Scientists Trace Source Of Toxic Benzene Vapors in Houston Communities to Pipelines Carrying Crude [Houston Public Media]
• Group Exploring Options for Improving Water Quality of Highland Bayou [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• 10 Great Drone Videos of Houston [Houston Press]
• Chatting with the Cordon-Bleu-Trained Owner of Killen’s Barbecue in Pearland [Vice]

Photo of the Johnny Steele Dog Park: Brandi Lynn via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Shell Oil Seeks To Sublease 350K-SF of Downtown Office Space in One Shell Plaza [Houston Chronicle]
• A Third Chateau Ten-Branded Luxury Condo Project Planned in the West University Area [HBJ]
• Randall Davis’s 29-Story Uptown Condo Astoria Expected To Open in May, Be Finished in June [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Draft Bike Plan Lays Out Ambitious Vision for Houston’s Future [OffCite Blog]
• Houston Chronicle Staffers Say Goodbye to Downtown Building on Social Media [mikemcguff.com; previously on Swamplot]
• A Brief History of Newspapers in Downtown Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the new Houston Chronicle building: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• New 106K-SF H-E-B Clear Lake Marketplace Now Open [Houston Chronicle]
• St. John’s School in River Oaks Planning Athletic Campus on Former Blanco’s Honkytonk Site [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• First Residents Move into Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor’s New East Tower [Houston Chronicle]
• Buying Beats Renting in Houston If You Stay in Your Home for 2 Years or Longer, According to Zillow [HBJ]
• Bayport Cruise Terminal in Pasadena To Have Zero Cruise Ships Once Again as Early as Late April [Click2Houston; previously on Swamplot]
• Mayor’s Pothole Promise Checks Out, Finds Kinder Institute for Urban Research [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of La Carafe: Brandi Lynn via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Bans Open Carry, Concealed Handguns [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Demo of Grocers Supply Property About Halfway Along [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Genesis Energy LP Expanding Office Space at 919 Milam Street by About 19,136 SF [HBJ]
• More Than 70 Homes or Home Sites Sold or Spoken For So Far at Tiger Woods’ Luxury Golf Resort Bluejack National [Houston Chronicle]
• Fewer Houstonians Refinanced Their Home Mortgages in 2015 Compared to Previous Year, Finds SmartAsset [HBJ]
• Midtown Pub Celtic Gardens Closes, Irish Cowboy To Take Its Place [Culturemap]
• The Kinder Institute Wants To Change the Way Houston Studies Itself [The Urban Edge]
• How Managed eXpress Lanes Could Help Fix Houston Congestion [Houston Chronicle]
• Nearly 275 High-Tech Parking Pay Stations Being Installed Downtown [Houston Public Media]
• Houston Named Among Best Cities in the U.S. To Raise a Family by ValuePenguin [Culturemap]

Photo of the Orange Show: Brandi Lynn via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• German Firm Dräger Leases 37,651 SF in Hines’ Beltway Southwest Business Park [Realty News Report]
• How Off-Campus Student Housing Affects the Third Ward Community Around the University of Houston [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
• Sneak Peek Inside New Katy Water Park Typhoon Texas [ABC13; previously on Swamplot]
• What Franchises May Set Up Shop in Houston in the Coming Months and Years [HBJ]
• Private-Dining Restaurant Manor House at the Houstonian Hotel Open to the Public for Its 30th Birthday [Houston Chronicle]
• The Broader Point About Pedestrian Safety Missing from the Debate over Artsy Crosswalks [The Urban Edge]

Photo of Pleasure Pier in Galveston: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Opening Date of First Phase of Katy’s Boardwalk District Pushed Back to Early 2017 [Your Houston News]
• Greenspoint Mall Being Marketed as a Redevelopment Opportunity To Potential New Buyers [Realty News Report]
• 1,000-SF Homes or Smaller for Sale in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Chronicle To Complete Move To Former Houston Post Headquarters on Southwest Freeway [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Johnny Rockets To Open First Houston Restaurant in Not-Yet-Open Paragon Outlets [HBJ]
• Stuttgarden Tavern Opening Second Location at Mall of the Mainland in Texas City [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Mayor Halts Stoning of Mecom Fountain To Rethink Alterations [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston Steps Up Cleanup in Effort To Combat Zika Virus [Click2Houston]
• ‘Rent the Chicken’ To Let Houstonians Try Their Hand at Having a Coop of Their Own [Houston Press]

Photo of the East End: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Saks Fifth Avenue Set To Open New Galleria Store April 28 with 20K More SF [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Slideshow: The Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston Last Year [HBJ]
• Houston Among the Most Pet-Friendly Cities for Renters in the U.S., According to Abodo [Houston Chronicle]
• Lusk Group Breaks Ground on Upscale Asian Restaurant Next to Indika at 520 Westheimer Called 520 Westheimer [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Jerry Built Burgers Chain Adding Third Houston Location with Memorial City-Area Restaurant [Houston Chronicle]
• After Permitting Delays, Tacos A Go Go Now More Likely To Open in Former Roznovsky’s Hamburgers Site in April [The Leader]
• City Moves Forward on Plan To Demolish Long-Vacant La Marque Elementary School [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• HISD To Rename 3 More Schools Named After Confederate Figures [Houston Chronicle]
• A Photographic Exhibition of Houston’s Mid-Century ‘Background Buildings’ [OffCite Blog]
• Remembering That Time Houston Got Hit with 4.4 Inches of Snow [abc13]

Photo of Somerset Green: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Single-Family Home Sales Slipped Just 2% Year-Over-Year in January, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Construction Starts Fell 28% to Nearly $4B in Houston Last Year, According to Dodge Data & Analytics [HBJ]
• Houston Foreclosures Fell 28% Year-Over-Year in January to 6,067, According to CoreLogic [HBJ]
• Expansion of Reserve at Clear Lake City Adding Second Phase of 86 Single-Family Lots [Houston Chronicle]
• Houstonia Magazine Store Now Open in George Bush Intercontinental Airport’s Terminal C [Houstonia]
• City Council Now Debating Whether GRB Sculpture Commission Depicting Migratory Birds Reflects Houston’s Brand [Houston Chronicle]
• Hundreds of Pearland Residents Complain About Mysterious Stench [Houston Public Media]
• Open-House Type Tour This Saturday Wants You to ‘Fall In Love’ with the East End [Houstonia]
• How Reconstruction After the Civil War Shaped Houston [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of MetroNational office building going up in Memorial City: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Led the Nation in Home Building in 2015 with 38,315 Single-Family Building Permits, Finds U.S. Census Bureau [Realty News Report]
• Parkway Properties Has Shed $179M Worth of Houston Office Buildings Since January 2015 [Houston Chronicles]
• PulteGroup’s Houston-Area Home Sales Dropped 16% Last Year [Houston Chronicle]
• Residential Part of Kirby Collection To Feature Townhomes, Garden Lofts, Apartments and Penthouses [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• What You Need To Know To Potentially Own Up-for-Auction DanMar Manor in the Woodlands [HBJ]
• Owners of Alpine Spring Water Company Plans Bottling Facility for Pasadena [HBJ]
• League City Council Moves Forward with Annexing More Land [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Texas Ranked Among Top 10 States for LEED-Certified Building Activity by U.S. Green Building Council [Houston Chronicle]
• City Council Member Says Chocolate-Brown Water in Kingwood Taps is Safe To Drink [Click2Houston]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool