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• Miller Road Realty Purchases 80.4 Acres in Northeast Houston Pipe Yards Industrial Corridor on Highway 90 [Realty News Report]
• Horizon Homes Breaks Ground on First Model Home in Affordable Living Community in Northwest Houston [HBJ]
• Fisher Homes Sells Oak Forest Place Apartments Less Than a Year After Purchasing Property [The Leader]
• We’re at a ‘Tipping Point’ for the Galleria Submarket [HBJ]
• Cause of Christmas Day Fire at Southwest Houston Strip Mall Mosque Declared ‘Incendiary’ [Houston Chronicle]
• College Park Cemetery Association Trying To Raise Funds To Turn Montrose Cemetery into Park [Houston Public Media]
• New Minipark in Downtown Galveston First Project in Effort to Add Greenspace to Island [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Museum of Natural Science To Renovate Wiess Energy Hall [HBJ]

Photo of sunset off I-10 near Houston: elnina via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Heights Washateria To Be Restored into Retail Center Dubbed ‘The 420’ [HBJ]
• Gilley’s-Anchored Entertainment Center in La Porte Approved by City Planners [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• The Top 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Houston in 2015 [Houston Chronicle]
• Steak 48 To Open in 2-Story Space in River Oaks District This Spring [HBJ]
• Walmart’s Neighborhood Market Concept Opening in League City January 13 [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• There’s a ‘Very Good Chance’ the Wunsche Bros. Café & Salon Will Be Sold Soon [Your Houston News]
• The Country Feel of Rivercrest in West Houston, Where Lots Are At Least 3 Acres and There Are No Sidewalks [Houston Chronicle]
• Toll Road Authority Removing Toll Booths from Ship Channel Bridge Weekend of January 9 [Houston Public Media]

Photo of Hotel Alessandra: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Jones & Carter Moving Headquarters to 6330 W. Loop S. in Bellaire, Will Sublease WorleyParsons Space [HBJ]
• Recapping Houston’s Largest Industrial Leases of 2015 [HBJ]
• What 2016 Will Look Like for Transit in the Sun Belt [The Urban Edge]
• How the Panama Canal Expansion Will Bolster Industrial Houston [Forbes]
• Houston Named Fifth Best Food City in America [Washington Post]
• Friday Could Be One of the Top 10 Warmest Christmas Days on Houston Record [abc13]

Photo of Midtown Park: thranth via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Kirkland & Ellis Signs 62K-SF Lease for Top 2-and-a-Half Floors of Hines’ 609 Main St. Office Tower [HBJ: previously on Swamplot]
• The Scene After the Hogan-Allnoch Building Demo [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
• Economist Tom Lawler Predicts Houston Housing Market Will Continue To Cool [Calculated Risk via Houston Chronicle]
• Ellington Airport Awarded State Grant To Assist in Building New Air Traffic Control Tower [Houston Public Media]
• 20-Ft. Hole in San Jacinto River Waste Pits Has Contaminated Water with ‘Untold Amounts’ of Dioxin, Says EPA [KRIV]
• Galveston Preparing for High-Tide ‘Nuisance’ Flooding [Houston Public Media]
• The Proper Signage That Allows Private Businesses To Forbid Openly Carried Guns on Their Premises [Houston Press]

Photo of nighttime construction at Braeswood and Kirby: Rakesh Agrawal

• Houston On Track To Log $11.6B in Commercial Real Estate Sales This Year, Down from $12.3B in 2014 [Houston Chronicle]
• Pair of Century-Old Downtown Buildings, Pecan Tree Coming Down To Make Way for Lancaster Hotel Parking Lot [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Amirex Capital Services Buys Baytown Retail Center Baytown Plaza [Realty News Report]
• University of Houston Information Center at Energy Research Park Moves Forward [HBJ]
• Home Inventory Grows as Sales Slow in Houston, According to Redfin [HBJ]
• Homes Selling Quickly in Houston’s First ‘Agrihood’ Harvest Green [HBJ]
• New Icehouse Eight Row Flint Opening in Former Citgo Station at Yale and W. 11th Soon [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• Meat-Centric Bacon Bros. Public House Planning To Open First Houston Franchise Next Year [HBJ]
• Kenny & Ziggy’s Opening New Restaurant in Former Fish City Grill in Plaza in the Park Shopping Center [Culturemap; previously on Swamplot]
• What the Interest Rate Hike Might Mean for Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• State Approves Controversial, $600M Power-Line Project To Feed More Electricity into the Houston Area [Houston Chronicle]
• $1B in Disaster Relief Funds from Hurricanes Ike, Dolly Still Unspent 7 Years Later in Texas [Houston Chronicle]
• Harris County Has Lost More Than 30% of Its Coastal Prairie Wetlands Since 1992 [Houston Chronicle]
• The Art Works Taking Over the Temporary Wall at the Glassell School of Art Construction Site [#FutureMFAH]

Photo of the Chase Tower Observation Deck: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Lonza Group Plans To Build New Research and Manufacturing Facility in Pearland [HBJ]
• Arch‐Con Construction Starts Construction on 2-Story Katy Office Building Near Grand Pkwy. [Realty News Report]
• Baylor College of Medicine, CHI St. Luke’s Health To Break Ground Next Year on Second McNair Campus Tower [HBJ]
• River Oaks Shopping Center Plans ‘Very Preliminary,’ Says Weingarten [Houston Chronicle]
• Limited Housing Expansion Forecast for Houston in Nationwide Insurance Report [HBJ]
• MaRS, Mayfield and Ragni Studio-Designed Downtown Office Honored in Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards [Culturemap]
• The Pros and Cons of an Elevated Express Lane on West Loop [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Smog Levels As High in Downtown Houston, Aldine Area Today Than They Were 10 Years Ago [Houston Public Media]
• Houston No Longer Hip, Tasty, Funky, Savvy, But Still Inspired, in Market Square Mural [Houston Streetwise]

Photo of Aris at Market Square: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• City Considering Purchasing Unused HCC Lot at Texas 288 and MacGregor Way for Site of Potential H-E-B [Houston Chronicle]
• i3 Interests Buys 3-Building Northwest Medical Center in North Houston [Houston Chronicle]
• Renovation To Convert 380-Room DoubleTree Hotel & Suites Houston Near the Galleria into 476-Room Hotel [Houston Chronicle]
• New Pearl Luxury Apartment Community Opens in Westchase District [HBJ]
• City Will Reimburse White Oak Music Hall Under Construction in Near Northside Up To $1.1M for Public Improvements [Houston Chronicle]
• State To Consider Allowing Anonymous Buyer To Purchase Porretto Beach in Galveston for $6M [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Memorial Park Conservancy Now In Charge of Memorial Park Maintenance Under New Ordinance [Houston Public Media]
• City Council Designates 7 Houston Properties Designated as Historic Landmarks [Houston Public Media]

Photo: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• BBVA Compass Plaza Sets Record for Houston Office Building Sale at More Than $527 Per Square Foot [Realty News Report]
• Residential Units, More Retail and Parking Eyed for North Side of River Oaks Shopping Center [Houston Chronicle]
• Houston Expected To Break Ground on $909M Worth of New Projects in 2016, Down 9% Year Over Year, According to CMD Group [HBJ]
• Rice University To Build New Office Building, Parking Garage [HBJ]
• Developers Have Exhausted the Downtown Living Initiative [HBJ]
• A Quarter of Houston’s Population Lives in a Food Desert [Houston Chronicle]
• Murders Caused a Loss of More Than $52M in Texas Home Values Last Year, According to Finder.com [Houston Chronicle]
• New Park Board Study Calls for Traffic Improvements in Galveston [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Deep River Plantation Subdivision Seriously Flooded by Trinity River for Third Time This Year [KHOU]
• Harris County District Attorney’s Office Charges Man Who Blocked Traffic on I-45 for Proposal with Obstruction of Highway [abc13]
• Guy Who Crashed Rare Bugatti Sports Car into La Marque Lagoon Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison [Jalopnik]

Photo of ICE at Discovery Green: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Nova Asset Management Says Occupancy Rates at Its Houston Apartment Complexes Have Slipped Amid Oil Slump [Houston Chronicle]
• Shell Plans To Shed 2,800 Jobs After Buying BG Group On Top of 7,500 Cuts Previously Announced [Click2Houston]
• Why There Are So Many Mattress Stores, Explained [The Straight Dope; previously on Swamplot]
• Metro Considering 2-Way Transfers [Houston Chronicle]
• How Bike-Sharing Reduces Driving and Boosts Transit Use [The Urban Edge]
• Drone Owners Must Register with the FAA by February 19 Next Year [The Verge]
• Slideshow: The Winners of AIA Houston’s 2015 Gingerbread Build-Off Competition [HBJ]
• Exxon Mobil Looking To Hire a Climate Researcher [Fuel Fix]
• Man Shut Down 1-45 Near Downtown Houston To Propose to His Girlfriend [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Discovery Green: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Sylvester Turner Beats Bill King in Runoff Contest To Become Houston’s Next Mayor [Houston Chronicle; previously on Swamplot]
• Ardenwood Group Buys 7207 Regency Square Office Building in Southwest Houston [Realty News Report]
• Texas A&M University at Galveston Breaks Ground on $46M Academic Complex [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
• Manzel Contemporary Homes Plans To Redevelop 1960s-Era Apartments at 2508 Southmore Blvd. into Condominiums [HBJ]
• Building Homes in Houston When Oil is at $35 a Barrel [Realty News Report]
• Good Dog Houston Opening Second Location in Former Brick & Spoon/Bocados Space on West Alabama [Culturemap]
• Biskit Junkie Closes Original Oak Forest Location as Montrose Spot Set To Open on Westheimer Next Month [Culturemap]
• David Shelton Moving Gallery to 4411 Montrose in Downstairs Spot Previously Occupied by Wade Wilson Art [Glasstire]
• Austin-Based Black Swan Yoga, JuiceLand Expanding To Houston in January with Shared Location at 3210 White Oak Dr. [HBJ]
• Memorial from Kirkwood to Eldridge To Have 4 Lanes, More Traffic Lights, Improved Curbs and Sidewalks, Bike Lanes After $39M Upgrade [Houston Chronicle]
• Jury Awards West University Couple $5.4M in Foreclosure Fraud Case Against Wells Fargo and Carrington Mortgage Services [Houston Chronicle]
• The 5 Best Houston-Area Neighborhoods for Holiday Light Displays, According to Redfin [Culturemap]

Photo of Hermann Park: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• 4M-SF Daikin Industries HVAC Manufacturing Plant in Northwest Houston the Largest Industrial Project Under Construction in the U.S. [Realty News Report]
• GSL Welcome Group Acquires Strafford Industrial Building [HBJ]
• Manzel Contemporary Homes Starts Construction on Luxury Townhome Community Museum’s Gate in the Museum District [HBJ]
• Houston Purchasing Managers Index Falls to 6-Month Low in November [Houston Public Media]
• Zillow, Florida Atlantic University Offer Mixed Predictions on a Housing Bubble in Houston [HBJ]
• Halliburton’s $1.5M Tax Abatement To Help Improve Road Near Its North Houston Campus Questioned [Houston Chronicle]
• Axelrad Beer Garden Now Open at Alabama and Almeda Aims To Bridge 3rd Ward, Museum District, Montrose Communities [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of the Texas Medical Center: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Home Prices Fell for First Time in Nearly 4 Years, Dropping 3.5% Year-Over-Year in November to $262,064, Finds HAR [HBJ]
• Houston Home Sales, Statewide Sales Tax Revenue Down Too Amid Oil Slump [Houston Chronicle]
• Proposed Gilley-Themed Project in La Porte Projected To Bring in $50M in Annual Taxable Sales [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Gehan, Westin To Start Constructing First 170 Homes in 4,500-Home Lago Mar Development in February [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
• Houston City Council Unanimously Approves Establishing a TIRZ for Montrose [Houston Public Media]
• New Interstate 14 To Be Cobbled Together from U.S. 290 190, Other Existing Roads from Western Texas to Louisiana Border [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Downtown Houston: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston’s Luxury Home Prices Down 7% in the Third Quarter Compared To Last Year, Finds Redfin [Houston Chronicle]
• So Far 43 Home Sites Pre-Sold at Tiger Woods’ Luxury Golf Resort Bluejack National in Northwest Houston [HBJ]
• Goodwill’s Computer Works Downsizes To Noticeably Smaller Location at 171 N. Sam Houston Parkway East [TechBlog]
• The Brisket House Opening a Third Location in Former Fuddruckers Near the Champions Area in March 2016 [Houston Chronicle]
• First Phase of $200M Memorial Park Makeover Begins with Groundbreaking of Eastern Glades Project [HBJ]
• Gulf Coast Rail District To Study Options for Rail Line Along I-10 Corridor Connecting To Downtown Amtrak Station [Houston Public Media]
• Luxury Bus Service Vonlane Launching Houston-Austin Route Beginning Jan. 17 [Culturemap]
• Mobility Houston Project Wants Your Ideas on Ways To Improve Transportation [Houston Chronicle]
• 4-Alarm Fire at Palms on Westheimer Apartment Complex Damages 36 Units [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Williams Tower: Bill Barfield via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Texas On Pace To Set Another Home Sales Record This Year, According to Texas Annual Housing Report [Culturemap]
• Growth in Health Care, Construction To Alleviate Effects of Oil Slump in 2016, Forecasts Greater Houston Partnership [Houston Chronicle]
• Dinerstein, Hanover Both Planning High-Rise Apartment Towers at Intersection of Post Oak Blvd. and San Felipe [Realty News Report]
• Atlanta-Based Cortland Partners Planning To Acquire Apartment Properties, Develop Multifamily Project in Houston Next Year [HBJ]
• DeLuxe Theater To Mark $5.5M Restoration Next Week [Houston Chronicle]
• Kinder Institute To Study Role That Private Development Has Played in Houston’s Growth [The Urban Edge]
• Metro Fine-Tuning Bus Network Changes Based on Rider and Bus Driver Feedback [Houston Public Media]
• Avoid These 5 Houston Roads This Holiday Season [Houston Press]
• Houston’s Most Fascinating People of 2015 [Houston Chronicle]

Photo of Twilight Epiphany Skyspace at Rice University: Jan Buchholtz via Swamplot Flickr Pool

• Houston Building Contracts Totaled $14.1B from January to October, Down from $29.7B Last Year [Houston Public Media]
• New Houston Home Sales Have Slowed By As Much As 15%, According to Trendmaker Homes [HBJ]
• Roka Akor Steak, Seafood & Sushi To Anchor First-Floor Retail Space in 2929 Weslayan [Houston Chronicle]
• River Oaks Steakhouse Harwood Grill That Took Over 60 Degrees Mastercrafted Space 7 Months Ago Closing Dec. 12 [Culturemap]
• Why the Melrose Building is One of Houston’s Important Structures [Houston Chronicle]
• Colliers International’s Marshall S. Clinkscales on the Eastside’s Retail Center Market Growth [Realty News Report]
• Post Oak Bus Lane Construction Encouraged One Jeweler To Relocate Off Post Oak Blvd. [HBJ]
• Waller County Among the Fastest-Growing Counties in the U.S., According to Census Data [HBJ]

Photo of Edwards Street concrete pour: Russell Hancock via Swamplot Flickr Pool